Quick search, Direct search function, Select playlist/artist/album/genre/ composer – Alpine CDA-105 User Manual

Page 27: Alphabet skip function, Select playlist/artist/album/genre, Composer

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Quick Search

You can search a song from all songs in the iPhone/iPod without
selecting an album, artist, etc.

1

Press and hold

/ENT for at least 2 seconds to

activate the Quick Search mode.

2

Turn the Rotary encoder to select a desired song.

The selected song is played back immediately.

While in the search mode, if you press

/ESC, or no operation is

performed for 10 seconds, the search mode is canceled.

If many songs are in iPhone/iPod, it takes time to search for songs.
If any one of the preset buttons (1 through 6) is pressed in the search

mode, a search can be made quickly by skipping to the specified
location. For details, refer to “Direct Search Function” on page 25
.

This function is inactive during repeat (

) playback.

Direct Search Function

The unit’s direct search function can be used to search for an album,
song, etc., more efficiently. In Playlist/Artist/Album/Song/Podcast/
Genre/Composer/Audiobook mode, you can quickly target any song.

In the search mode, press any one of the preset
buttons (1 through 6) to quickly skip over a
designated percent of your song content.

Song search example:
If there are 100 songs in your iPhone/iPod, they are divided into
6 groups using percentages (shown below). These groups are
assigned to preset buttons 1 through 6.

Example 1:
Suppose the song you are searching for is located at
around the middle (50%) of your library: press button 4 to
jump to the 50th song and turn the Rotary encoder to find
the desired song.

Example 2:
Suppose the song you are searching for is located near the
end (83%) of your library: press button 6 to jump to the 83rd
song and turn the Rotary encoder to find the desired song.

Select Playlist/Artist/Album/Genre/
Composer

Playlist/Artist/Album/Genre/Composer can be easily changed.
For example, if you listen to a song from a selected album, the album
can be changed.

Press

or

select the desired Playlist/Artist/Album/

Genre/Composer.

If the song search mode was used to select a song, this function is

inactive.

If an album is selected during an artist search, other albums by that

artist are searchable.

This function is inactive during shuffle (M.I.X.) playback.

Alphabet Skip Function

The initial skip function is skipped to the next number, symbol or letter
such as from A to B, B to C.
You can skip in reverse order such as B to A by pressing

.

During search mode, press

or

to perform the

Alphabet Skip Function.

A list is skipped to the next number, symbol or letter.

If the

or

is pressed and held, the display continuously changes.

All 100 songs (100%)

0%

17%

33%

50%

67%

83%

Preset

buttons

1

2

3

4

5

6

Songs

First

song

17th

song

33rd

song

50th

song

67th

song

83rd

song

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