User manual ARCHOS GMINI 400

[. . . ] 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. [. . . ] This control is to allow you to select which feature of the video to be guarded. If for example you are re-encoding a video file that is 800x600 in resolution and 30 frames per second, this is beyond the maximum resolution that the Gmini 400 can play. Thus, the MPG4 Translator program will have to decrease the resolution. Choosing LCD optimizes the final video format for viewing on the built in LCD screen. Choosing the TV option will optimize the movie to keep the highest possible frame rate. You can see what the size and frame rate will be by looking at the Video Image Size: Destination parameters. When choosing TV, it is understood that the output will be optimized for a television, and not the built-in screen. Start Click on Start and the program will call Virtual Dub to start processing the video. Depending on the power and speed of your computer, this could take real time (a 60 minute long video re-encoded in about 60 minutes) or much longer. As shown to the left, you will see the progress as it processes the video file. If the Start button is grayed out, it would be for one of two reasons. Even if the file name ends with . avi, the internal file data determines if it is truly an AVI file. 2) The Virtual Dub program was not located when MPG4 Translator was started up. Close the program, restart it, and make sure you locate the Virtual Dub program. 36 11 PHOTO - Viewing Photos The Gmini 400 series support the viewing of JPEG (. jpg) and Bitmap (. bmp) image formats. The Gmini 400 will resize the image to fit on the built-in screen or on a television screen if you choose the television output. The yellow bar above the list of files indicates that you are in the `Photo Only' mode, meaning that only files of type JPEG or BMP will be visible in the directory. The three images on the right are thumbnail sized pictures of the highlighted file (center) and the picture just before and just after the highlighted file. If you are viewing photos on a television (long press on F2 to switch to external video), it is recommended that you set the Image Display setting to Progressive to eliminate any possible screen flicker. You will find this in the menu Setup > Display. 11. 1 Viewing Photos When you click Enter on a highlighted image file, the Gmini 400 will display the image in the carrousel, either alone, within a group of 4 images, or within a group of 9 images. Once it is displayed as a full screen image, you can rotate it, magnify it, or set it as the Gmini 400 screen background (Wallpaper). 1 x 1 image 2 x 2 images 3 x 3 images 37 Rotate picture 90° left View next photo Rotate picture 90° right View previous photo · Click the left function button #-Pic to change the number of photos in the carrousel view. · Click the center function button Picture to display the picture options. · Click on the right function button Hide to hide the picture name and function buttons. Magnifying Photos Once the picture is displayed in full screen, clicking the PLAY/GO button will magnify the image up to three levels. Each successive click of the PLAY/GO button will magnify the picture one more level. [. . . ] These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: · Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. [. . . ]