Archos XS100 Connecting/Disconnecting the Gmini to/from your Computer

Connecting/Disconnecting the Gmini™ to/from your Computer

9.1 USB Connection Type (‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’)

Your device comes conﬁ gured as a Windows® Device and will be immediately recognized by your computer

if you are running Windows® XP (with Service Pack 1 minimum) and Windows Media® Player 10. If you have

another version of Windows®, not sure what version of Windows® XP you have, or if you are using a Macintosh®,

then you will need to change the USB (Universal Serial Bus) Port setting on the Gmini™. You will do this by going

to System and USB Port and change it to ‘Hard Disk’.

9.2 Connecting the Gmini™ XS100

Connection order: See the sections below for your particular computer’s operating system.

1) Turn on the Gmini™.

2) With your computer running, plug the USB cable into your computer.

3) Plug in the other end of the USB cable to the Gmini™ USB Device port (if your computer asks to install a new

driver for the new hardware, then you must unplug it and change the USB Port to Hard Drive.)

Windows® XP

Please verify* that you have Windows® XP and it is updated it to at least, Service Pack 1. You must also

have Windows Media® Player 10 (WMP10) installed on your computer. This way, you can take advantage of

connecting it as a ‘Windows Device’. Connect it to your PC as enumerated above and you can then see the

Gmini™ in Windows® Explorer and WMP10. Without Windows® XP Service Pack 1 (a free update) or Windows

Media® 10, you cannot use it as a Windows® recognized ‘Device’ and will have to follow the instructions for

Windows® ME & 2000 below.

* Right-click on ‘My Computer’ select ‘Properties’, and then look in the tab labeled ‘General’. It should say “Service

Pack 1” or higher.

Windows™ ME and 2000

Attention: Before connecting the Gmini™ to your computer with the USB cable, go to Setup>System>USB Port

and change it to ‘Hard Disk’.

When connected to your computer, the Gmini™ will be recognized as an external Hard

Drive and display automatically within a few seconds of being connected. You will

see a new drive letter, such as E: in My Computer. You can now use the hard drive

called Gmini like any other external hard drive. Simply access it using Windows™

Explorer to drag and drop ﬁ les to and from the Gmini™’s hard drive. If the Gmini™ is

not automatically recognized and displayed as an external hard drive, please refer to

the troubleshooting section at the back of this manual.

Macintosh™ OS X

If you have OS X, you must update to version 10.3.9 or newer. You must also change the

Gmini™’s USB Port setting to ‘Hard Disk’. From the main menu, go to Setup>System>USB

Port and change it to ‘Hard Disk’.

You will now simply plug the Gmini™ into your Macintosh® as enumerated above, and within a

few seconds, the Gmini™ will be recognized as a mass storage device (Hard Disk) and mount

on the desktop. You can now use the hard drive called Gmini XS100 like any other external

hard drive.

9.3 Disconnecting the Gmini™ from your Computer

Windows Device Mode

If the Gmini™ is connected to your computer as a Windows Device, verify that no data is being transferred

between your Gmini™ and your computer (the HDD light on your Gmini™ is not ﬂ ickering). You can now safely

unplug the USB cable from your Gmini™ and/or computer.

Hard Drive Mode

If the Gmini™ is connected to your computer as a hard drive, DO NOT SIMPLY PULL OUT THE USB CABLE

AT ANY TIME! WARNING: You must properly remove (unmount) your Gmini™ from the computer before

disconnecting the USB cable to avoid loss of data or freezing the computer and/or the Gmini™.