HOW THE HECK DO I...??? HOW DO I PLAY THE SONGS (random) OF ONLY ONE ARTIST OR ONE GENRE?
1116310
Unfortunately, this is my biggest gripe about all MP3 players - PROGRAMABILITY! The only way you're going to be able to play the way you want is to build playlists on your computer and then select random play. Or you can use the bookmark feature directly on the Gigabeat and have it randomly play. There is no way to play just an artist or genre folder randomly.
1967411
Play it safe and send it back. What is the source of the music? Is it on all tracks by all artists? I don't have any problems with mine.
1621474
I just use the arrows to move to songs. If you want them to play in order, you move the "on" button half way. They shuffle when you put the button all the way over (you can see all of the green).
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.
124619
If you want a "shuffled" or "mixed" list - create subfolders on the micro sd card e.g. 001 002 003 004 005 etc and drag different songs to different folders.
1958923
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
1738844
Ok Jan! My guess you are really talking about "shuffle mode". This mode ramdomly goes from one song to song to another, but not in the order you have them in. It appears that your player is jumping around from song to song. Check it out. See if you are in the setting " Random Shuffle Mode". If it is! GET OUT OF IT! Hope this helps!
752575
You can play samples off of it yes, but it does not have a built-in sampler!
845699
I have just implemented one way of doing this with the AK 240. You create a playlist which includes a single song. When you choose to play this playlist, the player will play that song and then stop. The procedure is admittedly clumsy, but effective. Moreover, if you give your playlists the name of the respective song, you'll get an ordering of your favorite songs that is more manageable than the listing of ALL songs provided by the device.
24041
no, once you choose one that is the one you are in, it doesn't go to the next artist or album in sequence. (And won't skip to a new artist or album even if you shuffle.) The way to include many and various is to create a playlist and then shuffle that if you'd like, so it skips around and mixes it up.
1339684
could not find where if it is possible. only thing i found is press to skip to next song
2123412
I'm sorry, I just read the other responses. I thought you were referring to the capability to 'shuffle the songs.' I haven't tried it but don't see why not. It worked for my playlists. Unfortunately I have it in my classroom and wont be able to try it until Monday, August 5, 2013.
1217931
I figured out how to remove the pre-loaded songs. Connect your player to the computer and through Windows Media Player, under sync, it will list the songs you have currently in there. Click on the ones you don't want and delete! Voila. It really was racking my brain as well.
772538
Don't use that option much but..I believe you need to find the category marked "settings" and there should be a sub-category marked "shuffle"-HTH.
1936134
No, it doesn't play random songs. It plays the one you pick. So you have to change it every time. I change it out all the time with different holidays if it is the holiday season. If not I have several different ones, but you have to change it your self. But it is very easy. We use the ring tones from our iPhone.
1690609
You can have it organized into folders, or just a long list. You can put songs into playlist for quick play. (That's what I suggest)
435296
you just have to load indiviual songs on in the order you want. The shuffle is a very simple device: play/pause, volume, and skip/reverse