How To View The Display; Playback; Searching For A Desired Song/Title - Alpine iDA-X305 Owner's Manual

How to View the Display

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1 Mode display
2 Song title/Episode title/Audiobook title
3 Artist title/Podcast title
4 Album title/Release date
5 Artwork screen
6 Elapsed time
7 Remaining time for playing
8 Calendar/Time
• When playback time reaches 100 minutes, "00'00" is displayed.

Playback

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Press SOURCE to switch to the iPod mode.
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Press or to select the desired song.
Return to the beginning of the current song:
Press .
Fast backward:
Press and hold .
Advance to the beginning of the next song:
Press .
Fast forward:
Press and hold .
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To pause playback, press
Pressing / again will resume playback.
• If a song is playing on the iPhone/iPod when it is connected to the
iDA-X305, it will continue playing after the connection.
• Podcasts or audiobooks may have several chapters. The chapters can
be changed by pressing
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-EN
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or .

Searching for a desired Song/Title

An iPhone/iPod can contain thousands of songs. The unit for this reason
can make various searches using the search function as shown below.
Using the Playlist/Artist/Album/Podcast/Audiobook/Genre/Composer/
Song search mode's individual hierarchy, you can narrow down your
search as shown in the table below.
Hierarchy 1 Hierarchy 2
Playlists Songs
Artists Albums
Albums Songs
Podcasts Episodes
Audiobooks —
Genres Artists
Composers Albums
Songs —
• You can select your preferred search mode. Refer to "iPhone/iPod
Search Mode Setting" (page 22).
• For example, if the selected artist has only one album, the song search
mode is selected immediately, skipping the album search mode.
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.
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Press /ENTER to activate the Menu Select mode.
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Rotate the Double Action encoder to select
"Artists", and then press
The artist search mode is activated and an artist name is
displayed.
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Rotate the Double Action encoder to select the
desired Artist, and then press
The album search mode is activated and an album name is
displayed.
Pressing and holding
play back all songs of the selected artist.
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Rotate the Double Action encoder to select an
album, and then press
The song search mode is activated and a song name is
displayed.
Pressing and holding
play back all songs of the selected album.
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Rotate the Double Action encoder to select a
song and press /ENTER.
The selected song is played back.
• While in the search mode, if you press and hold
seconds the search mode is canceled.
• In the search mode, pressing
• If the iPhone/iPod's name is selected in the Playlist search mode and
/ENTER is pressed, all songs in the iPhone/iPod are searchable.
If you press and hold /ENTER for at least 2 seconds, all songs in
the iPhone/iPod are played back beginning from the first song listed.
• "No Support" is displayed when text information is not compatible
with the iDA-X305.
• When a list is displayed, you can use the page skip, percent skip, or
alphabet skip function. For details, refer to "Page Skip Function/
Percent Skip Function/Alphabet Skip Function" (page 11).
• During the search mode, if you select All and press
can search for all titles in the next hierarchy. If you select All, and
press and hold /ENTER for at least 2 seconds, all titles in the
selected hierarchy are played back repeatedly.
Hierarchy 3 Hierarchy 4
— —
Songs —
— —
— —
— —
Albums Songs
Songs —
— —
/ENTER.
/ENTER.
/ENTER for at least 2 seconds will
/ENTER.
/ENTER for at least 2 seconds will
for at least 2
will return to the previous mode.
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