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Web UI User’s Manual
INTRODUCTION
ESCIENT PRIVACY 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.
We recognize and respect each individual user’s privacy and have created this
Privacy Policy to demonstrate our commitment to your privacy.
We want you to be fully informed about the information that we collect, why
we collect it, and with whom we share it.
It is our hope that, after reading this notice, you will understand our
commitment to privacy and be confident that we will use your information
responsibly. By using the Escient FireBall Web Interface, you are accepting the
practices described in this Privacy Policy.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Escient may be contacted by using the following information. Once you have
worked with your local Escient dealer, we encourage you to contact us if you
are in need of any further assistance.
Escient
6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250
Indianapolis, Indiana 46278
Phone: 800-372-4368 Press “2” for Sales, or “3” for Support
Fax: 317-616-6790
Internet: www.escient.com
Email: [email protected]
Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00am - 7pm EST
COPYRIGHT
This manual is copyright ©2006 by Digital Networks North America and
Escient. All rights reserved.
TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
Following are terms used throughout this manual.
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Button
- refers to a graphic item on the display screen.
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Group
– a collection of similar music titles. Standard genre groups are
provided and custom groups can be created by the user.
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Highlight
– highlighting is used to indicate the user’s selection on screen.
When the selection moves up, down, left, or right, the highlight moves to
the next nearest item. No action is taken (except that more information
may be displayed on the screen) until the Select key is pressed.
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Info Text Area
– the portion of the guide screen used to display
information about the highlighted title.
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Playlist
- a collection of one or more music tracks or songs.
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Title
- a collection of music tracks commonly referred to as a CD, Album
or Playlist.
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Key
- refers to one of the buttons on your remote or keyboard.
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MP3
- a compressed digital audio format. MP3 files are smaller than the
original CD tracks and sound almost identical.
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FLAC
- a lossless compressed digital audio format. FLAC files are smaller
than the original CD tracks and are bit for bit duplicates of the original.
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Guide
- a grid or list of information, used to browse your media library.
•
Player
- the screen used to display the currently playing media.
THE WEB INTERFACE
USING THE WEB INTERFACE
The FireBall Web Interface is used to remotely control the FireBall over a local
network using a standard web browser on your PC. The Web Interface provides
an almost identical interface as that of the FireBall TV User Interface. This
commonality among interfaces makes it easy for Escient customers to manage
and control any FireBall product using the same methods, regardless of the
actual interface. More details are provided in the following sections of this
manual.
CONNECTING TO YOUR FIREBALL
Each FireBall Media Manager contains a built-in web server capable of serving
web pages specifically designed to control almost every aspect of the FireBall
from a standard web browser such as Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.
CONNECTING TO YOUR FIREBALL
Connect to your FireBall Server from Internet Explorer, if you know the “IP
Address” of your FireBall.
Follow these steps to determine the IP Address:
1. Select the SETUP button to display the Setup menu on your TV.
2. Select the Utilities menu item.
3. Select the System Information menu item.
4. Write down the IP Address of your FireBall’s Ethernet connection.
This number is located in the bottom right of the System Information
screen and consists of four numbers separated by periods. Example:
192.168.1.1
5. Select the SETUP key again to exit Setup
Using the Internet Explorer web browser (or any web browser connected to the
same network as your FireBall) enter the IP address of your FireBall and then
the RETURN command. Your FireBall Server’s Music Guide will appear in the
web browser in a few seconds.
