Alpine CDE-9873 - Manual (Page 19)

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Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired
Song, and then press
/ /ENT.
• After pressing and holding / /ENT for at least 2 seconds while
in each hierarchy (except SONG 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 2
seconds, or no operation is performed for 10 seconds, the search
mode is canceled.
• In the search mode, pressing /RTN will return to the previous
mode.
• Search cannot be made during M.I.X. play.
• “NO SONG” will be displayed if there are no songs 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.
• 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 18.
Quick Search
You can search a song from all songs in the iPod without selecting an
album, artist, etc.
1
Press and hold /ESC 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.
• Press and hold /ESC for at least 2 seconds in the search mode to
cancel. Or, the search mode is canceled if no operation is performed
for 10 seconds.
• If many songs are in the 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 18.
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 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 the 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/Podcast/
Genre/Composer
Playlist/Artist/Album/Podcast/Genre/Composer can be easily changed.
For example, if you listen to a song from a selected album, the album
can be changed.
Press 1 or 2 to select the desired Playlist/Artist/
Album/Podcast/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