Archos 402 manual

1 • MPEG-4 Video Player • MPEG-4 Video Player • MP3 & WMA Music Player • MP3 & WMA Music Player • Photo Viewer • Photo Viewer • USB 2.0 Hard Disk • USB 2.0 Hard Disk User Manual for ARCHOS User Manual for ARCHOS ™ ™ Gmini Gmini ™ ™ 402 402 V ersion 1.8 V ersion 1.8 English Language User Manual English Language User M[...]

2 3 Non Protected Internet Video Content 29 9 VIDEO - Creating MPEG4 video files with your computer 31 How to create an MPEG-4 video file 31 PC T ools 31 9.1 Installing the PC Software 31 MPEG-4 codec (Compression/Decompression) 32 Virtual Dub ™ 32 MPG4 T ranslator 32 MP3 Sound Codec 32 9.2 Using MPG4 T ranslator 33 Select Source & Destinatio[...]

4 5 Dear Customer , ARCHOS ™ thanks you for y our choice of this exciting Gmini ™ 402 product. With this beautiful device in your pock et, you can enjoy digital music, digital photos, or digital video anytime and anywhere. W e are sure that your Gmini ™ 402 will give you years of listening and viewing enjo yment. Of course you can always use [...]

6 7 a Multiconnect adapter – allows for an analog audio input (Line In) b Multi-connect jack – for headphones, A V cable, or FM R emote 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 y our computer f Power Connector (Use only t[...]

8 9 2.4 Changing the Language The Gmini ™ 402 interface can be set to English (def ault), French, German, Spanish or Russian. • T o change the language, move the cursor to Setup and then click PLA Y/ENTER ► . • Then move with the joystick to Display and click PLA Y/ENTER ► . • Highlight the Language parameter . • Use the Right or Left[...]

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 PLA Y ► . If you hear nothing at fi rst, make sure you have adjusted the v olume control on the headphone cord. By clicking on the Music icon [...]

12 13 3.3 Artist, Album, Title … ID3 T ags ID3 T ags are information about the recording which found inside of an MP3 music fi le. When someone creates an MP3 music fi le, he or she has the option of adding information to it. This information can include, among other things, the name of the artist (W es Burden), the album name (Brav e New W orl[...]

14 15 Y ou 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 f or a description of how each one works. 3.5 Setting a Bookmark If you are listening to a song, or perhaps a long[...]

16 17 4.2 Creating a Playlist T o 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. Y ou can now start adding songs to the current Playlist. In the left window , search f or the songs you would like to add to your Playlist. Once the song is hi[...]

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 ® WA V f ormat, either PCM (uncompressed) or ADPCM (compressed). 5.1 Cable Connections for Audio R ecor[...]

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 hav e selected Microphone as the input source in the pre-recor ding Settings screen. The microphone level is preset. Analog Line-In In order to record from a line-lev el audio source, you will need to use the multi[...]

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 continuous loop so that you will be able to he[...]

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 Libr ary when you connect your Gmini ™ 402 to the computer . Songs which have been added, will however , be listed in the device’ s ARCLibrary . 6.2 Comparison of [...]

26 27 7 MUSIC - Using iT unes ™ with your Gmini ™ 402 8 VIDEO - Playing Video F iles The easiest way to tr ansfer music fi les between a Macintosh ® computer and your Gmini ™ 402 is to use the Macintosh Finder ™ to drag and drop the fi les to and from your Macintosh ® . However , for Macintosh ® users who do want to use the Gmini ™ 4[...]

28 29 • Click on the left function button to put the video into slow-motion view . Y ou 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 are watching a video and would lik e to place[...]

30 31 basis. There are so many standards and formats that it is v ery possible that the video fi le you download from the Internet will not play right aw ay on your device. Due to certain “v ariations” , even when video fi les are formatted in “MPEG-4” they may not pla y right away . If you have some video fi les that do not play directl[...]

32 33 MPEG-4 codec (Compression/Decompression) In order for MPEG4- T r anslator 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 T r anslator will tell you on start up which codec it requ[...]

34 35 Change Settings Next, you can change the parameters (Change Set tings) 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 disk. A sett[...]

36 37 10 PHOT O - 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 y ou choose the television output. The yellow bar above the list of fi les indi[...]

38 39 10.3 T r ansferring 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 Stor age Class (MSC) devices to your Gmini ™ 402 and tr ansfer fi les from that device to your Gmini ™ 402. Many camer as produced today are MSC type devi[...]

40 41 11 Games - Playing Mophun © Games Y our Gmini ™ 402 has a built-in Mophun ® game engine. What that means is that it can run games created for the Mophun ® gaming platform. Y ou will fi nd game demos on your Gmini ™ 402 . 11.1 Downloading Games T o see a complete list of games for sale, go to the Gmini ™ 402 presentation page on the [...]

42 43 12 BRO W SER - Using the Browser The browser is used to navigate the fi le system on the Gmini ™ 402. The fi le system is F A T32, the same type of fi le system that is found on Windows ® based computers. That is, it is a hierarchical system which includes f olders and subfolders. Because you will be putting hundreds of fi les on y our[...]

44 45 Rename : Change the name of the fi le or folder to something new . Y ou 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 . Y ou will be sent to the virtual keyboard (see next section) to enter the new folder name. Copying and Mov[...]

46 47 Note that when the Gmini ™ 402 is connected to a computer , it will use more energy than usual. Y our battery power will be consumed at a higher rate than normal. If the Gmini ™ 402 looses power while connected to y our computer you could damage your directory structure and/or loose data. Thus, you should always use the AC adapter when co[...]

48 49 1. The safe remove icon is in the system tr ay 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 Computer Windows Device Mode If the [...]

50 51 Thanks to the USB Host port, you can connect USB Mass Storage Class (MSC) devices such as many digital camer as and external hard drives in order to transf er pictures or data to your Gmini ™ 402. Non Mass Storage Class devices such as printers, Ethernet adapters, mice, keyboards, etc. are not supported. T o connect an MSC device, use the i[...]

52 53 The Sound Par ameters Par ameter Description V olume 32 levels of volume (0-31). Bass 10 levels. Decreases or Increases the low frequencies. T reble 10 levels. Decreases or Increases the high frequencies. Balance 10 levels. F av ors the right or left channel of the Stereo signal Bass Boost 10 lev els. Increases the very low frequencies Reset [...]

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. T o set it, go to Setup then select Clock . Choose parameter Choose V alue for highlighted parameter When fi nished setting the par ameters, move down to the Set button, the[...]

56 57 15.5 Power Set tings These settings will help you to sav e battery power thus allowing a longer battery autonomy . Y ou can set the Gmini ™ 402 to conserve power for both modes of oper ation (when it is powered from the battery , or when it is connected to the AC charger/ adapter (DC-P ower oper ation). Par ameter Description Power Of f 1-9[...]

58 59 16 Updating the Gmini ™ 402 Firm ware Operating Syst em (OS) ARCHOS ™ periodically updates the Operating S ystem (OS) and makes it av ailable for free download on the ARCHOS ™ website (www .archos. com). Updates to the Operating S ystem include new features, feature improvements, and bug fi x es. Y ou should check to mak e sure that yo[...]

60 61 In case you should encounter any technical dif fi culties using your product, we suggest you go through these steps in order to resolve any issues as ef fi ciently as possible: 1) Please read carefully through the appropriate sections of this manual. Some subject areas may be treated in two different chapters depending on how the device is [...]

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64 65 you may see the hard drive and be able to assign a driv e letter by right- clicking on the hard disk, and selecting the option C hange drive letter and paths… Problem : What do I do if I try to disconnect via the green arrow but keep getting “The device ‘Generic V olume’ cannot be stopped now . T ry stopping the device again later . ?[...]

66 67 the screen Setup > System and press and hold the Right function but ton for three seconds. A button “F ormat HD” will appear . Use this button to format the Gmini ™ 402’ s hard drive. R emember , doing this will erase all the data on the hard disk!!! Problem : I would like to partition the Gmini ™ 402 hard disk. Answer : If you k[...]

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 photos from computer through USB 2.0 port. T ransf[...]

70 71 Warranty and Limited Liability This product is sold with a limited warrant y and speci fi c remedies are available to the original purchaser in the event the product fails to conf orm to the limited warranty . Manufacturer’ s liability may be further limited in accordance with its sales contr act. In general, the manuf acturer shall not be[...]

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 oper ate in a static-free environment. Copyright Notice Copyright ARCHOS ™ 2005 All rights reserved. This [...]