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AVX & MX SERIES USER’S MANUAL P/N: M42001-02A3

PAGE 10FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s Manual• Additionally, Escient does not cover the following items under the terms or its warranty programs

PAGE 100FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualSETTING THE DISC INSERT PREFERENCESYou can specify what to do with new discs inserted into FireBall

PAGE 101FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualVIDEO FORMATAllows you to select 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratios on your TV screen.Follow these steps to

PAGE 102FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualCENTERING THE FIREBALL SCREENAllows you to center the FireBall user interface horizontally on your

PAGE 103FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualADJUSTING YOUR TV’S BRIGHTNESSFollow these steps to adjust the brightness on your TV:1. Press the

PAGE 104FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualADJUSTING YOUR TV’S CONTRASTThe Contrast or Picture Adjustment control allows you to optimize the c

PAGE 105FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualADJUSTING YOUR TV’S SHARPNESSThe Sharpness adjustment allows you the set the Sharpness or Detail co

PAGE 106FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualADJUSTING YOUR TV’S COLOR AND TINTColor Bars are used to test the TV monitor’s ability to reproduce

PAGE 107FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualEXTERNAL CONTROLSURROUND MODE SETTINGSFireBall can connect to a supported Denon or Marantz receiver

PAGE 108FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualINSTALLING THE ETP TOUCH PANELThe optional Escient Touch Panel is an external 15” flat LCD color di

PAGE 109FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualCalibrating the Touch PanelTo obtain the maximum performance form the ETP-1500 Touch Panel, the mai

PAGE 11FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualESCIENT PRIVACY POLICYEscient is committed to providing you with a product that you enjoy and are co

PAGE 110FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualChanging the Touch Panel Button OverlayThe Button Overlay feature places button controls onto the F

PAGE 111FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualIR REMOTE CONTROLFireBall is preset from the factory to operate from the FB1 source button, however

PAGE 112FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualDIRECT ACCESS CODESDirect Access Codes are used in conjunction with the MACRO key on the remote con

PAGE 113FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualThe following table is used to determine the button sequence for direct access code sequences from

PAGE 114FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualThe following table is used to determine the button sequence for direct access code sequences from

PAGE 115FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualPLAYLIST HOT KEYSPlaylist Hot Keys provides a Keyboard Macro sequence to directly access any five P

PAGE 116FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualSERIAL COM PORTSThe Serial Control COM Port setting is used to specify which RS-232 serial COM port

PAGE 117FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualCONTROLLING FIREBALL FROM OTHER DEVICESIn addition to the Escient ETP-1500 wired touch panel, FireB

PAGE 118FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualFIREBALL UTILITIESGETTING INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR FIREBALLInformation about your FireBall hardware a

PAGE 119FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualRESTARTING THE SYSTEMThere are two ways of manually performing a full restart or reboot of the Fire

PAGE 12FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualTERMS AND DEFINITIONSFollowing are terms used throughout this manual:• Button - refers to a graphic

PAGE 120FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualUPDATING THE SOFTWAREFireBall will automatically check the Escient server once a week for any FireB

PAGE 121FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualCONTROLLING FIREBALL FROM A WEB BROWSERFireBall contains a built-in web server which means you can

PAGE 122FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualUSING THE WEB BROWSER AS A MUSIC CLIENTIn addition to remotely controlling your FireBall, the built

PAGE 123FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualBACKUP AND RESTOREFIREBALL MUSIC BACKUPIt is possible to backup and restore the music contents of a

PAGE 124FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualFIREBALL MUSIC RESTOREYou can restore music to a FireBall using the same method used for importing

PAGE 125FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualNETWORKED AUDIO USING FIREBALL MUSIC CLIENTSSERVERSA FireBall Server is a Fireball media management

PAGE 126FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualLOCATING THE FIREBALL CLIENTS AND SERVERSCentralIf you locate your FireBall clients and servers in

PAGE 127FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualDistributedA distributed FireBall installation means that your FireBall Servers and Clients are phy

PAGE 128FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualCONFIGURING A FIREBALL SERVEREvery FireBall capable of server functions is automatically enabled to

PAGE 129FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualESCIENT TECHNICAL SUPPORTContact your dealer or Escient’s Customer Support group. Hours: Monday - F

PAGE 13FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualSETUPThis manual assumes that you followed the printed “Quick Setup Guide” that came with your FireB

PAGE 130FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualTROUBLESHOOTINGNETWORK PROBLEMSIf you experience problems registering a FireBall or connecting to t

PAGE 131FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualADDITIONAL INFORMATIONSPECIFICATIONSSpecifications are subject to change without notice. Please che

PAGE 132FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualGRACENOTE® END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENTUSE OF THIS PRODUCT IMPLIES ACCEPTANCE OF THETERMS BELOW.This

PAGE 14FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualFRONT PANEL OVERVIEW 1 - POWER 2 - MOVIES SOURCE 3 - MUSIC SOURCE 4 - RADIO SOUR

PAGE 15FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualREAR PANEL OVERVIEW - 5 CHANGERS / 2 ZONES 1 - POWER 2 - DIGITAL AUDIO OPTICAL IN (1-

PAGE 16FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualREAR PANEL OVERVIEW - 3 CHANGERS / 1 ZONE 1 - POWER 2 - ANALOG AUDIO IN (1-3) 3 - IR

PAGE 17FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualREAR PANEL OVERVIEW - 1 CHANGER / 1 ZONE 1 - POWER 2 - IR IN / S-LINK | IR OUT 3 - DI

PAGE 18FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualREMOTE OVERVIEW

PAGE 19FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualENTERING TEXT WITH THE REMOTE CONTROLThe remote control can be used to enter text in all text fields

PAGE 2FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualTHANK YOUThe team at Escient would like to take this opportunity to thank you for purchasing an Escie

PAGE 20FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s Manualdisplay a “C”. The fourth key press displays a lower case “a”, the fifth key press displays a lower

PAGE 21FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualCONNECTING EXTERNAL DISC CHANGERSSupported External ChangersThe FireBall MX and AVX Media Managers o

PAGE 22FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualConnecting Sony DVP-CX777ES CD/DVD ChangersFireBall requires that you connect each changer to the ba

PAGE 23FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualLOADING DISCS INTO CHANGERSDVDs or CDs into your changers, following the changer manufacturer’s inst

PAGE 24FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualAutomatically Getting Disc InformationOnce your changers are connected to FireBall and loaded with C

PAGE 25FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualGetting Disc Information for a Range of DiscsIf you want to lookup the disc information for a specif

PAGE 26FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualGetting Disc Information for All DiscsIf you want to lookup the disc information for all discs in al

PAGE 27FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualADDITIONAL CONNECTION AND HOOKUP INFORMATIONAUDIO OUTPUTSThe optical, coax, and analog audio outputs

PAGE 28FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualMULTI-ZONE VIDEO OUTPUTSMulit-Zone FireBalls have several video output formats and connectors includ

PAGE 29FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualSINGLE-ZONE VIDEO OUTPUTSSingle-Zone FireBalls have several video output formats and connectors incl

PAGE 3FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualADDITIONAL CONNECTION ANDHOOKUP INFORMATION 27AUDIO OUTPUTS 27MULTI-ZONE VIDEO OUTPUTS 28SINGLE-ZO

PAGE 30FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualRS-232 CONNECTIONSExternal disc changers are controlled via two-way serial protocols using RS-232 se

PAGE 31FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualETHERNET CONNECTIONSThe Ethernet jack on the back panel of the FireBall accepts any standard twisted

PAGE 32FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualCAT5 cabling should not exceed 100 meters. The following drawing depicts the typical wiring scheme f

PAGE 33FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualEXTERNAL CHANGER CONNECTIONSThere are a few general rules to follow when connecting changers to your

PAGE 34FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualREGISTRATIONRegistering your FireBall is accomplished automatically when you go through the Quick St

PAGE 35FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualWATCHING DVD MOVIESBROWSING YOUR MOVIE LIBRARYIf you have your DVD movies loaded into your changers

PAGE 36FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualSELECTING A DIFFERENT MOVIEWhile a movie is playing, you can press the GUIDE key on the remote contr

PAGE 37FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualVIEWING BY GENREIn addition to the current Guide View, the Movies Guide automatically organizes your

PAGE 38FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualWATCHING A MOVIE FROM ANOTHER ROOMMulti-Zone FireBall products with dual a/v outputs, provide the ca

PAGE 39FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualBROWSING YOUR MOVIE LIBRARY FROM ANOTHER ROOMThe FireBall MP-200 works just like the Fireball Media

PAGE 4FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualVIEWING BY GENRE 59USING THE JUKEBOX QUEUE 60Adding Songs and Playing the Jukebox Queue 60Reorderi

PAGE 40FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualIf you select a non-grayed out title, the movie will load and play just as it does from the main roo

PAGE 41FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualWATCHING THE SAME MOVIE IN TWO ROOMSIf you want to watch the same movie in both rooms, from the Movi

PAGE 42FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualGETTING MUSIC INTO FIREBALLBefore you can enjoy the Music features of your FireBall Media Management

PAGE 43FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualRECORDING FROM THE INTERNAL CDThe easiest way to get music into your FireBall is to record CDs using

PAGE 44FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualRECORDING FROM EXTERNAL CHANGERSIn addition to manually loading and recording CDs one by one using t

PAGE 45FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualAutomatically Recording CDsYou can easily record changer based CDs to your FireBall’s internal hard

PAGE 46FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualRecording a Range of CDsIf you want to record a specific range of slots in a changer, you can use th

PAGE 47FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualRecording All CDsIf you want to record all discs in all changers, you can use the Record All feature

PAGE 48FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualIMPORTING MUSIC FILESIf you have digital audio files already recorded on your PC or Mac, you can tra

PAGE 49FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualIMPORTING FROM A PCMake sure your PC is connected to the same network as your FireBall and follow th

PAGE 5FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualEXTERNAL CONTROL 107SURROUND MODE SETTINGS 107INSTALLING THE ETP TOUCH PANEL 108Calibrating the To

PAGE 50FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualIMPORTING FROM A MACFireBall’s File Server acts like a Windows File Server on your network, therefor

PAGE 51FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s Manual4. Click on the Content pop-up menu and select the Import directory.5. Next, an authentication dia

PAGE 52FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualRECORDING FROM OTHER EXTERNAL SOURCESIn addition to recording from external changers, FireBall allow

PAGE 53FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualERASING A CD-RW DISCYou can use FireBall’s built-in CD burner to erase the contents of a re-writable

PAGE 54FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualLISTENING TO MUSICBROWSING YOUR MUSIC LIBRARYNow that you have gotten your music into your FireBall,

PAGE 55FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualPLAYING THE CURRENT TITLEPlaying the currently highlighted Title is the same as playing a CD in a co

PAGE 56FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualCHANGING THE GUIDE VIEWThe GUIDE button on the remote control is used to switch between the Music Gu

PAGE 57FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualView By Title-ArtistView By Title will order the list of Titles alphabetically from A to Z, accordin

PAGE 58FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualCHANGING THE CURRENT PLAY MODEThe default Play Mode will play the current Title from Track 1 to the

PAGE 59FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualVIEWING BY GENREIn addition to the current Guide View, the Music Guide automatically organizes your

PAGE 6FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualPRODUCT INTRODUCTIONThank you for purchasing a FireBall Media Management system from Escient (a divis

PAGE 60FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualUSING THE JUKEBOX QUEUEBy default, FireBall plays music from a “playlist” or “disc” based song list,

PAGE 61FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualReordering the Jukebox QueueFollow these steps to reorder tracks in the Jukebox Queue:1. Make sure

PAGE 62FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualLISTENING TO INTERNET RADIOBROWSING INTERNET RADIO STATIONSThe Radio Guide displays a scrolling list

PAGE 63FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualPLAYING THE CURRENT STATIONPlaying the currently highlighted Radio Station is the same as selecting

PAGE 64FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualMANAGING YOUR MEDIACREATING PLAYLISTSFireBall allows you to organize your favorite songs into custom

PAGE 65FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualCREATING GROUPSIn addition to Playlists, FireBall allows you to create custom “Groups” of Movies, Mu

PAGE 66FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualADDING INTERNET RADIO STATIONSFireBall comes preloaded with several high quality streaming Internet

PAGE 67FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualUPDATING THE INTERNET RADIO STATIONS LISTEscient makes every attempt to insure that the preloaded In

PAGE 68FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualEDITING MOVIE INFORMATIONFireBall has access to tens of thousands of DVD titles, but you may still

PAGE 69FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualAutomatically Lookup Information for This DiscThe “Lookup This Disc” button will initiate a disc loo

PAGE 7FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualWARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS• Do not use this apparatus near water.• Clean only with a dry cloth.• Do

PAGE 70FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualSearching for Movie Information ManuallyOccasionally the MovieDB™ will not return the movie informat

PAGE 71FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualSelecting an Existing CoverIf for some reason you can not download the original cover, you can choos

PAGE 72FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualEdit DescriptionIf for some reason you can not download the original description, you can edit it.Fo

PAGE 73FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualEDITING MUSIC INFORMATIONFireBall has access to over 4 million CD titles, but you may still encounte

PAGE 74FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualEditing Track NamesYou can also manually edit the Track/Song names of the currently highlighted Titl

PAGE 75FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualAutomatically Lookup Information for This DiscThe “Lookup This Disc” button will initiate a disc loo

PAGE 76FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualSearching for the Original CoverOccasionally the wrong cover or the default cover will be displayed

PAGE 77FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualSelecting an Existing CoverIf for some reason you can not download the original cover, you can choos

PAGE 78FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualEDITING RADIO INFORMATIONSimilar to editing Music Information, you can also Edit the Radio Informati

PAGE 79FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualEDITING PLAYLISTSYou can reorder tracks, change the name, and add or remove tracks from any Playlist

PAGE 8FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualTRADEMARKS & SERVICE MARKSEscient®, the Escient logo, and FireBall® are trademarks of Digital Net

PAGE 80FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualEDITING GROUPSAs with Playlists, you can also edit the name of a Group, add Music Titles, Movie Titl

PAGE 81FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualDELETING MUSICYou can remove any music you have recorded to the FireBall by using the Delete Music f

PAGE 82FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualDELETING PLAYLISTSYou may delete entire Playlists from the Music Guide. Follow these steps to perman

PAGE 83FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualDELETING GROUPSDeleting Groups from the Group Bar is very similar to deleting Playlists. The content

PAGE 84FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualCREATING CDSFireBall is a complete media solution for storing, managing, and listening to your music

PAGE 85FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s Manual9. After all of the songs have been read, FireBall will ask if you want to add any more tracks to t

PAGE 86FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualDUPLICATING A CDYou can duplicate any physical disc located in the internal drive or any external ch

PAGE 87FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualRECORDING FROM AN EXTERNAL SOURCEFireBall also allows you to record from the external inputs to a bl

PAGE 88FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualSETTING USER PREFERENCESUser preferences are available to specify global configuration options and p

PAGE 89FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualSETTING THE SCREEN SAVER PREFERENCESScreen Savers are provided for each source mode. Screen Savers p

PAGE 9FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualWARRANTY INFORMATIONTerms of Coverage - Each Escient branded media management system sold comes with

PAGE 90FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualRetail Demo ModeFireBall has a Retail Demo Mode for use in retail display environments. The Retail D

PAGE 91FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualPhoto Screen Saver ModeFireBall has a Photo Screen Saver Mode for displaying your own photos wheneve

PAGE 92FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualSETTING YOUR TIME ZONESpecify which US time zone your FireBall is located in. Follow these steps to

PAGE 93FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualCUSTOMIZABLE USER INTERFACEIn addition to the Escient Classic user interface theme, the FireBall all

PAGE 94FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualENABLING PASSWORD PROTECTION Optional Password Protection enables you to limit user access to the Se

PAGE 95FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualMOVIE RATINGSMovie Ratings are used to prohibit the display of certain movies in the Movies Guide. T

PAGE 96FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualETHERNET SETTINGS Ethernet is the preferred networking choice which provides you with the best netwo

PAGE 97FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualSERVER SETTINGSYour FireBall can act as a “server” delivering audio to optional FireBall “clients” o

PAGE 98FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualFIREBALL MUSIC SHARINGFireBall contains a special music sharing feature that allows the FireBall-PC

PAGE 99FireBall™ AVX & MX Series User’s ManualSELECTING THE AUDIO ENCODER TYPEYou can specify which audio encoder (MP3 or FLAC) you want to use fo