I agree w/that he means as you say but on the other hand creating just one playlist with evrything in it & setting as random isn't all that involved & needs only be done once:)
No it doesn't allow for on-the-fly decision but once done it would randomnize every song on the HDD'(s).
I also agree that like a CD player's randomize all discs function, it would seem as well the Empeg could accomplish this. I sometimes experience the 'wish I could do this now, instead of waiting 'til I'm connected to a PC' to change something. Most of the time I'm playing my 'New' or 'Favorites' playlists anyway (which is randomized) & seldom any of my 'genre','moods', 'decade' or artist specific playlists.
Wait a minute if you just selected top playlist and shuffled isn't that the same thing?