Alpine CDA-9887 CD Player User Manual


 
Searching
for
a
desired
Song
An iPod can contain hundreds
of
songs.
By
using file tag information
and keeping these songs organized in playlists, this unit's search
functions will ease song searches.
Each music category has its own individual hierarchy. Use the Playlist!
Artist!Album/SonglPodcast/Genre/Composer search mode to narrow
searches based on the table
below~
Hierarchy 1 Hierarchy 2
Hierarchy 3 Hierarchy4
Playlist Song
-
-
Artist*
Album*
Song
-
Album*
Song
-
-
Song
- -
-
Podcast
Episode
-
-
Genre* Artist* Album*
Song
Composer* Album* Song
-
For example: Searching by Artist name
The following example explains how
an
ARTIST search
is
performed. Another search mode can be used for the same
operation, although the hierarchy differs.
1 Press
C\
lEse
to activate the search selection mode.
2 Turn the
Rotary
encoder
to selectthe Artist search
mode, and then press
~/II/ENT.
Playlist H Artist H Album H Song H Podcast H Genre
H Composer H Playlist
3 Turn the
Rotary
encoder
to select the desired
Artist, and then press
~/II/ENT.
4 Turn the
Rotary
encoder
to select an album, and
then press
~/II/ENT.
5 Turn the
Rotary
encoder
to select a song and
press
~
III
lENT.
The selected song
is
played back.
Afterpressing andholding
~
III
lENT
for
at least 2 seconds while
in
each hierarchy (except SONG hierarchy), all songs
of
the selected
hierarchy are played back.
Afterselecting [ALL]
in
the search mode with
"*",
press and hold
~/IIIENT
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 andhold
C\
lEse
for
at least
2 seconds, orno operation is performed
for
10 seconds, the search
mode is canceled.
In the search mode, pressing
~/RTN
will return
to
the previous
mode.
Search cannotbe made during M.I.X. play.
"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 podcastdata in the
iPod
in
the PODCAST search mode.
If
"iPod name" stored
in
the iPod is selected
in
the desired playlist
search mode and
~
III
lENT
is pressed, you can searchforallsongs
in
the
iPod.
Also,
if
you press and hold
~
III
lENT
for
at least 2
seconds, all songs in the iPod are playedback.
Depending on the
iPod,
podcast search is not supported.
If
anyone
of
thepresetbuttons
(1
through 6) is pressedin the search
mode, a search can be made quickly by skipping
to
the specified
location. For details, refer
to
"Direct Search Function" on page 30.
30-EN
Quick
Search
You
can search a song from all songs in the iPod without selecting an
album, artist, etc.
1 Press and hold
C\
lESe
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
C\/ESC
for
at least
2 seconds, orno operation is performed
for
10 seconds, the search
mode is canceled.
If
many songs are
in
iPod,
it takes time
to
search
for
songs.
If
anyone
of
thepresetbuttons
(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 30.
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/SonglPodcast!
Genre/Composer mode, you can quickly target any song.
In
the search mode, press
anyone
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.
All 100
songs
(100%)
O°/c,
17°/c,
33°/c,
50%
67°/c,
83%
Preset
1
2 3 4
5
6
buttons
Songs
First 17th
33rd 50th 67th 83rd
song song
song
song
song
song