1. Can you play tracks in random/shuffle mode? 2. How can you play this device in a car without an accessory jack in the radio? Thanks.
350738
I use an mp3 car adapter. You can play anything with a 3.5mm headphone jack through the radio. It is not perfect but well worth the small investment if you have a car without a connection built in. Plug it into the cigarette lighter or accessory power port, tune radio to a blank area of the dial and tune the adapter to the same number and you are ready to play your phone, mp3, portable Cd or Dvd through the car stereo speakers. It will fade in and out some but its cheaper the a new stereo installation. Good luck.
1653596
Every mp3 player works in the car. Where is the point of the question? If you have a radio with the Cassette, simply buy a cassette adapter, and with 5 dollars you can listen your mp3 player in through yor autoradio. If you have an AUX port in your radio, buy a cord with two males connectors ( probably 3 dollars and radioshack ) and voila' ... you can listen your music in your car. Isn't that simple?
1167616
As far as I've been able to determine there is no shuffle feature. However, given the number of songs you can load not really an issue (at least for me-I use this on my bicycle). It does retain the memory of where you stopped. It picks up at the beginning of whatever song was last playing-so if, for example, you stop near the end of a song the next time you turn it on it starts at the beginning of that song.
1273388
Yes, you can play music from your personal library and then you can switch back to your regular car radio when you want. Additionally, if you have an iphone you can use your internet access to play the radio off your device. I just use my ipod touch and then change to the regular radio off my car when I feel like it. Hope this helps
1878751
I don't think there is a random mode. I haven't found it. But you can plug in an exteral device like your MP3 player and have it produce a playlist or random list. Remember you have to purchase a mini SD card.
1756794
There is no shuffle option. It plays in the same order and starts where you left off.
611807
Yes you can shuffle, you can shuffle everything, the songs within an album, the songs within a genre, or the songs by an artist. That said, mine has the peculiarity that after it's been playing in shuffle mode for a while it takes itself out of shuffle mode and starts playing all the songs in alphabetical order. Must be some sort of software bug. But not a problem. Just takes three clicks to put it back in shuffle mode.
317775
According to the manual there is a random play mode with mp3. I have never used it myself.
984558
It play back at the beginning of the track played before it was turned off. No shuffle play. Each time the speaker turn on it volume go to maximum, has to be turn down.adjust
500774
Yes, you can.If you have an AUX jack in your stereo, you can use a 3.5 double male cable to jam in your car. (any radio shack)It sounds great with this player, btw.Many new cars come stocked with the mp3player aux jack.
892063
i have a older mp3 and it has a shuffle option and that's great but it plays the songs in the same shuffle order every time. sounds funny I have 900 songs in mine but have listened to it for so long I can almost tell u what song is coming on next!
1692184
You can skip tracks in bluetooth. As for me the unit is very loud for its size. Also it depends on your music, i notice that some of my songs are loud since they are recorded in high quality bitrate. While some songs that have low recording it won't be that loud with the volume at max.
2044979
This model (Coby MP301-4G) has the following settings menu in the unit itself: equalizer, repeat mode, contrast (for the screen), back light, power set, language, version (of the software, I suppose), and info (which tells you how much space you've used and how much free space is left. I did not see any way to set random playback. I think it plays the tunes in the order they are located in your various "folders", such as a "rock" folder, "classical" folder, etc. It comes with software to be able to load the MP3's into the unit from your computer, set up your folders, etc. There may be more settings in the software which will play in a random mode. I can't find the software disk that came with it. It may be available to download from the Coby web site. HTH
1936138
It's either plays ALL the songs in alphabetical/numerical order or just one song. There's not a random option. I have it set to play on song only ..... and when I get bored of that song ill make it play another ONE song. Hope this helps. :)
1761235
It will play then sequentially. I have so many tracks that I still haven't reached the last one. But, if I remember correctly you have the option to loop, shuffle, or stop at the end.
565701
The key question is whether the device will play a single track continuously, i.e. in a loop. If so, I think we can fool it by using a power only USB cable connected to a charger, not a PC. Can someone answer the first part of my comment?
1198655
When your music is on push the 'menu' button twice. Not too fast. The second push should show 'Random' that is your shuffle. If that doesn't work then when you push menu and it shows folders...then scroll with the right side of the button and it should go to the second page to show 'Random and Intro' scroll to Random and hit 'menu' and it will show a "R" with an arrow at the top, then you know you are in shuffle mode. Hope you can play with it and get it figured out. it took me lots of time to figure it out, It works great for what I got it for. It can be a real pain sometimes. It can be inconsistent at times. Good Luck!