Using iTunes 4 with your Gmini | Archos 100 series specification

8 Using iTunes® 4 with your Gmini

The easiest way to transfer music files between a Macintosh® computer and your Gmini 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 with iTunes™, ARCHOS has developed a special i-Tunes®plug-in. You will find it on the included CD-ROM in a folder called iTunes plug-in. In this folder you will find a plug-in for Mac OS 9.x and another folder for Mac OS 10.x. You will also find a JPEG image illustrating where you need to copy the plug-in to. Once this is done, iTunes™ will recognize the Gmini as a ‘Device’.

To make your user experience simpler, please keep in mind the following.

1)When you create your Playlists with iTunes® (you can only create Playlists from songs that have been copied to your Gmini ), your Macintosh® will save these Playlists to the root directory of your Gmini. It will not save them to the Gmini Playlists directory. It would be best to use the Gmini itself to make Playlists (section 5.1.3) and then save these Playlists in your Playlists folder.

2)When you drag and drop MP3 files from your iTunes™ library to your Gmini, the i-Tunes®program will look at the ID3 tag information (See section 7.4 of this manual for an explanation of ID3 tags) of the MP3 file, and create a folder on the root of your Gmini using the name of the Artist as the folder name. Then it will take the Album name ID3 tag, and create a subfolder with that album as its name. Finally, it will take the MP3 song itself and place it into that album subfolder. Thus, although it is a clean structure of Artists and albums, i-Tunes®does not follow the Gmini convention of placing the music into the Music folder first.

3)i-Tunes®does not write to the ARCLibrary when it transfers files to your Gmini. Thus, the ARCLibrary will not reflect the true number of songs on your Gmini. However you can still find and play your music via the Music Browser.

9 Updating your Gmini Operating System (OS) software

Archos regularly makes software updates (correction of bugs) and upgrades (additional functions and features) for its products. These are free of charge and downloadable from the Archos website. Simply go to our website www.archos.com, and in the Software section, locate your Gmini product and download the GMINI100.AOS file to your computer. Make sure you keep a safe copy of this file in case you need it again.

9.1.1Downloading the GMINI100.AOS file

When you click on the link to download the new OS file (the file name is GMINI100.AOS), your browser may warn you that the contents of the download looks suspicious and may harm your computer. This is because the Windows® system does not know what a .AOS file is. Be assured that Archos has made every effort to ensure that the file does not contain viruses. Click on the option Save to download this file to a convenient place, such as My Documents, in order to later copy this file to your Gmini. If your Gmini is connected to your PC while

you are connected to the internet, you can even save it directly to the Gmini.

9.1.2Read the History Text File

You will also find next to the firmware download, a text file (Gmini100_Firmware_History.txt) which details the list of changes from the previous version of the OS.

9.1.3Copy to Gmini Root Directory

When updating your Operating System, you must keep the AC charger/adapter plugged into the Gmini so that it will not shut down due to low batteries while you are performing the update. Connect your Gmini to your computer (see chapter 4). Copy the GMINI100.AOS over to the Gmini’s root directory. The root directory is the highest level on the directory structure of your Gmini. That means should not put the .AOS in any special folder on the Gmini. Thus when you look at your Gmini from your computer, you should see your Music folder, your Playlist folder, the others and the Gmini will automatically notice the existence of this new OS file, update the Gmini, and then restart with the new OS.