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Updating the Gmini

™

402 Firmware

Operating System (OS)

ARCHOS

™

periodically updates the Operating System (OS) and makes

it available for free download on the ARCHOS

™

website (www.archos.

com). Updates to the Operating System include new features, feature

improvements, and bug ﬁ xes. You should check to make sure that you

are running the most recent version of the OS. Each time the Gmini

™

402

starts up, the OS version is displayed on the screen (example: OS Version

1.1) on the bottom right. You will ﬁ nd the most recent version of the OS

and its version number at the ARCHOS

™

website (www.archos.com) under

the category Software.

Download the Update_Gmini402.AOS ﬁ le

When you click on the link to

download the new OS ﬁ le (the ﬁ le

name is Update_Gmini402.AOS),

your browser may warn you that the

contents of the download may harm

your computer. This is because the

Windows

system does not know

what a .AOS ﬁ le is. Be assured that

ARCHOS

™

has made every effort to

ensure that the ﬁ le does not contain

viruses. Click on the option Save to

download this ﬁ le to a convenient place, such as My Documents, in order

to later copy this ﬁ le to your Gmini

™

402. If your Gmini

™

402 is connected to

your PC, you can even save it directly to the Gmini

™

402.

Read the History.txt File

You will also ﬁ nd next to the ﬁ rmware download, a text ﬁ le which details the

list of changes from the previous version of the OS.

Copy to Gmini

™

402 root and Update

When updating your Operating System, you must keep the AC charger/

adapter plugged into the Gmini

™

402 so that it will not shut down due to

low batteries while you are performing the update. Connect your Gmini

™

402 to your computer (see the

Connecting/Disconnecting

the Gmini

™

402 to/from

your PC chapter), and then

copy the Update_Gmini402.

AOS ﬁ le to the root directory

of the Gmini

™

402. The root

directory is the top most level of the directory hierarchy. Just drag this .AOS

ﬁ le onto the Gmini

™

402 Hard disk in your ﬁ le manager and it will place it

in the top most directory (outside any folder). If there is already an older

version of the Update_Gmini402.AOS ﬁ le on your Gmini

™

402, Windows

will ask if you want to overwrite the current ﬁ le. Click on Yes. Once this

ﬁ le is copied, safely disconnect ( see the Connecting/Disconnecting

the Gmini

™

402 to/from your PC chapter) the Gmini

™

402 from the

computer.

‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’?

If your Gmini

™

402 is seen as a hard drive, then you simply

need to drag the Update_Gmini402.AOS ﬁ le onto this icon,

and Windows

will place the ﬁ le into the top most directory

(root) of the Gmini

™

402. It should not be placed inside

any folder within your Gmini

™

402. Once this ﬁ le is copied,

safely disconnect (refer to the chapter on Connecting/

Disconnecting) the Gmini

™

402 from the computer.

If your Gmini

™

402 is seen as a Windows

Device, then

you will have to open the Gmini

™

402 Device in Windows

Explorer and drop the Update_ Gmini402.AOS into the Data

folder (not the Media folder). If there is already an older

version of the Update_Gmini402.AOS ﬁ le on your Gmini

™

402, Windows

will ask if you want to overwrite the current

ﬁ le. Click on Yes. Disconnect the Gmini

™

402 from your

computer.

Activate the Update

Next, go to the System parameters under Setup and then scroll down to

Update Firmware

and click on it. The Gmini

™

402 will search for the .AOS

ﬁ le and will ask you to click Yes, to start the update. Follow the on-screen

instructions. When completed, the Gmini

™

402 will restart itself and you

will see the new OS version displayed on the bottom right of the screen.

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