Playback; Searching For A Music File; Quick Search Mode; Full Search Mode - Alpine ILX-F903T6R Manual

Playback

1
Press the (MENU) button and select iPod mode.
The display shows the iPod mode screen.
• You can select and change the source in the Favourite screen
(page 19).
2
Touch [ ] or [ ] or to select the desired track (file).
Returning to the beginning of the current (or previous) track (file):
Touch [ ].
Fast reverse the current track :
Touch and hold [ ].
Advancing to the beginning of the next track (file) :
Touch [ ].
Fast forward the current track :
Touch and hold [ ].
• The , buttons provide the same functions above.
3
To pause playback, touch [
• If a song is playing on the iPod/iPhone before it is connected to the unit,
it will continue playing when it is connected.
• An episode may have several chapters. The chapter can be changed by
touching [ ] 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 unit.
Therefore, a maximum of 64 characters is recommended. The
maximum number of characters for the unit is 64.
• Some characters may not be correctly displayed.

Searching for a Music File

An iPod/iPhone can contain thousands of songs. For this reason, this
unit can make various searches using the search function as shown
below.
Using the Playlist/Artist/Album/Podcast/Audiobook/Genre/Composer/
Song/iTunes Radio 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 —
iTunes Radio —
/ ].
Hierarchy 3 Hierarchy 4
— —
Songs —
— —
— —
— —
Albums Songs
Songs —
— —
— —

Quick Search Mode

In Quick Search mode, the list from the previous search mode is
displayed. For example, if the last time you searched for songs was is in
Albums, the Album list is displayed. If you have not used the search
mode, the list is not displayed in the Quick Search mode. In this case, go
to the Full Search mode.
In Quick Search mode, touch the desired list (for example,
Album list).
The selected Album is played.
• To switch into Quick Search mode, see
example" (page 56).
• To search within an Album, go to the Full Search mode.

Full Search Mode

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.
1
Touch [Artists] in the Full Search mode screen.
The Artists search screen is displayed.
• To switch into Full Search mode, see
screen example" (page 56).
2
Select the desired artist.
To play back the Artist directly
1 Touch [ ] of the artist's name.
All songs of the selected artist are played back.
To search for the Album of the Artist
1 Touch the selected artist name.
The Albums search screen of the selected artist is displayed.
2 Touch [ ] of the desired album's name.
All songs of the selected album are played back.
To search for a Song in the Album of the Artist
1 Touch the desired artist's name.
All albums of the selected artist are displayed.
3
Touch the desired album's name.
All songs of the selected album are displayed.
4
Touch the desired song's name.
The selected song is played back.
• An alphabet skip function is available. See "Alphabet Search Function"
(page 58).
• To switch the displayed list or return to the previous page in the Full
Search mode, see "About Basic Operation for List Screen" (page 14).
in "iPod/iPhone main screen
in "Quick Search mode
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