Does the device have the ability to create and edit playlists itself or will I need to download software onto my computer to do the job?
869016
Im not sure! We did not get the chanceto use ours much. We had two and both stopped working soon after. Not a good product, if that helps otherwise sorry I cant be more helpful.
1096418
There is no software with this machine at all. You can connect the machine to your computer or Ipod with cables the machine has ports for that. Then if you wanted to download something to play on the machine you would need internet access for your computer or Ipod to do that. In other words the computer/ipod has the music and it is being played on the machine through the speakers. There is no computer inside the music machine.
324874
Yes, it does. Just connect it to your PC (via the built-in USB connector) create your sub-folders and copy your songs into them. You can create any many sub-folders as you want; just remember this rule, you won't be able to play songs in any sub-folder that is more than one level deep. For example: rootfolder/BackstreetBoys/ will work fine, just navigate to the folder and select the first song and it will begin to play. However, rootfolder/mymusic/BackstreetBoys will not work. You can load music into that folder, but the player won't play them. I avoid that problem by limiting all my sub-folders to one level deep. You can, however, create as many sub-folders as you need. Just remember this additional rule, the player will only play the first 99 songs in each folder. It can hold more than 99, but it won't recognize them. If you want more detailed information on this MP3 player, read my review. It includes a comprehensive manual.
268900
The readme file isn't clear (at least to me) that this is about building on the fly playlists with just the mp3 player. The way I read it this is about building playlists without using WMP on your computer and then transferring them to the player...am I missing something?
2281071
With the little that I have played with it (I got it for my wife, so she uses it more), there is probably not a way to do so directly on the device itself. That said, you could probably create playlists (or smart playlists) to get the effect you want. It is a crappy workaround and probably requires initial setting up to have it on hand, but that would work.
1383034
you can not create a playlist that you can save as a specific file name of your choice. there is a favorites list you can add songs and remove. Hope future firmware upgrade will add more playing options.
632944
Did you save your playlists of saved frequencies before you updated the library's? Did you reprogram those playlists after you finished? Just trying to think of possibilities
601022
Yes it does! That was something that I was concerned about too. It doesn't matter where the songs are stored, the player sees all locations as a single library. You have the option to display artists, albums, genres or songs. Once you start playing a song from any group you can select to play all of the songs in that group randomly. So if you want to randomly play all of the songs that you have on your player randomly you go into Songs. There's a learning curve with the user interface, but after you get the hang of it you'll find it easy to use.
96705
I still haven't figured out how to make the playlist. but to install songs are very simple. I just use the random function to play songs now. the controls is a bit weird at first but a day of using it you should be fine
324741
You can delete the song or songs one by one without hooking it up to the computer. I only hooked it to the computer when I was downloading the songs to the mp3 player. You have to have allot of patience with this player. I bought it for my son.
1001851
If I remember right, there is a slot for each, usb and SD card. It should have the capablity to draw from both. The computer graphics for pulling up songs from each may be a little tedious, and you may want to use a computer and just transfer your playlist to one device, to make the job simpler.
1377544
The device comes with a cradle which plugs into a USB port. It effectively becomes a 'drive' at that point. I backed up EVERYTHING from the player to its own folder (just in case I needed to reinstall, et.). I then deleted the preloaded music, etc. and then began to add music to the Music folder. You could use Windows Media Player (sorry-am a PC person so can't address the equivalent for Mac!). However, I just used a normal file manager (am old school): I opened my Amazon music folder on my PC (where I keep my MP3s) and copied them over to the mp3 player. As far as playback- it will do so in alphabetical order of artist (I think)- so Bruce Springsteen and Beyonce will play consecutively. To get around that: if you want the equivalent of playlists- you need to 1) create a folder for the files & put the files there, and 2) rename the files with a precursor number to order the airplay in the desired order. A bit tedious on initial setup, but it's not terrible, either. There may be much easier ways to do this! ha! - but this worked for me. I swim laps (3000 yds 3 x week) and this device performs flawlessly. To me, it makes the workouts so much easier that I'm willing to put up with a bit of file management tedium on the initial setup.
639955
It does on an I device, if your running of you computer you need iTunes or a 25$ program. There is a lot of lag between the player and the speakers and this device is hard to connect I always have to reset it
2038499
Yes, it will, however I have never tried it. I have about 10,000 songs on mine and I play them all at random.
389331
I didn't think so. It was okay at first, it definitely works as a music player, but the limited functionality led me to ultimately buy another player and give this one away. I had a hard time shuffling music (I don't think you can) and finding certain artists. The UI isn't very intuitive.
2097860
Hi Mely_May, I recently purchased the 32GB Ipod Touch 5th Generation, Wow What a machine, Yes you can create Playlists with the device or on your computer and just drag then to your device I recommend doing it this way so you have the playlist available for your computer and your Ipod, I would also suggest the 32gb version if you plan to watch movies, or Tv shows since they can be stored on the device.Hope this Helps.Brian
1331549
Yes. However, just like trying to tune in an FM station (which when figured out how to do, is very responsive) you have to tinker a little to pick out songs you might have saved on a flash drive.