shuffle: Is the Sony shuffle truly a random shuffle?
252830
Yes, it has several options. It has intelligent shuffle (the truly random shuffle you want), it has shuffle & repeat if you want it, or shuffle by year, etc.
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!
349023
Yes, I believe there is a shuffle option as well as an option to manually choose from folders. No, it does not work particularly well. I ended up returning the two I bought because of shoddy construction and the fact that one stopped loading two days after I received them. I ended up buying the Coby mp301-4G player and it seems much more solid for only a few bucks more.
24552
Sorry, Zikar, I don't know. I don't use my Shuffle any more because it is inferior to other iPods.
1248488
Yes it does. Go to Video Playback Options -> Play Mode -> there are Shuffle and Repeat all and Repeat One options available. Here is the link to the manual of the device. www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/UM/ENG/4779-705073.pdf Go to page 52 you will find the details related to it.
523498
yes it dos play mp3s from a remote hard drive via USB but not 'shuffle' feature to allow random playback, or a way of accessing the playlist
1936133
It only plays the one set by its operator. There is no shuffle or random option.
631818
I'm afraid I don't know the answer to that. All I can say is that I am very satisfied with the new Shuffle.
1402582
It has a random button that plays tracks from all loaded discs in a random order. It stops when all tracks have been played once. I believe that is the same as shuffle.
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.
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.
574804
Hi there. Yes, there's a shuffle control so you can play songs randomly (which is one of the things I really like about it!)
2101489
No shuffle or on the go list. It's a solid little unit though. Battery lasts a really long time compared to other players I've had.
1180935
No it does not. I wish it did. My old Sony player had the shuffle function and I really miss it. I was unable to find one that had shuffle. Good luck!It does shuffle the songs on each separate disc but does not shuffle the 5 discs.
933317
I think that in shuffle a song comes up more than once before all other tracks have played, but it is not all that often and not not seem to be patterned or all that prevalent.
1136784
It's basically just a speaker. You would use your device to control everything. So yes, you can use shuffle. This thing was hard to figure out and the directions were terrible. But it is tiny, and sounds okay once you do figure out how to use it.
1334437
yes they have random play abilites. You can choose songs, album, or playlist shuffles