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G Gmini™ mini™ XS202 XS202
MP3 & WMA Digital Music Player & USB 2.0 Hard Drive
English user manual
Version 1.2 - Please see the Archos web site (WWW.ARCHOS.COM) for the most recent manual and software updates for your Gmini™.
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An introductory note from ARCHOS
Dear Customer,
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Archos thanks you for choosing our new ultra-small Gmini™ XS202 . Check out our web site www.archos.com
to fi nd the available accessories for this product (car adapter, carryi
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3 C Con onten tent ts s 1 Ports, Buttons, and Connections 5 2 First Time Usage 6 2.1 Charging the Battery 6 S 2.2 Turning the Gmini™ XS202 ON and OFF 7 2.3 Changing the Interface language 7 2.4 Caring for the Gmini™ 7 2.5 Foreign Character Sets 7 3 Playing Music 8 3.1 Playing a Music File 8 3.2 Play Screen and Button Control 9 3.3 Playback Menu Items 11 3.4 ARCLibrary Specifi cs 11 3.5 ARCLibrary Updating 12 3.6 Setting a Bookmark 12 3.7 The Resume Function 12 3.8 Locking the Gmini™ Buttons 13
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5 P Ports, Buttons, and Connections orts, Buttons, and Connections 1 1 A Headphone jack B Power On indicator C Hard Disk activity indicator D Battery charger indicator E Stop/Escape/Off F Navigation Joystick & Play/Enter button (Press down) G On/Menu H USB 2.0 port (USB 1.1 compatible) to connect to computer I Power Connector (Use only the supplied Archos charger) 5 6 First First T Tiime me U Usage sage 2 2 2.1 2.1 C Charging the Battery har
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7 S S 2 2.2 .2 T Tu urning the Gmini™ XS202 rning the Gmini™ XS202 ON and OFF ON and OFF • Press and hold the ON/Menu button until the screen comes on. • The Gmini will automatically shut off after a given amount of time if no buttons are pressed. To conserve battery energy, the backlight will automatically shut off. You can change these parameters in Setup > Power . • Press and hold the Stop/off button until the Gmini shuts off. 2 2.3 .3 Changing the Interface language Changing the I
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9 3.2 3 .2 P Play Screen and Button Control lay Screen and Button Control (1) Menu available (2) Artist* or parent folder (3) Album* or current folder (4) Song title* or fi le name (5) File format and recording information (6) Status: playing (7) Play Mode: Folder (8) Play Order: Repeat (9) Volume (0-99) (10) Battery level (1 1) Real time clock (12) Song elapsed time (13) Song time remaining (14) Song length *If the fi le contains these tag data
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11 3.3 3.3 Playback Menu Items Playback Menu Items B When the menu icon appears, you have certain options. During song playback, press the MENU button for the following options. • Setup: Enters the Setup screen (same as selecting the Setup icon in the main menu) which allows you access to parameters such as bass and treble. E A C • Info: Show fi le information such as the fi le name, number of kilobytes of hard drive space used, date created, fi le format, etc. • ARCLib
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13 3 3.8 .8 L Locking the Gmini™ Buttons ocking the Gmini™ Buttons You can prevent the Gmini from executing unintended functions by locking the buttons. To lock the buttons, hold down on the MENU button until the “lock” icon appears in the top-left corner of the screen. Now the buttons are disabled, but you can still use the navigation joystick to change the volume. To unlock the buttons hold down again on the Menu button until the “lock” icon disappears. 13 14 S S P Putting Music
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15 4.2 4 .2 C Comparison of Windows Media Player 10 to Windows Media Player 9 omparison of Windows Media Player 10 to Windows Media Player 9 Windows® Media Player 10 is only available for Windows® XP (service Pack 1) and newer operating systems. It is worth your while to upgrade to Windows® XP (home or professional) and to Windows® Media Player 10. The list below shows the advantages. Functionality WMP9 WMP10 Auto-synchronize the WMP library no* yes ™ ™ to ARCHOS Gmini on connecting to
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17 Playlists Playlists 5 5 A Playlist is a list of songs that the Gmini will automatically play one after the other. The Gmini can handle one Playlist at a time. You can create new Playlists, add or delete songs from a Playlist, or save a Playlist as a fi le (fi le type.m3u) to be used another time. There is no limit to the number of Playlists you can save on the Gmini hard drive. A Playlist can have a maximum of 1000 songs in it. 5 5.1 .1 C Creating a new Playlist reating a new Playli
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19 • Move: Allows you to change the order of songs in the Playlist by moving them up or down using the navigation joystick. • Delete: Removes the highlighted track from the playlist. Note: To delete a Playlist, navigate to Browser > Playlists . Highlight the Playlist, press the menu button, highlight Delete and press ENTER. (Moving a music track) Important: Once you save a Playlist it is important that you do not move the actual fi les as the Playlist searches in the o
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21 Parameter Description P arameter Description V olume Range: 0 to 99 Controls the current volume. Balance Range: -5 to +5 (left to right) Sound effect Rock, Techno, Jazz, Classic, Live or Custom Change this parameter to select an equalizer setting to the style of music you are listening to. Select Custom to set your own equalizer levels. [Set Equalizer] To customize the equalizer. See below. [Reset] Sets all your sound parameters with default or fl at values
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23 ARCLibrary Off, On. Automatic (default) The ARCLibrary feature enables you to see your music organised by Artist, Album, Title, Genre and Year. Select Off to disable the feature or On to enable it. On Automatic, the library will update itself when disconnected from the computer. ARCLibrary Update Scans through all music and playlists in the folders Music and Playlists and indexes these into the ARCLibrary. You need to do this only when you have copied new music to your
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25 6 6.5 .5 C Changing the Power Settings hanging the Power Settings T o help you get the most battery life out of your Gmini before having to recharge it, you can adjust the power settings. Go to Setup > Power. Parameter Description Parameter Description Power Off Range: 1 to 9 minutes or Never. Number of minutes of user inactivity before the Gmini automatically shuts off. The Gmini will not shut off during the playback of music fi les. Never (on DC Power) indicates tha
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27 U Using the Browser sing the Browser 7 7 The browser is used to navigate the fi le system on the Gmini. The fi le system is the same ® type of fi le system that is found on Windows based computers. This way, transferring fi les from your computer to your Gmini is as easy as ‘drag and drop’. The fi le system is a hierarchical system which includes folders and subfolders. Because you will be putting hundreds of fi les onto your Gmini, it is STRONGLY ADVISED that keep a neat and orderly
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29 7.3 7.3 File and Folder Operations in Browser Mode File and Folder Operations in Browser Mode While browsing the directory structure, you will have the option to manipulate fi les and folders. When you use the Browser mode, you will be browsing through the Gmini’s hard drive as if browsing via a computer. In Browser mode, you can create folders, delete fi les or folders, rename fi les or folders, and copy or move fi les from one place to another. 7.3.1 Contextual Menu on a File Info: S
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31 1 Contextual Menu 2 Text being typed 3 Cursor 4 Upper/Lower case* 5 Delete character* 6 Clear entire line* 7 Enter* * These items can also be found in the contextual menu Tip: use the STOP/ESCAPE button to cancel any changes you made and exit the virtual keyboard. 31 32 S S C Connecting the Gmini™ XS202 onnecting the Gmini™ XS202 to a Stereo system to a Stereo system 8 8 S Connecting your Gmini XS202 to a stereo system allows you to l
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33 C Connecting the Gmini™ to your Computer onnecting the Gmini™ to your Computer 9 9 Note that when the Gmini™ 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™ 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 a
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35 Hard Drive Mode If the Gmini™ is connected to your computer as a hard drive, DO NOT SIMPLY PULL OUT THE USB CABLE AT ANY TIME! WARNING: You must properly remove (unmount) your Gmini™ from the computer before disconnecting the USB cable to avoid loss of data or freezing the computer and/or the Gmini™. Hard Drive Mode & W indows™ To safely disconnect the Gmini™ hard drive, click on the system tray remove icon (green arrow as shown below) and follow the instructions. Wait until you get a
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37 S S U Using iT sing iTunes™ with your Gmini™ XS202 unes™ with your Gmini™ XS202 1 1 0 0 ® S The easiest way to transfer music fi les between a Macintosh computer and your Gmini XS202 is to ® use the Macintosh Finder™ to drag and drop the fi les to and from your Macintosh . ® ® S However, for Macintosh users who do want to use the Gmini XS202 with iTunes , Archos has ® developed a special i-Tunes plug-in. You will fi nd it in the folder /Data/i-Tunes Plug-in on the Gmini S XS202 hard
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39 want to overwrite the current fi le. Click on Yes. S Once this fi le is copied, safely disconnect Gmini XS202 from the computer. Refer to the disconnection procedure in the connection chapter if you are unsure of how to do this. 1 11.3 1.3 ‘Hard Drive’ ‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’? or ‘Windows Device’? If your Gmini™ is seen as a hard drive, then you simply need to drag the Update_GminiXS202.AOS fi le onto this icon, and Windows® will place the fi le into the top most directory (root) of
