Playback; Searching For A Desired Song; Searching By Artist Name - Alpine iXA-W404 Owner's Manual

Playback

1
Press SOURCE to activate mode switching
screen.
2
Slide the display horizontally with your finger to
select Audio/Visual mode.
Each time you slide the display, the mode switches
circularly in the following order :
Audio/Visual Navigation
Multi Info Audio/Visual
3
Slide the display vertically with your finger, or press
SOURCE repeatedly to select iPod source.
4
Press /ENTER.
The iPod source is activated and the display changes to the
iPod main screen.
5
Touch [ ] or [
Return to the beginning of the current song:
Touch [ ].
Fast backward the current song:
Touch and hold [ ].
Advance to the beginning of the next song:
Touch [ ].
Fast forward the current song:
Touch and hold [ ].
6
To pause playback, touch [
Touching [ / ] again will resume playback.
• If a song is playing on the iPhone/iPod when it is connected to the
iXA-W404, it will continue playing after the connection.
• If you listen to an episode from a selected podcast or audiobook, the
episode can be changed by touching Episode [
• An episode may have several chapters. The chapter can be changed
by pressing [ ] or [
• If the artist, album or song name, created in iTunes, has too many
characters, songs may not be played back when connected to the
iXA-W404. Therefore, a maximum of 250 characters is
recommended. The maximum number of characters for the head unit
is 128 (128 byte).
• Some characters may not be correctly displayed.
• "NO SUPPORT" is displayed when text information is not
compatible with the iXA-W404.
Camera Telephone
] to select the desired song.
/ ].
] or [ ].
].

Searching for a desired Song

An iPhone/iPod can contain hundreds of songs. By keeping these songs
organized in playlists, the iXA-W404 can use these to ease song
searches.
Using the search mode's individual hierarchy, you can narrow down
your search as shown in the table below.
<MUSIC Search Menu>
Hierarchy 1 Hierarchy 2
Playlists Songs
Artists* Albums*
Albums* Songs
Songs —
Podcasts Episodes
Genres* Artists*
Composers* Albums*
Audiobooks —
• You can select your preferred search mode. Refer to "iPod Search
Mode Setting" (page 18).
• Video search mode depends on the iPhone/iPod. If the specification
of the iPhone/iPod is changed, the search mode on this unit will also
be changed.
For example: Searching by Artist name
The following example explains how an Artists search is performed.
Another search mode can be used for the same operation, although the
hierarchy differs.

Searching by artist name

1
Touch [ ].
The search mode is activated, and the search list screen
appears.
• Touching [ ] for at least 2 seconds will return to last search mode.
2
Touch [Music].
The Music search menu screen is displayed.
• If Video mode is selected, the Video playlists/Movies/Music Videos/
TV Shows/Video Podcasts search mode may be used depending on
the connected iPhone/iPod. (only for iPhone or iPod compatible
video)
3
Touch the title of Artists.
The Artists search screen is displayed.
4
Select the desired artist.
Hierarchy 3 Hierarchy 4
— —
Songs —
— —
— —
— —
Albums* Songs
Songs —
— —
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