[Frank_Zuccarini]

Hi all.

While driving, I listen to music from USB Flash Drive. I have a couple thousand of titles on the drive, and I know how to search for the title, or album, or folder that I want. And I know of the existence of the 'Shuffle' icon. My question is, can I instruct the car to randomly shuffle and play titles from EVERY folder and file and album on the drive? If so, kindly explain to me how.

Thanks.................... Frank

[G22b58]

Yes, someone here came with the solution: Select Titles, play and activate shuffle.

[Frank_Zuccarini]

Thank you, I will try that....................... Frank

[Frank_Zuccarini]

That worked!! Thanks much............... Frank

[sjb993]

I assume the shuffle feature in ID7 is the same whether it’s playing from a USB drive or Spotify. If that’s true, does anyone know if there’s a limit to the number of tracks the shuffle feature can handle? I have a 12+ hour Spotify playlist of favourite tracks from my decades of listening to music, and when I play it with “shuffle” on, it does seem to play some of the tracks more frequently than others each time I start playing the playlist. I am wondering whether it can shuffle very large track counts.

[G22b58]

I don't have that many, but to get a new "shuffled" list I deactivate shuffle and activate it again. Until I do, it's the same shuffled list if it restarts.

[sjb993]

Thanks for your response.

If I toggle the shuffle checkbox on and off it doesn't change the order of the songs displayed in the list.

[sjb993]

I found the answer on the Spotify website........

Unfortunately, in large playlists (over 150 songs), the shuffle option prioritizes the songs that Spotify perceives you enjoy the most; this is why you might notice that some songs are repeated while listening on shuffle.

[G22b58]

OK (so they think 150 is a long list). Also if a song is "repeated", it sounds like the function isn't Shuffle but Random!?
I play from USB (iDrive 7 ver 7/2021) which behaves like this:
Shuffle On (shuffled list 1) -> Off (default order) -> ON (shuffled list 2)
shuffled list 2 is different from shuffled list 1 (except the song that is playing).

[sjb993]

I just tried with my USB drive music, and it does behave like you said - toggling the shuffle checkbox does produce new track lists.

It's a pity Spotify doesn't do the same. It's not actually random though, it repeats tracks it "thinks" you like. So the more it repeats a track, the more you'll hear it. Crazy!