Using The Usb Memory Banking Function; Playback; Searching For A Desired Song; Searching By Tag Information - Alpine CDE-134BT Owner's Manual

• If sound is not output or USB Memory is not recognized even when
USB Memory is connected, remove USB Memory once, and then
reconnect.
• After removing the USB Memory, close the cover of the USB Connection
Terminal to prevent dust or foreign objects from entering and causing a
malfunction.

Using the USB Memory Banking Function

What is a Bank?
A bank is a unit of up to 1,000 songs, which is stored in memory.
"BANKING" refers to the grouping of songs available in USB Memory, in
banks of 1,000 songs each. However, unless the following estimates are
followed, the total number of songs stored could be less.
Playlists: 20 (32 characters; 64 bytes)
Genres: 10 (32 characters; 64 bytes)
Composers: 30 (32 characters; 64 bytes)
Artists: 30 (32 characters; 64 bytes)
Albums: 100 (32 characters; 64 bytes)
Titles: 1,000 (32 characters; 64 bytes)
Folders: 100 (32 characters; 64 bytes)
Files: 1,000 (32 characters; 64 bytes)
File Paths: 1,000 (128 characters; 256 bytes)
About Banking
While a bank is being built up, "BANKING" is displayed. Banking occurs
whenever a USB Memory device is connected or after power to the
head unit turns on.
It can take anywhere from a few seconds to up to several minutes for
banking to complete. This depends on the number of files and folders
in USB Memory.
Available operations while Banking
Bank No.
Bank1
Bank2

Bank20

Playback

1
Press SOURCE to select the USB mode.
2
Press  or  to select the desired track (file).
Pressing and holding  or  will fast backward/fast
forward track continuously.
30
-EN
Song number
1~1,000
1,001~2,000

19,001~20,000
3
To pause playback, press .
Pressing  again will resume playback.
Notes
• Any file protected by DRM (Digital Rights Management) copy
protection, cannot be played back on this unit.
• The playback time may not be correctly displayed when a VBR
(Variable Bit Rate) recorded file is played back.
• If there is tag information, artist name/album name/track name is
displayed.
• If an MP3/WMA/AAC file contains ID3 tag/WMA tag information,
the ID3 tag/WMA tag information is displayed (e.g., song name, artist
name, and album name). All other tag data is ignored.
• "NO SUPPORT" is displayed when text information is not compatible
with this unit.
• Before disconnecting USB Memory, be sure to change to another source
or set to pause.
• Press VIEW to switch the display. For details, refer to "Displaying the
Text" on page 19.

Searching for a desired Song

Searching by Tag information

Hierarchy Hierarchy
1 2
*1
Bank Playlist
*1 *
Bank Artist
*1 *
Bank Album
*1
Bank Song
*1 *
Bank Genre
*1 *
Bank Composer
*1
Bank Folder
*1
Bank File
A maximum of 1,000 songs for one bank can be stored according to
the order stored in Flash Memory. However, song stored order in bank
may differ from the song order in the Flash Memory device in some
case.
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
Press ENTER to activate the search selection mode.
2
Turn the Rotary encoder to select a desired Bank, and
then press ENTER.
Hierarchy Hierarchy Hierarchy
3 4
Song —
*
Album Song
Song —
— —
* *
Artist Album Song
*
Album Song
File —
— —
*1
5
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