Detailed Archos Gmini 500 40GB MP3/4 Player MP3 Player Description & Review

Archos: Gmini 500 40GB MP3/4 Player £233.59inc. VAT  &  Delivery

The Gmini 500 is for those who really want to watch video on the go. Many MP3 players play video now but without a decent screen to view them on is it really worth it? The Gmini 500's 4" LCD screen makes watching films on a pocketable device much more practical.

As well as watching on the screen you can view videos stored on your Gmini 500 on a TV – take hours of films to your mates house and just plug it into their TV – cool! It can store up to 160 hours of video.

The Gmini 500 is not a PVR (Pocket Video Recorder). If you want to record directly from a TV consider its sister product, the AV500

The Gmini 500 makes an excellent photo viewer. You can transfer photos directly from your digital camera or from another mass storage device using the built-in USB host connection just like you would with your PC. It can store up to up to 400,000 photos and they can be organised in thumbnail or slideshow views and can also be viewed on a TV.

Using the player's ARCLibrary software (running on the Gmini itself) you can store up to 20,000 songs in the most used formats such as MP3, WMA, WAV and protected WMA (PlaysForSure files). It allows you to do many tasks you would normally need to do on your computer first before transfer like creating playlists.

Of course, the Gmini 500 does all the other things you would expect a modern portable multimedia player to do including making voice recordings and recording from external sources directly using an optional adapter.

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User Guide