English Language User Manual Gmini ™ 402 Pocket Music / Photo / Video • • • • MPEG-4 Video Player MP3 & WMA Music Player Photo Viewer USB 2.0 Hard Disk User Manual for ARCHOS™ Gmini™ 402 Version 1.8 Please visit our website to download the most recent manual and software for this product.
Table of Contents 1 INTRO - Buttons and Connections 2 INTRO - First Time Usage 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 3 5.3 5.4 11 12 13 13 14 14 Cable Connections for Audio Recording Recording Procedure Microphone Analog Line-In Incremental Recording Where is the Recording Saved? Audio Editing 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.
15.4 15.5 15.6 Display Settings Power Settings System Settings 16 Updating the Gmini™ 402 Firmware Operating System (OS) Download the Update_Gmini402.AOS file Read the History.txt File Copy to Gmini™ 402 root and Update ‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’? Activate the Update Dear Customer, 54 56 57 58 58 58 58 59 59 17 Technical Support 60 18 Troubleshooting 63 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.
1 a b c Hard disk activity indicator (red) On indicator (green) Battery charger indicator (green) – blinks when the battery is fully charged d e f g h i On/Enter/Play/Go ► – Hold for 3 seconds to turn on the Gmini 402 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 depe
2 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. 2.1 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™ 402 while its battery is charging, but it will then take longer before the battery is completely charged. 2.
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 3 hours* of AVI video playback time (on the built-in screen) from the batteries.
To lock the Gmini™ 402 buttons, press and hold the left function button for three seconds. The Gmini™ 402 will display the message “Buttons locked!” on the bottom of the screen. Press this again for three seconds to unlock the buttons. What the Icons indicate Status 3.
You can reach the PlayMode settings screen from Setup > PlayMode. The play mode determines how your music is played (just the current folder of music, all music, one file, etc.). See Playmode in the section Settings above for a description of how each one works. 3.5 Setting a Bookmark If you are listening to a song, or perhaps a long recording, and would like to place a bookmark in it in order to pick up from this point at another time, you can use the Bookmark function.
4.2 Creating a Playlist To create a Playlist, press the RIGHT button while you are in the Music browser. A second window will open on the right side to display the Playlist contents. You can now start adding songs to the current Playlist. In the left window, search for the songs you would like to add to your Playlist. Once the song is highlighted, click on the Add function button to add it to the Playlist.
5 MUSIC - Recording Music With the Gmini™ 402 series, you do not need a computer to create digital music files. It is capable of recording from the built-in microphone or an analog line source (ex: HiFi system, Boombox, CD Player, etc) into a standard Windows® WAV format, either PCM (uncompressed) or ADPCM (compressed). 5.1 5.2 Recording Procedure Before the actual audio recording begins, there is a pre-recording screen which will allow you to adjust your recording settings.
Microphone The built-in microphone is located on the top of the Gmini 402 unit next to the headphone jack. Make sure that you have selected Microphone as the input source in the pre-recording Settings screen. The microphone level is preset. ™ Analog Line-In In order to record from a line-level audio source, you will need to use the multi-connect adapter plug provided.
6 Highlight the file to edit and select Edit from the file menu. Only files which have been created with the Gmini™ 402 recording function will show Edit in the file menu. Files created from CDs or downloaded cannot be edited. Once you enter the edit mode, the audio file will play in a continuous loop so that you will be able to hear how your edit sounds. 22 Use the fast-reverse and fastforward buttons (LEFT/RIGHT buttons) to locate the points you want the new file to start and end.
Note for WMP10 users: Files added to your Gmini™ 402 from another computer or files which are recorded from an analog source cannot be added to the Windows Media® Player Library when you connect your Gmini™ 402 to the computer. Songs which have been added, will however, be listed in the device’s ARCLibrary. 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.
7 MUSIC - Using iTunes™ with your Gmini™ 402 The easiest way to transfer music files between a Macintosh® computer and your Gmini™ 402 is to use the Macintosh Finder™ to drag and drop the files to and from your Macintosh®. However, for Macintosh® users who do want to use the Gmini™ 402 with iTunes®, ARCHOS™ has developed a special i-Tunes® plug-in. You will find it in the folder /Data/i-Tunes Plug-in on the Gmini™ 402 hard disk or from the ARCHOS™ website. In this folder you will find a .
• Click on the left function button to put the video into slow-motion view. You can cycle through the values Normal, ½ , ¼ , and 1/8 speed. The sound is muted when in slow motion. While in slow mode and paused, you can step image per image with the RIGHT button. 8.3 Display Format Settings You will notice in the Options button (center function button), that you have a number of display format options.
basis. There are so many standards and formats that it is very possible that the video file you download from the Internet will not play right away on your device. Due to certain “variations”, even when video files are formatted in “MPEG-4” they may not play right away. If you have some video files that do not play directly on your Gmini™ 402, they will have to be converted first.
MPEG-4 codec (Compression/Decompression) In order for MPEG4-Translator to compress the video in a file of the format MPEG-4 SP that the Gmini™ 402 can read, it requires an MPEG-4 codec to be installed on your computer.If you do not have the approporiate codec installed, MPEG-4 Translator will tell you on start up which codec it requires. You will be able to download it for free from the Internet. Virtual Dub™ A utility for transcoding one video file into another.
Change Settings Next, you can change the parameters (Change Settings) of the encoder to adjust the level of quality of the final image. Like MP3 music, the higher the bit rate setting is made, the higher the quality of the music, or video in this case, that you will get. However, this will also take up more space on your hard disk. A setting of 900 kbps will give you a nice looking image for viewing on a television. For near DVD quality, you can set it up to 1200 kbps.
10 Rotate picture 90° left 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 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.
10.3 Transferring photos to your Gmini™ 402 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 files from that device to your Gmini™ 402. Many cameras produced today are MSC type devices. Thus you can often plug your camera directly into the Gmini™ 402’s USB Host port and copy your photos with the ARCHOS™ browser.
11 Games - Playing Mophun Games © Your Gmini™ 402 has a built-in Mophun® game engine. What that means is that it can run games created for the Mophun® gaming platform. You will find game demos on your Gmini™ 402. 11.1 Downloading Games To see a complete list of games for sale, go to the Gmini™ 402 presentation page on the Archos website (www.archos.com) and click on the Gmini™ 402 Games link. Once you purchase the game, you will be presented with a download message box.
12 BROWSER - Using the Browser The browser is used to navigate the file system on the Gmini™ 402. The file system is FAT32, the same type of file system that is found on Windows® based computers. That is, it is a hierarchical system which includes folders and subfolders. Because you will be putting hundreds of files on your Gmini™ 402, it is STRONGLY ADVISED that keep a neat and orderly file structure. Otherwise, you will be spending time searching for files and not listening or watching them.
Rename: Change the name of the file or folder to something new. You will be sent to the virtual keyboard (see next section) to enter the new file or folder name. Create: Create a new folder in the current level of the directory. You will be sent to the virtual keyboard (see next section) to enter the new folder name.
13 Connecting/Disconnecting the Gmini 402 to/from your PC ™ Note that when the Gmini™ 402 is connected to a computer, it will use more energy than usual. Your battery power will be consumed at a higher rate than normal. If the Gmini™ 402 looses power while connected to your computer you could damage your directory structure and/or loose data. Thus, you should always use the AC adapter when connected to your computer.
13.3 Disconnecting the Gmini™ 402 from your Computer Windows Device Mode 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™ 402 and/or computer. If the Gmini™ 402 is connected to your computer as a Windows Device, verify that no data is being transferred between your Gmini™ 402 and your computer (the HDD light on your Gmini™ 402 is not flickering).
14 Connecting Devices to the USB Host Port Thanks to the USB Host port, you can connect USB Mass Storage Class (MSC) devices such as many digital cameras and external hard drives in order to transfer pictures or data to your Gmini™ 402. Non Mass Storage Class devices such as printers, Ethernet adapters, mice, keyboards, etc. are not supported. To connect an MSC device, use the included short USB host adapter.
The Sound Parameters Parameter Play Mode Description Volume 32 levels of volume (0-31). Bass 10 levels. Decreases or Increases the low frequencies. Treble 10 levels. Decreases or Increases the high frequencies. Balance 10 levels. Favors the right or left channel of the Stereo signal Bass Boost 10 levels. Increases the very low frequencies Reset button Readjusts all settings to their default values 15.
15.3 Clock Settings Setting The Gmini™ 402 has an internal real time clock. The time of day is shown on the top right of the screen in either 24 hour or 12 hour display mode. To set it, go to Setup then select Clock. Choose parameter Choose Value for highlighted parameter When finished setting the parameters, move down to the Set button, then click on the ENTER/GO button. The clock time and date are now set. Click on the STOP/ESC button to go back to the main settings menu. 15.
15.5 15.6 Power Settings These settings will help you to save battery power thus allowing a longer battery autonomy. You can set the Gmini™ 402 to conserve power for both modes of operation (when it is powered from the battery, or when it is connected to the AC charger/ adapter (DC-Power operation). System Settings The System settings allow you control over the low level parameters of the Gmini™ 402. Parameter Parameter Description Power Off 1-9 minutes (and Never for DC operation).
16 Updating the Gmini 402 Firmware Operating System (OS) ™ ARCHOS™ periodically updates the Operating System (OS) and makes it available for free download on the ARCHOS™ website (www.archos. com). Updates to the Operating System include new features, feature improvements, and bug fixes. You should check to make sure that you are running the most recent version of the OS. Each time the Gmini™ 402 starts up, the OS version is displayed on the screen (example: OS Version 1.1) on the bottom right.
17 Technical Support In case you should encounter any technical difficulties using your product, we suggest you go through these steps in order to resolve any issues as efficiently as possible: 1) Please read carefully through the appropriate sections of this manual. Some subject areas may be treated in two different chapters depending on how the device is being used. 2) Look at the Troubleshooting section at the back of this manual.
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you may see the hard drive and be able to assign a drive letter by rightclicking on the hard disk, and selecting the option Change drive letter and paths… Problem: What do I do if I try to disconnect via the green arrow but keep getting “The device ‘Generic Volume’ cannot be stopped now. Try stopping the device again later.” Answer: Shut off any program that might be accessing data on the Gmini™ 402, including Windows® Explorer.
the screen Setup > System and press and hold the Right function button for three seconds. A button “Format HD” will appear. Use this button to format the Gmini™ 402’s hard drive. Remember, doing this will erase all the data on the hard disk!!! Problem: I would like to partition the Gmini™ 402 hard disk. Answer: If you know how to partition a hard disk, this is OK. The Gmini™ 402 will, however, only recognize a FAT32 partition.
19 Technical Specifications ARCHOS VIDEO Gmini™ 402 series Storage Capacity 20 GB* Store up to 80 hours of videos1, 200 000 photos1 or 10 000 songs1. Computer Interface Slave: High Speed USB 2.0 (compatible USB 1.1), PC & Mac. Master: USB 1.1 port3 Image Playback JPEG (except progressives) or BMP. Download photos from computer through USB 2.0 port. Transfer photos from digital camera2 through USB host port.
20 Legal Warranty and Limited Liability This product is sold with a limited warranty and specific remedies are available to the original purchaser in the event the product fails to conform to the limited warranty. Manufacturer’s liability may be further limited in accordance with its sales contract.
Electrostatic Discharge Environmental Considerations Normal functioning of the product may be disturbed by ESD. If so, simply reset the product to resume normal operation by following the instruction manual. During file transmission, please handle with care and operate in a static-free environment. Protection of the environment is an important concern to ARCHOS™.
