Hello. My guess is that you either previously had files of the same name in that directory, or you inadvertently played the first portion of those files while skimming through to make sure all was there. -Brian On Mar 18, 5:04pm, "Karl Smith" wrote: } Subject: [bookport] MP3 files not starting at the beginning } Hi folks, } } I have a number of MP3 files which make up a music program which I will be } performing in soon. I notice that when I play these files with auto file } advance on the Book Port moves to the next file in order but sometimes it } doesn't start at the beginning of the file. I have to move back to the } start of the file manually. I also noticed this while reading a book I } copied from a CD. Does anyone have any ideas what is happening? One thing } which may or may not make a difference is that I didn't use the transfer } tool for these files. Thanks. } } Karl } } } } ____________________ } } Karl Smith } Access Technology Specialist } Axis } 4304 South El Camino St. } Taylorsville, Utah 84119 } } Phone: 866-824-7885 } Fax: 866-824-7885 } E-mail: karl@xxxxxxxxxxxx } } No one will ever go broke underestimating the intelligence of the human } race. } } - H. L. Menkin } } >-- End of excerpt from "Karl Smith"