Searching For A Desired Song; Searching By Artist Name; Direct Search Function - Alpine INA-W900E Owner's Manual

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To pause playback, touch [
Touching [ / ] again will resume playback.
• If a song is playing on the iPod when it is connected to the
INA-W900E, it will continue playing after the connection.
• An episode may have several chapters. The chapter can be changed
by pressing [ ] or [
• Display mode can be changed by touching [WIDE] when an iPod
compatible video or an iPhone is connected. For details, refer to
"Switching Display Modes" (page 58).
• If the artist, album or song name, created in iTunes, has too many
characters, songs may not be played back when connected to the
INA-W900E. Therefore, a maximum of 250 characters is
recommended. The maximum number of characters for the head unit
is 128 (128 byte).
• Some characters may not be correctly displayed.
• "NO SUPPORT" is displayed when text information is not
compatible with the INA-W900E.

Searching for a desired Song

An iPod/iPhone can contain hundreds of songs. By keeping these songs
organized in playlists, the INA-W900E can use these to ease song
searches.
Using the 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 —
• Video search mode depends on the iPod/iPhone. If the specification
of the iPod/iPhone is changed, the search mode on this unit will also
be changed.
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
Touch [ ].
The search mode is activated, and the search list screen
appears.
• Touching [ ] for at least 2 seconds will return to last search mode.
2
Touch [ ] of MUSIC.
• When an iPod compatible video is connected. VIDEOS mode can
also be selected to playback video files stored in iPod/iPhone. If
VIDEOS mode is selected, the Video Playlists/Movies/Music Videos/
TV Shows/Video Podcasts/Rentals search mode may be used
depending on the connected iPod/iPhone.
3
Touch [ ] of ARTISTS.
The Artists search screen is displayed.
4
Select the desired artist.
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Hierarchy 3 Hierarchy 4
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Songs —
— —
— —
— —
Albums* Songs
Songs —
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To play back the artist directly
1 Touch [ ] next to the artist's name.
All songs of the selected artist are played back.
To search for the album of an artist
1 Touch [ ] of the selected artist.
The Albums search screen of the selected artist is
displayed.
2 Touch [ ] next to the desired album's name.
All songs of the selected album are played back.
To search for a song in the album of an artist
1 Touch [ ] of the desired album in "To search for the
album of an artist" in step 2.
The Songs search screen of the selected album is
displayed.
2 Touch [ ] next to the desired song's name.
The selected song is played back.
• Touching [ ] of ALL will play back all songs in the list when you are
in a hierarchy with an asterisk "*" (see table on left).
• Touching [ ] of ALL will display the search list in the next
hierarchy.
• Titles are listed alphabetically, and can be skipped every 200 titles
with the same beginning with alphabetical character. If there are
fewer than 200 titles, titles beginning with the next alphabetical
character are selected. e.g. press ALPHABET [ ], switch to the
section beginning with alphabet B from A.
(Only applicable to English alphabetic characters.)
• In search mode, you can jump to an assigned position by touching the
direct search bar for quick search. For details, refer to "Direct
Search Function" (page 84).
• When search is made during M.I.X. play, the M.I.X. play mode will be
cancelled.

Direct Search Function

The unit's direct search function can be used to search for an album,
song, etc., more efficiently. In PLAYLISTS/ARTISTS/ALBUMS/
SONGS/PODCASTS/GENRES/COMPOSERS/AUDIOBOOKS mode,
you can quickly target any song.
Example of ALBUM search screen
Direct search bar.
Scroll the list one page at a time by touching [ ] or [
Scroll the list one line at a time by touching [ ] or [ ].
In search mode, touch anywhere on the direct search
bar, or touch and drag [ ] to the desired place.
The active point moves to the specified place, and the search list
will be changed according to the selected song position.
<SONG search example>
If there are 100 songs in your iPod, all the songs are allocated in the
direct search bar.
Suppose the song you are searching for is located at around the 50th
song of your library: touch around the middle (50%) of the direct
search bar to jump to the song you desire.
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