Escient FireBall ZP-1 Network Music Player

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The ZP-1 is the latest FireBall Networked Music Player that provides all of the familiar on-screen browsing and control features of the Escient FireBall. Each ZP-1 provides independent audio, control, and on-screen music access, allowing you to play music from a FireBall server independently in every room of your home.
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- Use your TV to access and play all your digital music on your home theater system or in different rooms
- Supports streaming PCM, MP3, FLAC (CD Quality), WMA, AAC
- Built-in 10/100BaseT Ethernet networking; Wired IR, RS232 and Ethernet port for 3rd party external control interfaces
- Web interface for remote control via web browser; PDA interface for controlling from any pocket-sized web device
- Wireless network compatible via optional WiFi 802.11 network adapters
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 "Buggy software, difficult to use music manager on PC" 2008-03-21
By M. Johnson (San Diego, CA USA)
I have had two of these for about a year now. In that time, I've discovered these issues:



1. The Fireball PC software used to manage your music from a PC or Mac is kludgy, slow, and unreliable. I have never been able to get it to run without crashing on my iMac running Leopard. Escient claims it works on an iMac, but it doesn't, in my experience. (And I am running a brand new iMac purchased in December of 2007). As a result, I have to run the Escient PC software on a Windows PC rather than a Mac.



2. If you are used to music player software like iTunes, Escient's PC software will drive you nuts because it is so slow and crude. It feels like it was designed in 1996 and has never been usability tested or updated since. For example, there is no way to simply play all songs by an artist--which you can easily do in iTunes or Windows Media Player. With Escient's software, to queue up all the songs in your collection by an artist, you must first add all the artist's songs to a playlist, and then play that. For guests at your house who want to simply hear music by one artist, it's a perplexing, counter intuitive process. Also, the PC user interface is often very slow to load and refresh. (I am running it in a house that is wired throughout with gigabit switches and cabling.)



3. Escient playlists will not hold more than 500 songs.



4. When playing songs in a playlist, I found that the playlists often stop playing for no apparent reason.



5. With the PC software used to manage and play music from your computer, there is no way to scroll through albums and songs. Instead, you have to use a page down button, which only moves you through about six albums or songs. Because there is no way to scroll through your music library, it's a huge pain navigating extensive music collections using the PC software. I have contacted Escient about this, and they said they do not have an update to the PC software planned. Oddly, you can scroll through music when using the TV version of Escient's software. It's just that the scroll functionality is missing on the PC.



6. On the upside, Escient is extremely quick to get back to you when you contact them with support questions. I've contacted them about all the problems above. Unfortunately, the responses I have gotten to most of these issues is either that's just the way it is, or it's a bug in the software that Escient has not fixed. That or they involve complicated workarounds that defeat the purpose of installing a user-friendly system for managing and playing your music collection.


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Listen to the World with Internet Radio, Enjoy Great Choice with More than 10,000 Radio Stations, No PC Required for Environmentally Conscious Operations, Ideal for Immigrants, Language Learners and Music Lovers, Save Up to 250 of Your Favorite Stations, Built-in Buffer function for Smoother Listening, User Attentive Design, Built-in Sleep Timer and Backlight, Wooden Speaker and Line-out.
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- Features
- -- Supports 10,000 Worldwide Broadcast Stations
- -- No PC Required for Environmentally Conscious Operations
- -- Save Up to 250 of Your Favorite Stations
- -- Built-in Buffer function for Smoother Listening
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 "Good Enough Is Fine" 2009-11-04
By Charles Yulish (Washington, DC)
The ASUS Air delivers a good set of features at a remarkably low price--the Amazon $89 price is the lowest one can find. Some vendors ask nearly double this price.

The English instructions are mostly clear. I ran into a problem at the enter-the-WEP stage. After entering the WEP security code when I pressed ENTER, instead of visually accepting it, the screen kept moving me back a step. I had to call ASUS to get help on this. I was promptly connected to a tech specialist who spent as much time as needed to figure this out. Outstanding service compared with other tech call experiences. Be prepared for dialing an (812) area code--it is not a toll free number.

The Air radio's sound is pleasantly balanced and good enough for casual listening.

The remote control is excellent, compared with the Grace and Sangean mini remotes--and it uses AAA batteries instead of buttons.



I also own the Sangean stereo (very nice sound) and Grace internet radio (comparable to the ASUS.) I have given a few of these ASUS radios as gifts and getting grateful and enthusiastic thanks......

Summary on the ASUS Air WiFi radio: Good enough is fine.



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 "DOA and can't get support" 2009-02-11
By Matthew Lynn
Got this item for XMas and it is DOA. I can't return it because I have exceeded the return period. Unfortunately I am not able to get help via either phone or email support (multiple phone calls and support requests). I am EXTREMELY dissatisfied with the product and complete lack of service thus far. If anyone from Asus would like to help me through this process I might reconsider, but for now consider this to be an extremely upset customer.

 "Good Quality Radio " 2008-10-11
By Omar (Perth, Australia)
This radio offers you very good sound quality, excellent finish, and an easy access to loads of pre-set radio stations with the ability to save up to 250 favourite stations.

Out of the box set-up is straight forward once you manage to navigate through the alphabet to enter your wireless network WPA access key using the volume knob.

The radio has up to 8-sec buffer capacity which meant an almost uninterrupted listening experience for the majority of the stations.

I gave this radio only 3 stars because of the following:

1. The inability to integrate with Reciva Radio restricts you from using the extended search and management of your own station list over the web;

2. Adding a new station is not an easy task which requires manual entry of the station url using the volume knob; and

3. Inability to access PC Media files.

Overall a very good radio that would probably benefit from a firmware upgrade to include additional features.

 "Didn't work out of the box" 2008-09-04
By Allen Birchland (Riverview, FL)
I have a Verizon Actiontec wireless router for my high speed network that works for all of my laptops, printer, etc. This radio COULD NOT connect wirelessly. I contacted the manufacturer to attempt to rectify the problem, and they were no help whatsoever. Borderline rude as a matter of fact. I did hardwire it and it worked, but I found the station availability to be extremely lacking without Reciva access. And I've read that adding stations is "quite the chore" on this set.

The good news is I was able to return it (out the shipping cost, however)

and I received full credit.

Look elsewhere, IMO...

 "Highly recommend" 2008-04-21
By A. Godwin (NY)
Very stylish, and user friendly. Excellent idea, enormous number of stations to choose from. However it has a useless remote control, with a range of only 6cm.



Overall an excellent product.


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Sonoro AU-4400WH Elements Audio System (White)

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Minimalist in appearance, the Sonoro AU-4400WH Elements audio system with AM/FM radio alarm clock and MP3 connection radiates style. In sleek black or white, wood casings are meticulously hand sprayed and polished numerous times to give them a high gloss, lacquered "piano" finish. The Sonoro logo is a unique on/off mode sensor and the LED illuminated metal ring enables intuitive control of tuning and volume. Each Elements is engineered with the Sonoro 360 degree sound technology, which combines a bass reflex tube and full-range upward facing speaker that blends right and left channel audio. The result is clear, robust sound that fills a large space. Sonoro Elements picks up excellent FM and AM reception and lets individuals pre-set up to ten of their favorite stations.
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- AM/FM radio alarm clock with 10 preset stations
- Handcrafted wood casings with high gloss, lacquered piano finish
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SonoWave is a small portable radio that connects to a computer wirelessly, providing access to any music on the PC or to thousands of internet radio stations. Via a wireless transmitter that connects to a PC, the system transmits MP3 music or Internet radio stations from a PC using RF to anywhere up to 30 meters away.
Now you can access the thousands of internet radio stations and audio streams from around the world, and enjoy your audio files and CD's on your PC all away from your PC. The idea of internet radio is great, but not the idea of sitting next to the computer to listen to the radio, with SonoWave you avoid having to sit at the PC to listen to MP3 music files or radio. This innovative device is designed to be used by people who want to listen to the thousands of free and subscription Internet Radio stations, without having to use a computer.
Please note : Not compatible with Windows Vista or Mac. For Window Vista or Mac
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- Portable - The Internet Radio is completely portable receiving all data and audio over a wireless link from the transmitter part connected to the PC USB port.
- Audio Sources 6 Internet Radio, MP3, CD, Terrestrial Radio, Auxiliary Input, text to speech for caller display and email.
- Radio - Radio presets 6 with station name display
- Terrestrial Tuner - Digital Tuner bands FM Stereo, Tuner presets 6 for each band, Antenna FM/MW FM internal whip, MW ferrite rod, Frequency Display yes, 4 digit
- LCD Display - 20 character 5 x 7 dot matrix display with icons, EL blue backlight.
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The I Radio I3101 is everything you have dreamed of to make your Audio experience perfect. This Internet Radio features Wifi Internet Radio (no PC required) to browse more than 10000 internet radion stations, it Supports iPod , it has a USB port for Mp3 and WMA music players. The built in speaker is 2 *5 W with clear and powerful sound.
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- Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b/g internet radio, PC not required
- iPod Dock (with iPod charging function in iPod Mode)
- Blue backlights display and touch control button with blue light
- 3.5inch digital LCD display.Support Alarm1 and Alarm 2 clock function
- Plays audio format: MP3, WMA
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- Compliant with Bluetooth® 2.0 EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) Class 2 specification
- Works up to 66ft (20 meters) in open space
- Supports the following Bluetooth® profiles: A2DP, AVRCP, BIP, Dial-up Networking, File Transfer, Fax, Generic Access, Generic Object Exchange, HCRP, HFP, HID, LAN, Object Push, PAN, Service Discovery Application, Serial Port, and Synchronization
- Pair up to 7 Bluetooth® enabled devices
- Easy pairing with Bluetooth® enabled devices such as cell phones, PDA's, BT Headsets, etc
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 "if you have vista or 7 do not use the disk (maybe xp too?)" 2009-08-05
By sam houston (LA, CA)
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 "Unreliable for AV" 2008-05-22
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My problems started with the unopenable package. Documentation and tech-support are lacking. The device/software is erratic when used with a headset (iogear gbmh211w6 on WinXP) -- it doesn't consistently recognize the available services or direct the data appropriately.

 "Works Great!!!!" 2008-02-11
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Great product, excellent price, easy to setup, very cool design.

Works excellent with my smartphone HP iPaq 510 and with my iGo Stowaway Ultra-Slim Bluetooth Keyboard, nice product, I recommended it!!!


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- All touch operation with on-screen QWERTY keyboard
- Wi-Fi connectivity (embedded WiFi 802.11b/g standard)
- 7 inch digital 16:9 TFT LCD Display 800x480 resolution
- Wireless RSS 2.0 feed reader, internet radio
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 "Love the touch screen function" 2009-03-30
By Mary (Macon, GA USA)
Nice product! so easy to navigate with the touch screen. I am going to get one for my parents too so I can update their photos of their grandson over the internet.


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