A method for reproducing media items using a first entertainment device,
the first entertainment device being operable to communicate with a
portable entertainment device via a wireless communication link, and the
first entertainment device comprising media reproduction means operable
to reproduce one or more media items stored on a removable storage medium
comprises: reproducing a first media item using the media reproduction
means, the first media item being stored on a first removable storage
medium; generating, using a user interface associated with the portable
entertainment device, a media list of one or more media items for
reproduction by the first entertainment device; collating the media list
at the first entertainment device, whilst the first media item is being
reproduced by the media reproduction means; designating, at the first
entertainment device, a second media item as the next media item to be
reproduced by the media reproduction means after completion of the
reproduction of the first media item, the second media item being
selected from the media list collated at the first entertainment device;
and detecting, whilst the first media item is being reproduced by the
media reproduction means, whether the second media item is stored on the
first removable storage medium, and, if the second media item is detected
as not being stored on the first removable storage medium, storing media
data relating to the first media item to a local storage medium, so that
the first media item may be reproduced in dependence upon the media data
stored in the local storage medium to allow the first removable storage
medium to be exchanged with a second removable storage medium associated
with the second media item whilst the first media item is being
reproduced by the media reproduction means.