Hi Evan, If you have ever used a playlist in windows to play a folder full of files, then the way the Book Sense handles the media folder is not unusual. This may because the Book Sense is actually using Windows mobile as its operating system.
If you open a folder of music with windows explorer and then press enter on one track, your computer will begin playing that file with winamp or wmp. Now, if you press the up and down arrows you will not do anything with respect to moving between files. If in winamp, you will change the volume. However, if you select all of the files in that folder using control A, and then press enter, the player will begin and you will be able to use the proper keys in your player to move between tracks in the list. This is the way the Book Sense does it. Try this: Open your folder of music Press the 7 key to select all files. Now, press play and you will be able to move between the tracks using the right and left arrows. If you choose to move by 5 tracks in the navigation selection list, then pressing the right arrow will move you by 5 tracks down the list and the left arrow will move you 5 tracks up the list. You could also open a folder of music and press the 7 key for 2 seconds or longer to save the playlist. Now you can use the menu to go to the select playlist function and go to the last playlist in the list and press the OK button on it. If the firmware is working correctly, the list of music or files should begin to play and you can then use the right and left arrows to move between tracks. I say "if" because I found that in the beta versions of the firmware, the playlists will not play so I went back to version 1.0. I hope that this is of some help in understanding the way the unit works. Rod ----- Original Message ----- From: EVAN REESE To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 10:36 AM Subject: [GW-Booksense] Question About Moving Among Tracks Hey Guys, I really do like the Book Sense a lot, but there's one thing that seems a bit illogical to me: When I'm in the Music folder, I can't move among tracks with the left and right arrows. I have to be *on* the Music folder, not *in* it. When I'm inside the Music folder, I can up and down arrow to hear the titles of tracks when I'm not playing one. But when I hit Play, the left and right arrows just ding at me. I thought the machine was malfunctioning at first, but when I called GW Micro, Mike told me that that is how it's supposed to work. (I've read most of the manual, but either that was not clearly stated, or--more likely--I missed it, thinking that it would work the way I think it should.) I can only use the left and right arrow keys to move among tracks when I'm sitting *on* the Music folder, but not when I'm inside it. However, when I'm inside the Music folder, the up and down arrows give the various movement options, One Track, "Five Tracks, and First and Last Track. So if the up and down arrows give the movement options, shouldn't the left and right arrows move through the tracks according to the spoken options while inside the Music folder? That seems only logical to me. Why give the movement options in a situation when the user can't use them? It seems more reasonable to assume that when you choose a movement option inside the Music folder, then the Book Sense should move among the songs by that option when you hit the left or right arrow key. What do you all think? Am I the oddball here, or is this something they should alter? I understand that for reading books, you may not want to skip around from book to book the way you might with songs. But maybe some people would, I don't know. For music, though, the current setup seems slightly strange to me. Is the way the Booksense works the same way other devices work, such as Streams or I-Pods? Or do they work more the way I think the Book Sense should? If they all work the way the Book Sense currently does, then I guess I'll get used to it, although I think it is counterintuitive, as well as less useful. Is this something that has already been discussed here? Apologies if this is old ground. I'm completely new to portable devices of this kind, as if you couldn't tell from the above. <smile> Thanks for any feedback. Evan
