User manual ARCHOS GMINI 402

[. . . ] English Language User Manual Gmini TM 402 · · · · Pocket Music / Photo / Video MPEG-4 Video Player MP3 & WMA Music Player Photo Viewer USB 2. 0 Hard Disk User Manual for ARCHOSTM GminiTM 402 Version 1. 8 Please visit our website to download the most recent manual and software for this product. 1 Table of Contents 1 2 INTRO - Buttons and Connections INTRO - First Time Usage 2. 1 2. 2 2. 3 2. 4 2. 5 2. 6 2. 7 2. 8 Plugging in the AC Adapter Turning on the GminiTM 402 Shutting off the GminiTM 402 and Battery saving features Changing the Language Foreign Character Sets Charging the Batteries Caring for the GminiTM 402 Hardware Reset Button Control Playing Through your Stereo System Artist, Album, Title . . . ID3 Tags The ARCLibrary (Browsing by Album, Artist, or Song name) Setting a Bookmark The Resume Function Playing a Playlist Creating a Playlist Saving a Playlist Adding songs to a Playlist while listening to Music Cable Connections for Audio Recording Recording Procedure Microphone Analog Line-In Incremental Recording Where is the Recording Saved?Audio Editing Synchronizing Music from Windows Media® Player to the GminiTM 402 Comparison of Windows Media Player 10 to Windows Media Player 9 Transferring your CD collection to the GminiTM 402 Installing Windows Media® Player 9 (WMP9) Installing Windows Media® Player 10 (WMP10) 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 Non Protected Internet Video Content 29 9 6 8 VIDEO - Creating MPEG4 video files with your computer 9. 1 31 31 31 31 9. 2 3 MUSIC - Playing Music Files 3. 1 3. 2 3. 3 3. 4 3. 5 3. 6 11 12 13 13 14 14 11 How to create an MPEG-4 video file PC Tools Installing the PC Software MPEG-4 codec (Compression/Decompression) Virtual DubTM MPG4 Translator MP3 Sound Codec Using MPG4 Translator Select Source & Destination Files Change Settings Target & Priority Start Viewing Photos Magnifying Photos Viewing a slideshow Transferring photos to your GminiTM 402 Downloading Games Copy to GminiTM 402 root Playing a Game Navigating the Directory Structure File and folder operations File Operations Folder Operations Copying and Moving Files and Folders Using the Virtual Keyboard TM 32 32 32 32 33 33 34 34 34 10 PHOTO - Viewing Photos 10. 1 10. 2 10. 3 36 36 37 37 38 11 Games - Playing Mophun© Games 15 11. 1 11. 2 12. 1 12. 2 40 40 40 41 4 MUSIC - Playlists 4. 1 4. 2 4. 3 4. 4 15 16 16 17 12 BROWSER - Using the Browser 18 42 43 42 43 43 44 45 5 MUSIC - Recording Music 5. 1 5. 2 18 19 20 20 20 20 21 23 24 24 25 25 12. 3 13. 1 13. 2 5. 3 5. 4 13 Connecting/Disconnecting the Gmini 402 to/from your PC USB Connection Type (`Hard Drive' or `Windows Device') Connecting the GminiTM 402 Windows® XP WindowsTM ME and 2000 MacintoshTM OS X Disconnecting the GminiTM 402 from your Computer Windows Device Mode Hard Drive Mode Hard Drive Mode & Windows® Hard Drive Mode & Macintosh® 46 46 46 46 47 47 48 6 MUSIC ­ Putting Music onto your GminiTM 402 6. 1 6. 2 6. 3 6. 4 6. 5 23 13. 3 7 8 MUSIC - Using iTunesTM with your GminiTM 402 VIDEO - Playing Video Files 8. 1 8. 2 8. 3 8. 4 Setting a Bookmark The Resume Function Display Format Settings Playing Video Files from the Internet Protected Internet Video content 28 28 29 29 26 27 48 48 48 49 14 Connecting Devices to the USB Host Port 15 SETTINGS 15. 1 15. 2 15. 3 Sound Settings Play Mode Settings Clock Settings 51 52 54 50 51 29 2 3 15. 4 15. 5 15. 6 Display Settings Power Settings System Settings 54 56 57 Dear Customer, 58 16 Updating the GminiTM 402 Firmware Operating System (OS) Download the Update_Gmini402. AOS file Read the History. txt File Copy to GminiTM 402 root and Update `Hard Drive' or `Windows Device'?Activate the Update 58 58 58 59 59 ARCHOSTM thanks you for your choice of this exciting GminiTM 402 product. [. . . ] Finally if neither of these solutions is available to you, you can always copy the photos to your computer and then copy them from your computer to the connected GminiTM 402. 3 methods to copy photos to your GminiTM 402 1) Connect your Mass Storage Class camera to USB Host port (via USB host adapter cable). 3) Copy photos to your computer and then copy (or Sync with Windows Media® Player 10) to the GminiTM 402. Method 1 Once you plug an MSC type device into the USB host port (via the host adapter cable), the browser's left panel will show the contents of your external USB device, and the right panel will show the contents of your GminiTM 402's hard drive. Navigate to the panel which contains your photos (in this example /DCIM/113CANON). Move to the right panel (action) and navigate to the folder you would like to save your photos to (you can create a new folder if you need to by selecting the corresponding action icon). See the screen images on the next page. Photos from camera on the left, and your GminiTM 402 hard disk on the right. Choose destination folder then choose File > Copy All. Your files will be copied to the folder on the right side of the screen. You can now pull out the camera from the GminiTM 402. If your image files are not seen in the left panel, you may have to select the Show all files icon (Settings > System > Show all files). Once selected, all file types, regardless of their extention (. txt, . raw, . pdf, etc. ) which are on your external device will be visible in the left browser screen. 38 39 11 11. 1 Games - Playing Mophun Games © Your GminiTM 402 has a built-in Mophun® game engine. What that means is that it can run games created for the Mophun® gaming platform. Downloading Games Once disconnected from your computer, the Gmini will notice that there is a new game file on the root directory and will install the game automatically. It will then erase the . MPN file that you copied to the root directory. Even if that file gets lost, you can always go back to the Archos website and re-download your purchased game free of charge. You may notice that there is a folder on your GminiTM 402 hard drive called Mophun. Purchased games will install themselves into this folder. To see a complete list of games for sale, go to the GminiTM 402 presentation page on the Archos website (www. archos. com) and click on the GminiTM 402 Games link. Once you purchase the game, you will be presented with a download message box. Your browser may warn you that the contents of the download may harm your computer. This is because the Windows® system does not know what a . MPN file is. Be assured that Archos has made every effort to ensure that the file does not contain viruses. Click on the option Save to download this file to a convenient place, such as My documents, in order to later copy this file to your GminiTM 402. Copy to GminiTM 402 root 11. 2 Playing a Game Just highlight the Games icon in the main screen and click the Go button. Once selected, follow the on-screen instructions. Connect your GminiTM 402 to your computer, and then copy the . MPN game file to the root directory of the GminiTM 402. [. . . ] FCC Part 15 - Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation. 70 71 Electrostatic Discharge Normal functioning of the product may be disturbed by ESD. If so, simply reset the product to resume normal operation by following the instruction manual. During file transmission, please handle with care and operate in a static-free environment. Environmental Considerations Protection of the environment is an important concern to ARCHOSTM. [. . . ]