Direct Search Function; Select Playlist/Artist/Album/Genre/Composer/Episode; Alphabet Search Function - Alpine CDE-134BT Owner's Manual

Hierarchy 1 Hierarchy 2
Playlist Song
* *
Artist Album
*
Album Song
Song —
Podcast Episode
* *
Genre Artist
* *
Composer Album
Audiobook —
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 ENTER to activate the search selection mode.
The "" indicator lights up.
2
Turn the Rotary encoder to select the ARTIST search
mode, and then press ENTER.
PLAYLIST  ARTIST  ALBUM  SONG  PODCAST  GENRE
 COMPOSER  AUDIOBOOK  PLAYLIST
3
Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired Artist, and
then press ENTER.
4
Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired Album, and
then press ENTER.
5
Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired Song, and
then press ENTER.
Notes
• This function is unavailable when iPod is selected in "Setting the iPod
Control" (refer to "Setting the iPod Control" on page 33).
• After pressing and holding ENTER for at least 2 seconds while in
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
ENTER for at least 2 seconds to play back all songs in the iPod/
iPhone or selected search mode.
• While in the search mode, if you press and hold  for 2 seconds, or no
operation is performed for 60 seconds, the search mode is cancelled.
• In the search mode, pressing  will return to the previous 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 are no songs in the selected
playlist in the PLAYLIST search mode.
• "NO PODCAST" will be displayed if there is no podcast data in the
iPod/iPhone in the PODCAST search mode.
• "NOAUDIOBOK" will be displayed if there is no audiobook data in the
iPod/iPhone in AUDIOBOOK search mode.
• If "iPod name" stored in the iPod/iPhone is selected in the desired
Playlist search mode, and ENTER is pressed, you can search for all
songs in the iPod/iPhone. Also, if you press and hold ENTER for at
least 2 seconds, all songs in the iPod/iPhone are played back.
• Depending on the iPod/iPhone, 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 34.
• During search mode, a search can be made quickly by Alphabet search
function to find the desired artist or song, etc. For details, refer to
"Alphabet Search Function" on page 34.
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Hierarchy 3 Hierarchy 4
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Song —
— —
— —
— —
*
Album Song
Song —
— —

Direct Search Function

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/iPhone, 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.
0% 17%
Preset
1 2
buttons
1st 17th
Songs
song song
Note
• This function is inactive during Alphabet Search mode.
Select Playlist/Artist/Album/Genre/
Composer/Episode
Press  or  to select the desired Playlist/Artist/Album/
Genre/Composer/Episode.
Notes
• 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.

Alphabet Search Function

1
During search mode, press  or  to activate Alphabet
Search function.
2
Turn the Rotary encoder or press  or  to select the
desired initial letter (e.g. select "M"), and then press
ENTER.
A list which begins with the selected initial letter is searched.
All 100 songs (100%)
33% 50% 67%
3 4 5
33rd 50th 67th
song song song
83%
6
83rd
song