iPod touch - how to disable shuffle when playing songs

On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 12:19:26 -0500, Howard Brazee wrote
(in article <8sdng3tsk6cgapv7vej9e37qvpnuq447p1 DeleteThis @4ax.com>):

> On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 11:43:49 -0500, TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft DeleteThis @mac.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Given that I couldn't find a newsgroup that centers on iPods I chose to
>> post
>> my question here.
>>
>> On my iPod touch when I select an album or playlist I cannot disable the
>> shuffle mode. What do I need to do to have the songs played in order?
>
> I have the opposite problem. I select "shuffle" from within iTunes,
> but the same songs show up on my iPod.
>
> Do you have "shuffle" turned off for those playlists? I didn't even
> know there was an option to change order of songs within an album.

According to the instruction manual the shuffle icon in the playlist should
change color to indicate whether or not it is on or off. In my case the color
doesn't change.

I've made a genius bar appointment to discuss the problem and will report the
results here.

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On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 13:05:27 -0500, TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft RemoveThis @mac.com>
wrote:

>According to the instruction manual the shuffle icon in the playlist should
>change color to indicate whether or not it is on or off. In my case the color
>doesn't change.
>
>I've made a genius bar appointment to discuss the problem and will report the
>results here.

I wouldn't be surprised if something is write-protected.
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On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 13:05:27 -0500, TaliesinSoft wrote (in article
<0001HW.C3312D17000719BDB019F94F.RemoveThis@news.supernews.com>):

> On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 12:19:26 -0500, Howard Brazee wrote (in article
> <8sdng3tsk6cgapv7vej9e37qvpnuq447p1.RemoveThis@4ax.com>):
>
>> On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 11:43:49 -0500, TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft.RemoveThis@mac.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Given that I couldn't find a newsgroup that centers on iPods I chose to
>>> post my question here.
>>>
>>> On my iPod touch when I select an album or playlist I cannot disable the
>>> shuffle mode. What do I need to do to have the songs played in order?
>>
>> I have the opposite problem. I select "shuffle" from within iTunes, but
>> the same songs show up on my iPod.
>>
>> Do you have "shuffle" turned off for those playlists? I didn't even know
>> there was an option to change order of songs within an album.
>
> According to the instruction manual the shuffle icon in the playlist
> should change color to indicate whether or not it is on or off. In my case
> the color doesn't change.
>
> I've made a genius bar appointment to discuss the problem and will report
> the results here.
>
>

it turns out that I misread the instructions! (shame, shame, shame) If I have
a playlist active and an album cover is being displayed, a tap on the screen
will bring up and additional control panel, and in that panel is the click
point which will turn on and off the shuffling.

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