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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 fi le 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-amplifi ed 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

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
connector). Plug the Red and White RCA type connectors into the
Line-Out of your HiFi. Plug the adapter (shown here) into the Gmini
headphone multi-connect jack. Plug the other end of the cable
into the Line in labeled side of the adapter.
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
is supplying a line level and not an amplifi ed signal (usually turning down the volume
on the player will work). An amplifi ed signal will make for a terribly distorted recording.
Make sure that you have selected Line-In as 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-amplifi ed microphone, such as the one Archos sells as an option.
4.5 Using 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 fi les, get information about them, and display
grayscale facsimiles of your JPEG photos. Using the photo browser is similar to the Gmini
fi le 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 fi les 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 fi rmly 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 fi le
structure of your CompactFlash™ memory card.
ATTENTION: if you do not see all of the fi les 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 fi les on your CF
card, regardless of the type.
In the right window, you will see the fi le structure of you Gmini hard drive (HD). Using the
contextual MENU button, you can now copy fi les from your memory card to the hard
drive of the Gmini the same way you copy fi les from one part of the Gmini to another
(see section 4.3.3). Once you are done copying your fi les (the Gmini will not delete the
fi les on your CF card), you can simply pull the card out of the slot. You do not need to
shut off the Gmini.

4.5.3 Displaying Photos on the Gmini

You can display grayscale facsimiles of JPEG images (for BMP image fi les, only information
about the fi le will be displayed, not the actual image). Press play when highlighting a
JPEG image in the browser and it will display on the screen.
CF card Gmini HD
Using the Gmini 200
Using the Gmini 200