ARCHOS 402 User Manual

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2.4

Changing the Language

The Gmini

402 interface can be set to English (default), French, German,

Spanish or Russian.

• To change the language, move

the cursor to Setup and then click

PLAY/ENTER ►.

• Then move with the joystick to Display

and click PLAY/ENTER ►.

• Highlight

the

Language

parameter.

• Use the Right or Left button to

choose the desired language.

• Choose French, German, Spanish,

Russian or English.

• The language displayed will change

immediately.

• Click on the STOP/ESC button to exit this screen.

2.5

Foreign Character Sets

You have the possibility to display your fi le names, folder names, and

MP3 ID3 tags in various character sets (ex: Korean, Japanese, Simplifi ed

Chinese, etc.). You can fi nd the language fi les CodePage_name.4FZ

in the font folder under /Data on the Gmini

402 hard disk or on the

ARCHOS

website under the heading Software. If, for example, you would

like to have the Korean language display, then you would copy the fi le

CP949.4FZ into the folder /system on the Gmini

402 and shut down and

restart the Gmini

402. File names, folder names, and ID3 tags written

using the Microsoft

®

codepage for the language will now be displayed in

that character set. Only one .4FZ can be used at a time, thus you should

only put one .4FZ fi le into the /system folder. When an .4FZ language fi le
is used, the interface language will be set to English.

2.6

Charging the Batteries

Use ONLY an ARCHOS

charger/adapter that is specifi ed for the Gmini

402. Other chargers or adapters may damage the Gmini

402. The

Please take the time to read though this manual. There are many

things that this device can do that you may not be aware of.

2.1

Plugging in the AC Adapter

• Use only the included ARCHOS

charger/adapter.

• Before using for the fi rst time, charge the batteries completely.
• You may use the ARCHOS

Gmini

402 while its battery is charging,

but it will then take longer before the battery is completely charged.

2.2

Turning on the Gmini

402

Hold the PLAY/ON buttonfor 4 seconds. The green “On”

indicator light will turn on. Be patient, it will take a few seconds for the
operating system to boot up.

• If the unit shuts off after holding the ON button for several seconds,

plug in the ARCHOS

adapter/charger to make sure the batteries get

charged.

2.3

Shutting off the Gmini

402 and Battery saving features

To shut off the unit, press and hold the STOP/ESC/OFF button for 3 seconds.

In the Power menu [Setup  Power: Battery Operation]
there is a Power Off parameter. It is factory set to 2 minutes.
Thus, if your Gmini

402 is idle for 2 minutes, it will shut off. This

setting can be changed from one to nine minutes or to ‘never’.
In the Power menu [Setup  Power: Battery Operation]
there is a Backlight Off parameter to save battery power (the
lighting of the screen consumes a lot of the battery power).
It is factory set to 30 seconds. That is, if there are no buttons
pressed, the screen will shut off in order to save battery life.
To turn the screen back on, just click once on any button. See the Power
section 1 in the Settings chapter for a complete explanation.

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