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• Click on the left function button
to put the video into slow-motion
view. You can cycle through the
values Normal, ½ , ¼ , and 1/8
speed. The sound is muted when
in slow motion. While in slow mode
and paused, you can step image per image with the RIGHT button.
8.1 Setting a Bookmark
If you are watching a video and would like to place a bookmark
in it in order to continue from this point at another time, you
can use the Bookmark function. You simply click on the center
function button labeled Options, then choose Set Bookmark. This will set
a bookmark in the video fi le at the current position. You can only set one
bookmark per fi le. When you look at the fi le in your browser, it will have a
yellow check mark on its icon indicating that this fi le has a bookmark set
within it. You can have a maximum of 16 fi les bookmarked. Setting more
bookmarks will then start to erase the oldest bookmarks. The next time
you play this video fi le, you will be presented with three options:
Resume: Start playing from the bookmarked position.
Ignore: Keep the bookmark but start playing from the very
beginning.
Clear: Clear the bookmark from this fi le and start playing from the
very beginning.
8.2 The Resume Function
When you turn on your Gmini ™ 402 you will sometimes notice
that the icon which is highlighted on the main screen is not the
Browser but rather the Resume icon. This icon is highlighted
when the Gmini ™ 402 can resume the last played audio or video
fi le.
8.3 Display Format Settings
You will notice in the Options button (center function button), that you
have a number of display format options. In certain cases, depending
on how the original video was recorded, you may want to use these
adjustments.
Default mode : Adjusts the video size to best adapt to the LCD screen.
4/3 aspect: Enlarge the image to fi ll the screen (usually a vertical fi ll) and
then cut the sides to completely fi ll a television screen.
16/9 aspect: Send out a TV signal without the black horizontal bars.
No Overscan: Picture will not pass into the overscan area. Entire picture
will always be seen on all televisions. Will not be cropped on the LCD.
8.4 Playing Video Files from the Internet
When using Windows Media ® Player 10, you will have the advantage of
being able to download protected video content from the Internet. When
you see the PlaysForSure ™ symbol on a web site for Windows ® Portable
Media Center (PMC), then these protected downloads will be playable on
your Gmini ™ 402.
Protected Internet Video content
If you check the PlaysForSure™ website (www.playsforsure.com) you will
fi nd web retailers who offer rental, subscription, or purchasable video
content. Remember, web sites must carry the PlaysForSure™ symbol in
order for their videos to play on the Gmini ™ 402.
Non Protected Internet Video Content
The Gmini ™ 402 plays .AVI fi les that are encoded in MPEG-4 format. It can
play such video fi les at a maximum size of 720 x 576 pixels (25 frames/
second). It can also play .WMV fi les (WMV9 SP) up to a maximum size
of 352 x 288**. The Gmini ™ 402 will not directly play fi les of type .mov,
.mpg, or .mpeg.
The number of encoding and compression schemes currently used to
create video fi les is very extensive and seems to change on a weekly