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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 enjoyment. Of course you can always
use it as a regular portable hard disk too for all your personal computer fi les.
This manual will explain, in detail, the functionality of your device. The better
you know how to use it, the more enjoyment you will get from it. Remember,
with the Gmini™ 402, you can…
• Synchronize with Windows Media® Player : easily transfer all your media
fi les from your PC.
• Plays various video and music fi le formats including Windows® formats*
• Transfer photos directly from your digital camera* using the USB host port.
• View digital photos and make personalized slide shows.
• View movies and photos on the built-in screen, on your TV or on a video
projector.
• Play MPEG-4* video fi les.
• Listen to MP3, WMA, or WAV music fi les* and create music Playlists.
• Legally download music or video fi les from “PlaysForSure™” compatible on-
line stores.
• Record music fi les directly into digital format from your hi-fi without a com-
puter.
• Use it as a voice recorder with its built-in microphone.
• Store all types of fi les – it’s a portable hard drive too!
We wish you many years of enjoyment from your Gmini™ 402 product. Please
do register your product at our website www.archos.com to ensure that you
get access to our help line and to be informed of free software updates for
your product.
Wishing you the best music, photo, gaming, and video experience,
The ARCHOS™ TEAM
ARCHOS and Gmini are Trademarks of ARCHOS SA.
*For full information on compatible fi le formats, see the technical specifi cations.
As our engineers are always updating and improving the software, your device’s software may
have a slightly different appearance or modifi ed functionality than presented in this manual.
15.4 Display Settings 54
15.5 Power Settings 56
15.6 System Settings 57
16 Updating the Gmini™ 402 Firmware Operating System (OS) 58
Download the Update_Gmini402.AOS file 58
Read the History.txt File 58
Copy to Gmini
™
402 root and Update 58
‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’? 59
Activate the Update 59
17 Technical Support 60
18 Troubleshooting 63
18.1 USB Connection issues 63
18.2 Charging and Power issues 64
18.3 Gmini™ 402 locks up (freezes operation) or Stops 64
18.4 The Computer locks-up (freezes operation) or Stops 64
18.5 File issues, corrupted data, formatting, and partitioning 65
Windows
®
ME Running Scan-Disk (Error Checking) 66
Windows
®
XP & 2000 Running Check Disk Utility (ChkDsk) 67
19 Technical Specifications 68
20 Legal 70