Escient Fireball SED-1 Brochure

Changer Manager

FIREBALL SE-D1

The missing link to your movie collection!

Now available from Escient, the pioneer of home theater
DVD storage and management, the affordable FireBall
SE-D1 DVD and CD Changer Manager. Imagine instant
access to any DVD movie or CD without leaving the
couch. Coupled with the 400 disc Sony DVP-CX777ES
DVD/CD changer, the Escient FireBall SE-D1 makes
storing, browsing, and enjoying your movie and music
collection as easy as changing channels on your TV. No
more fumbling though disc boxes, looking for missing
discs, or worrying about scratched discs. Let the Escient
FireBall SE-D1 store, protect, and manage all of your DVD
and CD discs through it's easy to use on-screen TV
display.

POWERFUL, RELIABLE, INTUITIVE.

DVD AND MUSIC MANAGEMENT FEATURES

• Instant Movie and Music Access – instantly access any DVD or

CD in your collection using the intuitive on-screen guide

• Multiple Movie and Music Views – view your movies and

music by genre, title or cover art

• Detailed Movie Descriptions – get on-screen information

including cast, rating, genre, year, run time, and detailed
descriptions for every movie in your collection

• Store and Protect – safely store your entire DVD and CD

collection in one 400 disc Sony changer

• Value Minded – it costs less to store 400 DVDs in an external

changer compared to hard drive storage or expensive
entertainment center furniture

• Automatic Disc Identification – uses Escient’s MovieDB™ and

Gracenote CDDB for the best possible disc matching in the world

• Automatic Cover Art – full color cover art for every disc is

automatically located and displayed for you

• Network Music Player – play digital music from FireBall Music

servers located on the same network

• Parental Controls – limit which DVDs can be browsed and

played by your kids

• Fully Customizable – create and edit your own movie and

music genres and create custom music playlists and add your
own Internet radio stations

• Free WMA and Shoutcast Internet Radio – high quality

Internet Radio stations updated automatically using the Escient
RadioDB Tuning Service

• Built-in Video Switcher – automatic changer selection and A/V

routing to your receiver or TV using only one input

INTERFACE AND CONTROL FEATURES

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

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

• Web Browser and PDA Remote Control – take control of your

movie and music collection from any standard web browser or
PDA

SE-D1

A/V Pass Through

from Sony Changer

A/V Out

SE-D1 DVD and Music Manager

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

Web UI

PDA UI

KEY FEATURES:

• Store, secure, browse and play up to 400 DVDs or CDs located in one external
Sony DVP-CX777ES changer

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

• Automatic DVD identification using Escient’s MovieDB™

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

• Web interface for remote control via any standard web browser

• PDA interface for controlling the SE-D1 from any pocket sized web enabled device

• Create custom music playlists and genres

• Music playback in repeat and random modes

• Stream MP3 and CD Quality FLAC encoded audio from FireBall servers

• Gapless Track Playback when streaming music from FireBall servers

• Play WMA and Shoutcast Internet Radio stations

• Create and edit Internet Radio stations

• Integrated video switcher uses only one input on your A/V receiver

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

• Customizable User Interface backgrounds for an exciting new look

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9

Handheld Remotes

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1

4

BACK PANEL CONNECTIONS:

1. POWER

2. IR IN and IR OUT

3. DIGITAL AUDIO OUT (Optical)

4. DIGITAL AUDIO IN (Optical)

5. ANALOG AUDIO IN (Stereo)

6. ANALOG AUDIO OUT (Stereo)

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

8. VIDEO IN (Composite, S-Video, and Component)

9. RS-232 (1 Changer / 1 Auxiliary)

10. Ethernet

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

• TV or other video display device

• One Sony DVP-CX777ES DVD/CD changer

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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SUPPORTED CHANGERS:

• (1) Sony DVP-CX777ES 400 disc DVD/CD changer

INCLUDED ACCESSORIES AND CABLES:

• IR Remote

• Analog A/V cable

• Ethernet cable

• Power cord

OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES:

• FireBall Music Servers for multi-zone support

• Escient EWP-2000 Web Pad

• IR Keyboard

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

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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.

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