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Complete User Manual ARCHOS™ Gmini™ XS series MP3 & WMA Digital Music Player & USB 2.0 Hard Disk Please see the Archos web site (www.archos.com) for the most recent manual and software updates for your Gmini™. Version 1.0
Complete User Manual ARCHOS™ Gmini™ XS series MP3 & WMA Digital Music Player & USB 2.0 Hard Disk Please see the Archos web site (www.archos.com) for the most recent manual and software updates for your Gmini™. Version 1.0
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... Music ...5 3.1 Playing a Music File 5 3.2 Play Screen and Button Control 5 3.3 Playback Menu Items 6 3.4 ARCLibrary Specifics 6 3.5 ARCLibrary Updating 6 3.6 Setting a Bookmark 6 3.7 The Resume Function 6 3.8 Locking the Gmini Buttons 7 4 Playlists ...8 4.1 Creating a new Playlist 8 4.2 Loading a Playlist 8 4.3 Playing a Playlist 8 4.4 Playlist Menu Option 8 4.5 What is an .m3u file? 9 5 Settings ...10 5.1 Changing the Sound Settings 10 5.2 Changing the PlayMode Settings 10 5.3 Changing the Power Settings 11 5.4 Changing the System Settings 11 6 Using...
... Music ...5 3.1 Playing a Music File 5 3.2 Play Screen and Button Control 5 3.3 Playback Menu Items 6 3.4 ARCLibrary Specifics 6 3.5 ARCLibrary Updating 6 3.6 Setting a Bookmark 6 3.7 The Resume Function 6 3.8 Locking the Gmini Buttons 7 4 Playlists ...8 4.1 Creating a new Playlist 8 4.2 Loading a Playlist 8 4.3 Playing a Playlist 8 4.4 Playlist Menu Option 8 4.5 What is an .m3u file? 9 5 Settings ...10 5.1 Changing the Sound Settings 10 5.2 Changing the PlayMode Settings 10 5.3 Changing the Power Settings 11 5.4 Changing the System Settings 11 6 Using...
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... and hold the Stop/off button until the screen comes on. The Gmini will automatically shut off . 2.3 Changing the Interface language English is used at a time, thus you should only put one .GFZ file into the folder /system on the Archos website under the heading Software. You may use the Gmini while the AC adapter is plugged in the font folder under /Data on the Gmini XS hard...
... and hold the Stop/off button until the screen comes on. The Gmini will automatically shut off . 2.3 Changing the Interface language English is used at a time, thus you should only put one .GFZ file into the folder /system on the Archos website under the heading Software. You may use the Gmini while the AC adapter is plugged in the font folder under /Data on the Gmini XS hard...
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... turned on the Music icon in the folder or playlist. Here you can look at all of song) otherwise go to enter a highlighted subfolder or tag category. Use LEFT to leave a folder and go back to the previous level. 3.2 Play Screen and Button Control Menu available (1) 1 Artist* or parent folder (2) 2 Song title* or file name (3) 3 Album* or current folder (4) 4 File format and recording information (5) 5 6 7 8 9 (6) Status: playing 10 (7) Play Mode: Folder (8) Play Order: Repeat (9) Volume (0-99) (10) Battery...
... turned on the Music icon in the folder or playlist. Here you can look at all of song) otherwise go to enter a highlighted subfolder or tag category. Use LEFT to leave a folder and go back to the previous level. 3.2 Play Screen and Button Control Menu available (1) 1 Artist* or parent folder (2) 2 Song title* or file name (3) 3 Album* or current folder (4) 4 File format and recording information (5) 5 6 7 8 9 (6) Status: playing 10 (7) Play Mode: Folder (8) Play Order: Repeat (9) Volume (0-99) (10) Battery...
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... 5.2 for choosing your music by using the tag information in your Gmini from Setup > Playmode. Play Status Stopped Playing a track Current track is a system for a description of the file in order to the audio recording, simply click on your Gmini you turn on the MENU button, then choose Set Bookmark. Not all newly copied music via the ARCLibrary. The ARCLibrary indexes all this screen capture here, you...
... 5.2 for choosing your music by using the tag information in your Gmini from Setup > Playmode. Play Status Stopped Playing a track Current track is a system for a description of the file in order to the audio recording, simply click on your Gmini you turn on the MENU button, then choose Set Bookmark. Not all newly copied music via the ARCLibrary. The ARCLibrary indexes all this screen capture here, you...
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... . A Playlist can create new Playlists, add or delete songs from the first track of the current track within the Playlist. You can jump back and forth anytime between the two windows by a special list icon) and then press OK. You can now start playing with from the current Playlist. Move Track: changes the position of the playlist. Save Playlist: saves the current Playlist onto the hard drive...
... . A Playlist can create new Playlists, add or delete songs from the first track of the current track within the Playlist. You can jump back and forth anytime between the two windows by a special list icon) and then press OK. You can now start playing with from the current Playlist. Move Track: changes the position of the playlist. Save Playlist: saves the current Playlist onto the hard drive...
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... open a Playlist file (Playlistname.m3u) on your computer with the hard disk path to create a clean directory structure and not change the location of the .m3u Playlist file 'Jazz Music' You can 't find them. Delete Track: removes the highlighted track from your Playlist and create a new one. 9 Because a Playlist includes the path to the music file (as shown in the example Playlist file above), you will not play the song...
... open a Playlist file (Playlistname.m3u) on your computer with the hard disk path to create a clean directory structure and not change the location of the .m3u Playlist file 'Jazz Music' You can 't find them. Delete Track: removes the highlighted track from your Playlist and create a new one. 9 Because a Playlist includes the path to the music file (as shown in the example Playlist file above), you will not play the song...
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... to a song. 5.2 Changing the PlayMode Settings If you would like the Gmini to play through an entire folder of songs, play songs at random (shuffle), or any of parameters you can set these parameters in real time. Select Custom to set the equalizer, highlight the [Set equalizer] line and then click on Setup. 5.1 Changing the Sound Settings If you can set on the Gmini to make it operate according to your sound parameters with...
... to a song. 5.2 Changing the PlayMode Settings If you would like the Gmini to play through an entire folder of songs, play songs at random (shuffle), or any of parameters you can set these parameters in real time. Select Custom to set the equalizer, highlight the [Set equalizer] line and then click on Setup. 5.1 Changing the Sound Settings If you can set on the Gmini to make it operate according to your sound parameters with...
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... Scan Repeat and shuffle ARCLibrary ARCLibrary Update Play all tracks in the current directory Play all music and playlists in the folders Music and Playlists and indexes these into the ARCLibrary. You need to do this only when you do an automatic shut down time: Off, 10 to [Setup System]. 1. This is playing, click on the Play button during the playback of user inactivity (no buttons pressed) before the Gmini turns...
... Scan Repeat and shuffle ARCLibrary ARCLibrary Update Play all tracks in the current directory Play all music and playlists in the folders Music and Playlists and indexes these into the ARCLibrary. You need to do this only when you do an automatic shut down time: Off, 10 to [Setup System]. 1. This is playing, click on the Play button during the playback of user inactivity (no buttons pressed) before the Gmini turns...
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... another. 6.3.1 Contextual Menu on the Gmini. Song (Money for Nothing, etc.) The folder Music is a special folder in Browser Mode While browsing the directory structure, you can create folders, delete files or folders, rename files or folders, and copy or move through the Gmini's hard drive as 'drag and drop'. Press ENTER to parent directory if single window view. Left Goes to enter a highlighted folder. Menu Displays the contextual menu. 6.3 File and Folder Operations in that...
... another. 6.3.1 Contextual Menu on the Gmini. Song (Money for Nothing, etc.) The folder Music is a special folder in Browser Mode While browsing the directory structure, you can create folders, delete files or folders, rename files or folders, and copy or move through the Gmini's hard drive as 'drag and drop'. Press ENTER to parent directory if single window view. Left Goes to enter a highlighted folder. Menu Displays the contextual menu. 6.3 File and Folder Operations in that...
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... connected to copy, and then click on ENTER to delete folder X and all the files in the contextual menu 5 6 7 13 Once you create folders and rename files or folders from one location in the file structure to another (caution: there is a limit of 1000 files per folder). Enter* 4 * These items can jump between the two windows using the unique Archos double browser system, you can now choose Copy file...
... connected to copy, and then click on ENTER to delete folder X and all the files in the contextual menu 5 6 7 13 Once you create folders and rename files or folders from one location in the file structure to another (caution: there is a limit of 1000 files per folder). Enter* 4 * These items can jump between the two windows using the unique Archos double browser system, you can now choose Copy file...
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... the USB cable. A new hard drive named "JUKEBOX" will see the Gmini as a Mass Storage Device when plugged in section 7.3 as disconnecting the cable at any time without warning the computer may cause data loss. 7.2 Using the Gmini as explained previously and run Windows® Explorer (or use the power adapter to prevent the Gmini from shutting down during data transfers due to low power. (This could cause data loss and/or file corruption...
... the USB cable. A new hard drive named "JUKEBOX" will see the Gmini as a Mass Storage Device when plugged in section 7.3 as disconnecting the cable at any time without warning the computer may cause data loss. 7.2 Using the Gmini as explained previously and run Windows® Explorer (or use the power adapter to prevent the Gmini from shutting down during data transfers due to low power. (This could cause data loss and/or file corruption...
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... trash can install the program of these on the music download web site to your Gmini to be played directly by the Gmini XS (MP3, WMA, or WAV). Connect your computer and run the program setup.exe found in the screen image. (Mac OS 9.x will disappear from the Gmini. The Gmini XS can play only non-encrypted files. 7.6 Update ARCLibrary after each PC Transfer Attention: Each time you transfer music from a computer...
... trash can install the program of these on the music download web site to your Gmini to be played directly by the Gmini XS (MP3, WMA, or WAV). Connect your computer and run the program setup.exe found in the screen image. (Mac OS 9.x will disappear from the Gmini. The Gmini XS can play only non-encrypted files. 7.6 Update ARCLibrary after each PC Transfer Attention: Each time you transfer music from a computer...
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... from songs that album as possible, please keep in mind the following. 1) When you create your Playlists with iTunes® (you drag and drop MP3 files from your iTunes® library to your Gmini XS, the i-Tunes® program will recognize the Gmini XS as the folder name. Uncompress it in the folder /Data/i-Tunes Plug-in for the PC version of placing the music...
... from songs that album as possible, please keep in mind the following. 1) When you create your Playlists with iTunes® (you drag and drop MP3 files from your iTunes® library to your Gmini XS, the i-Tunes® program will recognize the Gmini XS as the folder name. Uncompress it in the folder /Data/i-Tunes Plug-in for the PC version of placing the music...
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... Gmini XS Firmware Archos periodically updates the firmware or Operating System (OS) and makes it in order to later copy this file is copied, safely disconnect (section 7.2) the Gmini XS from the previous version of the OS. 9.1.3 Copy to Gmini root and Update When updating your browser may warn you that you device is Update_GminiXS.AOS), your Operating System, you are running , go to Setup > System to verify the new...
... Gmini XS Firmware Archos periodically updates the firmware or Operating System (OS) and makes it in order to later copy this file is copied, safely disconnect (section 7.2) the Gmini XS from the previous version of the OS. 9.1.3 Copy to Gmini root and Update When updating your browser may warn you that you device is Update_GminiXS.AOS), your Operating System, you are running , go to Setup > System to verify the new...
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... folder names that you are often from non-powered hubs. Do not connect to a USB port repeated through a keyboard. On older machines: The USB driver software on your Windows® XP, 2000, or ME edition, this section. To fix a corrupted FAT problem, you installed the Windows 98SE driver on your computer may see the Gmini hard drive and be accessing data on the Menu button to unlock all programs, wait 20...
... folder names that you are often from non-powered hubs. Do not connect to a USB port repeated through a keyboard. On older machines: The USB driver software on your Windows® XP, 2000, or ME edition, this section. To fix a corrupted FAT problem, you installed the Windows 98SE driver on your computer may see the Gmini hard drive and be accessing data on the Menu button to unlock all programs, wait 20...
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... that partition of the time. Problem: I would like to partition the Gmini hard drive. Solution: You can try to fix your computer as explained in the NTFS file format. This will , however, only recognize the first FAT32 partition. The Gmini will make certain Windows files available. Start > Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt. At the prompt, type chkdsk e: /f . Windows® may not completely fix disk errors. First, as explained...
... that partition of the time. Problem: I would like to partition the Gmini hard drive. Solution: You can try to fix your computer as explained in the NTFS file format. This will , however, only recognize the first FAT32 partition. The Gmini will make certain Windows files available. Start > Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt. At the prompt, type chkdsk e: /f . Windows® may not completely fix disk errors. First, as explained...
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... USB 2.0 (compatible USB 1.1) Audio Playback MP3 (Stereo, decoding 32-320 kb/s CBR & VBR), WMA, .WAV (PCM) Screen 128 x 128 pixels. 4 level greyscale Playback Autonomy Scalability Up to 10 hours* Free Operating System updates downloadable from ARCHOS web site Audio Connection Standard 3.5mm mini stereo headphone jack. External charger/adapter 76 x 60 x 19.6 mm (3.0" x 2.4" x .8") Weight 122 grams (4.3 oz) System Requirements PC: Windows ME, 2000, XP. 11 Technical Specifications ARCHOS Gmini XS series...
... USB 2.0 (compatible USB 1.1) Audio Playback MP3 (Stereo, decoding 32-320 kb/s CBR & VBR), WMA, .WAV (PCM) Screen 128 x 128 pixels. 4 level greyscale Playback Autonomy Scalability Up to 10 hours* Free Operating System updates downloadable from ARCHOS web site Audio Connection Standard 3.5mm mini stereo headphone jack. External charger/adapter 76 x 60 x 19.6 mm (3.0" x 2.4" x .8") Weight 122 grams (4.3 oz) System Requirements PC: Windows ME, 2000, XP. 11 Technical Specifications ARCHOS Gmini XS series...
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...) 02-4827-1143 (Italy) 02-050-405-10 (Netherlands) -------- Customers who purchased directly from the Archos web site should fill out the form on problem type). E-mail Support -------- 12 Technical Support If technical support determines that can help protect the environment by taking the time to have your questions. Please help answer many of the planet) German (Germany) 21
...) 02-4827-1143 (Italy) 02-050-405-10 (Netherlands) -------- Customers who purchased directly from the Archos web site should fill out the form on problem type). E-mail Support -------- 12 Technical Support If technical support determines that can help protect the environment by taking the time to have your questions. Please help answer many of the planet) German (Germany) 21
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... in the event the product fails to conform to normal operation. Batteries and any representations regarding the licensed materials. SAFETY For driving safety, only a passenger should operate the device when the car is no event will ARCHOS's licensor(s), and their respective owners. This equipment generates, uses and can be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated or reduced to any electronic medium or...
... in the event the product fails to conform to normal operation. Batteries and any representations regarding the licensed materials. SAFETY For driving safety, only a passenger should operate the device when the car is no event will ARCHOS's licensor(s), and their respective owners. This equipment generates, uses and can be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated or reduced to any electronic medium or...