Button controls (during recording)

Key

Symbol

Action

 

 

 

Up

 

Increases the volume (has no effect on recording level)

 

 

 

Down

 

Decreases the volume (has no effect on recording level)

 

 

 

Left

 

Decreases record level (line-in recording only)

 

 

 

Right

 

Increases record level (line-in recording only)

 

 

 

OK

 

Toggles pause/recording modes.

 

 

 

Esc

 

Stops recording, saves the file to the hard disk and returns to pre-

 

 

recording screen. Press Esc again to exit the pre-recording mode.

 

 

 

Menu

 

Displays the menu items available (only in the pre-recording

 

 

mode).

 

 

 

4.4.1 Microphone Recording

The built-in microphone is located on the top of the Gmini next to the ON button. Make sure that you have selected Mic as the input Source in the pre-recording Settings screen. If you would like to make higher quality voice recordings, there is an optional pre-amplified high quality lapel microphone available from the Archos web site. When making a recording, it is normal that you will not hear your voice in the headphones. Adjust the recording level by looking at the VU meters on the screen. The indicators should go up to the end of the meter only at the loudest sounds.

 

4.4.2 Line-In Recording

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You can record from any line-level audio source into the Gmini.

Use the included audio cable (Red/Right, White/Left) to connect

to your Hifi system, home CD player, etc (do not use the yellow

Gmini

Line-Out of your HiFi. Plug the adapter (shown here) into the Gmini

 

connector). Plug the Red and White RCA type connectors into the

the

headphone multi-connect jack. Plug the other end of the cable

into the Line in labeled side of the adapter.

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To record from a source such as a portable CD player, you will need to buy a cable

 

 

with mini-jack (3.5mm) male connectors on both sides. Be careful that the source audio

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is supplying a line level and not an amplified signal (usually turning down the volume

 

 

on the player will work). An amplified signal will make for a terribly distorted recording. Make sure that you have selected Line-Inas the input Source in the pre-recording Settings screen. You will be able to hear what is being recording if you connect your headphones to the AVout jack of the adapter. For an input, you can also use a high quality pre-amplified microphone, such as the one Archos sells as an option.

4.5Using the photo wallet 4.5.1 Using the photo browser

The photo browser is the counterpart of the music browser, but related to photos. It allows you to search for your photo files, get information about them, and display grayscale facsimiles of your JPEG photos. Using the photo browser is similar to the Gmini file browser except that the double-browser only opens when a CompactFlash™ card is inserted into the CompactFlash™ slot on the top of the Gmini.

4.5.2 Copying Files from a CompactFlash™ Card

The Gmini has a CompactFlash™ (CF) slot on the top of the unit for copying files from CompactFlash™ type I and II memory cards. You should only insert a CompactFlash™ into the Gmini when it is in the Browser mode or main menu screen (not during music playing or recording). Just lift open the rubber cover and slide the CF card (face down) into the slot until you feel that it has firmly seated itself in. Once the card is inserted, the Gmini will automatically open up the dual browser system and in the left window, you will see the file structure of your CompactFlash™ memory card.

CF card

Gmini HD

ATTENTION: if you do not see all of the files on your CF card, go to [Setup  System  Show All Files] and set it to On. This way you will be able to see and copy all the files on your CF card, regardless of the type.

In the right window, you will see the file structure of you Gmini hard drive (HD). Using the

 

contextual MENU button, you can now copy files from your memory card to the hard

 

drive of the Gmini the same way you copy files from one part of the Gmini to another

 

(see section 4.3.3). Once you are done copying your files (the Gmini will not delete the

 

files on your CF card), you can simply pull the card out of the slot. You do not need to

 

shut off the Gmini.

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4.5.3 Displaying Photos on the Gmini

Gmini

 

You can display grayscale facsimiles of JPEG images (for BMP image files, only information

the

about the file will be displayed, not the actual image). Press play when highlighting a

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JPEG image in the browser and it will display on the screen.

 

 

 

 

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Archos Gmini200 user manual Microphone Recording, Line-In Recording, Using the photo wallet 4.5.1 Using the photo browser