Alphabetical How can I get my Coby MP815 to play songs in the order I want, and not it alphabetical order?

Make you a play list on your computer, the songs must be in the order that you want them to play. Plug your mp3 player into your computer. Go to start select my computer, a window should open with a list of contents and on the left the list of other start file will be visible. on the main page scroll down till you see your mp3 player witch is plugged into the usb select it. Once it has opened the device, click on start once again, this time you want to select music if that is where you saved your play list to. Drag the file that contains your play list on to the icon that you want it on your device. Be sure to title the file so you can identify it. If it works your play list will come up as you want it. I hope it works for you. good luck

I have the same player. I had to spend a few hours, but here is how I do it. There are probably other ways. First I had to rename all the mp3 files with a three digit prefix, ie 001, 002, 010,011, etc. Then I play the folder with the browser feature in music. Changing folders for me is a bit of a choir, though. I have found if I stop the mp3. Push the M button, go to library>Artists or Albums, start another song from another folder for a couple of seconds, stop the song, and push the M button again I can go back to the browser and choose what I want to play in the correct order. I also noticed in my research a lot of people were taking them back, but l they seem like they are pretty solid for the price.

your media player only supports the following formats: MP3, WMA, OGG. Make sure the songs you uploaded are compatable formats.

while a song is playing press the "option" button on the lower right hand side. You should see a small menu pop up and the top selection says "Repeat Mode" select this and you can select Random in the following menu

As far I know,Coby MP815 Video Format Support:MPG, VOB, MP4, AVI, FLV, WMV. Audio Format Support MP3, WMA, OGG .Resolution: 240 x 400.
If not the right format or resolution.This enolsoft converter can help you.It's best covnerter for Coby and more portable devices.

I don't know your mp3 player specifically, but it's a common issue with the cheaper players that they only display music in alphabetical order of the filename; and to make matters worse, the filename used is the "8.3 filename" (see wikipedia) rather than the long filename.

To establish if this is the case with your player, get a small selection of tracks and name them 001, 002, etc. (preserve the extension, whatever it is), copy them to the player and see if they play in the order of the numbers.

If you find that this technique works to allow you to control the order of play, you will want a more convenient way to manage a larger number of songs. I suggest using a free program called "MRename" by rajko (google for "rajko mrename"). Install this program.

1. To simplify things, copy the songs you want to a special folder for the purpose, because you're going to mess with the filenames.

2. Select all the songs, right click, and choose "MRename --recursion:OFF".

3. Use a select mask of *1 which will select all of them.

4. Use a rename mask of \N301.mp3 (replace 'mp3' if appropriate). This creates names of "N"umbers, "3" digits, with leading "0"s, starting from "1", and adds ".mp3" at the end as a literal.

5. At this point, you can actually move your tracks around in the renaming program... this is where you choose your play order! When you're happy, click "rename all" and it will be done.

6. Copy the tracks to the player, ensuring that they're the only ones on there, and they should play in the order you wanted.

As i kown,your copy mp815 player can play videos' format is AVI,so you need to convert the videos to AVi first,that will be easy to be done with an AVI video converter.You can have a look at this one which I have used for long.http://www.leawo.com/video-converter/free-aviconverter.html

Hello,

Assuming the player is charged. (For charging always connect directly to the computer, not through a reader or hub).
When buttons on the player do not react, reset the player:
Disconnect the player from the computer.
See that the HOLD button is not engaged.
Gently push the RESET button on the rear side: use a narrow pointed
object, like a paperclip.

Did synchronization of the songs in Windows Media Player fail ?
For transferring songs, check in Windows Media Player:
1. The player is detected in Windows Media Player 10 or higher.
2. Setup the Library / Add to Library: add the location of songs you want to transfer in the library.
3. Create Playlist; give the list a name and put songs in a playlist
4. Sync Playlist: transfer the list of songs onto the player and wait for the message until you're allowed to disconnect.

Here Is A Copy Of The Manual Online

http://www.cobyusa.com/files/manuals/MP815_MN.pdf

Hello,
For using video on the MP815, use Coby Media Manager for conversion and transfer onto the player.
Coby Media Manager can be installed from the CD that came with the
player.
When not having the CD: get a download of the manager from next page, matching the computer's Operating System (Windows or MAC):
http://www.cobyusa.com/?p=fix_mp822


In Coby Media Manager, in the page top select Tools > Device Manager..
Select the MP815 from the Devices list (click on MP815)
Add >> (MP815 as Favorite device)
OK
Next to the Tools selection, there's a Help menu for how to use the Manager.