Page 3 - The ARCHOS; 6 Updating the Gmini
4 5 Dear Customer, ARCHOS ™ thanks you for your choice of this exciting Gmini ™ 402 product. With this beautiful device in your pocket, you can enjoy digital music, digital photos, or digital video anytime and anywhere. We are sure that your Gmini ™ 402 will give you years of listening and viewing e...
Page 4 - INTRO - Buttons and Connections
6 7 a Multiconnect adapter – allows for an analog audio input (Line In) b Multi-connect jack – for headphones, AV cable, or FM Remote control (optional accessory) c Microphone – for making digital voice recordings d USB Host port e USB 2.0 port (USB 1.1 compatible) to connect the Gmini ™ 402 to your...
Page 5 - Language; INTRO - First Time Usage
8 9 2.4 Changing the Language The Gmini ™ 402 interface can be set to English (default), French, German, Spanish or Russian. • To change the language, move the cursor to Setup and then click PLAY/ENTER ► . • Then move with the joystick to Display and click PLAY/ENTER ► . • Highlight the Language par...
Page 6 - Button Control; MUSIC - Playing Music Files; Caring for the Gmini
10 11 When you click on this icon in the main screen, you will be sent directly to the Music folder. Use the direction buttons to highlight one of the factory installed music selections and then Click on PLAY ► . If you hear nothing at fi rst, make sure you have adjusted the volume control on the he...
Page 8 - Setting a Bookmark; Resume: Start playing from the bookmarked position.; The Resume Function
14 15 You can reach the PlayMode settings screen from Setup > 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 above for a description of how each one works. 3.5 Setting a Bookmark If y...
Page 9 - Close – Closes the windows and returns to the main menu screen.; Adding songs to a Playlist while listening to Music
16 17 4.2 Creating a Playlist To create a Playlist, press the RIGHT button while you are in the Music browser. A second window will open on the right side to display the Playlist contents. You can now start adding songs to the current Playlist. In the left window, search for the songs you would like...
Page 10 - MUSIC - Recording Music; Recording Procedure; Source. You will hear silence during
18 19 With the Gmini ™ 402 series, you do not need a computer to create digital music fi les. It is capable of recording from the built-in microphone or an analog line source (ex: HiFi system, Boombox, CD Player, etc) into a standard Windows ® WAV format, either PCM (uncompressed) or ADPCM (compress...
Page 11 - Where is the Recording Saved?
20 21 Microphone The built-in microphone is located on the top of the Gmini ™ 402 unit next to the headphone jack. Make sure that you have selected Microphone as the input source in the pre-recording Settings screen. The microphone level is preset. Analog Line-In In order to record from a line-level...
Page 12 - MUSIC – Putting Music onto your Gmini; Synchronizing Music from Windows Media
22 23 Highlight the fi le to edit and select Edit from the fi le menu. Only fi les which have been created with the Gmini ™ 402 recording function will show Edit in the fi le menu. Files created from CDs or downloaded cannot be edited. Once you enter the edit mode, the audio fi le will play in a con...
Page 13 - Comparison of Windows Media Player 10 to Windows Media Player 9; Functionality; Transferring your CD collection to the Gmini
24 25 Note for WMP10 users: Files added to your Gmini ™ 402 from another computer or fi les which are recorded from an analog source cannot be added to the Windows Media ® Player Library when you connect your Gmini ™ 402 to the computer. Songs which have been added, will however, be listed in the de...
Page 15 - Resume: Start playing from the bookmarked position.; Browser but rather the Resume icon. This icon is highlighted; Display Format Settings; Playing Video Files from the Internet; Protected Internet Video content
28 29 • Click on the left function button to 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. 8.1 Setting a Bookmark If you a...
Page 16 - Translator and Virtual Dub; VIDEO - Creating MPEG4 video files with your computer
30 31 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. If you have some vide...
Page 17 - MPG4 Translator detects a suitable; and Audio Devices Properties > Hardware > choose Audio Codecs,; Using MPG4 Translator; Select Source & Destination Files
32 33 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™ 402 can 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...
Page 18 - Start and the program will call Virtual
34 35 Change Settings 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 al...
Page 19 - PHOTO - Viewing Photos; Viewing Photos; Magnifying Photos; Viewing a slideshow
36 37 10 PHOTO - Viewing Photos The Gmini ™ 402 series support the viewing of JPEG (.jpg) and Bitmap (.bmp) image formats. Progressive JPEG images are not supported. The Gmini ™ 402 will resize the image to fi t on the built-in screen or on a television screen if you choose the television output. Th...
Page 20 - Transferring photos to your Gmini
38 39 10.3 Transferring photos to your Gmini ™ 402 The Gmini ™ 402 is equipped with a USB host port. This port, along with the USB Host adapter cable will allow you to connect USB Mass Storage Class (MSC) devices to your Gmini ™ 402 and transfer fi les from that device to your Gmini ™ 402. Many came...
Page 21 - Downloading Games; Copy to Gmini; Playing a Game
40 41 11 Games - Playing Mophun © Games Your Gmini ™ 402 has a built-in Mophun ® game engine. What that means is that it can run games created for the Mophun ® gaming platform. You will fi nd game demos on your Gmini ™ 402. 11.1 Downloading Games To see a complete list of games for sale, go to the G...
Page 22 - BROWSER - Using the Browser; The browser is used to navigate the fi le system on the Gmini; Show all fi les. If this is set to Off, the Gmini; 02 will only display fi le; File Operations; Delete: Delete the fi le permanently from the Gmini
42 43 12 BROWSER - Using the Browser The browser is used to navigate the fi le system on the Gmini ™ 402. The fi le system is FAT32, the same type of fi le system that is found on Windows ® based computers. That is, it is a hierarchical system which includes folders and subfolders. Because you will ...
Page 23 - Rename: Change the name of the fi le or folder to something new. You; Copying and Moving Files and Folders; By using the unique ARCHOS; Photo View: If you have connected a compatible USB device to the; 02 hard disk and right panel
44 45 Rename: Change the name of the fi le or folder to something new. You will be sent to the virtual keyboard (see next section) to enter the new fi le or folder name. Create: Create a new folder in the current level of the directory. You will be sent to the virtual keyboard (see next section) to ...
Page 24 - Connecting/Disconnecting the Gmini; USB Connection Type (‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’); Windows
46 47 Note that when the Gmini ™ 402 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 ™ 402 looses power while connected to your computer you could damage your directory structure and/or loose data. Thus, y...
Page 25 - Windows Device Mode
48 49 1. The safe remove icon is in the system tray next to the clock. Windows ® XP Windows ® 2000 & Windows ® ME 2. Click on the icon to eject (unmount) the Gmini ™ 402 from the computer and select the ‘Safely remove’ message. Windows ® XP & 2000 13.3 Disconnecting the Gmini ™ 402 from your...
Page 26 - Sound Settings
50 51 Thanks to the USB Host port, you can connect USB Mass Storage Class (MSC) devices such as many digital cameras and external hard drives in order to transfer pictures or data to your Gmini ™ 402. Non Mass Storage Class devices such as printers, Ethernet adapters, mice, keyboards, etc. are not s...
Page 27 - Play Mode Settings; music fi les for details on using the; Folder: Play all tracks in the current directory
52 53 The Sound Parameters Parameter Description Volume 32 levels of volume (0-31). Bass 10 levels. Decreases or Increases the low frequencies. Treble 10 levels. Decreases or Increases the high frequencies. Balance 10 levels. Favors the right or left channel of the Stereo signal Bass Boost 10 levels...
Page 28 - Internal LCD
54 55 15.3 Clock Settings The Gmini ™ 402 has an internal real time clock. The time of day is shown on the top right of the screen in either 24 hour or 12 hour display mode. To set it, go to Setup then select Clock. Choose parameter Choose Value for highlighted parameter When fi nished setting the p...
Page 29 - Power Settings; 0-90 seconds. The number of seconds from the time of; System Settings
56 57 15.5 Power Settings These settings will help you to save battery power thus allowing a longer battery autonomy. You can set the Gmini ™ 402 to conserve power for both modes of operation (when it is powered from the battery, or when it is connected to the AC charger/ adapter (DC-Power operation...
Page 30 - Updating the Gmini; Read the History.txt File
58 59 16 Updating the Gmini ™ 402 Firmware Operating System (OS) ARCHOS ™ periodically updates the 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 fi xes. You...
Page 31 - Technical Support
60 61 In case you should encounter any technical diffi culties using your product, we suggest you go through these steps in order to resolve any issues as effi ciently as possible: 1) Please read carefully through the appropriate sections of this manual. Some subject areas may be treated in two diff...
Page 32 - Worldwide Offi ces; United States & Canada; Troubleshooting; USB Connection issues; Problem: I cannot get my Gmini
62 63 WWW.ARCHOS.COM Worldwide Offi ces United States & Canada Europe & Asia ARCHOS ™ Technology 3, Goodyear - Unit AIrvine, CA 92618 USA Phone: 1 949-609-1483Fax: 1 949-609-1414 ARCHOS ™ S.A. 12, rue Ampère91430 IgnyFrancePhone: +33 (0) 169 33 169 0Fax: +33 (0) 169 33 169 9 United Kingdom G...
Page 35 - Technical Specifications
68 69 ARCHOS VIDEO Gmini ™ 402 series Storage Capacity 20 GB* Store up to 80 hours of videos 1 , 200 000 photos 1 or 10 000 songs 1 . Computer Interface Slave: High Speed USB 2.0 (compatible USB 1.1), PC & Mac.Master: USB 1.1 port 3 Image Playback JPEG (except progressives) or BMP.Download photo...
Page 36 - Warranty and Limited Liability; Legal; Warnings and Safety Instructions
70 71 Warranty and Limited Liability This product is sold with a limited warranty and specifi c remedies are available to the original purchaser in the event the product fails to conform to the limited warranty. Manufacturer’s liability may be further limited in accordance with its sales contract. I...
Page 37 - Copyright ARCHOS; LCD Pixel Policy; The Product : The crossed-out garbage can symbol on your product
72 73 Electrostatic Discharge Normal functioning of the product may be disturbed by ESD. If so, simply reset the product to resume normal operation by following the instruction manual. During fi le transmission, please handle with care and operate in a static-free environment. Copyright Notice Copyr...
