Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product FireBallTM FP-1 Flying Pig Systems
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FP-1 USER’S MANUAL P/N: M51001-01A1.
P AGE 2 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual THANK YOU The team at Escient would like to take this opportunity to thank you for purchasing an Escient FireBall product. Escient is committed to providing our customers the most technologically advanced, yet easier- than-ever to use products that converge the power of the Internet with home entertainment.
P AGE 3 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual LISTENING TO MUSIC 23 BROWSING YOUR MUSIC LIBRAR Y 23 SHOW AND HIDE TRACKS 23 PLA YING THE CURRENT TITLE 24 SELECTING A DIFFERENT SONG 24 CHANGING THE GUIDE V.
P AGE 4 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual EXTERNAL CONTROL 60 IR REMOTE CONTROL 60 DIRECT ACCESS CODES 61 BUTT ON OVERLA Y 64 SERIAL COM PORT 65 CONTROLLING FIREBALL FROM OTHER DEVICES 66 FIREBALL UTI.
P AGE 5 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual PRODUCT INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing a FireBall Media Management system from Escient (a division of D&M Holdings).
P AGE 6 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual W ARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS • Donotusethisapparatusnearwater . • Cleanonlywithadrycloth.
P AGE 7 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual TRADEMARKS & SERVICE MARKS Escient® , the Escient logo, and FireBall® aretrademarksofDigitalNetworksNorth America.
P AGE 8 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual W ARRANTY INFORMA TION T erms of Coverage - Each Escient branded media management system sold comes with a standard one (1) year warranty . This warranty provides no-charge coverage under normal product usage, for a period of one year from the date of registration and/or purchase (whichever is earlier).
P AGE 9 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual • Additionally ,Escientdoesnotcoverthefollowingitemsunderthetermsofitswarrantyprograms: • Installationorremovalcharges. • Costofinitialtechnicaladjustments(setupcosts).
P AGE 10 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual ESCIENT PRIV ACY POLICY Escient is committed to providing you with a product that you enjoy and are confident in using, and are committed to providing services in a private and secure environment.
P AGE 1 1 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual TERMS AND DEFINITIONS Following are terms used throughout this manual: • Button-referstoagraphicitemonthedisplayscreen. • Group-acollectionofsimilarmusictitles.
P AGE 12 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual SETUP This manual assumes that you followed the printed “Quick Setup Guide” that came with your FireBall. If you have not properly connected your FireBall to your audio/video system, please go back and follow the “Quick Setup Guide” guide before continuing with this User Manual.
P AGE 13 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual FRONT AND BACK P ANEL OVER VIEW 1 - LED - POWER ST A TES 2 - POWER ON/OFF 3 - IR WINDOW 1 - ETHERNET 2 - DIGIT AL AUDIO OPTICAL OUT 3 - ANALOG AUDIO OUT RIGH.
P AGE 14 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual REMOTE OVERVIEW CODE SET Code Set - used to set the universal IR source buttons. UNIVERSAL SOURCE SELECT TV / Cable / Receiver / DVD - used to congure the remote to control other devices.
P AGE 15 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual ENTERING TEXT WITH THE REMOTE CONTROL The remote control can be used to enter text in all text fields. This text entry capability is provided to allow you to fill out short text fields – such as those that occur in the setup and edit screens.
P AGE 16 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual display a “C”. The fourth key press displays a lower case “a”, the fifth key press displays a lower case “b”, and the sixth key press displays a lower case “c”. Lastly , pressing the “2” key a seventh time displays the number “2”.
P AGE 17 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual AUDIO / VIDEO OUTPUTS FireBall has two audio and video output formats and connectors including: AUDIO • AnalogAudio •Digital.
P AGE 18 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual RS-232 CONNECTIONS TheCOMportistobeusedforconnectingawiredtouchpanelortointerfacewithathirdpartycontrolsystemsuchas AMXorCrestron.
P AGE 19 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual ETHERNET CONNECTIONS The Ethernet jack on the back panel of the FireBall accepts any standard twisted pair CA T5 Ethernet cable. If you are connecting FireBall to a home network, you typically connect a standard Ethernet cable from your Ethernet router or hub to the FireBall.
P AGE 20 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual CA T5 cabling should not exceed 100 meters. The following drawing depicts the typical wiring scheme for CA T5. For more information about wiring an Ethernet network, please refer to the Linksys web site (www .
P AGE 21 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual REGISTRA TION Registering your FireBall is accomplished automatically when you go through the Quick Start process described in the User ’ s Manual.
P AGE 22 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual CONNECTING YOUR IPOD Follow these steps to connect your iPod to the FP-1: 1. Insert the appropriate universal iPod adapter into the iPod docking well on the top of the FP-1 2. Insert your iPod into the dock. 3.
P AGE 23 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual LISTENING TO MUSIC BROWSING YOUR MUSIC LIBRAR Y NowthatyouhavegottenyourmusicintoyourFireBall,it’ stimetoenjoy it! The Music Guide allows you to browse, locate, and play all of your music in one easy to use on-screen guide.
P AGE 24 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual PLA YING THE CURRENT TITLE Playing the currently highlighted T itle is the same as playing a CD in a conventional CD player . Simply press the PLA Y key on the remote control and it begins to play from track 1.
P AGE 25 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual CHANGING THE GUIDE VIEW The GUIDE button on the remote control is used to switch between the Music Guide and Music Player screens. When you are viewing the Music Player screen, press the GUIDE button to return to the Music Guide.
P AGE 26 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual V iew By List V iewByListdisplaysaninelinehierarchicalview of your music library starting by Genre, then by Artist, Album, and finally by songs.
P AGE 27 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual CHANGING THE CURRENT PLA Y MODE The default Play Mode will play the current T itle from T rack 1 to the last track in order , then stop.
P AGE 28 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual VIEWING BY GENRE InadditiontothecurrentGuide V iew ,theMusicGuideautomaticallyorganizesyourMusicintodefault“Genres”alsocalled“Groups”.
P AGE 29 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual USING THE JUKEBOX QUEUE By default, FireBall plays music from a “playlist” or “disc” based song list, meaning that you select an Artist-Title, T itle, or Cover and it plays the entire Album you selected (according to the current Play Mode).
P AGE 30 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual Reordering the Jukebox Queue Follow these steps to reorder tracks in the Jukebox Queue: 1. Make sure you are viewing the Music Player screen or press the GUIDE button to hide the Guide and display the Player screen.
P AGE 31 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual LISTENING TO INTERNET RADIO BROWSING INTERNET RADIO ST A TIONS The Radio Guide displays a scrolling list of Internet Radio Stations.
P AGE 32 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual PLA YING THE CURRENT ST A TION Playing the currently highlighted Radio Station is the same as selecting and playing an off air radio station on a typical audio receiver . Simply press the SELECT key on the remote control and the currently highlighted station will be located, buffered, and then played.
P AGE 33 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual MANAGING YOUR MEDIA CREA TING PLA YLISTS FireBall allows you to organize your favorite songs into custom “Playlists”.
P AGE 34 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual ADDING INTERNET RADIO ST A TIONS FireBall comes preloaded with several high quality streaming Internet Radio Stations from around the world, but that may not be enough for you, so FireBall also lets you add your own Internet Radio Stations.
P AGE 35 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual UPDA TING THE INTERNET RADIO ST A TIONS LIST Escient makes every attempt to insure that the preloaded Internet Radio Stations are alive and well, but due to the dynamic nature of the Internet and the third parties who actually serve up these radio streams, sometimes you will not be able to play a station.
P AGE 36 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual EDITING MUSIC INFORMA TION FireBall has access to over 4 million CD titles, but you may still encounter a CD that does not returnacustomcoverorthecorrectdiscinformation.
P AGE 37 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual Editing Track Names Y oucanalsomanuallyedittheT rack/SongnamesforFireBallhardwareserverbasedmusictitles. Follow these steps to edit the track information for the current Music Title: 1.
P AGE 38 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual Searching for the Original Cover OccasionallythewrongcoverorthedefaultcoverwillbedisplayedforaMusicT itle.Y oucan manually search for the original cover art by using the “Search for Cover” feature.
P AGE 39 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual EDITING RADIO INFORMA TION Similar to editing Music Information, you can also Edit the Radio Information. Follow these steps to edit the station information for the currently highlighted Internet Radio Station: 1.
P AGE 40 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual EDITING PLA YLISTS Y oucanreordertracks,changethename,andaddorremovetracksfromanyPlaylistyoucreated. Follow these steps to edit a Playlist: 1. Press the MUSIC key to make sure you are in the Music source mode.
P AGE 41 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual DELETING PLA YLISTS Y ou may delete entire Playlists from the Music Guide. Follow these steps to permanently delete one or more Playlists from the Music Guide: 1. Press the MUSIC key to make sure you are in the Music source mode.
P AGE 42 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual SETTING USER PREFERENCES User preferences are available to specify global configuration options and preferred system settings.
P AGE 43 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual GET COVER ART The FP-1 automatically downloads and stores cover art for the music titles on the iPod. If for any reason the cover art is not downloaded then the Get Cover Art function can be used to manually lookup and download all cover art again.
P AGE 44 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual ST A TUS The iPod Status screen provides information for the currently docked iPod including how many genres, artists, titles, songs, and playlists are on the iPod.
P AGE 45 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual SELECTING YOUR LANGUAGE FireBall supports 5 different languages for its on screen menus and text. Follow these steps to set the language of your choice: Follow these steps to set your preferred language. 1. Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup Menu 2.
P AGE 46 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual SETTING THE SCREEN SA VER PREFERENCES Screen Savers are provided for each source mode. Screen Savers provide two important functions, to prevent a static image from being displayed on the video output device for extended periods of time and to provide useful information to the user when activated.
P AGE 47 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual Retail Demo Mode FireBall has a Retail Demo Mode for use in retail display environments. The Retail Demo Mode (RDM) is a special screen saver that is activated during idle time. The RDM continuously displays keyfeaturesandbenefitsoftheFireBallproductontheattachedTV .
P AGE 48 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual SETTING YOUR TIME ZONE Specify which US time zone your FireBall is located in. Follow these steps to set your Time Zone: 1. Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu. 2. Select the GENERAL Menu 3.
P AGE 49 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual CUSTOMIZABLE USER INTERF ACE In addition to the Escient Classic user interface theme, the FireBall allows you to select a custom theme and select your own background images for each Guide, Player , Options, Setup, and Message screens.
P AGE 50 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual ENABLING P ASSWORD PROTECTION Optional Password Protection enables you to limit user access to the Setup Menus. This is useful to lock out the ability to change the global user settings and preferences. Setting a System Password – Follow these steps to setup a new system password: 1.
P AGE 51 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual ETHERNET SETTINGS Ethernet is the preferred networking choice which provides you with the best network performance and allows your FireBall to act as a “server” to deliver your music collection throughout your home network using the optional FireBall Music Players.
P AGE 52 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual SERVER SETTINGS Y ourFireBallcanactasa“server”deliveringaudiotooptionalFireBall“clients”overthenetwork.
P AGE 53 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual FIREBALL MUSIC SHARING FireBall contains a special music sharing feature that allows the FireBall-PC software and other FireBall Music Servers located on the same network to share their music library into two independent zones.
P AGE 54 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual VIDEO FORMA T Allowsyoutoselect4:3or16:9aspectratiosonyourTV screen. Follow these steps to center the FireBall screen: 1. Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu.
P AGE 55 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual CENTERING THE FIREBALL SCREEN AllowsyoutocentertheFireBalluserinterfacehorizontallyonyourTV screen. Follow these steps to center the FireBall screen: 1. Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu.
P AGE 56 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual ADJUSTING YOUR TV’S BRIGHTNESS Follow these steps to adjust the brightness on your TV : 1. Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu. 2. Select the VIDEO menu. 3. Select the BRIGHTNESS menu.
P AGE 57 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual ADJUSTING YOUR TV’S CONTRAST The Contrast or Picture Adjustment control allows you to optimize the contrast (which is sometimes calledPicture)oftheirTV ,usingtheTV’ sContrastorPicturecontrols.
P AGE 58 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual ADJUSTING YOUR TV’S SHARPNESS TheSharpnessadjustmentallowsyoutosettheSharpnessorDetailcontroloftheTVsothat onscreen text is as readable as possible.
P AGE 59 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual ADJUSTING YOUR TV’S COLOR AND TINT ColorBarsareusedtotesttheTVmonitor’ sabilitytoreproducethepropercolorvalues. Follow these steps to adjust the Color and Tint on your TV : 1.
P AGE 60 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual EXTERNAL CONTROL IR REMOTE CONTROL FireBall is preset from the factory to operate from the FB1 source button, however , the FireBall can be configured to use any one of the four source buttons using the on screen Setup menus.
P AGE 61 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual DIRECT ACCESS CODES Direct Access Codes are used in conjunction with the MACRO key on the remote control to provide an IR code sequence to access just about any media in your FireBall server .
P AGE 62 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual The following table is used to determine the button sequence for direct access code sequences from the Escient IR remote and IR keyboard.
P AGE 63 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual The following table is used to determine the button sequence for direct access code sequences from the Escient IR remote and IR keyboard.
P AGE 64 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual BUTTON OVERLA Y The Button Overlay feature places button controls onto the FireBall user interface for use with third-party touch panels. Y oumaychoosetomanuallyenableordisabletheThirdPartyOverlayorEscientT ouchPanel overlays.
P AGE 65 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual SERIAL COM PORT The Serial Control COM Port setting is used for two-way external control communications with a third party control system. If the COM port is not available, you must use the Ethernet based external control for two-way external control communications with a third party control system.
P AGE 66 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual CONTROLLING FIREBALL FROM OTHER DEVICES FireBallprovidestheuserandcustom A/Vinstallerwithmanyoptionsforcontrolandin.
P AGE 67 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual FIREBALL UTILITIES GETTING INFORMA TION ABOUT YOUR FIREBALL Information about your FireBall hardware and software is available under the Utilities menu. This information is useful for troubleshooting any problems you may encounter with your network connection or verifying the current software versions.
P AGE 68 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual REST ARTING THE SYSTEM There are two ways of manually performing a full restart or reboot of the FireBall system, one using the front panel power button and the other using the Restart System menu. Follow these steps to restart the system using the front panel Power Button: 1.
P AGE 69 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual UPDA TING THE SOFTW ARE FireBall will automatically check the Escient server once a week for any FireBall software updates, andautomaticallyinstallthem. Y oucanalsomanuallycheckforasoftwareupdate.
P AGE 70 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual CONTROLLING FIREBALL FROM A WEB BROWSER FireBall contains a built-in web server which means you can connect to your FireBall and remotely control it using a standard web browser from a PC, Mac, or PDA over your home network.
P AGE 71 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual ID3 T AG SUPPORT All MP3, AAC, and FLAC files should have the proper ID3 tags in each file in order for FireBall to properly add each music file to its internal Library . The following ID3 tag formats are supported by FireBall: • ID3v1.
P AGE 72 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual NETWORKED AUDIO USING FIREBALL MUSIC CLIENTS SERVERS A FireBall Server is a Fireball media management system that is capable of “serving” media to other FireBalls over a network. The FireBall is a considered a “server” product.
P AGE 73 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual CONFIGURING A FIREBALL SER VER Every FireBall capable of server functions is automatically enabled to serve MP3, AAC, and FLAC audio whenever it is plugged in and properly configured for your network.
P AGE 74 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual ESCIENT TECHNICAL SUPPOR T Contact your dealer or Escient’ s Customer Support group. Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00am - 7pm EST Phone: 800-372-4368 Press “2” for Sales, or “3” for Support Fax: 317-616-6790 Internet: www .
P AGE 75 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual TROUBLESHOOTING NETWORK PROBLEMS If you experience problems registering a FireBall or connecting to the Internet to lookup disc information, try these possib.
P AGE 76 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION SPECIFICA TIONS Specifications are subject to change without notice. Please check the Escient web site for any changes to the specifications.
P AGE 77 FireBall™ FP-1 User ’s Manual GRACENOTE®END-USERLICENSE AGREEMENT USEOF THISPRODUCTIMPLIES ACCEPT ANCEOF THE TERMS BELOW . This product contains technology and data from Gracenote of Emeryville, California (“Gracenote”).
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