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Connecting/Disconnecting* the Gmini

™

500 to/from your PC

13.1 USB Connection Type (‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’)

Your device comes conﬁ gured as a Windows

Device and will be immediately recognized by your computer if you

are running Windows

XP (with Service Pack 1 minimum) and Windows Media

Player 10. If you have another

version of Windows

, not sure what version of Windows

XP you have, or if you are using a Macintosh

, then you

will need to change the USB (Universal Serial Bus) Port setting on the Gmini

™

500. You will do this by going to

the Settings action icon and then to System and USB Port and change it to ‘ Hard Drive ’.

13.2 Connecting the Gmini

™

500

Connection order: See the sections below for your particular computer’s operating system.

1) Connect the power adapter to the Gmini

™

500.

2) With your computer running, plug the USB cable into your computer.

3) With the Gmini

™

500 off, plug in the other end of the USB cable to the Gmini

™

500 USB Device port.

4) Turn on the Gmini

™

500. (If your computer asks to install a new driver for the new hardware, then you must

unplug it and change the USB Port to Hard Drive.)

* Note that when the Gmini

™

500 is connected to a computer, it will use more energy than usual. Your battery power will

be consumed at a higher rate than normal. It is normal that the Gmini

™

500 will get hot. If the Gmini

™

500 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. Be careful to understand the disconnection procedure also since

disconnecting incorrectly can lead to data loss or computer/Gmini

™

500 freeze up. The Gmini

™

500 is not compatible with

Windows

NT, Windows

95, or Windows

98. While connected to your computer, the Gmini

™

500 buttons are blocked

and are no longer functional.

Windows

Please verify** that you have Windows

XP and it is updated it to at least, Service Pack 1 . You must

also have Windows Media

Player 10 (WMP10) installed on your computer. This way, you can take advantage

of connecting it as a ‘ Windows Device ’. Connect it to your PC as enumerated above and you can then see

the Gmini

™

500 in Windows

Explorer and WMP10. Without Windows

XP Service Pack 1 (a free update) or

Windows Media Player

10, you cannot use it as a Windows

recognized ‘Device’ and will have to follow the

instructions for Windows

ME & 2000 below.

** Right-click on ‘My Computer’ select ‘Properties’, and then look in the tab labeled ‘General’. It should say “Service

Pack 1” or higher.

Windows

ME and 2000

Attention: Before connecting the Gmini

™

500 to your computer

with the USB cable, go to the setup action icon and then to

System and USB Port and change it to ‘Hard Drive’.

When connected to your computer, the Gmini

™

500 will be recognized as an external

Hard Drive and display automatically within a few seconds of being connected. You

will see a new drive letter, such as E: in My Computer called Gmini

™

500. You can

now use the hard drive called Gmini

™

500 like any other external hard drive. Simply

access it using Windows

Explorer to drag and drop ﬁ les to and from the Gmini

™

500’s hard drive.

Macintosh

™

OS X

If you have OS X, you must update to version 10.2.4 or newer. You must also change the Gmini

™

500’s USB Port setting to ‘ Hard Drive ’. From the main menu, go to the Settings action icon and

then to System and USB Port and change it to ‘ Hard Drive ’.

You will now simply plug the Gmini

™

500 into your Macintosh

as enumerated above, and within a

few seconds, the Gmini

™

500 will be recognized as a mass storage device (Hard Drive) and mount

on the desktop. You can now use the hard drive called Gmini

™

500 like any other external hard

drive.