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.
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.
2189577
Regardless of music being in folders or not, there's no "Random-Play" option. The speaker DOES remember last song played and resumes from that one. The sound is amazing for a little thing like that. Excellent for laptops' and tablets' speakers.
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.
1342717
Yes, go to settings and select play mode: Shuffle, or Order, or Loop, or Repeat.
649413
Yes, there is an option to run in a random shuffle mode. I use it exclusively since I use this while running.
1779889
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.
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!
2080742
It must not be, when I purchased the product it said it would wrk for the shuffle.
321561
Nope, it doesn't even shuffle. Its "touch screen" is really a screen that only responds to a little stylus that comes with the player and that doesn't work well either. this thing is pretty crappy. i wouldn't waste the money. for about the same money, i picked up a Sandisk MP3 player that is much better. it's only a little bigger than an ipod nano, it fits on the armband that i used with my nano and it has lasted a lot longer. plus, it has an sd slot to add memory. the eclipse is junk. stay away from it.
1927430
disc shuffle, but it's never worked very well... hesitates, goes on too long, etc.
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.
892063
i have a older mp3 and it has a shuffle option and that's great but it plays the songs in the same shuffle order every time. sounds funny I have 900 songs in mine but have listened to it for so long I can almost tell u what song is coming on next!
1791814
Does it have a shuffle?? I thought I read no it didn't then someone giving advise on a shuffle feature for this product...shuffle or no shuffle. It seems to be an issue with the songs playing through??
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.
196922
Yup, it has shuffle, shuffle repeat all, repeat, and repeat all, also easy add to playlist feature which is very convienant.
74233
It has a shuffle button, it is supposed to. We had bad luck with the unit, probably cause we did not know how to run it