Escient Vision VS & VC User’s Guide
Version: M51003-02A3
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VS & VC Series Components
Front Panel LED
- Will flash red until the system is ready, at which point it will
turn blue. Solid red indicates that the system is in Standby mode (video off).
IR Receiver
- Use with the included handheld IR remote to control the Vision
Power Button
- Press and release to toggle the Vision between standby and on.
Hold for 5 seconds to force the unit to shutdown (power LED turns off). Press
the power button again to power up.
Eject Button
- Press and release to eject the internal optical disc tray.
USB port (front panel)
- Use to connect a USB keyboard and mouse to control the
Vision
Power port
- Plug the included AC power cord into Vision
Gigabit Ethernet port
- Connect Vision to your Gigabit Ethernet switch using a
Cat 5e or Cat 6 rated cable.
USB ports (back panel)
- Use to connect one or more USB to RS-232 DB-9 Serial
adapters to control external changers or to control Vision from external control
systems using the Escient RS-232 control protocol.
IR port
- Connect Vision to an external wired IR control system using a stereo 1/8”
cable where the sleeve is ground, ring is power, and tip is signal.
HDMI input ports
- Connect Vision to an external disc changer that has an HDMI
port or to an Escient CH-1 adapter kit to pass component video + digital audio
from a Sony 777ES Mega changer, using a high quality HDMI cable
HDMI Output port
- Connect Vision to a widescreen high definition TV that has
an HDMI port using a high quality HDMI cable, or a DVI port using an HDMI to
DVI cable.
Component Video ports
- Connect Vision to a widescreen high definition TV that
has component video (Y, Pb, and Pr) ports using a high quality component video
cable with green, blue, and red connectors.
S-Video port
- Connect Vision to a standard definition TV that has an S-Video
port using a high quality S-Video cable.
Composite Video port
- Connect Vision to a standard definition TV that has a
composite video port using a high quality video cable.
Coax digital audio port
- Connect Vision to a home theater A/V receiver that has
a coax digital audio port, using a high quality coax digital cable.
Optical digital audio port
- Connect Vision to a home theater A/V receiver that
has an optical digital audio port, using a high quality optical digital audio (also
called a S/PDIF or TOSLINK) cable.
Analog audio ports
- Connect Vision to a widescreen high definition TV or home
theater A/V receiver with analog audio port (red and white), using an analog
audio cable.
VX Series Servers
The VX Series products provide the ability to add more storage to VS based
installations and provides central network storage for multiple VC based instal-
lations. The VX Series is only storage. You can’t connect a VX to a TV. For
example, you could install 4 VC Series players in four different rooms of the
house and access one to four VX Series storage devices located in the central
equipment room.
