gigabeat and playlist issues

[sakichirocks]

I'm trying to create a playlist.  And I can't do it!  It's so frustrating!  In the manual, it says there should be playlist sub-menus and they just don't exist!  They are blank screens.  And it's just not working!  This is incredibly frustrating because I have so much music and sometimes I just want to listen to classical and not hard metal.  Please, help before I get a migraine.

Can someone please help me.  I need a walk-through or more detailed instructions on how to create a playlist on the gigabeat f40.  

*Is there a way to create lists using the computer and not the player?

*The only way I've been able to fix this problem is to create folders of my music but then if I want to listen to all of it on shuffle, then I can only listen to that one folder.

Thank you for reading this long note and please, please! if anyone has help, tell me.

[nls]

*Is there a way to create lists using the computer and not the player?

Yes, use any program that can create a m3u playlist.

To add music to a playlist in rockbox navigate to the file/folder you want to add and make a long press on the select button on it, a menu called the file menu should show up in it select playlist and then one of the various insert or queue options.

I do not understand  what you mean by "They are blank screens." so if the above doesn't work for you please describe what you are doing with more detail

[Deano]

It's not difficult to make a playlist on the player, at least I never had any trouble with going it. I suggest you refer to the manual for exact instructions. On my iPod it is a case of holding Select for a few seconds on a file in the file browser (of course, this is the same for the database too) and pressing Playlist and getting a set of various options. The ones you will need are Insert/Insert Next/Insert Last I would imagine.

Reading the manual would have told you this (I don't think I can express this well enough).

As for making an external playlist, I use Foobar2000 and drag and drop music from my players hard drive. Once done, I save as an .m3u8 to the ROOT of the drive and it will correctly save the paths. Once saved, you can move it to another folder as necessary.