Zen V Plus - Track Playing Order Prob

When? I rip a CD, put it on my Zen V Plus, then play the album, I can move through successi've tracks by moving the joystick to the right, so Track , Track 2, Track 3, etc.....
However, I've just tried ripping the audio from a music DVD, which involved manually setting the track numbers in MediaMonkey. Once on the Zen they play fine, but right joystick moves between seemingly arbitrary tracks, so Track , Track 5, Track 6, Track 3, Track 2, etc..... Any ideas why it's not behaving as expected? Is it using something other than the track number tag to determine the order?
Thanks
Stompa

bzjens wrote:
laflaone,I cannot find Iraqman's posting. I have tried searching for it with no luck...Could you please guide me (or post the link)?Many thanks
I think he means this one:
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=dap&message.id=69098

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