Archos XS series manual

Compl ete User Manual ARCHOS™ Gmin i™ XS series MP3 & WM A Digi tal Music Pla yer & USB 2.0 Har d Di sk Please see the Archo s w eb si te (w ww .arch os.co m) for the mos t rece nt manual an d softw ar e upd ates for your Gmini™ . Version 1.0[...]

2 TABLE OF C ONTE NTS 1 Ports, Butt ons, and Co nn ection s ............................................................................................ 3 2 First Time Usage ....................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Charging the Battery 4 2.2 Turni ng t he G min i O[...]

3 1 Ports, B utton s, and C onnect ions A Headphone jack B Power On indicator C Hard Disk activity indica tor D Batte ry charger indicator E Stop/Escape/Off F Navigation Joystick & Play/Enter button (Press down) G On/Menu H USB 2.0 p ort (USB 1.1 com patible) to connec t to compute r I Power Connector (Use only the supplied Archos charger)[...]

4 2 First Time Usage 2.1 Charging th e Batter y Before us ing your Gmini XS for the first time, completel y charge the batter y .  Use ONLY th e inc luded A RCHOS char ger/ad apter . Ch arging will sta rt aut omatic all y when i t i s plu gged in.  The battery i s fully cha rged w hen the charge (CH G) light to the left o f the s cree n be gi[...]

5 3 Play ing Music Once the Gmini has been turned on, the following s creen is displayed. You can select the major functions f rom this m ain m enu.  Music : Brow se throug h the fold er Musi c or use the ARCLibrary music s elect ion s ystem.  Browse r: Brow se through and manage all of the oth er file s on your Gmini.  Resume: Resume play[...]

6 The top sta tus bar indi c ates the status and play s ettings t hat you have given. S ee section 5.2 f or a descript ion of each of t he Playmode setti ngs. Play Status Play Order Stoppe d (n o icon ) Pla y on ce Playi ng a track Shuf fle (R and om) trac k sele ction Cur rent tr ack is paused Repeat pl aying 3.3 Pla yback M enu I tems Wh en th e [...]

7 3.8 Locking the Gmini Buttons Yo u can prevent the Gmini from executing unintended functi ons by loc king t he butt ons. To lock the button s, hold dow n on the MENU key until the “lock” icon appe ars in the top - left corner of the screen . Now all button s are disabled. To unloc k the butto ns hold down again on t he Menu button until the ?[...]

8 4 Play lists A Playli st is a list of so ng s that the Gmini will automa ticall y pla y one after the other . The G m ini can hand le one Playl ist at a ti me. You c an crea te new Playlis ts, add or delete s ongs from a Playlist, or Save a P laylist as a file (f ile type .m 3u) to be used another time. There is no l imit t o t he number of P lay[...]

9 (Moving a music track)  Delete Track : remove s the highl igh ted tr ack fro m the playlist. Impo rtan t: On ce you save a Play list it is im portant that you do not move the actu al MP3 files as the Playlist sear ches in the origi nal file locat ion. If you need to m o v e y o u r M P 3 f i l e s t o a d i f f e r e n t f o l d e r , y o u &a[...]

10 5 Setting s There are a numb er of parameters you c an set on t he Gmini to mak e it operat e according t o your particular needs. Start by c licking on Setu p . 5.1 Changing the Sound Settings If you wo uld li ke to cu sto mize the sound qua lity , go to [Se tu p  Sound] . 1. 2. 3. 4. Change values 5. Exit screen. Paramet er Descriptio n Vol[...]

11 Paramet er Descriptio n Current Folder Play all tr ack s in th e cu rren t dir ect ory Al l Play all trac ks on the Gmini Sing le Play a sin gle trac k then stop Queue User c an queue t he next trac k to be pla yed † Scan Gmin i pl ays f ir st 1 5 s ec ond s of ea c h t ra ck †† Repeat and shuffle This parameter allow s you to choose the o[...]

12 6 Using the Browse r The browser is us ed to na vi ga te t h e fi l e sy s te m o n th e Gm in i. Th e f il e s ys te m i s t he sa me ty p e of f i le s y st e m t h at is found on W indows ® b a s ed c o m p u te r s . T h i s w ay , t r a n sf e r r in g f i l e s fr o m y o u r co mp u te r t o y o u r G mi n i is as e a sy as ‘drag and d[...]

13 6.3.2 Contextual M enu on a Fol der Create Fo lder: S ame a s above. Delete Fo lder: T h i s w i l l d e l e t e t h e f o l d e r a n d i t s e n t i r e c o n t e n t s . I t w i l l a s k “ D o y o u r e a l l y w a n t t o d e l e t e f o l d e r X and all fil es therein? Y es/ N o. ” Rename Folder: Same a s Rena me File abo ve. 6.3.3 Co[...]

14 7 Connecting the Gmi ni to your Computer 7.1 Mak i ng th e U SB Co nne cti on Alwa ys make sure your G mini h as a fully charge d batte ry or use the pow er adapte r to prev ent the Gm ini from shutti ng down duri ng data transfe r s due to low pow er. (T his c ould cau se da ta lo ss a nd/o r fil e co rruptio n if n ot don e.) Wi n do w s ® M [...]

15 7.3.2 Mac into sh ® First, close all programs that are using files from you r Gmini. Drag the Gmini hard driv e icon towa rds the trash can , and the trash can will become a big arr ow as show n in the screen image. (M ac OS 9.x will still reta in the trash can icon . This is OK, don’t wo rry.) Drop the hard drive icon onto the arro w (o r t [...]

16 8 Using iTu nes™ with your G min i XS The easiest way to transfer m usic files between a Macintosh ® c o m p u t e r a n d y o u r G m i n i X S i s t o u s e t h e M a c i n t o s h Finder™ to drag and dr op the fi les to and from you r Macinto sh ® . However, for Macintosh ® u s e r s w h o d o w a n t t o u s e t h e G m i n i X S w i [...]

17 9 Updating the Gmini XS Firmw are Archos period ical ly updates the firmwa re or Opera ting System (OS) and m akes it ava ilable for free downloa d on the ARCHOS website (www.archos.c om). Updates t o t he O perating Syst em include new features, feat ure improvements, and bug f ixes. You should check to mak e sure that you are runnin g the m os[...]

18 10 Troubleshooting 10.1 USB Conne ction issues Proble m: I cann ot g et m y Gmi ni t o be reco gniz ed by the co m puter . Solutio ns:  Shut o ff and r eboot the computer and the Gmini and then try c onnecting again in t he preferred order ment ioned in s ection 7.1.  If you installe d the Window s 98SE driver on your W indow s ® X P , 20[...]

19 Proble m: I wa nt to refor mat the h ard dr ive o f the Gmin i. Solutio n: Y o u c a n d o t h i s , b u t i t w i l l e r a s e A L L o f t h e d a t a o n y o u r G m i n i . F i r s t , a s e x p l a i n e d a b o v e , y o u s h o u l d r u n S c a n D isk or the DOS chkd sk (Che ck Disk) progr am to try to fix your problem . These wil l sol[...]

20 11 Technical Specifications AR C H O S G m i n i X S s er i es Storage Capa city Depends on model. S ee front of pack age. Compu ter Interface Hi gh S peed USB 2.0 (compati ble USB 1.1) Au d i o P l a yb a c k MP 3 (S ter eo, dec od ing 32 - 320 kb/s CBR & VBR), W MA, .WAV (PCM) Scree n 128 x 128 pixels. 4 level greys cale Play back Auto nom[...]

21 12 Technical Support  If techn ical su ppo rt deter m ines tha t your pr odu ct needs to be re turned, ple ase co nta ct the place of pu rchase to have yo ur pr oduct re pair ed or replac ed (depending on problem t ype) . Custo mers who purch ase d directly from the Archos web site should fill out the form on the web site u nder Sup por t : P[...]

22 13 Legal and Safety Notices Warr anty and L imit ed Liabil ity This produc t is sold with a limited warr anty and specif ic remedies are availab le to the origi nal purc haser in the event the produc t fails to confor m to the limite d warranty. Manufacturer’s liability may be further limited in accordance with its sales contract. In gen eral,[...]