English Language User Manual GminiTM 400 · · · · · Pocket Music / Photo / Games / Video MPEG-4 Video Player MP3 & WMA Music Player Photo Viewer USB 2.0 Hard Disk Game player User Manual for ARCHOS GminiTM 400 Version 1.1 Please visit our website to download the most recent manual and software for this product. 1 Table of Contents 1 2 INTRO - Ports, 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 Gmini 400 Shutting off the Gmini 400 and Battery saving features Changing the Language Foreign Character Sets Charging the Batteries Caring for the Gmini 400 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 Installing Windows Media Player 9 Installing the WMP9 Service Provider Plug-in Copying Music to your Gmini 400 Copy Protected Music Downloads 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 6 8 3 MUSIC - Playing Music Files 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 11 12 13 13 14 15 11 4 MUSIC - Playlists 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 16 17 17 18 16 5 MUSIC - Recording Music 5.1 5.2 19 20 19 21 21 21 21 22 5.3 5.4 6 MUSIC - Using Windows® Media Player 9 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 24 24 25 25 24 7 8 MUSIC - Using iTunesTM with your Gmini 400 GAMES - Playing Mophun® games 8.1 8.2 Downloading Games Copy to Gmini 400 root Playing a Game 27 26 27 27 28 2 9 VIDEO - Playing Video 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Setting a Bookmark The Resume Function Display Format Settings Playing Video Files from the Internet 30 30 31 31 29 10 VIDEO - Creating MPEG4 video files with your computer How to create an MPEG-4 video file PC Tools Macintosh Users Installing the PC Software DivXTM Codec 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 Gmini 400 Navigating the Directory Structure Navigating the Directory Structure File Operations Folder Operations Copying and Moving Files and Folders Using the Virtual Keyboard Connecting the Gmini 400 Windows® ME, 2000, XP (Home/professional) MacintoshTM OS 9.X MacintoshTM OS X MacintoshTM OS X (10.2 Jaguar and 10.3 Panther) Disconnecting the Gmini 400 from your Computer Windows® Macintosh® Sound Settings Play Mode Settings Clock Settings Display Settings Power Settings System Settings 32 32 32 32 33 10.1 33 33 33 34 35 10.2 35 35 36 36 11 PHOTO - Viewing Photos 11.1 11.2 11.3 12.1 12.2 37 37 38 38 39 12 BROWSER - Using the Browser 41 42 41 42 42 43 44 12.3 13.1 13 Connecting/Disconnecting the Gmini 400 to/from your PC 45 45 45 46 46 46 46 13.2 47 48 14 SETTINGS 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 49 50 52 52 54 55 49 3 15 Updating the Gmini 400 Firmware Operating System (OS) Download the Update_Gmini400.AOS file Read the History.txt File Copy to Gmini 400 root and Update 56 56 56 56 16 Technical Support 17 Troubleshooting 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 USB Connection issues Charging and Power issues Gmini 400 locks up (freezes operation) or Stops The Computer locks-up (freezes operation) or Stops File issues, corrupted data, formatting, and partitioning Windows® 98SE & ME Running Scan-Disk (Error Checking) 63 Windows® XP & 2000 Running Check Disk Utility (ChkDsk) 64 60 61 61 62 62 58 60 18 Technical Specifications 19 Legal 65 66 4 Dear Customer, ARCHOS thanks you for your choice of this exciting Gmini 400 product. With this beautiful device in your pocket, you can enjoy digital music, digital photos, games, or digital video anytime and anywhere. We are sure that your Gmini 400 will give you years of listening and viewing enjoyment. Of course you can always use it as a regular portable hard disk too for all your personal computer files. This guide will explain to you the functions of the Gmini 400. Our engineers have packed this product with many functions and capabilities. The better you know how to use it, the more enjoyment you will get from it. Remember, with the Gmini 400, you can... · Listen to MP3, WMA, or WAV music files · Play a variety of 2D and 3D Mophun® video games · Play MPEG-4 video files on the built-in screen, or to a television or video projector · View digital photos and make personalized slide shows · Record music files directly into digital format from your hi-fi without a computer · Use it as a voice recorder with its built-in microphone · Store .DOC, .PDF, or any type of data file ­ it's a portable hard drive too! · Create music Playlists · Copy Pictures or data from CompactFlashTM cards directly to the Gmini 400 (may require a freely available plug-in from the Archos website). We wish you many years of enjoyment from your Gmini 400 product. Please do register your product at our website www.archos.com/ register/products.html to ensure that you get access to our help line and to be informed of free software updates for your product. Wishing you the best music, photo, gaming, and video experience, The ARCHOS TEAM 5 1 INTRO - Ports, Buttons and Connections a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Hard disk activity indicator (red) On indicator (green) Battery charger indicator (green) ­ blinks when the battery is fully charged On/Enter/Play/Go ­ Hold for 3 seconds to turn on the Gmini 400 Move UP (also increases volume during media playback) Move DOWN (also decreases volume during media playback) Move LEFT (also plays previous song or fast reverse through a song or video) Move RIGHT (also plays next song or fast forward through a song or video) Game Control 1 (Function depends on game) [acts as Enter/Play when not in game mode] Game Control 2 (Function depends on game) [acts as Escape/Stop when not in game mode] Escape/Stop/Go back/Off - Hold for 3 seconds to turn off device F1 command or function F2 command or function F3 command or function Function button F1 ­ activates the on-screen function or command above it (l) Function button F2 ­ activates the on-screen function or command above it (m) Long press to switch display between built in screen and external TV Function button F3 ­ activates the on-screen function or command above it (n) 6 a b c d e f Multiconnect adapter ­ allows for an analog audio input (Line In) Multi-connect jack ­ for headphones, AV cable, or FM Remote control (optional accessory) Microphone ­ for making digital voice recordings CompactFlashTM slot ­ Type I compatible USB 2.0 port (USB 1.1 compatible) to connect the Gmini 400 to your computer Power Connector (Use only the supplied Archos power charger/adapter) 7 2 2.1 INTRO - First Time Usage Please take the time to read though this manual. There are many things that this device can do that you may not be aware of. Plugging in the AC Adapter · Use only the included ARCHOS charger/adapter. · Before using for the first time, charge the batteries completely. · You may use the Archos Gmini 400 while its battery is charging, but it will then take longer before the battery is completely charged. 2.2 Turning on the Gmini 400 · Hold the PLAY/ON button for 4 seconds. The green "On" indicator light will turn on. Be patient, it will take a few seconds for the operating system to boot up. · If the unit shuts off after holding the ON button for several seconds, plug in the Archos adapter/charger to make sure the batteries get charged. 2.3 Shutting off the Gmini 400 and Battery saving features To shut off the unit, press and hold the STOP/ESC/OFF button for 3 seconds. In the Power menu [Setup Power: Battery Operation] there is a Power Off parameter. It is factory set to 2 minutes. Thus, if your Gmini 400 is idle for 2 minutes, it will shut off. This setting can be changed from one to nine minutes or to `never'. In the Power menu [Setup Power: Battery Operation] there is a Backlight Off parameter to save battery power (the lighting of the screen consumes a lot of the battery power). It is factory set to 30 seconds. That is, if there are no buttons pressed, the screen will shut off in order to save battery life. To turn the screen back on, just click once on any button. See section 14.5 for a complete explanation. 8 2.4 Changing the Language The Gmini 400 interface can be set to English (default), French, German or Spanish. · To change the language, move the cursor to Setup and then click PLAY/ENTER . · Then move with the joystick to Display and click PLAY/ENTER . · Highlight the Language parameter. · Use the Right or Left button to choose the desired language. · Choose French, German, Spanish or English. · The language displayed will change immediately. · Click on the STOP/ESC button to exit this screen. 2.5 Foreign Character Sets You have the possibility to display your file names, folder names, and MP3 ID3 tags in various character sets (ex: Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, etc.). You can find the language files CodePage_name.4FZ in the font folder under /Data on the Gmini 400 hard disk or on the Archos website under the heading Software. If, for example, you would like to have the Korean language display, then you would copy the file CP949.4FZ into the folder /system on the Gmini 400 and shut down and restart the Gmini 400. File names, folder names, and ID3 tags written using the Microsoft® codepage for the language will now be displayed in that character set. Only one .4FZ can be used at a time, thus you should only put one .4FZ file into the /system folder. When an .4FZ language file is used, the interface language will be set to English. 2.6 Charging the Batteries Use ONLY an Archos charger/adapter that is specified for the Gmini 400. Other chargers or adapters may damage the Gmini 400. The green CHARGE indicator lights up to indicate that the external adapter is connected. The batteries will charge automatically when the AC adapter/ charger is plugged in. Once the batteries are fully charged, this light will blink, indicating that you can disconnect the charger/adapter. Once charged, you can get up to 10 hours* of MP3 music playback time and up to 5 hours* of AVI video playback time (on the built-in screen) from 9 the batteries. The Gmini 400 is made with integrated batteries which are designed to last for the life of the Gmini 400. This means that you will not have to change them. If, in the exceptional case, the batteries need changing, this should only be done by an Archos technician. * depending on how you use it (start/stop/writing, etc.) 2.7 Caring for the Gmini 400 The Archos Gmini 400 is an electronic product that needs to be treated with more care than typical consumer electronic products. · Do not subject it to shock. · Do not subject it to heat. Keep it ventilated (especially when connected to a computer). · Keep the Gmini 400 away from water and excessively humid areas. · Keep the Gmini 400 away from high electromagnetic fields. · Keep any connected cords to the Gmini 400 neatly arranged. This light product could fall if a cord is accidentally pulled by a child. · Do not open up the Gmini 400. There are no user serviceable parts inside. Opening will void your warranty. 2.8 Hardware Reset In the event that your Gmini 400 freezes operation (due to electrostatic phenomena for example), you can actuate a hardware reset by holding down on the STOP/ESC button for 10 seconds. In normal operation, the STOP/ESC button will shut down the Gmini 400 after being held down for 3 seconds. 10 3 MUSIC - Playing Music Files When you click on this icon in the main screen, you will be sent directly to the Music folder. Use the direction buttons to highlight one of the factory installed music selections and then Click on PLAY . If you hear nothing at first, make sure you have adjusted the volume control on the headphone cord. By clicking on the Music icon in the main menu screen, you will enter into a `music only' mode. Other playable file types that may be in this folder are only listed if you enter the folder via the Browser. Current Directory Play Order Play Mode: One Directory Status: Playing Volume (maximum:31) Battery level (full) Artist* or parent folder Album* or current folder Song title* or file name File format and rec info Next track to be played *APIC Album picture Relative location in the track Volume level meters Song elapsed time Song time remaining Song Length Time of Day Go to setup options Show Music Options Browse the hard disk for other tracks *If the MP3 file contains these ID3 tag data 3.1 Button Control Increase the Volume Click once: Play the next song in the folder or playlist. Hold: Fast forward through the song. Play/pause/resume song Cl ...