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What is the playback order for music contents when using the USB1 or USB2 port?

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• For smartphone, WALKMAN, USB flash drive:
  Folders and their contents are played alphabetically for letters, numerically for numbers, and in symbol order (based on UTF-8).
  
• For iPhone/iPod:
  Music is played in the order managed by iTunes.

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