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A custom playlist to be played by a digital audio/visual actuator device may be easily created and modified through use of an effective human interface on an external device, such as a personal computer. Tracks, easily identifiable by their track index identifier and the TOC of the digital storage d

A custom playlist to be played by a digital audio/visual actuator device may be easily created and modified through use of an effective human interface on an external device, such as a personal computer. Tracks, easily identifiable by their track index identifier and the TOC of the digital storage device on which they are stored, are selected by the user or by an automated method and added to a playlist file. Once the playlist is created, the playlist file is stored to non-volatile memory of the digital audio/visual actuator device. The playlist may then be easily modified if so desired by performing such functions as adding tracks, deleting tracks, and rearranging tracks of the playlist through the interface of the external device. The playlist may be played by the digital audio/visual actuator device at any time after it has been created and the digital audio/visual actuator device may be controlled by a remote control unit to actuate the playlist if so desired.

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1. A method for generating a custom playlist in a non-volatile memory of a digital audio/visual actuator device, said playlist suitable to be played by the digital audio/visual actuator device, comprising the steps of:creating the custom playlist on an external device with a graphical user interface

1. A method for generating a custom playlist in a non-volatile memory of a digital audio/visual actuator device, said playlist suitable to be played by the digital audio/visual actuator device, comprising the steps of:creating the custom playlist on an external device with a graphical user interface; transferring the custom playlist to the digital audio/visual actuator device by downloading a playlist file that contains the custom playlist from the external device to the digital audio/visual actuator device over a communications link between the external device and the digital audio/visual actuator device; and saving the custom playlist in said non-volatile memory of the digital audio/visual actuator device.