Does this player support shuffle when playing from a flash drive? Or does it only play in order?
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Dear sir or madam, This player can only play in order according to the order in your flash drive. Hope you can understand. Best regards
804023
Any USB works, You must load a playlist of the music you want to hear onto the thumb drive and it will play them in sequence or random I believe, It can't record to the drive just play.
698333
I have not had any problem playing in any format . USB, SD card etc. Again, for the money, This is a very good unit., David.
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I use a 16gb flash drive but I always use random play--sometimes it freezes when loading--but if I switch to cd then back to usb-it seems to always work fine. I've had no problems with sony or Philips mp3 devices--just seems to lock up when first reading flash drives--it is a little slow at reading files before it begins playing--I'd say about a minute delay-not a problem. Display information depends on what is available on flash drive--ir title artist album are provided it will display them--though you have to turn on the display by using the remote 'display" button or it just gives numeric info I use a 16gb flash drive but I always use random play--sometimes it freezes when loading--but if I switch to cd then back to usb-it seems to always work fine. I've had no problems with sony or Philips mp3 devices--just seems to lock up when first reading flash drives--it is a little slow at reading files before it begins playing--I'd say about a minute delay-not a problem. Display information depends on what is available on flash drive--ir title artist album are provided it will display them--though you have to turn on the display by using the remote 'display" button or it just gives... » Read More I use a 16gb flash drive but I always use random play--sometimes it freezes when loading--but if I switch to cd then back to usb-it seems to always work fine. I've had no problems with sony or Philips mp3 devices--just seems to lock up when first reading flash drives--it is a little slow at reading files before it begins playing--I'd say about a minute delay-not a problem. Display information depends on what is available on flash drive--ir title artist album are provided it will display them--though you have to turn on the display by using the remote 'display" button or it just gives numeric info « Show Less
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I'm not sure if you still need an answer for this or not...but, I run Ubuntu as well. Even though I don't have this player, ALL of the flash memory devices that are plugged into Ubuntu need to have the trash emptied after you delete the files from the device. The "delete" action doesn't actually remove them from the device.
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Yes, it does. The "Shuffle" feature is easily activated in the menu settings.
384544
As you haves been told, the is no shuffle. It will play songs in the order that you put them paws the SD card, or if they are in folders, the order that you put the folders on. If the battery dies it will reset to the first song on the drive, but if you don't let it die, it will continue where it stopped.
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It doesn't come with them you just kinda got to figure it out by playing around with it. A few notes of what I have learned so far: It only plays mp3 firmat . It plays in numerical to alphabetical order in file name. As far as I can tell there is not a shuffle option only a repeat all or repeat song. If you remove the SD mid song and then put it back in it will start from were you left off unless you turn it off.
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That isn't something I've tried, however the manual says when playing CD/MP3/WMA discs, you can select Normal Play, Repeat Play, Shuffle Play or Program Play. For the USB drive, you can select Single Repeat, All Repeat, Selected Folder Play, Selected Folder Repeat Play, Shuffle Play, Program Play and Program Repeat Play. Does this help you?
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Yes it does. The thing is, it has separate directories for the built in flash memory and the additional SD card that you can add. As a result, you won't be able to shuffle all of the songs that are saved directly to the player as well as the ones you've put onto the SD card. Anyway, I find the shuffle of pretty bad quality, because it frequently plays the same files over and over leaving a good portion of my playlist as good as forgotten after a while of using just shuffle mode. Of course, it takes a while to hear the same one over again, but with over 7 gigs of music on it like I had, you will still be able to notice especially after listening continuously over daily commutes. If you get this player you'll see what I mean.
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I think there might be a shuffle setting but it is very difficult to see the name of the songs. Whatever order you have your songs listed in a folder, is the order that they play. I found the interface difficult to navigate. I bought this for my 3yr old and decided to return it.
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it has a shuffle all option which works the same as a random option, when u first choose the music option from the main menu the first choice it offers is shuffle all
1342717
Yes, go to settings and select play mode: Shuffle, or Order, or Loop, or Repeat.
2109540
Yes, The Colby MP3 Player has a shuffle option where the songs will play in a random order.
1756794
There is no shuffle option. It plays in the same order and starts where you left off.
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Conflicting answers! Several say it can be set to random - has anyone actually TRIED it? Or are they just saying the setting is there? I've had one that has a "random" setting and it doesn't shuffle the photos - they play in exactly the same order I loaded them on the flash drive. Can anyone explain the conflicting answers, or provide a link to a frame they KNOW will shuffle the order? Thank you.
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yes, it has a shuffle feature. Overall the player is excellent. I've owned many "water resistant" players....this is by far the best.