Quick Search; Direct Search Function; Select Playlist/Artist/Album/Genre/Composer - Alpine CDA-9886R Owner’s Manual

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
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
2 seconds, or no operation is performed for 10 seconds, the search
mode is cancelled.
• In the search mode, pressing
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
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
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.
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-EN
/ENT for at least 2 seconds while in
/ESC for at least
/ESC will return to the previous
/ENT for at least 2 seconds,
/ESC for at least

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.
All 100 songs (100%)
0% 17%
Preset
1 2
buttons
First 17th
Songs
song 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.
33% 50% 67% 83%
3 4 5 6
33rd 50th 67th 83rd
song song song song