Searching For A Desired Song; Quick Search; Direct Search Function - Alpine CDA-9887 Owner's Manual

Searching for a desired Song

An iPod can contain hundreds of songs. By using file tag information
and keeping these songs organized in playlists, this unit's search
functions will ease song searches.
Each music category has its own individual hierarchy. Use the Playlist/
Artist/Album/Song/Podcast/Genre/Composer search mode to narrow
searches based on the table below.
Hierarchy 1 Hierarchy 2
Playlist Song
Artist* Album*
Album* Song
Song —
Podcast Episode
Genre* Artist*
Composer* Album*
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 /ESC to activate the search selection mode.
2
Turn the Rotary encoder to select the Artist search
mode, and then press
Playlist Artist Album
Composer Playlist
3
Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired
Artist, and then press
4
Turn the Rotary encoder to select an album, and
then press / /ENT.
5
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 cannot 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 30.
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Hierarchy 3 Hierarchy 4
— —
Song —
— —
— —
— —
Album* Song
Song —
/ /ENT.
Song Podcast Genre
/ /ENT.
/ /ENT for at least 2 seconds while
/ESC for at least
/RTN will return to the previous
/ /ENT for at least 2

Quick Search

You can search a song from all songs in the iPod without selecting an
album, artist, etc.
1
Press and hold /ESC for at least 2 seconds to
activate the Quick Search mode.
2
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 30.

Direct Search Function

The unit's direct search function can be used to search for an album,
song, etc., more efficiently. In 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 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.
All 100 songs (100%)
0% 17%
Preset
1 2
buttons
First 17th
Songs
song song
/ESC for at least
33% 50% 67% 83%
3 4 5 6
33rd 50th 67th 83rd
song song song song