Archos Gmini 500 User Manual - Page 15

29 7 MUSIC - Putting Music onto your Gmini™ 500 Your Archos™ product is a certified PlaysForSure™ digital device which means that wherever you find music for sale on the Internet with this symbol, you can be certain that it will 'Play for sure' on your Gmini™ 500*. The Gmini™ 500 is designed to work seamlessly with Windows Media® Player (WMP) versions 9 and 10. The Windows Media® Player software is used to download digital media content from the Internet to your computer and organize it. You will also use it to synchronize (copy) the contents of your Windows Media® Player media library to your Archos™ device. See the comparison chart below for an explanation of the different features available when running Windows Media Player 9 and 10 or check out the web site www.playsforsure.com. *Subscription services require you to be running Windows Media® Player 10. 7.1 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media® Player (WMP) to the Gmini™ 500 The Synchronize button in Windows Media® Player (WMP) is a one way 'sync' button. That is, it will add music, video, and photo files to your Gmini™ 500 so that you have the same digital media on your Gmini™ 500 as you have in your Windows Media® Player media library. Of course, you can choose to sync only certain songs, videos, or photos, or sync your entire library. On WMP10, you can click the button Set up Sync in the Sync tab and then check the box labeled Synchronize Device Automatically. This is the auto-sync advantage of WMP10. If this box is checked, then each time you connect your Gmini™ 500 to your PC, Windows Media® Player will automatically start up and check to see if there are any new music, videos, or photos in your media library, and if so, will then copy them to your Gmini™ 500. You also have the possibility to decide what types of media automatically sync when you connect your Gmini™ 500. For example, you may only want music files to be synchronized. On the other hand, with Windows Media® Player 9, you have to tell it what you want to sync, WMP9 cannot synchronize automatically when you connect your Gmini™ 500 to your computer. 29 30 Note for WMP10 users: Files added to your Gmini™ 500 from another computer or files which are recorded from an analog source cannot be added to the Windows Media® Player Library when you connect your Gmini™ 500 to the computer. Songs which have been added, will however, be listed in the device's ARCLibrary. 7.2 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 Auto-synchronize the WMP library to ARCHOS™ Gmini™ 500 on connecting to PC Can synchronize subscription music ('to go' services) to your Gmini™ 500 Carefree USB disconnection (no special green arrow unmount procedure) Will convert video files** to play on your Gmini™ 500 if not in correct format Supports protected Internet video downloads WMP9 no* no no no no WMP10 yes yes yes yes yes PlaysForSure™ audio content yes (download) yes * Must use WMP9 manual sync function to copy purchased music to the Gmini™ 500. **Microsoft reserves the right to limit which video file formats it will convert with WMP10 30