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Note for WMP10 users: Files added to your Gmini
™
402 from another
computer or fi les which are recorded from an analog source cannot be
added to the Windows Media
®
Player Library when you connect your
Gmini
™
402 to the computer. Songs which have been added, will however,
be listed in the device’s ARCLibrary.
6.2 Comparison of Windows Media Player 10 to Windows Media Player 9
Windows
®
Media Player 10 is only available for Windows
®
XP (service Pack
1) and newer operating systems. It is worth your while to upgrade to
Windows
®
XP (home or professional) and to Windows
®
Media Player 10.
The list below shows the advantages.
Functionality WMP9 WMP10
Auto-synchronize the WMP library to ARCHOS
™
Gmini
™
402 on connecting to PC
no* yes
Can synchronize subscription music (‘to go’
services) to your Gmini
™
402
no yes
Carefree USB disconnection (no special green
arrow unmount procedure)
no yes
Will convert video fi les** to play on your Gmini
™
402
if not in correct format
no yes
Supports protected Internet video downloads no yes
PlaysForSure
™
audio content
* Must use WMP9 manual sync function to copy purchased music to the Gmini™ 402.
** Microsoft reserves the right to limit which video fi le formats it will convert with WMP10
6.3 Transferring your CD collection to the Gmini
™
402
The process of transferring music from a CD into
music fi les for your Gmini
™
402 is known as ‘ripping’.
It is actually a re-encoding process, taking the CDA
(CD Audio) format and converting it to WMA or
MP3 format which the Gmini
™
402 can read. There
are many music ripping programs on the market,
but ARCHOS
™
recommends that you use Windows
Media
®
Player to do it. In fact, when you place a
music CD in your computer, Windows
®
will ask you
if you would like to rip it. Depending on the power
of your computer, to rip a 60 minute CD, it will take anywhere from 10
minutes to 60 minutes. Once this is done, the album will become part
of your music library. Connect your Gmini
™
402 to your computer with
the supplied USB cable. Now, you go to the Sync tab and tell Windows
Media
®
Player to synchronize that album to your Gmini
™
402. It will then
transfer that album to your Gmini
™
402.
Note: Some music CDs have a special copy protection system that will not
allow Windows Media
®
Player to make music fi les from them.
6.4 Installing Windows Media
®
Player 9 (WMP9)
If you have Windows
®
ME or Windows
®
2000, you should use Windows
Media
®
Player 9. You can visit the Microsoft
®
Website to download the
very latest version, or install the version found on the Gmini
™
402 itself.
6.5 Installing Windows Media
®
Player 10 (WMP10)
You must be running Windows
®
XP (Service Pack 1 or higher) in order
to install Windows Media
®
Player 10. Please visit the Microsoft
®
Website
www.playsforsure.com to download and install the very latest version.
