Escient Fireball E-2100 Brochure

Digital Music Server

FIREBALL E2-100/200/400

The world’s best music server just got better!

Escient’s latest FireBall Music Server line-up supports
larger hard drive sizes (100GB, 200GB, and 400GB) for
even more digital music storage options, plus a host of
exciting new features making it easier than ever to store,
access, and browse all of your digital music from one
powerful, yet simple-to-use interface. New features
include Peer-to-Peer music sharing, DLNA and UPnP
support, gapless audio track playback, a PDA web
interface, user selectable 16x9 or 4:3 user interface, a
customizable user interface, WMA audio playback, and
access to hundreds of free Shoutcast Internet Radio
Stations. The best keeps getting better!

POWERFUL, RELIABLE, INTUITIVE.

MUSIC SERVER FEATURES

• 100, 200, or 400GB hard drives – enough storage for even

the largest music collections

• Instant Music Access – instantly find and play any genre, artist,

title or song in your music collection

• Built-in CD Player – play any standard CD and get the cover

art, artist, title and song list on-screen

• Automatic CD Identification – uses Gracenote CDDB™ for the

best possible CD data matching in the world

• CD Burner – create the perfect mix CD to play in your car,

office, or portable CD player

• Fast CD Ripper – copy a CD to the internal hard drive in MP3

or CD Quality (FLAC) format in less than 5 minutes

• Multi-Zone Support – Connect one FireBall to another FireBall

to share the music, double the storage capacity, and create a
second music zone or add FireBall MP-150 players for music in
every room.

• Gapless Audio Playback – no more gaps between tracks when

you rip classical or live CDs

• Fully Customizable – create and edit your own Playlists,

Genres, and Internet Radio Stations

• Free WMA and Shoutcast Internet Radio – high quality

Internet Radio stations updated automatically using the Escient
RadioDB Tuning Service

• Line Level Audio Recorder – record any analog or digital

audio signal directly to CD or the internal hard drive

• CD Changer Management – CD management for up to 1200

additional CDs stored in external disc changers

• Built-in Audio Switcher – automatic changer selection and

routing to your receiver

INTERFACE AND CONTROL FEATURES

• On-screen Graphical User Interface – often imitated, but

never duplicated, simply the best interface around can now be
customized with themes and personalized backgrounds to match
any décor

• PC File Sharing – transfer music files to and from your PC or

Mac

• Web Server and PDA Interface – remote control and music

streaming from any standard web browser or PDA

• DLNA/UPnP Support – connect, control, and play your music

from any standard DLNA/UPnP media adapter

• Sophisticated Control Interface – extensive two way control

enables endless integration possibilities with Crestron, AMX and
other home automation and third party remote control systems

E2-100/200/400 Digital Music Managers

Seamless integration
with many different
control and playback
devices allows you to
get the most out of
your entertainment.

Portables

KEY FEATURES:

• 100GB, 200GB, or 400GB internal hard drives for storing digital music files

• Built-in CD-RW drive for playing, burning and ripping CDs

• Store, secure, browse and play up to 1200 CDs located in Sony, Kenwood, or Pioneer disc
changers

• Simple and intuitive on-screen user interface for browsing, selecting, and playing music, Internet
Radio stations and for all system configuration and setup functions

• Automatic CD identification using Gracenote CDDB™ with cover art provided by AMG

• PC File Sharing for transferring music files to and from a PC or Mac (includes support for iPod, Rio,
and other portable players)

• Web interface for remote control and music streaming via any standard web browser

• PDA interface for controlling FireBall from any pocket sized web enabled device

• Create custom playlists and genres

• Music playback in repeat and random modes

• Play any WMA or Shoutcast Internet Radio stations

• Create and edit Internet Radio stations

• Record audio to hard drive from controlled external changers or from any legacy analog or digital
audio device (LPs, Cassettes, DAT, MD, etc.)

• Connects to other FireBall Music Servers to share music libraries

• Built-in audio switcher for automatic changer selection and routing to your receiver

• User selectable 16x9 or 4:3 on screen TV user interface

• Gapless playback feature for classical and live recordings

• Customizable User Interface skins for an exciting new look

External Control UI

UPnP Media Adapters

Web UI

PDA UI

A/V Distribution

Handheld Remotes

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BACK PANEL CONNECTIONS:

1. POWER

2. IR IN and S-LINK

3. DIGITAL AUDIO IN and OUT (Optical and Coax)

4. ANALOG AUDIO OUT (Stereo)

5. ANALOG AUDIO IN (Stereo x3)

6. VIDEO OUT (Composite, S-Video, and Component)

7. Ethernet

8. RS-232

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

• TV or other video display device

DIMENSIONS:

• 17 3/8”W x 11 7/8”D x 4 5/8”H

SUPPORTED AUDIO FORMATS:

• CD-Audio, MP3, WMA, FLAC

SUPPORTED CHANGERS:

• Sony DVDP-777ES 400 disc DVD/CD changers

• Kenwood DV5050 and 5900 403 disc DVD/CD changers

• Sony 200, 300, 400 disc CDP series CD-only changers

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INCLUDED ACCESSORIES AND CABLES:

• IR Remote

• IR Keyboard

• A/V cables

• Ethernet cable

• Power cord

OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES:

• Other FireBall models for multi-zone support

• Escient EWP-2000 Web Pad

• Escient ETP-1500 Touch Panel

• Rack-mount kit available from Middle Atlantic. Ask for
“Escient FireBall”

OPTIONAL SERVICES:

• QuikFire CD Ripping Service for quickly getting your music
collection onto the internal hard drive

AUDIO STORAGE CAPACITY:

PC or Mac

FireBall is compliant with legal guidelines for music recording. CD media that can be used for recording is either
CD-Ra or CD-RWa. CD-R and CD-RWs cannot be used. Broadband is recommended for connection. ISP may be
used. Please note: some free ISPs don't use standard, consistent methods of Internet connectivity and don't open
networks to outside users. Call for recommendations.

Escient reserves the right to change product hardware, features and software without notice. Upon any change,
materials are updated as quickly as possible, but may not be reflected in documents already distributed. Supported
hardware is updated continually. If you wish to interface with hardware that is not listed on this data sheet, please call
Escient at 800.372.4368.

©2005 Escient. All rights reserved. Escient and the Escient logo are registered trademarks and FireBall and Physital
are trademarks of Escient and D&M Holdings. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. 09/05

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Indianapolis, IN 46278

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FLAC is a variable bit rate encoder so the actual number of hours will

vary depending on the music content -

1 GB equals 1,000,000,000 bytes