Escient FireBall Digital Music Manager User manual

Way more than a hard drive music management product.
Bring your CDs, MP3s and Internet Radio together in one simple, onscreen music guide.
· Control, record from, and listen to popular mega-disc CD changers
· Access Internet Radio and Sirius satellite radio stations
· Create custom CDs and duplicate CDs (for both standard CD and MP3 compatible players) NEW
· Record in both compressed and uncompressed formats NEW
· Transfer your music to compatible portable MP3 players
The best user interface around.
Escient is known for providing the most intuitive user interfaces for entertainment management
on the planet. FireBall takes the interface to a whole new level.
· Sort and select your music by artist, cover art, genre, album title, song, playlist, favorites and more
· Record 900 hours of music onto the hard drive (depending upon selected compression rate)
· Manage up to 1200 CDs stored in connected CD changers
FireBall plays well with others.
FireBall integrates with a variety of home control systems, remotes and peripheral products.
· FireBall has three RS-232 ports for a combination of external control systems, CD changers and
touch panels
· Works with AMX, Crestron, Niles, Philips Pronto, Sonance and many more, via IR or RS-232
· TCP/IP capable with external control systems
Different music, different tastes - FireBall goes multi-
room, multi-user.
· Connect multiple FireBalls together or add up to 4 FireBall MP-100s to stream
music throughout a home NEW
· Everyone gets their own, independent graphical interface to all MP3s
· Play the same or different song at the same time
· Connecting multiple FireBall manager models provides increased storage
capacity
Meet FireBall™. The Industry's choice for managing your
entire music collection.
The award-winning Escient FireBall allows you to instantly catalog, access and manage CDs,
MP3s, CD changers, and Internet radio stations - all from one powerful, yet simple-to-use
onscreen music guide.

FireBall Front View with Remote
Escient Optional VGA Touch Panel
The most intuitive inteface on the
planet is standard on FireBall.
Escient
6325 Digital Way, Indianapolis, IN 46278
800.372.4368 317.616.6789 fax [phone] www.escient.com
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Additional Key FireBall Features:
Put music compressed or uncompressed onto the hard drive in 4 ways:
From CD in FireBall's single tray
From connected CD changers
From analog devices such as old LPs, tapes, etc.
From a PC over the home network using Escient Pipeline utility software NEW
Get the enhanced entertainment experience. Read about artist's influences, biographies,
similar music and purchase new music
Software updates and upgrades downloaded over the Internet connection
Includes Pipeline, a PC utility program for pushing music content from the PC, power editing
and more
S/PDIF and Toslink Optical Digital output, VGA, S-Video, Composite outputs, NTSC or PAL
Supported Control Products:
AMX / Crestron / Elan / Niles / Philips / Sonance / TCP/IP with external control systems, and
more (constantly updated online at escient.com)
Supported Formats:
Analog audio / CD / Internet Radio / MP3 / MP3s transferred from PC / WAV NEW
Compression Rates:
Compressed and Uncompressed - user selectable from 96 to full WAV audio NEW
Supported Connection Methods:
HPNA, Dialup, Ethernet optional (broadband is preferred connection method). AOL and
standard dialup supported. NEW
Supported CD Changers:
Sony 200, 300, 400 disc-CD changers with digital out, Kenwood DV5050 and 5900, and Pioneer
DVF-07 (support for CDs only) NEW
Included Accessories:
IR remote and IR keyboard
Pipeline PC utility software
Composite, S-Video, Slink, phone and analog RCA audio cables
Optional Accessories:
FireBall MP-100 Digital Music Player (4 may linked to 1 Music Manager) NEW
Escient ETP Touch Panel
Escient Broadband Kit NEW
Rack mounts available from Middle Atlantic. Ask for "Escient FireBall."
FireBall is compliant with legal guidelines for music recording. CD media that can be used for recording is either CD-Ra or CD-RWa. CD-R and CD-RWs cannot be
used. Broadband is recommended for connection. ISP may be used. Please note: some free ISPs don't use standard, consistent methods of Internet connectivity
and don't open networks to outside users. Call for recommendations.
Escient reserves the right to change product hardware, features and software without notice. Upon any change, materials are updated as quickly as possible, but
may not be reflected in documents already distributed. Supported hardware is updated continually. If you wish to interface with hardware that is not listed on this
data sheet, please call Escient at 800.372.4368.
Height
Depth
Width
Weight
w/Feet w/o Feet Installed
4 5/8"
11 7/8"
17 3/8”
14 lbs.
4”
14 3/8"
*Up to 4 MP-100s and / or 4 FireBalls may be connected to a FireBall
*Other configurations supported
FireBall Digital Music Manager
HOME NETWORK
MP-100 or FireBall
MP-100 or FireBall
ONE CONFIGURATION EXAMPLE
HPNA
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