how do you sort through artists and songs? Is there a shortcut to get to the artists whose name starts with "r" for example?
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I use folder view which is the same as a Windows computer which is the default. I Name all the folder and sometimes the files(songs) using copy and paste then you can control where everything falls in a list on the front panel of the unit. PS I use the usb input with a 128gb thumb drive the sound is the best of all the inputs
1487775
Yes you can choose album,artist or specific song or you can put it on shuffle if you want
1430665
I don't know as I only use one playlist. Didn't know that was an option. Will try it.
1721462
You could alter the names to sort in your desired order. I usually prepend numbers: 01-Song Title.mp3, 02-Another Song.mp3, etc.
2036787
My experience was that it kept re-creating my entire library every time I tried to single out a song to go into my playlist. One of the many reasons I sent it back. Good luck if if's working for you.
557185
It has a menu system. You can view by artist, album, favorites, genre, or year. It also has a shuffle mode.
427184
Does the selection look for all file types, or just MP3 files. Can you select "All Files" and see everything on your player?
1038763
What is easy for some is not for others. I make a list of the order they are in. By listening to the first one and then clicking the correct number of times I get the one that I want. Normally, it will start with the last one played. So far I have had good results with this.
740753
When you play MP3 /WMA files, the display button on the remote lets you scroll through song title artist name album name.
159618
If you go in the Menu, you can scroll to different albums. Otherwise, I keep it on "Shuffle" mode mostly, and it easily can skip to next song when pressing the "forward" button, or backwards for previous songs (song to song). I hope this helps.
1882446
You can't select tracks from a thumb drive. The songs will play in the order they are listed. You can, however, skip over a song.
185413
U can shuffle the songs by hitting a button or u can play by playlists or by artists or in one group
1116310
Unfortunately, this is my biggest gripe about all MP3 players - PROGRAMABILITY! The only way you're going to be able to play the way you want is to build playlists on your computer and then select random play. Or you can use the bookmark feature directly on the Gigabeat and have it randomly play. There is no way to play just an artist or genre folder randomly.
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not that I know of. You can create playlists, and it has this DJ setting (which basically just picks a random song to play), but no bookmark that I can think of. You can delete songs straight from the MP3, and it has different playing functions, but... no.
2100331
Although I do not believe this player has browsing via Genre/Artist/Playlist/Year/Album, I do believe you can locate a particular song through the included folder heirarchy pretty easily.
124619
If you want a "shuffled" or "mixed" list - create subfolders on the micro sd card e.g. 001 002 003 004 005 etc and drag different songs to different folders.
1331649
Not sure about how well it manages them under the native interface, but if you install Rockbox is manages them just fine, and you can easily create playlists that use songs from either the internal or external drive, songs in different folders.