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English Language User Manual
English Language User Manual
Gmini
™
402
Pocket Music / Photo / Video
• MPEG-4 Video Player
• MPEG-4 Video Player
• MP3 & WMA Music Player
• MP3 & WMA Music Player
• Photo Viewer
• Photo Viewer
• USB 2.0 Hard Disk
• USB 2.0 Hard Disk
User Manual for ARCHOS
User Manual for ARCHOS
Gmini
Gmini
402
402
™ ™
™ ™
Version 1.8
Version 1.8
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- Page 1 • MP3 & WMA Music Player • MP3 & WMA Music Player • Photo Viewer • Photo Viewer • USB 2.0 Hard Disk • USB 2.0 Hard Disk User Manual for ARCHOS User Manual for ARCHOS Gmini Gmini ™ ™ ™ ™...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
INTRO - First Time Usage Plugging in the AC Adapter Turning on the Gmini ™ Shutting off the Gmini ™ 402 and Battery saving features Changing the Language Foreign Character Sets Charging the Batteries Caring for the Gmini ™ Hardware Reset... - Page 3 • Store all types of fi les – it’s a portable hard drive too! We wish you many years of enjoyment from your Gmini do register your product at our website www.archos.com to ensure that you get access to our help line and to be informed of free software updates for your product.
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Page 4: Intro - Buttons And Connections
Multi-connect jack – for headphones, AV cable, or FM Remote control ™ (optional accessory) Microphone – for making digital voice recordings USB Host port USB 2.0 port (USB 1.1 compatible) to connect the Gmini Power Connector (Use only the supplied ARCHOS 402 to your computer ™ power charger/adapter) ™... -
Page 5: Intro - First Time Usage
Power Off parameter. It is factory set to 2 minutes. Thus, if your Gmini 402 is idle for 2 minutes, it will shut off. This ™ setting can be changed from one to nine minutes or to ‘never’. -
Page 6: Caring For The Gmini ™ 402
* depending on how you use it (start/stop/writing, etc.) Caring for the Gmini ™ The ARCHOS Gmini 402 is an electronic product that needs to be ™ ™ treated with more care than typical consumer electronic products. • Do not subject it to shock. -
Page 7: Playing Through Your Stereo System
This information can include, among other things, the name of the artist (Wes Burden), the album name 402 will display them on the screen when it plays ™ 402 will display in order, ™... -
Page 8: Setting A Bookmark
Save a playlist as a fi le (fi le type .m3u) to be used another time. There is no limit to the number of playlists you can save on the 402 hard disk. Playlists are indicated by a special list icon (circled ™ Playing a Playlist To play a Playlist, you simply scroll to the Playlist, such as ‘Jazz Music’... -
Page 9: Creating A Playlist
• Click on the LEFT button to go to the hard disk browser window. • Select the song or folder of songs to add, then click the button Add. • Click ESC to return to the playing screen. 402 will be ™ and not by the general... -
Page 10: Music - Recording Music
MUSIC - Recording Music With the Gmini 402 series, you do not need a computer to create digital ™ music fi les. It is capable of recording from the built-in microphone or an analog line source (ex: HiFi system, Boombox, CD Player, etc) into a... -
Page 11: Microphone
This plug makes it possible to enter a stereo audio signal (for example, from your stereo system or cassette player) into the Gmini 402 directly. Make sure that you select the Analog ™ Line-In as the input source in the pre-recording Setup screen. Be careful that the source audio is supplying a line level and not an amplifi... -
Page 12: Music - Putting Music Onto Your Gmini
402 as you have in ™ Player media library. Of course, ® 402 to your PC, Windows Media ™ 402. You also have the possibility to decide what types ™ Player 9, you have to tell it what you want ® ™ digital device ™... -
Page 13: Comparison Of Windows Media Player 10 To Windows Media Player
™ audio content * Must use WMP9 manual sync function to copy purchased music to the Gmini™ 402. ** Microsoft reserves the right to limit which video fi le formats it will convert with WMP10 Transferring your CD collection to the Gmini The process of transferring music from a CD into music fi... -
Page 14: Music - Using Itunes ™ With Your Gmini
ID3 tags) of the MP3 fi le, and create a folder on the root of your Gmini 402 using the name of the Artist as the folder name. Then it will take the Album name ID3 tag, and create a subfolder with that album as its name. -
Page 15: Setting A Bookmark
® symbol on a web site for Windows ™ 402. ™ 402. ™ 402 plays .AVI fi les that are encoded in MPEG-4 format. It can ™ 402 will not directly play fi les of type .mov, ™ Portable ®... -
Page 16: Video - Creating Mpeg4 Video Files With Your Computer
For the Gmini 402, you will need to create an AVI fi le that is MPEG4 Simple Profi le with a maximum resolution of 720 x 576 (depending on frame rate) and a sound track that is stereo MP3 or WAV. -
Page 17: Mpeg-4 Codec (Compression/Decompression)
fi le in the right size and format to be read by the Gmini 402. When you run it for the fi rst time, the MPG4 Translator will ™ need to locate the Virtual Dub program. If you did not install Virtual Dub in the default location, you will have to show the program where Virtual Dub is. -
Page 18: Change Settings
fi le that is 800x600 in resolution and 30 frames per second, this is beyond the maximum resolution that the Gmini 402 can play. Thus, the MPG4 Translator program will have to ™ decrease the resolution. Choosing LCD optimizes the fi nal video format for viewing on the built in LCD screen. -
Page 19: Photo - Viewing Photos
PHOTO - Viewing Photos The Gmini 402 series support the viewing of JPEG (.jpg) and ™ Bitmap (.bmp) image formats. Progressive JPEG images are not supported. The Gmini 402 will resize the image to fi t on ™ the built-in screen or on a television screen if you choose the television output. -
Page 20: Transferring Photos To Your Gmini
10.3 Transferring photos to your Gmini The Gmini 402 is equipped with a USB host port. This port, along with ™ the USB Host adapter cable will allow you to connect USB Mass Storage Class (MSC) devices to your Gmini 402 and transfer fi... -
Page 21: Games - Playing Mophun © Games
It will then erase the .MPN fi le that you copied to the root directory. It is a good idea to keep a copy the installation fi le on you PC. Even if that fi le gets lost, you can always go back to the Archos website gaming platform. You will ®... -
Page 22: File Operations
BROWSER - Using the Browser The browser is used to navigate the fi le system on the Gmini 402. The fi le system is FAT32, the same type of fi le system that is found on Windows ® hierarchical system which includes folders and subfolders. -
Page 23: Copying And Moving Files And Folders
™ your computer when it is connected to the Gmini keyboard is much easier. Often times, however, you are not near your 402 hard disk and right panel ™ computer and you must enter the text directly with the Gmini this, the virtual keyboard screen will appear. -
Page 24: Connecting/Disconnecting The Gmini
® seconds of being connected. You will see a new drive letter, such as E: ® in My Computer. You can now use the hard drive called Gmini 402 like Player 10. If you ® any other external hard drive. Simply access it using Windows ®... -
Page 25: Disconnecting The Gmini ™ 402 From Your Computer
XP & 2000 ® 3. There will be a message indicating that it is now safe to disconnect the Gmini 402. You can now go ahead and unplug the USB cable from the Gmini and/or computer 402 and your ™... -
Page 26: Connecting Devices To The Usb Host Port
/External USB. If you look in this folder you will see your photos or fi les. See the chapter on the File Browser for instructions on how to copy fi les. From the home screen, select the Setup option to reveal the menu options for various settings. 402. Non Mass Storage ™ 15.1 Sound Settings... -
Page 27: Play Mode Settings
Queue: User can queue the next track to be played † Scan: Gmini 402 plays fi rst 15 seconds of each track†† ™ 402 will then revert to folder mode and play the rest of the songs in the ™ 402 will ™... -
Page 28: Clock Settings
Cursor color Previous settings Description The Gmini 402 can be set to English (default), French, German ™ or Spanish. NTSC (USA), PAL (Europe). In order to view images or vid- eos on an external television, select one option to send the video signal compatible with your country’s television system. -
Page 29: Power Settings
Gmini 402 ‘Device’ in Windows ™ Product Key Each Gmini 402 device has a unique product key number. It is an ID ™ needed for plug-ins. Hard Disk Displays the amount of free and used space on the Gmini disk. -
Page 30: Updating The Gmini
PC chapter), and then copy the Update_Gmini402. AOS fi le to the root directory of the Gmini 402 Hard disk in your fi le manager and it will place it ™ ™ 402 to/from your PC chapter) the Gmini ™... -
Page 31: Technical Support
3) Look at our Support section on the website (www.archos.com). Here, you will fi nd Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for our different products, and there is a chance that somebody else has already asked your question. -
Page 32: Troubleshooting
402 to be recognized by the ™ 402. ™ OS 10.1.x says it cannot mount the volume, you can use ® XP may recognize the Gmini 402 hard disk but yet not assign ® ™ 402 and then try ™ 402). ™... -
Page 33: Charging And Power Issues
Answer: You can do this, but it will erase ALL of the data on your Gmini 402. Sometimes this may be necessary if your FAT (File Allocation Table) becomes so corrupted that nothing seems to fi x your fi le problems. First, 402 from ™... -
Page 34: Windows ® Me Running Scan-Disk (Error Checking)
Answer: If you know how to partition a hard disk, this is OK. The Gmini 402 will, however, only recognize a FAT32 partition. Thus it will just see and use that partition of the hard disk which is a FAT32 partition. -
Page 35: Technical Specifications
All brands and product names are registered trademarks and the property of their respective owners. Specifi cations are subject to change without notice. Errors or omissions excepted. Images and illustrations may not always match contents. Copyright® 2005. ARCHOS. All rights reserved. Audio. -
Page 36: Warnings And Safety Instructions
Any modifi cation to the hardware, software, or physical enclosure of the product must be approved in writing by ARCHOS™. Non approved modifi ed products are subject to the withdrawal of any or all guarantee clauses. -
Page 37: Electrostatic Discharge
ARCHOS Gmini 402 screen will have no more than 1 defective pixel (regardless if that pixel ™ has one or more defective dots). This means that during the period of guarantee for...
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