Playback; Searching For A Music File; Searching For A Desired Video File - Alpine ICS-X8 Owner's Manual

Playback

1
Press the Home button.
The Home screen is displayed.
2
Touch [iPod].
The display shows the iPod mode screen.
3
Touch [ ] or [
(file).
Returning to the beginning of the current track (file):
Touch [ ].
Fast reverse :
Touch and hold [ ].
Advancing to the beginning of the next track (file) :
Touch [ ].
Fast forward :
Touch and hold [ ].
4
To pause playback, press Media Control button 2
( / ).
Pressing Media Control button 2 (
resume playback.
• Operations can be performed in the same way by pressing Media
Control buttons 1 or 3. Refer to "Using the Media Control buttons"
(page 14).
• If a song is playing on the iPod/iPhone when it is connected to the
ICS-X8, it will continue playing after the connection.
• An episode may have several chapters. The chapter can be changed
by Pressing Media Control button 1 or Media Control button 3 or
touching [ ] or [ ].
• If the artist, album or song name, created in iTunes, has too many
characters, songs may not be played back when connected to the
ICS-X8. Therefore, a maximum of 64 characters is recommended.
The maximum number of characters for the unit is 64.
• Some characters may not be correctly displayed.

Searching for a Music File

An iPod/iPhone can contain thousands of songs. For this reason, this
unit 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.
<MUSIC Search Menu>
Hierarchy 1 Hierarchy 2
Playlists Songs
Artists Albums
Albums Songs
Songs —
Podcasts Episodes
Genres Artists
Composers Albums
Audiobooks —
For example: Searching by Artist name
The following example explains how an ARTISTS search is performed.
Another search mode can be used for the same operation, although the
hierarchy differs.
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] or to select the desired track
/ ) again will
Hierarchy 3 Hierarchy 4
— —
Songs —
— —
— —
— —
Albums Songs
Songs —
— —
Searching by artist name
1
Touch [ (Search)] during playback.
2
Touch [AUDIO].
The search mode screen appears.
3
Touch [ARTISTS].
The Artists search screen is displayed.
4
Select the desired artist.
To Play Back the Artist Directly
1 Touch [ ] of the artist's name.
All songs of the selected artist are played back.
To Search for the Album of the Artist
1 Touch the selected artist name.
The Albums search screen of the selected artist is
displayed.
2 Touch [ ] of the desired album's name.
All songs of the selected album are played back.
To Search for a Song in the Album of the Artist
1 Touch the desired artist's name.
All albums of the selected artist are displayed.
2 Touch the desired album's name.
All songs of the selected album are displayed.
3 Touch the desired song's name.
The selected song is played back.
• Touching [ ] of "ALL" will play back all songs in the list.
• Touching "ALL" will display the search list in the next hierarchy.
• An alphabet skip function is available. Refer to "Alphabet Skip
Function" (page 69).
• A Percent search function is available. Refer to "Percent Search
Function" (page 69).
• For details on how to scroll through the list, refer to "Selecting an
Item in a List" (page 20).

Searching for a Desired Video File

You can select a movie, music video, etc., from the list screen.
• Video search mode depends on the iPod/iPhone. If the specification
of the iPod/iPhone is changed, the search mode on this unit will also
be changed.
Examples for the video search mode
• Video Playlists
• Movies
• Music Videos, etc.
For example: Searching by Movie
The following example explains how a Movie search is performed.
Another search mode can be used for the same operation, although the
hierarchy differs.
1
Touch [ (Search)] during playback.
2
Touch [VIDEO].
The Video search mode screen appears.
3
Touch [Movies].
The Movies search screen is displayed.
4
Touch the desired movie.
The selected movie is played back.
• For details on how to scroll through the list, refer to "Selecting an
Item in a List" (page 20).