Escient's FireBall MX-111 is the new standard for
home theater components. There is no better way to enjoy your home theater than
with the MX-111’s ability to graphically organize and display your entire DVD
and digital music collection right on your big screen! With its large 160GB hard
drive and the ability to manage up to 400 DVDs and CDs in an external changer,
the MX-111 provides instant access to even the largest music and movie
collections through an easy to use and intuitive on-screen interface. No more
fumbling through movie jackets, getting up from your favorite theater seat, or
worrying about scratched or lost discs - just sit back, relax, and enjoy the
power and thrill of the ultimate home theater media manager.
DVD MANAGEMENT FEATURES
• Instant Movie Access –
instantly access any DVD in your collection using the intuitive on-screen guide
• Multiple Movie Views – view
your movie collection by genre, title or cover art
• Detailed Movie Descriptions –
get on-screen information such as cast, rating, genre, year, run time, and
detailed descriptions for every movie in your collection
• Store and Protect – safely
store your entire DVD collection in one 400 disc DVD changer
• Value Minded – it costs less
to store 400 DVDs in external an changer compared to hard drive storage or
expensive entertainment center furniture
• Automatic DVD Identification –
uses Escient’s MovieDB™ for the best possible DVD data matching in the world
• Automatic DVD Cover Art – full
color cover art for every DVD is automatically located and displayed for you
• Parental Controls – limit
which DVDs can be browsed and played by your kids
• Fully Customizable – create
and edit your own movie groups and add your own movie descriptions and notes
• Built-in Video Switcher –
automatic changer selection and A/V routing to your receiver or TV using only
one input
MUSIC SERVER FEATURES
• 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. Add FireBall ZP-1 players for music in
every room.
• 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
• 160GB hard drive – enough
storage for even the largest music collection
• CD Changer Management – CD
management for up to 400 additional CDs stored in an external disc changer
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
• FireBall-PC – support for
browsing and playing music stored on 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 RTI,
NetStreams, Crestron, AMX and other home automation and third party remote
control systems
KEY FEATURES
• 160GB internal hard drive for
storing digital music files
• Built-in CD-RW drive for
playing, burning and ripping CDs
• Store, secure, browse and play
up to 400 DVDs or CDs stored in a Sony CD/DVD 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
• PC File Sharing for transferring
music files to and from a PC or Mac (includes support for iPod and other
portable players)
• FireBall-PC support for browsing
and playing music stored on PC or Mac
• Web interface for remote control
and music streaming via any standard web browser
• PDA interface for controlling
the MX-111 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
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 component video matrix
switcher for automatic changer selection and routing to two zones
• 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