Will it play mp3s from a remote hard drive via USB? Also, is there a 'shuffle' feature to allow random playback, or a way of accessing the playlist?
523496
No. But U can play music from a memory card. No shuffling or playlist access features. It's a nice little amp for a fair price and the remote works well.
523497
No. But U can play music from a memory card. No shuffling or playlist access features.It's a nice little amp for a fair price and the remote works well.
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
2224256
Unfortunately not... and in fact it only appears to cycle through the songs in the "root" folder of the USB drive. Another improvement would be to have a "random" or "shuffle" setting for the songs, but as it stands... the only option is to listen to them in the order they appear on the drive. Still, despite these limitations, the little unit has great sound and the FM radio is very good.
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
166004
No. And, I can't get mine to play ANY mp3 on sd card or usb stick. May be operator error, a fluke or whatever - but now it's my fluke :-(.
1594695
The unit will play any file format because it is just a speaker and does not read data. It will play from any media device ie:(smartphone, mp3player, TV etc.) it is merely a component and as long as the device you are storing your music on can be connected by either: (Bluetooth or headphone cable) it will work just fine. I have researched several and this one has the cleanest highs and miss, with a very crisp 'thump' on bass. It also doesn't look like a toy as many portable speakers are targeting teenage demographic (nothing wrong with that) it is definitely a classy looking component. I would like to specify that: this is not a MP3 player nor does it have capacity to store music. It is used to be an amplified all in one sound system that will hold a charge for several hours and can be controlled by blue tooth or headphone line directly into your device (phone, mp3 player, or a thing that has a microphone line out OT Bluetooth capability.) I hope that helps! Thanks?
1204575
Oh yes my friend according to the user manual there is an option to play random in the current folder and also to play that way in all files.
740084
Yeah, it acts just like another drive. You just drag the music files over. Very simple. Great player.
989369
Yes, it does have random play. We have not used it, but the instructions are in the manual. It sounds very easy using the remote.
1147646
I don't think so....it just plays the songs as listed on the card. When I turn it off and on again it usually start from the first song on my list. It would of been cool to have the shuffle/random function though.....but its still a great device.
216975
I bought it and yes it will play music. the only problem i saw is if you have them in different folders then it wont jump folder to folder.
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.
89254
Haven't really used it for music, but I do play movies off of my usb flash drive. I assume you can play music the same way. In fact will try tomorrow and update response.
1780238
You can scroll through the songs, but there is no shuffle feature. What I sometimes do is create a folder with various songs I like and load it onto the player. That's as close to a shuffle as you can get with this unit.
911138
Yes, it will play from a Fat32 formatted 8GB(max) usb drive stick, with standard mp3's(it will support at max a 256bitrate mp3)
482458
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?
1412842
It has Random playback order modes. Shuffle play will keep track of what has been played so you don't get repetitions.
2189576
I was successful with playing music from the GOgroove. I had a folder called music on my USB and I put one song in the folder. Once you plug the USB into the GOgroove it will find and play the song. I then tried multiple songs and they played sequentially. All computers will download to the root folders of any drive and it may be easier to put the songs on the USB in the root folders. The GOgroove does play songs from the USB and will find them and play them sequentially from all folders on the USB. The con is that you cannot select the order of play.