Gateway MP3 Photo Jukebox User manual

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Contents
Chapter 1: Checking Out Your Jukebox . . . . . . 1
Package contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 2: Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Turning on your jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Plugging in the headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using the control buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using the menu buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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Using the playback buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Locking control buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Playing music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Adjusting volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Viewing photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter 3: Playing Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Playing a song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Viewing the Now Playing screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Adjusting volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Setting advanced playing modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting the equalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting shuffle mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting repeat mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Disabling expired music messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Viewing the music visualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Creating playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Creating a jukebox playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Creating a Windows Media Player playlist . . . . . . . . 34
Editing playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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Adding a track or album to a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Deleting a track from a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Deleting a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Getting more music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Installing the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Creating files for your jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Moving files to your jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Chapter 4: Viewing Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Viewing a photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Copying photos to your jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Copying photos from your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Copying photos from your digital camera . . . . . . . . . 55
Copying photos from your card reader or flash drive 58
Organizing photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Creating a photo folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Moving a photo into a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Deleting a photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Working with slideshows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Creating slideshows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

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Editing slideshows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Playing slideshows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Getting more photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Creating text notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Chapter 5: Settings and Options . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Setting the backlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Setting the clock and calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Accessing the settings shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Resetting the jukebox to its defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Chapter 6: Maintenance and Troubleshooting 73
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Telephone support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Maintaining your jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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Maintaining battery life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Updating the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Chapter 7: Safety and Legal Notices . . . . . . . . 83
Important safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Regulatory compliance statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

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Chapter 1: Checking Out Your
Jukebox
Package contents
Your package includes:
■Gateway GCM-4 MP3 Photo Jukebox
■Ear bud stereo headphones
■USB 2.0 connector cables (2)
■AC power adapter
■Soft cover carrying case
■Quick start poster
■This user guide
■Software installation CD

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System requirements
To connect to your jukebox, your computer must have the following
minimum requirements:
■Microsoft®Windows®XP (Service Pack 1)
■Microsoft Windows Media®Player 10
■Intel®Pentium III 333 MHz processor
■80 MB available hard drive space
■128 MB memory

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Front
Playback control
buttons
LCD panel
Menu control
buttons

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Component Description
LCD panel Displays menus, music visualizations, and digital photos. For more
information, see “Playing music” on page 20 and “Viewing photos”
on page 23.
Playback
control buttons Control audio playback. The play/pause button doubles as a power button. For more information, see “Using the playback buttons” on
page 18 and “Turning on your jukebox” on page 15.
Menu control
buttons Let you select menus and choices within menus. For more information, see “Using the menu buttons” on page 17.

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Top
Component Description
Headphone jack Plug headphones or amplified speakers into this jack.
Control lock Slide to lock all jukebox control buttons.
Headphone
jack Control lock

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Bottom
Component Description
USB/docking
connector Connect the USB combo cable to this connector and to the USB port on your computer for moving music or photos to
your jukebox. You can also connect the camera USB cable
for downloading photos directly from your digital camera. For
more information, see “Charging the battery” on page 11,
“Moving files to your jukebox” on page 48, and “Copying
photos from your digital camera” on page 55.
Reset button Press with a straightened paper clip or pin to restart your
jukebox.
USB/docking
connector Reset button

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Left
Control Description
Volume Press the +side (top) of the button to increase volume,
and press the –side (bottom) to decrease volume.
Volume button

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Back
Battery cover

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Accessories
Accessories are available on Gateway’s Web site at
www.gateway.com/photojukeboxextras .
Specifications
■Dimensions:2.3×3.8×0.7inches(59×96×17mm)
■Display: 128 × 128 pixels, 16-bit (65,536 colors), TFT Transflective,
1.6-inch
■Battery: 820 mAh, rechargeable Li-ion, prismatic, 3.7V, removable
■Hard drive: 4 GB, 1 inch, Compact Flash Type II
■Memory: 32 MB SDRAM, 1 MB flash
■Power: input 100~240VAC, 50-60 Hz (normal), output 5V 1.6A
■Compatible media: MP3, WMA, WAV, JPG/JPEG
■Data transfer rate: Up to 480 Mbps using USB 2.0
■Audio jacks: Audio line out (headphones)
■Camera interface cable: USB 2.0, 22-pin
■Combo cable: USB 2.0, 22-pin

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Chapter 2: Getting Started
Charging the battery
Fully charge the battery to maximize playing time. However, it is not
necessary to fully charge or completely discharge the battery each time.
You can charge the battery by connecting the jukebox either to the
AC power adapter (fastest) or to a USB port on the computer.
The battery icon in the upper right corner of the screen indicates the
remaining battery charge.
If the power icon is... the battery is...
Green Full
Yellow Medium
Red Low
Red with an exclamation point Critically low
A power plug Charging

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To charge the battery:
1Connect the USB combo cable to the AC power adapter, then plug
the power adapter into an AC power outlet.
- OR -
Connect the USB combo cable to the computer.

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2Plug the combo cable into the jukebox. Make sure that the top of
the plug (the side with the arrows) is facing the same way asthe front
of the jukebox.

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3If you are charging your jukebox from the computer’s USB cable, turn
your jukebox off. If your jukebox is on, it cannot charge from the
computer’s USB cable.
If the jukebox is on, the power cord icon appears in the upper right
corner of the display. The keypad’s backlight turns on while the
battery charges, then turns off when the battery is fully charged.
4When your jukebox battery is finished charging, pinch the two side
buttons on the plug, then pull the plug out of the jukebox.
Important If you are charging your jukebox from the AC power adapter,
you can leave your jukebox on as it charges, but it will take
longer to charge.