Escient Fireball Digital Media Player - MP200

Escient Fireball Digital Media Player, Model MP200

The ultimate companion product to Escient's award winning FireBall DVD and Music Managers, the MP-200 allows you to remotely manage, browse, and play DVDs, CDs, and digital music from multiple rooms in your home. The FireBall MP-200 provides an independent on-screen TV user interface, remote control, and CD quality digital audio output to any room in your home. When connected to any of Escient's multi-zone FireBall Digital Media Managers, you can play DVDs in two different rooms simultaneously!

Key Features:

• Instantly access, play, and watch physical DVDs and CDs from a multi-zone FireBall Digital Media Manager
• Stream and instantly access digital music from any FireBall Music Server
  
• 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
  
• User operation is identical to other FireBall products (no learning curve)
  
• Every room gets it’s own independent graphical interface, remote control, analog, and digital audio
  
• CD quality digital audio is available in every room
  
• Connect up to five FireBall MP-200 players to one FireBall Server (Music only)
  
• Supports streaming WMA, MP3, AAC, and FLAC (CD Quality) audio files
  
• Web interface for remote control via any standard web browser
  
• PDA interface for controlling the MP-200 from any pocket sized web enabled device
  
• Create custom playlists and genres
  
• FireBall-PC support for browsing and playing music stored on PC or Mac
  
• Music playback in repeat and random modes
  
• Play any WMA or Shoutcast Internet Radio stations
  
• Create and edit Internet Radio stations
  
• 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
  
• Built-in 10/100BaseT Ethernet networking
  
• Optional wireless network via standard WiFi 802.11 network adapters
  

Features:

• Remote Video Player
  Manage, browse, and watch any DVD in a second room when connected to a multi-zone FireBall
  
• Network Music Player
  Play digital music from FireBall Music servers or directly from a PC
  
• Digital not Analog
  Unlike everyone else’s line level outputs, the MP-200 gets a 100% digital music stream
  
• Independent User Interface and Control
  Each room gets to browse, select, and play different music independent of the music server
  
• Whole House Audio
  Play MP3 or CD quality (FLAC) digital audio in any room of your house
  
• Wired or Wireless Audio
  Built-in 10/100base T Ethernet networking or connect wireless Ethernet adapters
  
• Gapless Audio Playback
  No more gaps between tracks when you play 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
  
• 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 Server and PDA Interface
  Remote control and music streaming from any standard web browser or PDA
  
• FireBall-PC
  Support for browsing and playing music stored on PC or Mac
  
• Sophisticated Control Interface
  Extensive two way control enables endless integration possibilities with Crestron, AMX and other home automation and third party remote control systems
  

Specifications:

Minimum System Requirements For Music

• FireBall Music Server (MX, AVX, E2, or SE-80)
• TV or other video display device
  

Minimum System Requirements For Movies

• Multi-zone FireBall with one Sony DVP-CX777ES changer
  
• Watching two different movies requires two or more Sony DVP-CX777ES changers connected to a multi-zone FireBall
  
• TV or other video display device

Included Accessories and Cables

• IR Remote
  
• A/V cables
  
• Ethernet cable
  
• Power cord

Approximate Dimensions:

• Height: 4-5/8"
• Width: 17-3/8"
• Depth: 11-7/8"

Approximate Weight:

• Shipping: 10 lbs

Warranty Information:

• Manufacturer Warranty (authorized online retailer): One Year Parts and Labor