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Gmini™ XS202
MP3 & WMA Digital Music Player & USB 2.0 Hard Drive
Dear Customer,
Archos thanks you for choosing our new ultra-small Gmini™ XS202. Check out our web site www.archos.com
to find the available accessories for this product (car adapter, carrying cases, power adapter). Also, while at our
web site, check for free downloads of updated and improved software for your device.
The principal function of the Gmini™ is, of course, to play music. Because it has a real hard disk inside of it,
you can store thousands of songs. Using a standard audio cable, you can also play your music through a home
entertainment system. You can bring your entire CD collection with you anywhere and play it over anyone’s
sound system.
Putting music onto your Gmini™ is as easy as ‘drag and drop’ for your unprotected music files. And for protected
purchased music from PlaysForSure web sites, it is as easy as clicking the Sync button in Windows Media®
Player 10. Plus, with its USB 2.0 high speed port, transfers are finished before you know it. The Gmini™ is also
ID3 compatible. This means that the ARCLibrary will sort your music so that you can listen to it by artist, album,
title, year, or genre. Click on Shuffle, and listen to your music at random.
Finally, you can use the Gmini™ as a portable hard drive to store your important files. You can even use the
Archos double-browser to rename, create, copy, move, and delete files and folders.
This manual gives you all the information you need to know on using your Gmini™. Read through it carefully,
you just may find out the Gmini™ includes some additional functionality that you didn’t expect. If you require
extra assistance, you can always call our help line or e-mail support to get a friendly Archos agent to give you a
hand.
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Contents
1 Ports, Buttons, and Connections 5
2 First Time Usage 6
2.1 Charging the Battery 6
2.2 Turning the Gmini™ XS202 ON and OFF 7
2.3 Changing the Interface language 7
2.4 Caring for the Gmini™ 7
2.5 Foreign Character Sets 7
3 Playing Music 8
3.1 Playing a Music File 8
3.2 Play Screen and Button Control 9
3.3 Playback Menu Items 11
3.4 ARCLibrary Specifics 11
3.5 ARCLibrary Updating 12
3.6 Setting a Bookmark 12
3.7 The Resume Function 12
3.8 Locking the Gmini™ Buttons 13
4 Putting Music onto your Gmini™ XS202 14
4.1 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media® Player (WMP) to the Gmini™ XS202 14
4.1.1 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media® Player (WMP) 9 to the Gmini™ XS202 14
4.1.2 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media® Player (WMP) 10 to the Gmini™ XS202 15
4.2 Transferring your CD collection to the Gmini™ XS202 15
4.3 Installing Windows Media® Player (WMP) 9 16
4.4 Installing Windows Media® Player (WMP) 10 16
5 Playlists 17
5.1 Creating a new Playlist 17
5.2 Loading a Playlist 18
5.3 Playing a Playlist 18
5.4 Playlist Menu Options 18
6 Settings 20
6.1 Changing the Sound Settings 20
6.2 Changing the PlayMode Settings 22
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A Headphone jack
B Power On indicator
C Hard Disk activity indicator
D Battery charger indicator
E Stop/Escape/Off
F Navigation Joystick & Play/Enter button (Press down)
G On/Menu
H USB 2.0 port (USB 1.1 compatible) to connect to computer
I Power Connector (Use only the supplied Archos charger)
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3 Playing Music
Once the Gmini has been turned on, the following screen is displayed. You can select
the major functions from this main menu.
• Music: Browse through the folder Music or use the ARCLibrary music selection
system.
• Browser: Browse through and manage all of the other files on your Gmini.
• Resume: Resume playing from the last place you stopped.
• Setup: Set the parameters of your Gmini to your personal taste.
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A Play/pause/resume song
B Increase the volume B
C Click once: Play the next song in the folder or playlist.
Hold: Fast forward through the song.
D Decrease the Volume
E Click once: Play the previous song in the folder or playlist
(during first 5 seconds of song) otherwise go to the beginning of
E A C
the song.
Hold: Fast reverse through the song.
F Stop Song
F D
Play Status Play Order
Stopped (no icon) Play once
The top status bar indicates the status and play settings that you have given. See the Settings chapter for a
description of the Playmode options.
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and treble.
• Info: Show file information such as the file name, number of kilobytes of hard
drive space used, date created, file format, etc.
• ARCLibrary: Allows you to browse through your ARCLibrary while listening to the
current song.
• Edit Playlist: Enters the playlist editor (see below how to use Playlists).
• Set Bookmark: Set a bookmark at the current position within the audio file. See
the Bookmark section below.
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4.1 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media® Player (WMP) to the Gmini™ XS202
Windows Media® Player (WMP) allows you to synchronize music between your computer and Gmini XS202: That
means, it will add music files to your Gmini XS202 so that you have the same digital media on your Gmini as you
have in your Windows Media® Player library. The synchronization is one way, that is to say, copying music files
from your computer to your Gmini, but it will not copy files from your Gmini to your computer. You can choose to
sync only certain songs or to sync your entire library.
4.1.1 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media® Player (WMP) 9 to the Gmini™ XS202
Access the Copy tab in WMP 9. On the left hand side, you should see music files from your
music library (saved on your computer) and on the right, the files and folder on your Gmini
XS202. Check the files you want to copy to the Gmini. Make sure you have selected the folder
on the Gmini into which you want to copy your music. In the top right corner of WMP, you will
find the Copy button which starts the synchronization process.
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4.1.2 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media® Player (WMP) 10 to the Gmini™ XS202
Access the Synchronise tab in WMP 10. If this is the first time you are using this
option, WMP will offer to set up automatic synchronisation of your music files. If
this box is checked, every time you connect your Gmini to your computer, WMP
will automatically start up and check to see whether any of the music files on the
computer have not yet been copied to the Gmini. These files will then be copied to
your computer. If you choose to manually synchronise your files, you can always set
up automatic synchronization by clicking the Set up sync button.
On the left hand side, you should see music files from your music library (saved on
your computer) and on the right, the files and folder on your Gmini XS202. Check the files you want to copy to
the Gmini. Make sure you have selected the folder on the Gmini into which you want to copy your music. On the
tool bar, you will find the Start Sync button which starts the synchronization process.
Attention: Files deleted from the WMP music library will also be deleted from the Gmini.
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5 Playlists
A Playlist is a list of songs that the Gmini will automatically play one after the other. The Gmini can handle one
Playlist at a time. You can create new Playlists, add or delete songs from a Playlist, or save a Playlist as a file (file
type.m3u) to be used another time. There is no limit to the number of Playlists you can save on the Gmini hard
drive. A Playlist can have a maximum of 1000 songs in it.
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• Move: Allows you to change the order of songs in the Playlist by moving them up
or down using the navigation joystick.
• Delete: Removes the highlighted track from the playlist.
Note: To delete a Playlist, navigate to Browser > Playlists. Highlight the Playlist, the menu
button, highlight Delete and press ENTER.
Important: Once you save a Playlist it is important that you do not move the actual files as the
Playlist searches in the original file location. If you need to move your files to a different folder,
you’ll have to recreate your Playlists.
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6 Settings
There are a number of parameters you can set on the Gmini to make it operate
according to your particular needs. Start by clicking on Setup.
Within the menus, you will find different parameters. In order to modify a parameter,
push the navigation joystick to the left or right. Note that once you have reached the
last option, clicking further will not normally take you back to the first item in the list.
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Parameter Description
Volume Range: 0 to 99 Controls the current volume.
Balance Range: -5 to +5 (left to right)
Sound effect Rock, Techno, Jazz, Classic, Live or Custom
Change this parameter to select an equalizer setting to the style of music you are listening to.
Select Custom to set your own equalizer levels.
[Set Equalizer] To customize the equalizer. See below.
[Reset] Sets all your sound parameters with default or flat values.
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Parameter Description
Current Folder Play all tracks in the current directory
All Play all tracks on the Gmini
Single Play a single track then stop
Queue User can queue the next track to be played †
Scan Gmini plays first 15 seconds of each track ††
Repeat and shuffle This parameter allows you to choose the order of play of your songs
Normal: the music sequence is played once
Repeat: the music sequence is played in a loop
Shuffle: the music sequence is played randomly
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The Time is expressed in Hours, Minutes and Seconds, although seconds are not displayed. The date is
expressed as Day, Month and Year.
Having modified all necessary parameters, be sure to set them. To do this, highlight the [Set] line and the click
ENTER. Wait a moment for the Gmini to save the new values before clicking the STOP/ESCAPE button.
Parameter Description
Language Use this option to set the operating language of the Gmini. Options are English, Français, Deutsch, Español and
Рчсский.
Contrast These values represent the black/white contrast of the screen.
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Parameter Description
Power Off Range: 1 to 9 minutes or Never.
Number of minutes of user inactivity before the Gmini automatically shuts off. The Gmini will not shut off during the
playback of music files. Never (on DC Power) indicates that the Gmini will not do an automatic shut down.
Backlight Backlight shut down time: 10 to 90 seconds, Never.
The time of user inactivity (no buttons pressed) before the Gmini turns off the backlight. Never indicates that the
backlight will always stay on. Keeping the backlight on will reduce the battery time.
Hard drive 10-90 seconds. The number of seconds from the time of the last file access before the Gmini tells the internal hard
disk to stop spinning. The longer this time, the more often the hard disk is turning and the quicker the response time
when accessing files. However, as it is set longer, it will quickly consume your battery. Caution: This setting should
only be changed by experienced users. The default setting is 60s.
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Parameter Description
Show all files If “Off” is selected, files are filtered so that only music files are shown. The “On” setting lets you see other file types
as well as music files.
OS Version Displays the current version of the Operating System (OS).
Prod key Display the product key of your Gmini XS202. Every Gmini has a unique product key number.
Hard Disk Displays the amount of free and used space on the Gmini’s hard disk. Reported number of megabytes is binary
based counting (1kb=1024 bytes). Thus each reported MB represents approximately 1.05 megabytes (decimal).
Formatting also takes up space.
[Update Firmware] Used to update the Gmini to a new version of the Operating System. See the chapter
Updating the Gmini Firmware.
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7 Using the Browser The browser is used to navigate the file system on the Gmini. The file system is the same
type of file system that is found on Windows® based computers. This way, transferring
files from your computer to your Gmini is as easy as ‘drag and drop’. The file system is a
hierarchical system which includes folders and subfolders. Because you will be putting
hundreds of files onto your Gmini, it is STRONGLY ADVISED that keep a neat and
orderly file structure. We suggest that you keep the predefined folders: Data (to carry
miscellaneous data files with you), Music (all of your music files), and Playlists (to hold
all your music Playlists).
The folder Music is a special folder in that the Music icon on the main screen leads to this folder directly. It should
not be deleted or renamed.
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Button Controls
Key Action
Joystick Up Highlights the previous file or folder in the current directory
Joystick Down Highlights the next file or folder in the current directory
Joystick Right Open double-browser or gives the focus to the right panel.
Joystick Left Goes to parent directory if single panel view. Gives the focus to the left panel when in double-browser mode.
ENTER Folder highlighted: enters this folder.
File highlighted: Plays the file if it is a music file.
Off/Escape Exit Browser mode.
Menu Displays the contextual menu.
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Windows® Macintosh®
• The displayed hard drive is the hard drive of your Gmini. You can now drag and drop any files you want, to or
from the Gmini
• Please also read the disconnection procedure below as disconnecting the cable at any time without warning
may cause data loss.
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1. The safe remove icon is in the system tray near the system clock.
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2. Click on the icon to Eject (unmount) the Gmini from your computer and then select the ‘Safely remove’
message.
3. There will be a message indicating that it is now safe to disconnect the Gmini. You can now go ahead and
unplug the USB cable from the Gmini.
9.3.2 Macintosh®
First, close all programs that are using files from your Gmini. Drag the Gmini hard
drive icon towards the trash can, and the trash can will become a big arrow as shown
in the screen image. Drop the hard drive icon onto the arrow. The hard disk icon will
disappear from the desktop. You can now safely unplug the USB cable from your
Gmini and/or your computer.
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10 Using iTunes™ with your Gmini™ XS202
The easiest way to transfer music files between a Macintosh® computer and your Gmini XS202 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 XS202 with iTunes®, Archos has
developed a special i-Tunes® plug-in. You will find it in the folder /Data/i-Tunes Plug-in on the
Gmini XS202 hard disk or from the Archos website. In this folder you will find a.sit compressed file.
Uncompress it and open the folder for your operating system. You will find a JPEG image illustrating where you
need to copy the plug-in to. Once this is done, iTunes™ will recognize the Gmini XS202 as a ‘Device’. Currently
there is no plug-in for the PC version of iTunes™.
To make your user experience easy as possible, please keep in mind the following.
1) Music purchased at Apple’s on-line music store are copy protected with a proprietary encryption system. The
ARCHOS™ device will not be able to play this purchased music or files in ACC format which you might have
created. It will happily play MP3 format files without problem.
2) When you create your Playlists with iTunes® (you can only create Playlists from songs that have been copied
to your Gmini XS202), 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 and then
save these Playlists in your Playlists folder.
3) 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 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.
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11 Updating the Gmini™ XS202 Firmware
Archos periodically updates the firmware or Operating System (OS) and makes it available for free download
on the ARCHOS website (www.archos.com). Updates to the Operating System include new features, feature
improvements, and bug fixes. You should check to make sure that you are running the most recent version of the
OS. To see the current version of the software you device is running, go to Setup > System and look at the line
OS Version. You will find the most recent version of the OS and its version number at the Archos website (www.
archos.com) under the category Software.
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Once this file is copied, safely disconnect Gmini XS202 from the computer. Refer to the disconnection procedure
in the connection chapter if you are unsure of how to do this.
On your Gmini, go to Setup > System and select the [Update Firmware] line. Click ENTER. You will be prompted
to power the Gmini by the adapter/charger. The Gmini will now locate the update file and install it. A message will
appear asking you to click on any button to restart the device. You can go to Setup > System to verify the new
OS has been installed by looking at the version number there.
Warning!
Never unplug the DC-in adapter while the update is in progress. This can cause permanent damage
to the unit.
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12 Troubleshooting
Problem: What do I do if I try to disconnect via the green arrow but keep getting “The device ‘Generic Volume’
cannot be stopped now. Try stopping the device again later.”
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Solution: Use the green arrow a second time. Sometimes Windows® does not update its status. Shut off any
program that might be accessing data on the Gmini, including Windows® Explorer. If this does not work, shut down
all programs, wait 20 seconds, then try the green arrow again. If this does not work, you should shut down the
computer and disconnect the USB cable once the computer is off.
Problem: When I plug the Gmini into my computer, I do not see a new hard drive icon on the screen.
Solution: Use the troubleshooting section USB Connection Issues above.
Problem: I have Windows® XP and a USB 2.0 port, yet my file transfer rates are very slow.
Solution: The original version of XP does not have native support for USB 2.0. You must update your Windows®
XP to a minimum of SP1 (Service Pack 1) in order for it to transfer files at the full USB 2.0 port capacity.
Problem: When I go to the Music icon in the main menu, I cannot see the mp3 files or albums that I just put into the Gmini.
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Solution: The Gmini’s ARCLibrary must be refreshed. Go to Setup > Playmode > Update ARCLibrary. Your
newly transferred files will be indexed into the ARCLibrary. Files that are not in the folder Music will not be
included in the ARCLibrary.
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13 Technical Specifications
ARCHOS Gmini XS202 series
All brands and product names are registered trademarks and the property of their respective owners. Specifications are subject to change without notice.
Errors or omissions excepted. Images and illustrations may not always match contents. Copyright® 2005. ARCHOS. All rights reserved.
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14 Technical Support
In case you should encounter any technical difficulties using your product, we suggest you go through these
steps in order to resolve any issues as efficiently as possible:
1) Please read carefully through the appropriate sections of this manual. Some subject areas may be treated in
two different chapters depending on how the device is being used.
2) Look at the Troubleshooting section at the back of this manual. In this section, we have included answers to
some commonly asked questions.
3) Look at our Support section on the website (www.archos.com). Here, you will find Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQ) for our different products, and there is a chance that somebody else has already asked your question.
4) If these steps did not help you resolve your technical difficulty, you can always contact us either via email or by
calling the helpline. Telephone support will be provided in the language of the countries listed below. For other
countries, please use e-mail technical support.
• For warranty and services purposes, keep your sales receipt for proof of purchase.
• If technical support (Telephone or E-mail) determines that your product needs to be returned, please contact
the place of purchase to have your product repaired or replaced (depending on problem type). Customers who
purchased directly from the ARCHOS™ website should fill out the RMA return request form on the website.
DO NOT USE phone or e-mail support for marketing and sales questions. These numbers are to aid
those who have technical difficulties / malfunctions.
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Telephone Support
Canada 949-609-1400 Nederland 020-50 40 510
Danmark 35 25 65 67 Norge 22 57 77 71
Email Support
tech-support.us@archos.com
English (United States and Canada customers)
tech-support.eu@archos.com
English or French (Europe and the rest of the planet)
tech-support.de@archos.com
German (Germany)
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WWW.ARCHOS.COM
Worldwide Offices
ARCHOS Technology
™
ARCHOS™ S.A.
3, Goodyear - Unit A 12, rue Ampère
Irvine, CA 92618 USA 91430 Igny
France
Phone: 1 949-609-1483 Phone: +33 (0) 169 33 169 0
Fax: 1 949-609-1414 Fax: +33 (0) 169 33 169 9
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15 Legal and Safety Notices
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CAUTION: Modifications not authorized by the manufacturer may void users authority to operate
this device.
FCC Part 15 - Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1 This device may not cause harmful interference;
2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause
undesired operation.
Electrostatic Discharge
Note: During electrostatic discharge, the product may malfunction. You must reset it to return it to normal
operation. The Gmini XS202 reset is actuated by pressing and holding the STOP/ESC button for 15 seconds.
The unit will power off. Restart normally.
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Environmental Considerations
Protection of the environment is an important concern to ARCHOS™. In order to put this concern into tangible
actions, ARCHOS™ has consciously included a set of methods that favor a respect for the environment into the
entire cycle of its products; from fabrication to consumer usage, to final disposal.
Batteries : If your product contains a detachable battery pack, you should only dispose of it in a designated
collection point for used batteries.
The Product : The crossed-out garbage can symbol on your product signifies that it falls into the category of
electric/electronic equipment. Products of this type contain substances that are potentially dangerous to the
environment and to human health. Therefore, you should not dispose of the ARCHOS electronic device in a
regular trash. As such, the current European directives ask that this device be collected:
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