Archos GMINI 500 User Manual

ARCHOS

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MOBILE VIDEO RECORDER

Gmini

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500 SERIES

ARCHOS Gmini

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MOBILE VIDEO RECORDER

500 SERIES

Video Player / Music Player & Recorder / Photo Wallet & Viewer / USB 2.0 Hard Drive

English Language User Manual

User Manual for ARCHOS™ Gmini™ 500 series Version 1.3 Please visit our website to download the most recent manual and software for this product

Dear Customer,

ARCHOS companion to your home entertainment system. Y ou can connect the Gmini photos or videos as well as connect it to your PC to transfer over your favorite photos, videos, and music onto it. By connecting to a computer, you get the advantage of being able to download legal music and video content from the Internet. Since it is a PlaysForSure on the Internet. For more information about the PlaysForSure

This manual will explain, in detail, the functionality of your device. We have packed this product with many functions and capabilities. The better you know how to use it, the more enjoyment you will get from it. Remember, with the Gmini

• Play MPEG-4 SP & WMV video ﬁ les* on the built-in screen, a television or video projector

• Listen to MP3, WMA, or WAV music ﬁ les* or PlaysForSure

• Synchronize your Windows

• View JPEG and BMP digital photos and create slide shows

• Copy Pictures directly from your digital camera via the built in host USB port

• Store .DOC, .PDF, or any type of data ﬁ le – it’s a portable hard drive too!

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thanks you for your choice of this exciting Gmini

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Media Player music and video library to your Gmini

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TTable of contents

We wish you many years of enjoyment from your Gmini 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

*For full information on compatible ﬁ le formats, see the technical speciﬁ cations.

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500 product. Please do register your product at our

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.

able of contents

1 INTRO – Buttons and Connections 7 2 INTRO – First Time Usage 10

2.1 Charging the battery 10

2.2 Turning on the Gmini

2.3 Shutting off the Gmini

2.4 Changing the Interface Language 11

2.5 Foreign Character Sets 11

2.6 Caring for the Gmini

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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7.1 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media

7.2 Comparison of Windows Media Player 10 to Windows Media Player 9 30

7.3 Transferring your CD collection to the Gmini

7.4 Installing Windows Media

7.5 Installing Windows Media

Player 9 (WMP9) 31

Player 10 (WMP10) 31

8 MUSIC – Playlists 32

8.1 Playing a Playlist 32

8.2 Creating a Playlist 32

8.3 Saving a Playlist 33

8.4 Adding songs to a Playlist while listening to Music 34

9 MUSIC – Recording Music 35

9.1 Cable connections for audio recording 35

9.2 Recording Procedure 36

9.3 Where is the Recording Saved? 38

9.4 Audio Editing 38

10 MUSIC – Using iTunes™ with your Gmini™ 500 40 11 PHOTO – Viewing Photos 41

11.1 Viewing Photos 41

11.2 Viewing a slideshow 42

11.3 Transferring photos to your Gmini

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12 BROWSER – Using the Browser 45

12.1 Navigating the Directory Structure 46

12.2 File and Folder Operations 47

12.3 Using the Virtual Keyboard 50

13 Connecting/Disconnecting* the Gmini

13.1 USB Connection Type (‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’) 51

13.2 Connecting the Gmini

13.3 Disconnecting the Gmini

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14 Connecting Devices to the USB Host Port 55

Player (WMP) to the Gmini™ 500 29

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15 SETTINGS 56

15.1 Sound Settings 56

15.2 Play Mode Settings 57

15.3 Clock Settings 58

15.4 Display Settings 59

15.5 Appearance settings 60

15.6 Power Settings 60

15.7 System Settings 61

16 Updating the Gmini 17 Replacing the battery 65

17.1 “Thin” version 65

17.2 Standard version 66

18 Technical Support 67 19 Troubleshooting 70

19.1 USB Connection issues 70

19.2 Charging and Power issues 71

19.3 Gmini

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19.4 File issues, corrupted data, formatting, and partitioning 71

20 Technical Speciﬁ cations 74 21 Legal 76 22 Index 80

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INTRO – Buttons and Connections

a On indicator b Hard drive activity indicator (read/write) c Battery charger indicator (blinks when battery is charged)

d Loud speaker

e Move UP (also increases volume during media playback) f Move DOWN (also decreases volume during media playback) g Move LEFT (also plays previous song or fast reverse through song or video) h Move RIGHT (also plays next song or fast forward through song or video) i Accelerate UP – go up the list of items at high speed j Accelerate Down – go down the list of items at high speed

k Play/Enter/On o – Hold for 3 seconds to switch on the device l Stop/Escape/Off x - Hold for 3 seconds to switch off the device

m UP action button (move up on the list of action icons; in the Settings menus: move UP) n SELECT action button (select the highlighted action icon) o DOWN action button (move down on the list of action icons; in the Settings menus: move DOWN)

INTRO – First Time Usage

2.1 Charging the battery

2.2 Turning on the Gmini

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2.3 Shutting off the Gmini

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a LCD/TV button – Hold down to switch between the LCD and an external TV display b USB Host port – to connect compatible USB devices c Microphone d USB 2.0 High speed device port (USB 1.1 compatible) to connect to your computer e Power Connector (Use only the supplied Archos power charger/adapter) f Multi-connect jack* – for headphones, TV docking pod, FM Remote and AV in/out connections

* Optional accessories such as TV docking pod and FM Remote are available for purchase from the ARCHOS™ web site - www.archos.com.

INTRO – First Time Usage

2.1 Charging the battery

• Use only the included ARCHOS™ charger/adapter.

• You can charge the internal battery of the Gmini device, or you can charge it by plugging the adapter/charger into the optional TV docking pod and connecting your Gmini

• Before using for the ﬁ rst time, charge the battery completely. The charge indicator (CHG) light will start to blink when the battery is charged.

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2.2 Turning on the Gmini

• Hold the PLAY/ON button o for 3 seconds. The green “On” indicator light will turn on. Be patient, it will take a few seconds for the operating system to boot up.

• If the unit shuts off after holding the ON button for several seconds, plug in the ARCHOS make sure the battery gets charged.

2.3 Shutting off the Gmini

To shut off the unit, press and hold the STOP/ESC/OFF button x for 3 seconds. In the Power menu [Display setup screen Power: Battery Operation] there is a

Power Off parameter. Thus, if your Gmini shut itself off. This setting can be changed from one to nine minutes or to never .

In the Power menu [Display setup screen Power: Battery Operation] there is a Backlight Off parameter to save battery power (the lighting of the screen consumes a lot of the battery power). That is, if the Gmini shut off in order to save battery life. To turn the screen back on, just click once on any button. See the section Power in the Settings chapter for a complete explanation.

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2.4 Changing the Interface Language

2.5 Foreign Character Sets

2.6 Caring for the Gmini

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2.7 Hardware Reset

2.4 Changing the Interface Language

The Gmini™ 500 interface can be set to English (default), French, Spanish, German, or Russian.

• Using the UP action button, highlight the Settings icon (showing a wrench) and then click the center SELECT action button.

• Highlight the Display icon and click the PLAY/ENTER button.

• Highlight the Language parameter using the UP/DOWN buttons.

• Click the RIGHT or LEFT button to choose the desired language.

• The language displayed will change immediately.

• Click on the STOP/ESC button to return to the Setup page and again to return to the main menu screen.

2.5 Foreign Character Sets

Y ou have the option of displaying ﬁ le names, folder names, and music tags in various character sets (ex: Korean, Japanese, Simpliﬁ ed Chinese, etc.). You can ﬁ nd the language ﬁ les CodePage_name.4FZ in the font folder under /Data/Asian Fonts on the Gmini for example, you would like to have the Korean language display, then you would copy the ﬁ le CP949.4FZ into the folder /system on the Gmini music tags written using the Microsoft Only one .4FZ can be used at a time, thus you should only put one .4FZ ﬁ le into the /system folder. When an .4FZ language ﬁ le is used, the interface language will be set to English.

2.6 Caring for the Gmini

The ARCHOS™ Video Gmini™ 500 is an electronic product that needs to be treated with more care than typical consumer electronic products.

• Do not subject it to shock.

• Do not subject it to heat. Keep it well ventilated.

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500 away from water and excessively humid areas.

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codepage for the language will now be displayed in that character set.

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• Keep the Gmini™ 500 away from high electromagnetic ﬁ elds.

• Keep any connected cords to the Gmini pulled by a child.

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• Do not open up the Gmini

2.7 Hardware Reset

In the event that your Gmini the Gmini button x will shut down the Gmini

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500. There are no user serviceable parts inside. Opening will void your warranty .

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VIDEO – Playing Video Files

3.1 Video Playback Action Icons

VIDEO – Playing Video Files

Click on the Video icon in the main menu, highlight the desired video ﬁ le, and then click on PLAY/GO o. The thumbnail images on the right side will show you a frame from the highlighted video ﬁ le (center) as well as a frame from the ﬁ le above and the ﬁ le below the highlighted one. By clicking on the Video icon in the main menu, you will enter into a ‘video only’ mode. Other playable ﬁ le types, for example music ﬁ les, that may be in this folder are only listed if you enter the folder via the Browser.

Button controls while playing a video ﬁ le

Vol + Increase volume Vol - Decrease volume Rew. Fast Forward FF Fast forward HSR High speed reverse HSA High speed advance O Play/Pause X Stop

T o watch your videos on a television, you must hold down the LCD/TV button for two seconds. The Gmini the video will be sent out to your connected television. Switch your television to auxiliary video input (often found just below channel 1 – sometimes called L1 or L2). If you don’t see a clear color image, you may have to set your Gmini (NTSC-North America or PAL-Europe) in Display (Setup action icon > Display Icon.

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Video Browser Action Icons

Hide the Thumbnails

3.1 Video Playback Action Icons

While a video ﬁ le is playing, click on the Select action button. The action icons on the right of the screen allow you to make video adjustments to your personal taste.

Play & Sound Settings

Built-in Speaker

Reset thumbnails. The thumbnail images on the right side of the screen will be reset to their original default setting.

Use this setting if you would like to have the video ﬁ les play one after the other, or just play one and stop. You can also adjust the sound settings and the amount of time the On Screen Display (OSD) information remains on the screen when you start a video ﬁ le.

Turn on or off the built-in loud speaker.

Slow Motion

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.

Set Screen Format

Video ﬁ les come in various aspect ratios. That is, they can be TV sized (almost a square image), or in cinema size (much longer than high). To change the screen to your personal tastes, the following screen format options are available.

3.2 Resume Function

VIDEO – Playing Video Files from the Internet

4.1 Protected Internet Video content

4.2 Non Protected Internet Video Content

Auto Format Default mode. Adjusts the video size to best adapt to the built-in screen or television. Maximized Image Enlarge the image to ﬁ ll the screen (LCD or TV). Sides may get slightly cut in this mode. Full Picture Format The entire picture will always be seen on the television and the built-in screen. No cutting.

Set a Book mark

If you are watching a video and would like to place a bookmark in it in order to continue from this point at another time, you can use the Bookmark function. Highlight the icon and click on the Select action button. This will set a bookmark in the video ﬁ le at the current position. You can only set one bookmark per ﬁ le. When you look at the ﬁ le in your browser, it will have a yellow check mark on its icon indicating that this ﬁ le has a bookmark set within it. You can have a maximum of 16 ﬁ les book-marked. Setting more bookmarks will then start to erase the oldest bookmarks. The next time you play this video ﬁ le, you will be presented with three options:

Resume Start playing from the book-marked position. Ignore Keep the bookmark but start playing from the very beginning. Clear Clear the bookmark from this ﬁ le and start playing from the very beginning.

Save as Thumbnail

Save the current image on the screen as the video ﬁ le’s thumbnail in the Video browser view .

On Screen Display (OSD) off

Select this icon to shut off the On Screen Display (the status bar, action icons, and other overlaid informational graphics).

3.2 Resume Function

When you turn on your Gmini screen is not the Video icon but rather the Resume icon. This icon is highlighted when the Gmini 500 can resume the last played audio or video ﬁ le.

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VIDEO – Playing Video Files from the Internet

When using Windows Media content from the Internet. When you see the PlaysForSure Center (PMC)*, then these protected downloads will be playable on your Gmini

Player 10, you will have the advantage of being able to download protected video

4.1 Protected Internet Video content

If you check the PlaysForSure subscription, or purchasable video content. Remember, web sites must carry the PlaysForSure for their videos to play on the Gmini

4.2 Non Protected Internet Video Content

The Gmini™ 500 plays .AVI ﬁ les of MPEG-4 format. It can play such video ﬁ les at a maximum size of 720 x 576 pixels (25 frames/second). It can also play .WMV ﬁ les (WMV9 SP) up to a maximum size of 352 x 288**. The

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Gmini The number of encoding and compression schemes currently used to create video ﬁ les is very extensive and

seems to change on a weekly basis. There are so many standards and formats that it is very possible that the video ﬁ le you download from the Internet will not play right away on your device. Due to certain “variations”, even when video ﬁ les are formatted in “MPEG-4” they may not play right away.

500 will not directly play ﬁ les of type .mov, .mpg, or .mpeg.

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* MPEG-4: ISOstandard by Moving Picture Experts Group ; A VI: audio/video ﬁ le container by Microsoft . MPEG-4

SP with B-frames AVI up to 704x480@30f/s NTSC or 720x576@25f/s PAL.

** Microsoft WMV9 SP up to 352x288@30f/s and 800 kb/s ; supports WM DRM.

VIDEO – Creating MPEG-4 Video Files with your Computer

If you have some video ﬁ les that do not play directly on your Gmini Windows Media® Player 10 (Available only for Windows XP) will convert your video ﬁ le automatically when you sync the ﬁ le that is on your PC to the Gmini

You can also use the software MPEG-4 Translator included on the Gmini encode your video ﬁ les into the proper MPEG-4 SP format that the Gmini Video – creating MPEG-4 video ﬁ les with your computer for more details.

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VIDEO – Creating MPEG-4 Video Files with your Computer

How to create an MPEG-4 video ﬁ le

Video ﬁ les that come from your digital camcorder, sent to you via e-mail, or which are freely available on the Internet are encoded in many different ways. If not already in the proper MPEG-4 Simple Proﬁ le or WMV9 Simple Proﬁ le format, a transformation operation must be done in order that these video ﬁ les can be played by the

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the PC tools which are available on the Gmini requires that you synchronize a video ﬁ le in your Media Player library to your Gmini control in this converting process though and Windows Media not re-encode. The second method, though it requires some learning, will allow you to have much more control over the ﬁ nal quality of the re-encoded (converted) video ﬁ le. It is described below. There are other tools available on the Internet, some free and some for sale, that can also convert your video ﬁ les into the appropriate MPEG-4 SP video ﬁ le format for the Gmini

PC Tools

The Gmini Proﬁ le .AVI video ﬁ les. They are the MPEG-4 Translator and Virtual Dub™. The MPEG-4 Translator will call the Virtual Dub program and give it the correct parameters to encode your video from its original format, .avi or .mpg (mpeg 1), and then encode it into an MPEG-4 SP .AVI ﬁ le. The ﬁ le will be scaled in order to be played back properly.

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Player determines which video types it will and will

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5.1 Installing the PC Software

5.2 Using MPEG-4 Translator

5.1 Installing the PC Software

If your video ﬁ le is not an MPEG-4 Simple Proﬁ le .avi ﬁ le of the proper size, you will need to re-encode it using the following utilities. For the Gmini resolution up to 720 x 576 (depending on frame rate) and a sound track that is stereo MP3 or WAV. In actuality, in all cases, a resolution beyond 640x480 does not add any advantage.

MPEG-4 codec (Compression/Decompression)

In order for MPEG4-Translator to compress the video in a ﬁ le of the format MPEG-4 SP that the Gmini 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.

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Virtual Dub

A utility for transcoding one video ﬁ le into another. This is a general purpose transfer and cleanup utility which has many options allowing for even the most difﬁ cult video translations. It will prompt you to save it to C:\Program Files\ VirtualDub. Y ou should use this default directory location. Otherwise you will have to instruct the MPEG-4 Translator program where to ﬁ nd it. For more information on Virtual Dub

MPEG-4 Translator

This program, developed by Archos, is a “Front-end” for the Virtual Dub program. It has a simple interface which you use and it then tells Virtual Dub how to process the video ﬁ le. It sets all the parameters for Virtual Dub speciﬁ cally to create a video ﬁ le in the right size and format to be read by the Gmini the ﬁ rst time, the MPEG-4 Translator will need to locate the Virtual Dub program. If you did not install V irtual Dub in the default location, you will have to show the program where Virtual Dub is. If you forget, Windows you an error when you try to launch it.

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If MPEG-4 Translator detects a suitable MP3 codec on your PC, it will use it, and your video ﬁ le sound track will be MP3. Otherwise, it will use the standard IMA ADPCM codec. There are MP3 encoders (usually packaged together as an encoder and decoder) available on the Web for you to download. If you choose to use the LAME codec, make sure that you have a version built with the ACM front-end. You can ﬁ nd other MP3 codecs on the web by using the search terms ACM , MP3 and CODEC in your favorite web search engine. Once this MP3 codec is installed into your system, MPEG-4 Translator will be able to create ﬁ nal video ﬁ les with MP3 sound, even if the source video ﬁ le does not have an MP3 sound track.

If you are unsure what codecs (audio and/or video) have been installed on your computer, you can see the list by going to the following location.

For Windows XP, click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices Properties > Hardware, choose Audio Codecs, then click on Properties. You will ﬁ nd a list here of all the audio codecs that are installed on your computer. Decoding of MPEG 2 video ﬁ les is currently not supported by MPEG-4 Translator. These are usually .mpg or .mpeg format ﬁ les, not the required A VI ﬁ le. There are other tools found on the Internet (FlaskMPEG, Rippack, etc.) that may be downloaded in order to help you with these ﬁ le types. A good starting place is the website www.mpegmobile.com.

5.2 Using MPEG-4 Translator

Here you see the image of the main MPEG-4 Translator program. When you ﬁ rst run the program, if the required codec has not been installed yet, you will be notiﬁ ed. You should download the codec and install it on your computer. If the Virtual Dub If you have placed the Virtual Dub locate the ﬁ le.

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program in a folder other than the installer default folder, it will ask you to

Select Source & Destination Files

Change Settings

In this example, a source ﬁ le 24 hours of Lemans.avi has been selected as the source video. Y ou can see on the bottom of the window its original characteristics (width 720, height 576, frame rate 24). Next, you must then tell the program where to place (Set Destination ﬁ le) the newly recoded version of the ﬁ le (don’t worry, it will not erase the original). You should give it a new descriptive name . Make sure you add the .avi extension.

Next, you can change the parameters (Change Settings) of the encoder to adjust the level of quality of the ﬁ nal 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 drive. 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.

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If the Gmini will see a Priority box appear. This control is to allow you to select which feature of the video to be guarded. If for example you are reencoding a video ﬁ le that is 800x600 in resolution and 30 frames per second, this is beyond the maximum resolution that the Gmini

can play. Thus, the MPEG-4 T ranslator program will have to decrease the resolution. Choosing LCD optimizes the ﬁ nal video format for viewing on the built in LCD screen. Choosing the TV option will optimize the movie to keep the highest possible frame rate. You can see what the size and frame rate will be by looking at the Video Image Size : Destination parameters. When choosing TV , it is understood that the output will be optimized for a television, and not the built-in screen.

Start

Click on Start and the program will call Virtual Dub the video. Depending on the power and speed of your computer, this could take real time (a 60 minute long video re-encoded in about 60 minutes) or much longer. As shown to the left, you will see the progress as it processes the video ﬁ le. If the Start button is grayed out, it would be for one of two reasons. 1) The source ﬁ le is not a true AVI ﬁ le. Even if the ﬁ le name ends with .avi, the internal ﬁ le data determines if it is truly an AVI ﬁ le. 2) The Virtual Dub program was not located when MPEG-4 Translator was started up. Close the program, restart it, and make sure you locate the Virtual Dub program.

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MUSIC – Playing Music Files

6.1 Button Control

6.2 Play Screen Icons

Status

MUSIC – Playing Music Files

When you click on the music icon in the main screen, you will be sent directly to the ARCLibrary. From here you can choose to either browse your music by the ﬁ le system (Browse hard drive) or by music characteristics (Album, Artist, title, Genre, Year). Use the LEFT, RIGHT, UP, and DOWN buttons to locate one of the factory installed music samples and then click on PLAY. If you hear nothing at ﬁ rst, make sure you have adjusted the volume control on the headphone cord.

Display during music playback

1. Current Directory

2. Play Mode: One Directory

3. Status: Playing

4. Battery level

5. Volume (maximum:99)

6. Song title* or ﬁ le name

7. Artist* or parent folder

8. Album* or current folder

9. Next track to be played

10. Relative location in the track

11. Elapsed, remaining, and total song time

12. Time of Day

13. Album picture*

14. File format and rec info

15. Volume level meters

*If the ﬁ le contains these tag data

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6.1 Button Control

Vol + Increase the Volume HSA High speed advance FF Click once: Play the next song in the folder or playlist. Hold: Fast forward through the song. Rew Click once: Play the previous song in the folder or playlist

Hold: Fast reverse through the song. HSR High speed reverse Vol. - Decrease the Volume o Play/pause/resume X Stop Song

(during ﬁ rst 10 seconds of song) otherwise go to the beginning of the song.

To lock the Gmini button.

The Gmini again to unlock the buttons. You can still use the UP and DOWN buttons to change the volume.

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500 will display the “locked” icon in the top left corner of the screen. Press the Select button

6.2 Play Screen Icons

Status

Stopped

Blinks while Playing a track Current track is paused Recording a track

Play Order

Play Mode

6.3 Browsing through your Music Library

Play Order

(no icon) Play once Repeat playing Shufﬂ e (Random) track selection

Play Mode

Gmini™ 500 is currently playing from a Playlist

Folder: Play all tracks in the current directory All: Play all tracks on Gmini Single: Play a single track then stop Queue: User can queue the next track to be played * Scan: Plays ﬁ rst 10 – 90 seconds of each track*

* See the PlayMode section in the Settings chapter of this manual for details.

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6.3 Browsing through your Music Library

You can reach the PlayMode settings screen from the Setup action icon > PlayMode . The play mode determines how your music is played (just the current folder of music, all music, one ﬁ le, etc.). See Playmode in the section Settings for a description of how each one works.

The ARClibrary is your Gmini for indexing your music by album, artist, song title, etc. When you synchronize music ﬁ les from your PC using Windows Media to the Gmini™ 500, the ARCLibrary will get updated to include the new songs you have added. As shown in this screen capture, you can select your music by Artist, Album, Song Title, Genre, or Y ear.

All music ﬁ les that you purchase have internal ‘tags’ which identify the artist, the album, and the song title. If your music ﬁ les do not have internal tags (ex: WA V ﬁ le format or untagged WMA or MP3 ﬁ les) then the ARCLibrary will put them under the category ( Unknown ). Audio ﬁ les created with the Gmini Artist = (ARCHOS) and Album = ( Audio Recordings ).

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+ 30 hidden pages