Playlist/Genres e

Hi,
Just got a Zen Xtra and I am trying to reduce the number of playlists. Is it possible to change the titles of the default Genre/Artist/Album lists without losing associated music files? What I would like to do is create my own such as "Artists A thru D" and can't seem to figure out how. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Matt

I believe you can check Genres collecti'vely in MediaSource by selecting the relevant albums in MediaSource, then going to their collecti've properties. Beware though that any changes you make on the player won't be saved when you copy the files back to the PC.

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