Calling Up The Main Menu For Usb Mode; Searching For A Track - Porsche PCM3.1 Operating Manual

Calling up the main menu for USB mode

û Press the n button repeatedly until the
" USB " audio source is highlighted in the bot-
tom line.

The " USB " mode is only displayed if a corre-
sponding device is connected to the inter-
face.
 The first time USB mode is activated, the au-
dio files in the USB memory are loaded. The
menu cannot be used and the menu items are
greyed out during this process. Playback be-
gins as soon as the first tracks are found on
the USB device.

Searching for a track

You can search for specific tracks on your USB de-
vice. The following options are available to you for
this:
– search for tracks using categories
(" Find music "),
– search for similar tracks to the track currently
playing using categories
Play more from
(" ")
and
– search for tracks using a " Full text search
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The music search only works if metadata for
the tracks (ID3 tags) is available.
A database is created in the PCM for the mu-
sic search. This can take a few minutes.
The tracks from a music search are compiled in a
playlist named " Tracks from music search
the " Track list " menu item.
Searching for tracks by category
You can compile the tracks you want using the fol-
lowing categories:
– Artist
Displays a list of all artists. If you select an art-
ist from the list, the number of tracks available
for the subsequent search is updated.
All artists
If you select " " you can also search
using the input menu.
– Album
Displays a list of the available albums. If you
have already selected a category
(e.g. "Artists"), only albums by that artist will
be available for the subsequent search.
".
If you select an album from the list, the number
of tracks available for the subsequent search
is updated.
All albums
If you select " " you can also search
using the input menu.
– Track
" under
Displays a list of all tracks stored on the USB
device. If you have already selected a category
(e.g. "Artists"), the list of tracks will have been
automatically updated and only tracks by that
artist will be available.
All tracks
If you select " " you can also search
using the input menu.
– Music genres
The tracks stored on the USB device are gen-
erally assigned to a music genre (provided the
"Genre" ID3 tag has been assigned). These
music genres can also be used as categories
for a search.