Searching For A Desired Song; Alphabet Search Function - Alpine CDE-136BT Owner's Manual

Searching for a desired Song

An iPod/iPhone can contain thousands of songs. The unit for this reason
can make various searches using the search function as shown below.
Each music category has its own individual hierarchy. Use the Playlist/
Artist/Album/Song/Podcast/Genre/Composer/Audiobook search mode
to narrow searches based on the table below.
Hierarchy 1 Hierarchy 2
Playlist Song
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Artist Album
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Album Song
Song —
Podcast Episode
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Genre Artist
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Composer Album
Audiobook —
Note
• You can select your preferred search mode. Refer to "iPod/iPhone
Search Mode Setting" on page 27.
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 ENTER to activate the search selection mode.
The "" indicator lights up.
2
Turn the Rotary encoder to select the ARTIST search
mode, and then press ENTER.
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 PLAYLIST  ARTIST  ALBUM  SONG 
SHUFFLE ALL
PODCAST  GENRE  COMPOSER  AUDIOBOOK 
SHUFFLE ALL
*1 Refer to "Random Play Shuffle (M.I.X.)" on page 37.
Note
• The display of search mode list varies depending on the setting of iPod
LIST. For details, refer to "iPod/iPhone Search Mode Setting" on
page 27.
3
Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired Artist, and
then press ENTER.
4
Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired Album, and
then press ENTER.
5
Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired Song, and
then press ENTER.
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Hierarchy 3 Hierarchy 4
— —
Song —
— —
— —
— —
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Album Song
Song —
— —
Notes
• After pressing and holding ENTER for at least 2 seconds while in
each hierarchy (except SONG and AUDIOBOOK hierarchy), all songs
of the selected hierarchy are played back.
• After selecting [ALL] in the search mode with"
the left) press and hold ENTER for at least 2 seconds to play back
all songs in the iPod/iPhone or selected search mode.
• While in the search mode, if you press and hold  for 2 seconds, or no
operation is performed for 10 seconds, the search mode is cancelled.
• In the search mode, pressing  will return to the previous mode.
• When search is made during M.I.X. play, the M.I.X. play mode will be
cancelled.
• "NO SONG" will be displayed if there are no songs in the selected
playlist in the PLAYLIST search mode.
• "NO PODCAST" will be displayed if there is no podcast data in the
iPod/iPhone in the PODCAST search mode.
• "NOAUDIOBOK" will be displayed if there is no audiobook data in the
iPod/iPhone in AUDIOBOOK search mode.
• If "iPod name" stored in the iPod/iPhone is selected in the desired
Playlist search mode, and ENTER is pressed, you can search for all
songs in the iPod/iPhone. Also, if you press and hold ENTER for at
least 2 seconds, all songs in the iPod/iPhone are played back.
• Depending on the iPod/iPhone, 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 37.

Alphabet search function

The unit's alphabet search function can be used to search for an album,
song, etc., more efficiently. In PLAYLIST/ARTIST/ALBUM/SONG/
PODCAST/GENRE/COMPOSER/AUDIOBOOK search mode, select
the first letter of your desired title (album, song, etc.), the titles
beginning with this letter are listed. By using this function, you can
quickly target any song.
1
In the search mode, press ABC SKIP/TA.
The letter selection list is displayed.
2
Turn the Rotary encoder to select a desired letter (e.g. M),
and then press ENTER.
The titles beginning with "M" are listed.
3
Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired title.
Notes
• While in Alphabet search mode, pressing  will return to the
previous mode.
• If the PLAYLIST search mode is used to search for a song, the Alphabet
search function is inactive in the song search hierarchy.
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