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7.3 Transferring your CD collection to the Gmini

™

500

The process of transferring music from a CD into music ﬁ les for your Gmini

™

500 is

known as ‘ripping’. It is actually a re-encoding process, taking the CDA (CD Audio)

format and converting it to WMA or MP3 format which the Gmini

™

500 can read. There

are many music ripping programs on the market, but ARCHOS

™

recommends that

you use Windows Media

Player to do it. In fact, when you place a music CD in your

computer, Windows

will ask you if you would like to rip it. Depending on the power

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

™

500 to your computer with the supplied USB cable. Now, you go to the

Sync tab and tell Windows Media

Player to synchronize that album to your Gmini

™

500. It will then transfer that album to your Gmini

™

500.

Note: Some music CDs have a special copy protection system that will not allow

Windows Media

Player to make music ﬁ les from them.

7.4 Installing Windows Media

Player 9 (WMP9)

If you have Windows

ME or Windows

2000, you should use Windows Media

Player 9. You can visit the

Microsoft

Website to download the very latest version, or install the version found on the Gmini

™

500 itself in the

folder /Data/PC Installation.

7.5 Installing Windows Media

Player 10 (WMP10)

You must be running Windows

XP (Service Pack 1 or higher) in order to install Windows Media

Player 10.

Please visit the Microsoft

Website www.playsforsure.com to download and install the very latest version.

MUSIC – Playlists

A Playlist is a list of songs that the Gmini

™

500 will automatically play one after the other.

The Gmini

™

500 can load one Playlist at a time into its internal memory. You can create new

Playlists, add or delete songs from a Playlist, or Save a Playlist to be used another time. There

is no limit to the number of Playlists you can save on the Gmini

™

500 hard drive. Playlists are

indicated by a special list icon (circled icon to the left).

8.1 Playing a Playlist

To play a Playlist, you simply scroll to the Playlist, such as ‘Sample

Playlist’ shown to the left, and click on PLAY o. The list of songs will

be loaded into the internal memory of the Gmini

™

500 and then be

displayed in a separate panel.

Click on PLAY and the songs will be played in the order shown. To

shufﬂ e the music entries in a random order, you can click on the Manage Playlist action icon, then choose

Shufﬂ e . If you delete a Playlist from your Gmini

™

500, you are only deleting the list and not the music itself.

8.2 Creating a Playlist

To create a Playlist, select the Open Playlist panel action icon while

you are in the Music browser. A second panel will open on the right

side to display the Playlist contents. You can now start adding songs

to the current Playlist. In the left panel, locate the songs you would

like to add to your Playlist. Once the song is highlighted, click on the

RIGHT or ENTER button or select the Add to Playlist action icon to

add it to the Playlist. The song will be added to the Playlist and a small

mark next to the music icon will be made to indicate that it is in the

Playlist. Continue searching and adding songs in this manner until

you are satisﬁ ed. You can select the Add or Insert action buttons