Zen Micro random play

...it ain't that random really is it! I quite often get tracks from the same artist playing consecuti'vely, and occasionally the same tracks pretty close to each other.
Any chance we could have a little more random in the next firmware release please?

One workaround for this is to create a playlist and use Notmad's randomise feature to mix it up a little.
Unfortunately the players haven't been that random as far back as the Nomad Jukebox , so I wouldn't hold your breath for an update on this...

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!Zen MX 'random play all' problemso Hello, 2 newbies here, Maz (who is typing)?and mum Wendy (whose player is having problems).
I have a Zen in an older version and I've never had many problems but my mum recently got a 6gb?Zen MX (version .00.09)?and although it was working fine before recently after an update that seemed to go wrong (I wasn't there an mum?is?unclear what exactly went wrong but we have had a major virus problem)?the 'random play all' mode has become messed up somehow. It will only play one track at a time then stops and has to be prompted to continue every time. Apparently it also randomly halfway through tracks will sometimes change the speed of play but I have not heard this so I'm not exactly sure whether this is a separate problem or already resolved.
So far we have tried using the reset button and that had no effect. Then we tried restoring the default settings and reprogramming the programmeable button to random play all and the issue reoccurs. We have also checked and 'play mode' is on shuffle as I thought it should be.
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Hello,
I have a few questions about getting my Zen Micro to play in the 'Creative Source Organizer' that I installed with the software CD that came with it.
It playes fine in the 'Media Explorer', in which I use to upload and delete songs from my player, but it won't play at all in the 'Organizer'. The files show up, and the songs show they are playing, but no music comes from the speakers. I would rather use the organizer to play songs from my Zen Micro, and not the 'Media Explorer'. Is there anything I can do to get this to work? Every other file I try, be it a CD or MP3 from my hard dri've, works fine.
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I think the biggest thing with this mp3 player you need is patience. I think everyone's had something go wrong, and few have had it work flawlessly on the first time. That said;
What is the deal with the DJ- Random Play all function. My micro seems to switch between Guster and Dave Matthews Band and then barley sample other songs (granted they're both amazing ). So my question is in two parts. How does random work? Is it by indvidual file, or by album or Artist. Also, I'd love to, for my own amusment, to see the algorithm that the micro uses to choose a "random" track.
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