How do you shuffle within a selected playlist?

Question

That's all I need to know. We're trying to manage 2 iPods from one Itunes account on one laptop and my wife hates most of my music. This makes her shuffle of all songs not very good.

Answer 1

wpp764s wrote:
That section only discusses how to shuffle within entire playlist and by albums, which I already know. *I'm trying to figure out how to shuffle within a selected playlist. It isn't discussed within the manual.*
Have you tried doing the following in your *selected playlist?*
*Setting iPod nano to Shuffle Songs*
You can set iPod nano to play songs, albums, or your entire library in random order.
+To set iPod nano to shuffle and play all your songs:+
Choose Shuffle Songs from the iPod nano main menu.
iPod nano begins playing songs from your entire music library in random order,
skipping audiobooks and podcasts.
+To set iPod nano to always shuffle songs or albums:+
1 Choose Settings from the iPod nano main menu.
2 Set Shuffle to either Songs or Albums.
When you set iPod nano to shuffle songs, iPod nano shuffles songs within whatever list
(for example, album or playlist) you choose to play.
When you set iPod nano to shuffle albums, it plays all the songs on an album in order,
and then randomly selects another album and plays through it in order.
You can also set iPod nano to shuffle songs directly from the Now Playing screen.
+To set iPod nano to shuffle songs from the Now Playing screen:+
1 From the Now Playing screen, press the Center button until the shuffle slider appears.
2 Use the Click Wheel to set iPod nano to shuffle songs or albums.
You can skip ahead to a random song by shaking iPod nano.
+To shuffle songs while a song is playing or paused:+
Shake iPod nano from side to side. A new song starts to play.