Does it have a shuffle/random playback option?
1984262
No but if you use it with an mp3 player that has that option it works really well.
1359876
my apologies...i did not own the device long enough to answer your question. as soon as i found out that the device would not shuffle play, it went into the trash can. sorry.
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
1334437
yes they have random play abilites. You can choose songs, album, or playlist shuffles
724169
Yes, it does have a shuffle play. It requires pressing one of the buttons (I believe its Mode) until you enter that mode. There is no audible or visual indicator about the mode, so you have to use trial and error.In addition, if the SD card is inserted when you turn the speaker on, it will play sporadically. Simple eject the SD card and re-insert it and the speaker will play normally.
642698
The RANDOM mode would be convenient for many of us, but it repeats certain songs many times before the entire list is played. The NORMAL mode also repeats some songs unpredictably. My unit has given good service for over a year and does what it should except for the above.
47418
The "Shuffle" option plays the exact same playlist each time the Soundfly is powered on. Mine begins with 1638, 1759, 1829, 0603, 0528, 1537, 1534, etc. Is there any way to change this order? It's sad to have over 2000 songs on a 16GB SD card and hear the same songs over and over (and over, and over).I can't believe a product that is excellent in so many ways could be lacking a way to randomize songs. I wouldn't like this with audio books, but for music I would think it's preferred. Thanks!
47417
The "Shuffle" option plays the exact same playlist each time the Soundfly is powered on. Mine begins with 1638, 1759, 1829, 0603, 0528, 1537, 1534, etc. Is there any way to change this order? It's sad to have over 2000 songs on a 16GB SD card and hear the same songs over and over (and over, and over). I can't believe a product that is excellent in so many ways could be lacking a way to randomize songs. I wouldn't like this with audio books, but for music I would think it's preferred. Thanks!
1738846
yes it is similar to an apple ipod in this sense. it will never play the same track twice in random unless you completely played all your songs in the shuffle
1094481
Yes there is a shuffle function. It is very easy to use. You just press and hold the button and it will let you know it's on shuffle.
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.
2064890
Yes, You can put a USB flash drive and play the music in order or random play
662400
I will have to ask my wife since she is the one that uses it but my assumption would be that it would have that feature. If the device has a shuffle feature it will be able to do that. I will confirm this though just to make sure.
317775
According to the manual there is a random play mode with mp3. I have never used it myself.
1678190
Yes, there is a random button. I have some 267 songs on an SD card and just press the random button.
2051000
The one I have does have both shuffle and repeat in the settings. However, when I set mine to Shuffle off or Repeat off, it will shuffle and repeat anyway. It's very annoying. To get to the settings, pause the playback, then prsee the little button located at the top right edge of the device. This will allow you to toggle between the radio, music, settings, etc.
2144755
It will shuffle the playlist, but if you turn the player off and then back on again, it plays the "shuffled" list in the same order, and there is no way to re-shuffle the list.