I am looking to buy this for my mother who has dementia. My question is: Do the songs come up ramdomly within a playlist? Shuffle?
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I bought the sweet pea for my granddaughter(s) and off-hand, I honestly don't remember if there was a shuffle mode. I know I created playlists and loaded them up, so I could have a playlist for "winding down time", "waking up time", "dance time", etc. Both daughter-in-laws have loved the sweet pea because it was durable and you could control the volume. As a music teacher who also works with nursing home patients, I know music from one's childhood can truly have a magical effect on the elderly with dementia. Almost like the move "Awakenings". Short-term, yes. But, still just as precious. Best wishes. I bought the sweet pea for my granddaughter(s) and off-hand, I honestly don't remember if there was a shuffle mode. I know I created playlists and loaded them up, so I could have a playlist for "winding down time", "waking up time", "dance time", etc. Both daughter-in-laws have loved the sweet pea because it was durable and you could control the volume. As a music teacher who also works with nursing home patients, I know music from one's childhood can truly have a magical effect on the elderly with dementia. Almost like the move "Awakenings".... » Read More I bought the sweet pea for my granddaughter(s) and off-hand, I honestly don't remember if there was a shuffle mode. I know I created playlists and loaded them up, so I could have a playlist for "winding down time", "waking up time", "dance time", etc. Both daughter-in-laws have loved the sweet pea because it was durable and you could control the volume. As a music teacher who also works with nursing home patients, I know music from one's childhood can truly have a magical effect on the elderly with dementia. Almost like the move "Awakenings". Short-term, yes. But, still just as precious. Best wishes. « Show Less
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There is no shuffle option. It plays in the same order and starts where you left off.
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No, they are not random. The songs are in whatever order you upload them. You can certainly skip over songs while listening if you want to. I deleted the songs on the device and loaded it up with my own preferences. If you have iTunes on a computer, you can first put them into iTunes in order and then load them onto the SweetPea. One thing: Even at its loudest, the SweetPea is rather soft so it might not work well for a person with severe hearing loss.
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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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Yes. I found the shuffle works best when I put one playlist on it. You could load a single book the same way, just do not program it to shuffle. You want to get to the ending in the old fashioned way.
1412842
It has Random playback order modes. Shuffle play will keep track of what has been played so you don't get repetitions.
1342717
Yes, go to settings and select play mode: Shuffle, or Order, or Loop, or Repeat.
435297
I would say "yes" if you download an album, it should show up on iTunes and then download it to your shuffle. I never tried it, but it seems it would work that way. Hope this helps.
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.
2106310
I just put songs on the mini disc. I do not know how to navigate on the mp3 to establish different playlists. Look on youtube and possibly there will be a how to video there?
2103160
I haven't tried that feature. We are having a difficult time to get it to shuffle in a playlist so I would think if you assigned it all to the playlist it will play it. To be honest, this wasn't a good purchase...freezes up quite a bit when trying maneuver from folder to folder.
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Patricia, Not sure as I only use this for downloading overdrive audiobooks from my library and they automatically get placed either in nonfiction or fiction under the genre button or in unkown. I have not created my own playlist for this. I know there is a section that stores all your songs as I have seen it on my walkman. I would suggest going somewhere that you can check this out and play with all the features for a bit in a store first such as Best where they have display units out if you can. I know Best Buy displays these sony walkman's out on dispaly. For more info check out the reviews for this on Amazon.com and Best Buy.com and you may find what you are looking for. Hope this helps.
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There's a pretty good mix. You get 70's, 80's and 90's standards with some obscure bands and songs. There's also Hard Rock, Ballads and Pop. I used the random selection mode and it was weeks before I heard a repeat. To be fair, some of the songs were pretty crappy which I guess they need to include in these packages.
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Did you intend to ask "How many CDs does it play?" If so, the answer is: one at a time. The system has a shuffle mode (accessible on the remote-control device) if you want to alter the sequence of the tracks on the CD.
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I use my old shuffle for listening to books. It's small and cheap so I just keep it in my bag for when I need a book. In fact I have started loading only the book onto it and then when I am done with the book I loan it to a friend, ipod and all.
1761235
It will play then sequentially. I have so many tracks that I still haven't reached the last one. But, if I remember correctly you have the option to loop, shuffle, or stop at the end.
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yes they have random play abilites. You can choose songs, album, or playlist shuffles
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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!
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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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Yes, you can repeat and also shuffle the tracks. This is a great CD Player with great speaker quality. Diane