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8 Using iTunes
®
4 with your Gmini
The easiest way to transfer music files between a Macintosh
®
computer and
your Gmini 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 with iTunes™, ARCHOS has
developed a special i-Tunes
®
plug-in. You will find it on the included CD-ROM in a folder called
iTunes plug-in. In this folder you will find a plug-in for Mac OS 9.x and another folder for Mac
OS 10.x. You will also find a JPEG image illustrating where you need to copy the plug-in to. Once
this is done, iTunes™ will recognize the Gmini as a ‘Device’.
To make your user experience simpler, please keep in mind the following.
1) When you create your Playlists with iTunes
®
(you can only create Playlists from songs that
have been copied to your Gmini ), 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 (section 5.1.3) and then save these Playlists in your Playlists folder.
2) 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 (See section 7.4 of this manual for an explanation of
ID3 tags) 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.
3) i-Tunes
®
does not write to the ARCLibrary when it transfers files to your Gmini. Thus, the
ARCLibrary will not reflect the true number of songs on your Gmini. However you can still find
and play your music via the Music Browser.
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9 Updating your Gmini Operating System (OS) software
Archos regularly makes software updates (correction of bugs) and upgrades (additional functions
and features) for its products. These are free of charge and downloadable from the Archos website.
Simply go to our website www.archos.com, and in the Software section, locate your Gmini
product and download the GMINI100.AOS file to your computer. Make sure you keep a safe copy
of this file in case you need it again.
9.1.1 Downloading the GMINI100.AOS file
When you click on the link to download the new OS file (the file name is GMINI100.AOS), your
browser may warn you that the contents of the
download looks suspicious and may harm your
computer. This is because the Windows
®
system does
not know what a .AOS file is. Be assured that Archos
has made every effort to ensure that the file does not
contain viruses. Click on the option Save to
download this file to a convenient place, such as My
Documents, in order to later copy this file to your
Gmini. If your Gmini is connected to your PC while
you are connected to the internet, you can even save it directly to the Gmini.
9.1.2 Read the History Text File
You will also find next to the firmware download, a text file (Gmini100_Firmware_History.txt)
which details the list of changes from the previous version of the OS.
9.1.3 Copy to Gmini Root Directory
When updating your Operating System, you must keep the AC charger/adapter plugged into the
Gmini so that it will not shut down due to low batteries while you are performing the update.
Connect your Gmini to your computer (see chapter 4). Copy the GMINI100.AOS over to the
Gmini’s root directory. The root directory is the highest level on the directory structure of your
Gmini. That means should not put the .AOS in any special folder on the Gmini. Thus when you
look at your Gmini from your computer, you should see your Music folder, your Playlist folder,
the others and the Gmini will automatically notice the existence of this new OS file, update the
Gmini, and then restart with the new OS.