Quick search, Direct search function, Select playlist/artist/album/genre/ composer – Alpine CDA-9886R User Manual

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4

Turn the Rotary encoder to select an album, and
then press

/ENT.

5

Turn the Rotary encoder to select a song and
press

/ENT.

The selected song is played back.

After pressing and holding

/ENT for at least 2 seconds while in

each hierarchy (except Song and Audiobook hierarchy), all songs of
the selected hierarchy are played back.

After selecting [ALL] in the search mode with “*”, press and hold

/ENT for at least 2 seconds to play back all songs in the iPod or

selected search mode.

While in the search mode, if you press and hold

/ESC for at least

2 seconds, or no operation is performed for 10 seconds, the search
mode is cancelled.

In the search mode, pressing

/ESC will return to the previous

mode.

When search is made during M.I.X. play, the M.I.X. play mode will be

cancelled.

“NO SONG” will be displayed if there is no song in the selected

playlist in the playlist search mode.

“No Podcast” will be displayed if there is no podcast data in the iPod

in the PODCAST search mode.

“No Audiobook” will be displayed if there is no audiobook data in

the iPod in AUDIOBOOK search mode.

If “iPod name” stored in the iPod is selected in the desired playlist

search mode and

/ENT is pressed, you can search for all songs in

the iPod. Also, if you press and hold

/ENT for at least 2 seconds,

all songs in the iPod are played back.

Depending on the iPod, podcast search is not supported.
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 26
.

Quick Search

You can search a song from all songs in the 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 and hold

/ESC for at least

2 seconds, or no operation is performed for 10 seconds, the search
mode is cancelled.

If many songs are in 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 26
.

This function is inactive during repeat (RPT) 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 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.

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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