User manual ARCHOS GMINI XS

[. . . ] Complete User Manual ARCHOSTM GminiTM XS series MP3 & WMA Digital Music Player & USB 2. 0 Hard Disk Please see the Archos web site (www. archos. com) for the most recent manual and software updates for your GminiTM. Version 1. 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Ports, Buttons, and Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 First Time Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2. 1 2. 2 2. 3 2. 4 2. 5 3. 1 3. 2 3. 3 3. 4 3. 5 3. 6 3. 7 3. 8 4. 1 4. 2 4. 3 4. 4 4. 5 5. 1 5. 2 5. 3 5. 4 6. 1 6. 2 6. 3 Charging the Battery Turning the Gmini ON and OFF Changing the Interface language Caring for the Gmini Foreign Character Sets Playing a Music File Play Screen and Button Control Playback Menu Items ARCLibrary Specifics ARCLibrary Updating Setting a Bookmark The Resume Function Locking the Gmini Buttons Creating a new Playlist Loading a Playlist Playing a Playlist Playlist Menu Option What is an . m3u file? [. . . ] Plug the other end of the USB cable into your now running Gmini. A new hard drive named "JUKEBOX" will appear on your computer. Windows® Macintosh® The displayed hard drive is the hard drive of your Gmini. You can now drag and drop any files you want, to or from the Gmini. Please also read the disconnection procedure in section 7. 3 as disconnecting the cable at any time without warning the computer may cause data loss. 7. 2 Using the Gmini as an External Drive Getting your files from your computer to the Gmini is as easy as copy and paste. This is because the Gmini acts like a regular hard drive when connected to your computer. Simply connect your Gmini to your computer as explained previously and run Windows® Explorer (or use the Macintosh FinderTM). Now, go to your computer's hard drive, and copy (Right mouse click, then select Copy) an mp3 file or a folder full of mp3 files. Next, open up the hard drive known as JUKEBOX E: on the PC, open the folder you want to copy the files to, and then right-click the mouse and select Paste. For Macintosh® or Windows® you can open two windows on the desktop, one being the source (your computer's hard drive) and the other your destination (the Gmini hard drive), and then simply drag and drop files or folders from one window to another. 7. 3 Disconnecting the Gmini from your Computer 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. DO NOT SIMPLY PULL OUT THE USB CABLE!!! 7. 3. 1 Windows® To safely unmount 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 message saying that you can safely unplug the device before disconnecting the USB cable. Attention: The operating system will not allow you to safely disconnect the Gmini if you have an open file from it, in a running application. You will have to close all the open Gmini files in any running application as well as Windows Explorer®. Using the green disconnect arrow icon in the system tray will then allow you to safely disconnect the USB cable from the Gmini. The safe remove icon is in the system tray near the system clock. Windows® XP Windows® 2000 & Windows® ME 2. Click on the icon to Eject (unmount) the Gmini from your computer and then select the `Safely remove' message. 3. There will be a message indicating that it is now safe to disconnect the Gmini. You can now go ahead and unplug the USB cable from the Gmini. 14 7. 3. 2 Macintosh® First, close all programs that are using files from your Gmini. Drag the Gmini hard drive icon towards the trash can, and the trash can will become a big arrow as shown in the screen image. (Mac OS 9. x will still retain the trashcan icon. This is OK, don't worry. ) Drop the hard drive icon onto the arrow (or trash can). The hard disk icon will disappear from the desktop. [. . . ] This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. [. . . ]