No Random Play on 6-Disc Changer?
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No Random Play on 6-Disc Changer?
Unless I'm completely blind or clueless, there does not appear to be any way to randomly play tracks on a disc with the new 6-disc changer? There is no RND button, and I couldn't find anything in the manual about it. This is a nice option to have when playing MP3s. Has anybody else figured how to do it yet, or is it really just not an option?
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Only the single cd unit has a RND button. I had a 6 Disc MP3 unit in a SportTrac and it allowed random across all discs but it took forever to change discs.
The option I use now on my JK is to burn mp3's on DVD's with no folders and in random order. (Folders have a 200 song limit)
If something comes up I don't care to listen to I then hit Scan..this then plays each song for 5 or 6 seconds. If I like it I just hit scan again and it plays.
The option I use now on my JK is to burn mp3's on DVD's with no folders and in random order. (Folders have a 200 song limit)
If something comes up I don't care to listen to I then hit Scan..this then plays each song for 5 or 6 seconds. If I like it I just hit scan again and it plays.
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Only the single cd unit has a RND button. I had a 6 Disc MP3 unit in a SportTrac and it allowed random across all discs but it took forever to change discs.
The option I use now on my JK is to burn mp3's on DVD's with no folders and in random order. (Folders have a 200 song limit)
If something comes up I don't care to listen to I then hit Scan..this then plays each song for 5 or 6 seconds. If I like it I just hit scan again and it plays.
The option I use now on my JK is to burn mp3's on DVD's with no folders and in random order. (Folders have a 200 song limit)
If something comes up I don't care to listen to I then hit Scan..this then plays each song for 5 or 6 seconds. If I like it I just hit scan again and it plays.
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Yeah - I'm frustrated with this as well. If I re-order I will be removing the 6-disc option because of this. I don't think I've EVER seen a CD player without a single disc random function.
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Guys - I agree that it IS frustrating, but if you really don't want to know what song is coming up next, just throw on Sirius or FM...
I'm still trying to figure out exactly how to burn my discs so that the JK's MP3 reader doesn't sort them all by track number (thus throwing all my albums out of whack). Any advice?
I'm still trying to figure out exactly how to burn my discs so that the JK's MP3 reader doesn't sort them all by track number (thus throwing all my albums out of whack). Any advice?
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Guys - I agree that it IS frustrating, but if you really don't want to know what song is coming up next, just throw on Sirius or FM...
I'm still trying to figure out exactly how to burn my discs so that the JK's MP3 reader doesn't sort them all by track number (thus throwing all my albums out of whack). Any advice?
I'm still trying to figure out exactly how to burn my discs so that the JK's MP3 reader doesn't sort them all by track number (thus throwing all my albums out of whack). Any advice?
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I understand exactly what you're saying - make the JK's sorting work for you, using that method. Thanks very much - makes a lot of sense. Can I also burn albums to their own folders on the disc, and have them grouped together that way (and have one "folder" work as an album)?
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I understand exactly what you're saying - make the JK's sorting work for you, using that method. Thanks very much - makes a lot of sense. Can I also burn albums to their own folders on the disc, and have them grouped together that way (and have one "folder" work as an album)?
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So, I have the single disc with random play. Trust me, their version of "random" is not worth having anyway. On an mp3 cd with 130 tunes, it "randomly" plays the same 35 over and over again in slightly different order each time. NOT what I would call random. You are better off creating your cd from a playlist in your mp3 manager, and having that software randomize the order of the playlist before you burn the disc. At least this way you will get to hear all of the tunes you put on there.
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I understand exactly what you're saying - make the JK's sorting work for you, using that method. Thanks very much - makes a lot of sense. Can I also burn albums to their own folders on the disc, and have them grouped together that way (and have one "folder" work as an album)?
Hope this helps you out!