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Connecting/Disconnecting* the Gmini
Connecting/Disconnecting* the Gmini
500 to/from your PC
500 to/from your PC
13.1 USB Connection Type (‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’)
13.1 USB Connection Type (‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’)
Your device comes con gured as a Windows
®
Device and will be immediately recognized by your computer if you
are running Windows
®
XP (with Service Pack 1 minimum) and Windows Media
®
Player 10. If you have another
version of Windows
®
, not sure what version of Windows
®
XP you have, or if you are using a Macintosh
®
, then you
will need to change the USB (Universal Serial Bus) Port setting on the Gmini
500. You will do this by going to
the Settings action icon and then to System and USB Port and change it to ‘ Hard Drive ’.
13.2 Connecting the Gmini
13.2 Connecting the Gmini
500
500
Connection order: See the sections below for your particular computers operating system.
1) Connect the power adapter to the Gmini
500.
2) With your computer running, plug the USB cable into your computer.
3) With the Gmini
500 off, plug in the other end of the USB cable to the Gmini
500 USB Device port.
4) Turn on the Gmini
500. (If your computer asks to install a new driver for the new hardware, then you must
unplug it and change the USB Port to Hard Drive.)
* Note that when the Gmini
500 is connected to a computer, it will use more energy than usual. Your battery power will
be consumed at a higher rate than normal. It is normal that the Gmini
500 will get hot. If the Gmini
500 looses power
while connected to your computer you could damage your directory structure and/or loose data. Thus, you should always
use the AC adapter when connected to your computer. Be careful to understand the disconnection procedure also since
disconnecting incorrectly can lead to data loss or computer/Gmini
500 freeze up. The Gmini
500 is not compatible with
Windows
®
NT, Windows
®
95, or Windows
®
98. While connected to your computer, the Gmini
500 buttons are blocked
and are no longer functional.
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Windows
®
XP
Please verify** that you have Windows
®
XP and it is updated it to at least, Service Pack 1 . You must
also have Windows Media
®
Player 10 (WMP10) installed on your computer. This way, you can take advantage
of connecting it as a ‘ Windows Device ’. Connect it to your PC as enumerated above and you can then see
the Gmini
500 in Windows
®
Explorer and WMP10. Without Windows
®
XP Service Pack 1 (a free update) or
Windows Media Player
®
10, you cannot use it as a Windows
®
recognized ‘Device’ and will have to follow the
instructions for Windows
®
ME & 2000 below.
** Right-click on ‘My Computer select ‘Properties’, and then look in the tab labeled ‘General’. It should say “Service
Pack 1” or higher.
Windows
®
ME and 2000
Attention: Before connecting the Gmini
500 to your computer
with the USB cable, go to the setup action icon and then to
System and USB Port and change it to ‘Hard Drive’.
When connected to your computer, the Gmini
500 will be recognized as an external
Hard Drive and display automatically within a few seconds of being connected. You
will see a new drive letter, such as E: in My Computer called Gmini
500. You can
now use the hard drive called Gmini
500 like any other external hard drive. Simply
access it using Windows
®
Explorer to drag and drop les to and from the Gmini
500’s hard drive.
Macintosh
OS X
If you have OS X, you must update to version 10.2.4 or newer. You must also change the Gmini
500’s USB Port setting to ‘ Hard Drive ’. From the main menu, go to the Settings action icon and
then to System and USB Port and change it to ‘ Hard Drive ’.
You will now simply plug the Gmini
500 into your Macintosh
®
as enumerated above, and within a
few seconds, the Gmini
500 will be recognized as a mass storage device (Hard Drive) and mount
on the desktop. You can now use the hard drive called Gmini
500 like any other external hard
drive.
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