Comparison Of Windows Media Player 10 To Windows Media Player; Transferring Your Cd Collection To The Gmini; Installing Windows Media; Player 9 (Wmp9) - Archos 402 User Manual

Note for WMP10 users: Files added to your Gmini
computer or fi les which are recorded from an analog source cannot be
added to the Windows Media
Gmini 402 to the computer. Songs which have been added, will however,
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be listed in the device's ARCLibrary.
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Comparison of Windows Media Player 10 to Windows Media Player 9

Windows Media Player 10 is only available for Windows
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1) and newer operating systems. It is worth your while to upgrade to
Windows XP (home or professional) and to Windows
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The list below shows the advantages.
Functionality
Auto-synchronize the WMP library to ARCHOS
Gmini 402 on connecting to PC
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Can synchronize subscription music ('to go'
services) to your Gmini 402
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Carefree USB disconnection (no special green
arrow unmount procedure)
Will convert video fi les** to play on your Gmini
if not in correct format
Supports protected Internet video downloads
PlaysForSure ™ 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
6.3

Transferring your CD collection to the Gmini

The process of transferring music from a CD into
music fi les for your Gmini
It is actually a re-encoding process, taking the CDA
(CD Audio) format and converting it to WMA or
MP3 format which the Gmini
are many music ripping programs on the market,
but ARCHOS
Media
music CD in your computer, Windows
if you would like to rip it. Depending on the power
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402 from another
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Player Library when you connect your
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XP (service Pack
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Media Player 10.
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WMP9
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402 is known as 'ripping'.
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402 can read. There
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recommends that you use Windows
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Player to do it. In fact, when you place a
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of your computer, to rip a 60 minute CD, it will take anywhere from 10
minutes to 60 minutes. Once this is done, the album will become part
of your music library. Connect your Gmini
the supplied USB cable. Now, you go to the Sync tab and tell Windows
Media Player to synchronize that album to your Gmini
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transfer that album to your Gmini
Note: Some music CDs have a special copy protection system that will not
allow Windows Media
6.4

Installing Windows Media

If you have Windows
Media Player 9. You can visit the Microsoft
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very latest version, or install the version found on the Gmini
WMP10
6.5
Installing Windows Media
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You must be running Windows
to install Windows Media
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www.playsforsure.com to download and install the very latest version.
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will ask you
402 to your computer with
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Player to make music fi les from them.
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Player 9 (WMP9)

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ME or Windows 2000, you should use Windows
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Website to download the
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Player 10 (WMP10)

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XP (Service Pack 1 or higher) in order
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Player 10. Please visit the Microsoft
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402. It will then
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