Connecting The Gmini™ To Your Computer; Making The Usb Connection; Using The Gmini™ As An External Drive; Disconnecting The Gmini™ From Your Computer - Archos Gmini XS 202 User Manual

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Connecting the Gmini™ to your Computer Connecting the Gmini™ to your Computer

9.1 Making the USB Connection

9.1 Making the USB Connection
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Windows

ME, 2000,XP and Mac OS 10.2.4 or better will automatically recognize the Gmini as a
Mass Storage Device when plugged in.
1. Plug the supplied USB cable into your computer. Your computer must be turned on.
2. With the Gmini XS202 off, plug the other end of the USB cable into your Gmini
3. Turn on your Gmini.
4. A new hard drive named " JUKEBOX " will appear on your computer.
Windows ®
• The displayed hard drive is the hard drive of your Gmini. You can now drag and drop any fi les you want, to or
from the Gmini
• Please also read the disconnection procedure below as disconnecting the cable at any time without warning
may cause data loss.
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9.2 Using the Gmini™ as an External Drive 9.2 Using the Gmini™ as an External Drive
As the Gmini acts like a regular hard drive when connected to your computer, getting your fi les onto the Gmini
is as easy as 'copy and paste'. Simply connect your Gmini to your computer as explained previously and run
Windows ® Explorer (or use the Macintosh Finder™). Now, go to your computer's hard drive, and copy (Right
mouse click, then select Copy) a music fi le or a folder full of fi les. Next, open up the hard drive named JUKEBOX
on the PC, open the folder you want to copy the fi les to, and then right-click the mouse and select Paste. For

Macintosh

® or Windows ® you can open two windows on the desktop, one being the source (your computer's hard
drive) and the other your destination (the Gmini hard drive), and then simply drag and drop fi les or folders from
one window to another. Note that music purchased on the Internet must be transferred using Windows Media
Player.
9.3 Disconnecting the Gmini™ from your Computer 9.3 Disconnecting the Gmini™ from your Computer
WARNING: You must properly remove (unmount) your Gmini from the computer before
disconnecting the USB cable to avoid loss of data or freezing the computer and/or the Gmini. DO
NOT SIMPLY PULL OUT THE USB CABLE!!!
9.3.1 Windows ®
To safely unmount the Gmini hard drive, click on the system tray remove icon (green arrow as shown below)
and follow the instructions. Wait until you get a message saying that you can safely unplug the device before
disconnecting the USB cable. Attention: The operating system will not allow you to safely disconnect the Gmini
if a running application (such as Windows Media
open Gmini fi les in any running application as well as Windows Explorer
in the system tray will then allow you to unmount the Gmini and to safely disconnect the USB cable.
1. The safe remove icon is in the system tray near the system clock.
Windows ® XP
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Macintosh ®
® Player) is using one of the fi les. You will have to close all the
Windows ® 2000 & Windows
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. Using the green disconnect arrow icon
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