User's Manual

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We wish you many years of enjoyment from your Gmini
™
500 product. Please do register your product at our
website www.archos.com to ensure that you get have access to our help line and to be informed of technical
support and free software updates for your product.
Wishing you the best Video, Music, and Photo experience,
The ARCHOS
™
TEAM
*For full information on compatible fi le formats, see the technical specifi cations.
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.
As our engineers are always updating and improving the software, your device’s software may have a slightly
different appearance or modifi ed functionality than presented in this manual.
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1 INTRO – Buttons and Connections 7
2 INTRO – First Time Usage 10
2.1 Charging the battery 10
2.2 Turning on the Gmini
™
500 10
2.3 Shutting off the Gmini
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500 and Battery saving features 10
2.4 Changing the Interface Language 11
2.5 Foreign Character Sets 11
2.6 Caring for the Gmini
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500 11
2.7 Hardware Reset 12
3 VIDEO – Playing Video Files 13
3.1 Video Playback Action Icons 14
3.2 Resume Function 15
4 VIDEO – Playing Video Files from the Internet 16
4.1 Protected Internet Video content 16
4.2 Non Protected Internet Video Content 16
5 VIDEO – Creating MPEG-4 Video Files with your Computer 18
5.1 Installing the PC Software 19
6 MUSIC – Playing Music Files 23
6.1 Button Control 24
6.2 Play Screen Icons 24
6.3 Browsing through your Music Library 26
6.4 Playing Through your Stereo System 27
6.5 Setting a Bookmark 27
6.6 The Resume Function 28
7 MUSIC – Putting Music onto your Gmini
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500 29