Quick Search; Direct Search Function; Select Playlist/Artist/Album/Podcast/Genre/Composer - Alpine CDA-9883 Owner's Manual

Turn the Rotary encoder to select a song and
press / /ENT.
The selected song is played back.
• After pressing and holding
in each hierarchy (except SONG 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 canceled.
• In the search mode, pressing
mode.
• Search can not be made during M.I.X. play.
• "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.
• 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
seconds, 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 25.

Quick Search

You can search a song from all songs in the iPod without selecting an
album, artist, etc.
Press and hold /ESC for at least 2 seconds to
activate the Quick Search mode.
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 canceled.
• 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 25.
/ /ENT for at least 2 seconds while
/ESC for at least
/RTN will return to the previous
/ /ENT for at least 2
/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 the Playlist/Artist/Album/Song/Podcast/
Genre/Composer 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/Podcast/
Genre/Composer
Playlist/Artist/Album/Podcast/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 to select the desired Playlist/Artist/
Podcast/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
25
-EN