Escient FireBall DVDM DVDM-300 - 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.