Usb Memory/Portable Audio Player (Optional); Connecting The Usb Memory (Optional); Using The Usb Memory/Portable Audio Player Banking Function; Playback - Alpine CDA-117Ri Owner's Manual

USB Memory/Portable
audio player (optional)
Rotary encoder/ENTER/
SOURCE/
/ESC

VIEW





Connecting the USB Memory (optional)

Note
• In the USB mode, when this unit is reset, ACC is switched from OFF to
ON, or when the USB is connected to this unit, "Banking" is displayed
for several seconds.
Using the USB Memory/Portable audio
player Banking Function
What is a Bank?
A bank is a unit of up to 1,000 songs, which is stored in memory.
"Banking" refers to the grouping of songs available in USB Memory, in
banks of 1,000 songs each. However, when a USB Memory is connected,
1BANK can store up to 1,000 songs under the following conditions.
Otherwise, the number of songs that can be stored may be less than
1,000.
Conditions (general estimate values)
Playlists: 20 (32 characters; 64 bytes)
Genres: 10 (32 characters; 64 bytes)
Composers: 30 (32 characters; 64 bytes)
Artists: 30 (32 characters; 64 bytes)
Albums: 100 (32 characters; 64 bytes)
Titles: 1,000 (32 characters; 64 bytes)
Folders: 100 (32 characters; 64 bytes)
Files: 1,000 (32 characters; 64 bytes)
File Paths: 1,000 (128 characters; 256 bytes)
About Banking
While a bank is being built up, "Banking" is displayed. Banking occurs
whenever a USB Memory device/Portable audio player is connected or
after power to the head unit turns on.
It can take anywhere from a few seconds to up to several minutes for
banking to complete. This depends on the number of files and folders
in USB Memory/Portable audio player.
Available operations while Banking
 4 5 
Bank No.
Bank1
Bank2

Bank20

Playback

1
Press SOURCE to select the USB mode.
2
Press  or  to select the desired track (file).
Pressing and holding  or  will fast backward/fast
forward track continuously.
Notes
• If a song is fast reversed to its beginning in pause mode, the song will be
played back automatically.
• Depending on the connected portable audio player, fast-forwarding/
fast-reversing may not be available.
3
To pause playback, press .
Pressing  again will resume playback.
Notes
• WMA format files that are protected by DRM (Digital Rights
Management), AAC format files that have been purchased from the
iTunes Store and files that are copy-protected (copyright protection)
cannot be played back on this unit.
• The playback time may not be correctly displayed when a VBR
(Variable Bit Rate) recorded file is played back.
• If there is tag information, artist name/album name/track name is
displayed.
• If an MP3/WMA/AAC file contains ID3 tag/WMA tag information,
the ID3 tag/WMA tag information is displayed (e.g., song name, artist
name, and album name). All other tag data is ignored.
• If text information is not compatible with this unit, the display is blank.
• Before disconnecting USB Memory, be sure to change to another source
or set to pause.
• Press VIEW to switch the display. For details, refer to "Displaying the
Text" on page 19.

Repeat Play

1
Press  4.
The song is played back repeatedly.
*1 *2
 RPT   RPT 
RPT
Only a file is repeatedly played back.
According to the artist information of the current song, a playlist
about all the songs with the same artist of the Bank are made
into a playlist, which then starts to play back.
According to the album information of the current song, a
playlist about all the songs with the same album of the Bank are
made into a playlist, which then starts to play back.
Song number
1~1,000
1,001~2,000

19,001~20,000
*3
 (off )  RPT
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