Escient Fireball SE-80 Brochure
Digital Music Server
INTRODUCING THE FIREBALL SE-80
The most affordable music server ever.
The award winning Escient FireBall Digital Music Manager is now
available at a more affordable price - $999! You get the same
great features as the current FireBall Music Managers, including:
extremely easy to use on-screen interface, 80GB of music storage,
automatic disc recognition, built-in CD-RW drive, free Internet
Radio, network file sharing, web browser control and streaming,
multi-zone support and several new features such as a PDA web
interface, WMA audio, Shoutcast Internet Radio, gapless song
playback, enhanced widescreen user interface, and the ability to
“skin” the interface for the ultimate customization for your
customers – all at a new low price. The FireBall SE-80 is the
perfect solution for entry-level single room and IR based
multi-room distributed music installations.
POWERFUL, RELIABLE, INTUITIVE.
MUSIC SERVER FEATURES
• 80GB hard drive – enough storage for large 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
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
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 and
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
• Keypad Friendly IR Based Control – Instant access to any
playlist, genre, artist, album, song title, or Internet Radio station
using IR macros - great for Universal Remotes and IR based
multi-room distribution systems.
SE-80 Digital Music Manager
Seamless integration
with many different
control and playback
devices allows you to
get the most out of
your entertainment.
Portables
UPnP Media Adapters
KEY FEATURES:
• 80GB internal hard drive for storing digital music files
• Built-in CD-RW drive for playing, burning and ripping CDs
• 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
• Connects to other FireBall Music Servers to share music libraries
• 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
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Web UI
PDA UI
A/V Distribution
Handheld Remotes
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BACK PANEL CONNECTIONS:
1. POWER
2. IR IN
3. DIGITAL AUDIO OUT (Optical)
4. ANALOG AUDIO OUT (Stereo)
5. VIDEO OUT (Composite, S-Video, and Component)
6. Ethernet
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
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INCLUDED ACCESSORIES AND CABLES:
• IR Remote
• A/V cables
• Ethernet cable
• Power cord
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES:
• Other FireBall models for multi-zone support
• IR Keyboard
• Escient EWP-2000 Web Pad
• 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 STORAGER 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
6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250
Indianapolis, IN 46278
800.372.4368 toll free 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com
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
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