ARCHOS 402 User Manual

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15.5

Power Settings

These settings will help you to save battery power thus allowing a

longer battery autonomy.

You can set the Gmini

402 to conserve

power for both modes of operation

(when it is powered from the battery, or

when it is connected to the AC charger/

adapter (DC-Power operation).

Parameter

Description

Power Off

1-9 minutes (and Never for DC operation). The number

of minutes of user inactivity (no buttons pressed) before the

Gmini

402 shuts off. During the playback of MP3 and AVI

fi les, this setting takes effect only after the fi les are fi nished

playing.

Backlight Off

10-90 seconds, Never. The time of user inactivity (no

buttons pressed) before the Gmini

402 turns off the screen

to conserve power. During playback of slideshows and AVI

fi les, this setting only takes effect once it is fi nished playing.

Hard disk

10-90 seconds. The number of seconds from the time of

the last fi le access before the Gmini

402 tells the internal

hard disk to stop spinning. The longer this time is set, the

more often the hard disk is turning and the quicker the

response time when accessing fi les. However, as it is set

longer, it will quickly consume your battery. The default value

is 60s. Caution: This setting should only be changed by

experienced users.

A typical use of these settings is to set the power off, screen off, and hard

disk to low values when used in battery mode. When the power adapter

is plugged in, you do not need to conserve energy and thus keeping

the Power on and the Backlight on makes using the Gmini

402 more

agreeable. Increasing the hard disk value beyond the default may actually

discharge the battery even when the Charger/adapter is plugged in. Note

also that your unit will run hotter when the backlight and hard disk are on

for long periods of time.

15.6

System Settings

The System settings allow

you control over the low level

parameters of the Gmini

402.

Parameter

Description

Show all

fi les

Off (default), On. If set to Off, the Jukebox will only display the fi le

names of fi le types, with their corresponding icons, that it knows how

to play. If set to On, the Jukebox will display the names of ALL the

fi les on the hard disk (using a ? icon for unknown types), even if they

cannot be viewed or played, such as .tiff or .pdf for example. Setting

it to ON will allow the Jukebox to transfer all the fi les from a connected

Mass Storage Class (MSC) Device such as certain digital cameras

regardless of fi le type. If set to OFF, it will only display fi le types that

the Gmini

402 is capable of playing.

Update

Firmware

Used to update the Gmini

402 to a new version of the Operating

System. See chapter Updating the Gmini

402 Firmware/

Operating System.

Firmware

Version

Displays the current version of the Operating System (OS).

USB Port

Windows Device (default), Hard drive.

When set to Windows Device, your Gmini

402 will use the MTP

(Media Transport Protocol) whenever it is connected to a Windows
XP (SP1 or higher) operating system with Windows Media

®

Player

10 installed. It will be seen as the Gmini

402 ‘Device’ in Windows

®

Explorer. WARNING: This will not work for earlier Windows®
operating systems or MacIntosh® computers.

When set to Windows Device, your Gmini

402 will use the MTP (Media

Transport Protocol) whenever it is connected to a Windows XP (SP1 or
higher) operating system with Windows Media

®

Player 10 installed. It

will be seen as the Gmini

402 ‘Device’ in Windows

®

Explorer.

Product Key

Each Gmini

402 device has a unique product key number. It is an ID

needed for plug-ins.

Hard Disk

Displays the amount of free and used space on the Gmini

402’s hard

disk. The total is less than 20 GB due to space taken by formatting.

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