Gateway GCM-4 User Manual
Gateway MP3 Photo Jukebox
GCM-4
User Guide
Contents
Chapter 1: Checking Out Your Jukebox . . . . . . 1
Package contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 2: Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Turning on your jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Plugging in the headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using the control buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using the menu buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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Using the playback buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Locking control buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Playing music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Adjusting volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Viewing photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter 3: Playing Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Playing songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Viewing the Now Playing screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Setting advanced playing modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Setting the equalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Setting shuffle mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Setting repeat mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Disabling expired music messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Viewing the music visualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Creating playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Creating a jukebox playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Creating a Windows Media Player playlist . . . . . . . . 34
Editing playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Adding a track or alb um to a jukebox playlist . . . . . 36
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Deleting a track from a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Deleting a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Getting more music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Installing the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Creating files for your jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Moving files to your jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Chapter 4: Viewing Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Viewing a photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Copying photos to your jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Copying photos from your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Copying photos from your digital camera . . . . . . . . . 55
Copying photos from your card reader . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Organizing photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Creating a photo folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Moving a photo into a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Deleting a photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Working with slideshows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Creating slideshows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Editing slideshows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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Playing slideshows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Playing a picture show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Getting more photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Creating text notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Chapter 5: Settings and Options . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Setting the backlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Setting the clock and calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Accessing the settings shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Resetting the jukebox to its defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Chapter 6: Maintenance and Troubleshooting 75
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Maintaining your jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Maintaining battery life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Updating the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
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Chapter 7: Safety and Legal Notices . . . . . . . . 87
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Chapter 1: Checking Out Your Jukebox
Pac kage contents
Your package includes:
■ Gateway GCM-4 MP3 Photo Jukebox
■ Ear bud stereo headphones
■ USB 2.0 connector cables (2 )
■ AC power adapter
■ Soft cover carrying case
■ Quick start poster
■ This user guide
■ Software instal lation CD
■ Battery (installed )
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System requirements
To connect to your jukebox, your computer must have the following
minimum requirements:
■ Microsoft
■ Microsoft Windows Media
■ Intel
■ 80 MB available hard drive space
■ 128 MB memory
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Wind ows® XP (Service Pack 1)
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Pentium III 333 M Hz processor
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Player 10
Front
Playback control
buttons
LCD panel
Option menu
button
Menu control
button
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Component Description
LCD panel Displays menus, music visualizations, and digital photos. For more
Playback
control buttons
Menu control
button
Option menu
button
information, see “Playing music” on pag e 20 and “Viewing pho tos”
on page 23.
Control audio playback. The play/pause button doubles as a power
button. For more information , see “ Using the playback buttons” o n
page 18 and “Turning on your jukebox” on page 15.
Lets you select menus and choices withi n menus. For more
information, see “Using the menu buttons” on page 17 .
Displays the choices or opt ions of the currently highl ighted menu
item. For more information, see “Using the menu buttons” on
page 17.
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Top
Headphone
jack
Component Description
Headphone jack Plug headphones o r amplified sp eakers into this ja ck.
Control lock Slide to lock all jukebox control buttons.
Control lock
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Bottom
USB/docking
connector
Component Description
USB/docking
connector
Reset button Press with a straighte ned paper clip or pin to reset your
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Connect the USB combo ca ble to this conne ctor and to th e
USB port o n your computer for moving music or ph otos to
your jukebox. You can also connect the camera USB cable
for downloading photos directly from your digital camera. For
more information, s ee “Charg ing the bat tery” on page 11,
“Moving files to your jukebox” on page 49 , and “Copying
photos from your digi tal camera” on page 55.
jukebox.
Reset button
Left
Volume button
Control Description
Volume Press the + side (top) of the button to i ncr eas e volume,
and press the – side (bo ttom) to decrease volume.
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Back
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Battery cover
Accessories
Accessories are available on Gateway’s Web site at
www.gateway.com/photojukeboxextras
Specifications
■ Dimensions: 2.3×3.8×0.7inches (59×96×17mm)
■ Display: 128 × 1 28 pixels, 16-bit (65,536 colo rs), TFT Transflective,
1.6-inch
■ Battery: 820 mAh, rechargeable Li-ion, prismat ic, 3.7V, removable
■ Hard drive: 4 GB, 1 inch, Compact Flash Type II
■ Memory: 32 MB SDRAM, 1 MB flash
■ Power: input 100~240VAC, 50-60 Hz (normal), ou tput 5V 1.6A
■ Compatible media: MP3, WMA, AAC (non-Fairplay DRM), WAV,
JPG/JPEG
■ Data transfer rate: Up to 480 Mbps using USB 2.0
■ Audio jacks: Audio line out (headp hones)
■ Camera interface cable: USB 2.0, 22-pin
■ Combo cable: USB 2.0, 22-pin
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Chapter 2: Getting Started
To use your jukebox, you need to:
1 Charge the battery
2 Install and set up software on your computer
Charging the battery
Fully charge the battery for three hours before using your jukebox for the
first time. However , it is not neces sary to fully charge the battery each time.
You can charge the battery by connecting the jukebox either to the
AC power adapter (fastest) or to a USB port on the computer.
The battery icon in the upper right corner of the screen indicates the
remaining battery charge.
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If the power icon is... the battery is...
Green Full
Yellow Medium
Red Low
Red with an exclamation point Critically low
A power plug Charging
To charge the battery:
1 Connect the USB combo cable to the AC power adapter, then plug
the power adapte r into an AC po wer out let.
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- OR Connect the USB combo cable to the computer.
2 Plug the combo cable into the jukebox. Make sure that the top of
the plug (the side with the arrows) is facing the same way as the front
of the jukebox.
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If you are charging your jukebox from the computer’ s USB cable, turn
your jukebox off. If your jukebox is on, it cannot charge from the
computer’s USB cable.
Important
If the jukebox is on, the power cord icon appears in the upper right
corner of the display. The keypad’s backlight turns on while the
battery charges, then turns off when the battery is fully charged.
If you are charging your jukebox from the ACpower adapter,
you can leave your jukebox on as it charges, but it will take
longer to charge.
4 When your jukebox battery is finished charging, press in on the
plug’s two side buttons, then pull the plug out of the jukebox.
T urning on your jukebo x
To turn on your jukebox:
■ Press the power button. The jukebox turns on, and the Main Menu
opens after a few seconds.
Powe r b ut to n
Tips & Tricks
To avoid turning the jukebox on accide ntally, use the control
lock. For more information, see “Locking contro l buttons” on
page 19.
To turn off your jukebox:
■ Press and hold the power button until the display tur ns off (about
two seconds).
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Plugging in the headphones
You can plug headphones or speakers into your jukebox.
To plug in headphones or speakers:
■ Plug the headphone or speaker plug into the headphone jack on the
top of you r jukebox .
Headphone/
speaker jack
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Using the control b uttons
Using the menu buttons
The menu buttons let you open menus and ch ange settings.
Menu control button
Option menu button
Press this... To...
(right arrow) Select the current option or open the next menu.
(left arrow) Open the previous m enu.
(up and down arrows) Select the menu choice s and change settings.
(option menu button) Display the choices or option s of the curre ntly
For more information about jukebox menus, see “Chapter 5: Settings and
Options” on page 71.
highlighted menu item and c reate p laylists, turn
on shuffle mode, or cre ate slideshows.
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Using the playback buttons
During playback, use the playback control buttons to skip to the next track,
skip to a previous track, or pause the playback or slideshow. Holding down
the previo us track o r next tr ack butt ons acts as rewind and fast forwa rd,
respectively.
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Previous track
Play/pause
Important
Next track
If the jukebox does not respond when you pre ss a button, it
may be pausing for several seconds while loading the next file.
If the jukebox does not respond af ter waiting for several
seconds, press the res et button. For th e lo catio n of the re set
button, see “Bottom” on page 6.
Locking control b uttons
You can lock your jukebox so its buttons are not accidentally pressed.
To lock all jukebox buttons:
■ Move the control lock to the Locked position (where red is showing).
When the buttons are locked, a lock icon appears on the screen.
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Playing music
To play music:
1 Plug in the headphones and turn on your jukebox. The Main Menu
opens.
2 Press or to highlight Music, then press to open the Music
menu.
3 Press or to highlight Playlists, Artists, Albums, Genres, All Music,
or
Now Playing, then press to open the submenu.
4 Continue to select the submenus (such as playlist number and artist
name), then press when your final selection is made to play the
music. Information about the song and play mode appears on the
screen.
Yo u c a n al s o :
■ Create a playlist
■ Change equalizer settings
■ Change shuffle or repeat settings
For more information, see “Chapter 3: Playing Music” on page 25.
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Pre-loaded music
Your jukebox contains pre-loaded music for your enjoyment and to help
you learn about using your jukebox. Pre-loaded music includes playerexclusive content from three artists—Renato Grinberg, Mac Lopez, and
Lee Johnson.
Renato Gri nberg Tracks included
Born and raised in Brazil, Renato Grinberg is a refined
guitarist and composer who blends the popul ar
Brazilian acoustic guitar style with contemporary jazz
and pop music. His work includes three solo albums:
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Without Frontiers
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Caetano, Sem Palavras
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So Far...So Close
Tracks from his CD
1 Sem Compromisso
2 D o Outro Lado
3 Sem Fronteiras
Learn more a bout this ar tist at
www.renatogrinberg.com
Mac Lopez with Lee Johnson Tracks included
Born and raised in Southern California, Mac Lopez is
a well-regarded Native American flute performer and
composer of Shosho ne heritage. H is work include s
four CD compilations:
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Footprints of Our Ancestor s
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Wind Messengers (wi th Lee Johns on)
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Keepers of the Moon
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Story of the Redtail Hawk (his latest release)
Tracks from their CD
1 Wind Messengers
2 T he Hawk and the Raven
3 Waterfall Song
Learn more about these a rtis ts at
www.whirlwindstudios.com
Without Frontiers
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Wind Messengers
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Adjusting volume
To adjust volume:
■ Press the + side (top) of the volume button to increase volume, and
press the – side (bottom) to decrease volume.
Volume button
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Caution
Setting the volume too high can damage the
headphones.
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