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Complete User Manual
ARCHOS™ Gmini™ 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 Gmini™.
Version 1.0
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Ports, Buttons, and Connections............................................................................................ 3 2 First Time Usage ....................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Charging the Battery 4 2.2 Turning the Gmini ON and OFF 4 2.3 Changing the Interface language 4 2.4 Caring for the Gmini 4 2.5 Foreign Character Sets 4 3 Playing Music ...............................
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1 Ports, Buttons, and Connections 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) 3
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2 First Time Usage 2.1 Charging the Battery Before using your Gmini XS for the first time, completely charge the battery. Use ONLY the included ARCHOS charger/adapter. Charging will start automatically when it is plugged in. The battery is fully charged when the charge (CHG) light to the left of the screen begins to blink. After the first initial full charge, you may use the Gmini while the AC adapter is plugged in. 2.2 Turning the Gmini ON and OFF Press and hold the ON/Menu b
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3 Playing Music Once the Gmini has been turned on, the following screen is displayed. You can select the major functions from this main menu. Music: Browse through the folder Music or use the ARCLibrary music selection system. Browser: Browse through and manage all of the other files on your Gmini. Resume: Resume playing from the last place you stopped. Setup: Set the parameters of your Gmini to your personal taste. 3.1 Playing a Music File By clicking on the Music icon in th
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The top status bar indicates the status and play settings that you have given. See section 5.2 for a description of each of the Playmode settings. Play Status Play Order (no icon) Play once Stopped Playing a track Shuffle (Random) track selection Current track is paused Repeat playing 3.3 Playback Menu Items 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
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3.8 Locking 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 key until the “lock” icon appears in the top-left corner of the screen. Now all buttons are disabled. To unlock the buttons hold down again on the Menu button until the “lock” icon disappears. 7
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4 Playlists 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 file (file type .m3u) to be used another time. There is no limit to the number of Playlists you can save on the Gmini hard drive. 4.1 Creating a new Playlist To create a Playlist, press the RIGHT button while you are in the Music browser. A second panel is
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Delete Track: removes the highlighted track from the playlist. Important: Once you save a Playlist it is important that you do not move the actual MP3 files as the Playlist searches in the original file location. If you need to move your MP3 files to a different folder, you'll have to recreate your Playlists. (Moving a music track) 4.5 What is an .m3u file? You can open a Playlist file (Playlistname.m3u) on your computer ® with a text editor such as Notepad or SimpleText (Macintosh
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5 Settings There are a number of parameters you can set on the Gmini to make it operate according to your particular needs. Start by clicking on Setup. 5.1 Changing the Sound Settings If you would like to customize the sound quality, go to [Setup Sound]. 1. 2. 3. 4. Change values 5. Exit screen. Parameter Description Volume 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
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Parameter Description Play all tracks in the current directory Current Folder Play all tracks on the Gmini All Play a single track then stop Single User can queue the next track to be played † Queue Gmini plays first 15 seconds of each track †† Scan Repeat and shuffle This parameter allows you to choose the order of play of your songs Normal: the music sequence is played once Repeat: the music sequence is played in a loop Shuffle: the music sequence is played randomly AR
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6 Using the Browser The browser is used to navigate the file system on the Gmini. The file system is the same type of file system that ® is found on Windows based computers. This way, transferring files from your computer to your Gmini is as easy as ‘drag and drop’. The file system is a hierarchical system which includes folders and subfolders. Because you will be putting hundreds of files onto your Gmini, it is STRONGLY ADVISED that keep a neat and orderly file structure. Otherwise, you wi
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6.3.2 Contextual Menu on a Folder Create Folder: Same as above. Delete Folder: This will delete the folder and its entire contents. It will ask “Do you really want to delete folder X and all files therein? Yes/No.” Rename Folder: Same as Rename File above. 6.3.3 Contextual Menu while in the Double Browser By using the unique Archos double browser system, you can copy or move files from one location in the file structure to another (caution: there is a limit of 1000 files per folder)
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7 Connecting the Gmini to your Computer 7.1 Making the USB Connection Always make sure your Gmini has a fully charged battery or use the power adapter to prevent the Gmini from shutting down during data transfers due to low power. (This could cause data loss and/or file corruption if not done.) ® Windows ME, 2000,XP and Mac OS 10.2.4 or better will see the Gmini as a Mass Storage Device when plugged in. 1. Plug the supplied USB cable into your running computer. 2. Turn on the Gmini –
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® 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. You can now safely unplug the USB cable from your Gmini and/or your computer. 7.4 Creating Music files
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8 Using iTunes™ with your Gmini XS ® The easiest way to transfer music files between a Macintosh computer and your Gmini XS is to use the Macintosh ® Finder™ to drag and drop the files to and from your Macintosh . ® ® ® However, for Macintosh users who do want to use the Gmini XS with iTunes , Archos has developed a special i-Tunes plug-in. You will find it in the folder /Data/i-Tunes Plug-in on the Gmini XS hard disk or from the Archos website. In this folder you will find a .sit compress
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9 Updating the Gmini XS Firmware Archos periodically updates the firmware or Operating System (OS) and makes it available for free download on the ARCHOS website (www.archos.com). Updates to the Operating System include new features, feature improvements, and bug fixes. You should check to make sure that you are running the most recent version of the OS. To see the current version of the software you device is running, go to Setup > System and look at the line OS Version. You will find the
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10 Troubleshooting 10.1 USB Connection issues Problem: I cannot get my Gmini to be recognized by the computer. Solutions: Shut off and reboot the computer and the Gmini and then try connecting again in the preferred order mentioned in section 7.1. ® If you installed the Windows 98SE driver on your Windows XP, 2000, or ME edition, this could cause problems. Uninstall that driver and ® then reinstall the generic Windows Mass Storage Device driver. If using a USB hub, try connecting w
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Problem: I want to reformat the hard drive of the Gmini. Solution: You can do this, but it will erase ALL of the data on your Gmini. First, as explained above, you should run ScanDisk or the DOS ® chkdsk (Check Disk) program to try to fix your problem. These will solve your problems 99% of the time. Note that Windows XP and 2000 will, by default, format your Gmini hard drive in the NTFS file format. This will make the Gmini unusable. Make sure you tell it to format the hard drive in FAT32 fo
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11 Technical Specifications ARCHOS Gmini XS series Storage Capacity Depends on model. See front of package. Computer Interface High Speed USB 2.0 (compatible USB 1.1) Audio Playback MP3 (Stereo, decoding 32-320 kb/s CBR & VBR), WMA, .WAV (PCM) Screen 128 x 128 pixels. 4 level greyscale Playback Autonomy Up to 10 hours* Scalability Free Operating System updates downloadable from ARCHOS web site Audio Connection Standard 3.5mm mini stereo headphone jack. Power Internal rechargeable L
