Looks like i was right, unfortunately...
here was the reponse from Gateway :
"Hello Austin,
Thank you for using Gateway's Online E-mail Support. From your e-mail, I understand that when you try to play the music files stored on the Gateway DMP-X20 20 GB Digital Jukebox Player, the jukebox player plays the tracks in alphabetical order. Also, I understand that the player does not plays the tracks in the order the tracks are present on CD, unless you make a playlist of the album.
Austin, the Gateway DMP-X20 20 GB Digital Jukebox Player requires playlist to be created if you want the tracks to be played in particular order. You need to create playlist for all the tracks, that needs to be played in some order; as, the player is configured to play tracks in alphabetical order by default."
And here was what LawyerLong just wrote me ...
"...I have only used it by playlist which lists the songs
and plays the songs in the proper order - when I do it
the way you are asking the tracks do seem to be in
alphabetical order..."
ARRRG!
I may return it now... My other players (Nomad Jukebox 3, iPod, Nitrus) all play albums in the correct order without having to mess with playlists. I'm not going to make a playlist for each of hundreds of CD's. All the information a player needs to play them in the right order is allready included in the ID3 tag data! Bad Gateway :(
Austin
