Escient DVDM-300 MP3 Player User Manual


 
The Ultimate DVD - CD - Digital Music Manager. Simply enjoy your entertainment.
Bring all your entertainment together in one powerful, intuitive on-screen guide.
Integrated Movie, Music, and Internet Radio Media Manger
Supports up to 1209 DVDs and/or CDs in external disc changers
Internal 300 GB hard drive for digital music storage
Escient’s on-screenuser interface
Built-in PC-compatible file sharing services let you easily move your music to and from your PC or Mac
An internal Web Server enables remote control of your FireBall from your networked PC or Mac
Movies:
Control, manage, and catalog DVD movies located in external DVD changers.
Automatic movie data lookups from Escient’s own MovieDB™
Automatic DVD cover art lookups
Integrated video switcher for seamless hookup and integration
Integrated Movie Guide displays movie name, cast, synopsis, rating, release year, cover art, genre and physical location for all
DVDs in external changers
Sort your DVD collection by movie title or genre.
Supports the Escient’s popular “Cover View” for viewing your DVD collection by Cover
Integrated parental control system
Music:
Control, manage, and catalog CDs located in external disc changers and digital music stored on the internal 300GB hard drive
Automatic CD data and cover art lookup
Choose between the industry standard MP3 or FLAC (CD quality) audio encoders
Sort and select your music by artist, cover art, genre, album title, song, playlist and favorites
Record over 800 hours of CD quality music using the new FLAC encoder or over 5,000 hours of MP3 music
(depending on compression rate)
Create and access custom playlists and music groups
Supports SACD discs in Sony changers and DVD-Audio in Kenwood changers
Optional FBK-300 backup kit lets you maintain manual or automatic backups of your digital music collection
Add FireBall MP-150 Digital Music Players for a whole house distributed audio system
Powerful Integration Features
The FireBall DVDM-300 integrates with a variety of changers, home
control systems, remotes and touch panels.
Compatible with Sony and Kenwood disc changers
RS-232 serial port for connecting the optional Escient ETP-1500
touch panel
Nothing new to learn – supports the same control protocols as the
FireBall DVDM-100.
Free third party support modules available for AMX, Crestron, Niles,
Philips Pronto, Sonance, Xantech and others (IR, TCP/IP and
RS-232)
Optional wireless network via standard WiFi 802.11 network
adapters
Optional dial-up internet support via external modem connected to
an available RS-232 port
Introducing the FireBall™ DVDM-300 DVD and Music Manager.
Building on the Movie Management features of Escient’s award winning DVDM-100 Movie Manager, the DVDM-300
allows you to manage your DVD, CD, and digital music collections from one integrated product! With the addition of a
super quiet internal 300GB hard drive, the FireBall DVDM-300 can store thousands of hours of MP3 music or
hundreds of hours of CD quality audio for instant access. In addition to Movies and Music, the DVDM-300 supports
Internet Radio, Changer Management, Networked Digital Music streaming, and all of the other great features you
would expect from an Escient Media Management product.