Alpine B211A Owners Manual - Page 16

iPod ™ Operation (Optional) SOURCE M.I.X. 8 g 9 BAND/PRESET REPEAT f :/J/SEARCH An iPod™ or iPod™ mini can be controlled from the VPAB211A, when connected to an optional Alpine Interface Adapter for iPod™ (KCA-420i). While connected to the VPA-B211A, operation from the iPod™ is no longer possible. • For details, refer to the Owner's Manual of the connected Interface adapter for iPod™ (KCA-420i). • For each function, refer to the iPod's documentation. Playback 1 Press SOURCE to switch to the iPod mode. 2 Press g or f to select the desired song. Return to the beginning of the current song: Press g. Fast backward: Press and hold g. Advance to the beginning of the next song: Press f. Fast forward: Press and hold f. 3 To pause playback, press :/J/SEARCH. Pressing -/J/SEARCH again will resume playback. • If a song is playing on the iPod when it is connected to the adapter, it will continue playing after the connection. • If using the iPod with a changer, the Versatile Link Terminal (KCA-410C) must be used. In this case, press BAND/PRESET to select the changer mode applicable to the iPod. • Only alphanumeric characters (ISO-8859-1) can be displayed. • If the artist, album or song name, created in iTunes, has too many characters, songs may not be played back when connected to the adapter. Therefore, a maximum of 250 characters is recommended. The maximum number of characters for this unit is 64. • Some characters may not be correctly displayed. • "NO SUPPORT" is displayed when text information is not compatible with the VPA-B211A. Searching for a desired Song For iPod containing several hundred or several thousand files, finding the desired file can be troublesome. VPA-B211A offer a variety of search functions to make this easier. • If all songs in the iPod are associated with a playlist, access to each song is more efficient. Searching by Playlist 1 Press and hold :/J/SEARCH for at least 2 seconds. The search mode selection screen is displayed. 2 Press 8 or 9 to select PLAYLIST SEARCH and press :/J/SEARCH. 3*1 Press 8 or 9, and select a playlist. 4 Press :/J/SEARCH to play back a selected playlist. To search for a song in the selected playlist 1 After selecting the playlist in step 3*1, press f to change to the song search mode of the selected playlist. • If there is a song name list in the playlist, is displayed. 2 Press 8 or 9 to select a song and press -/J/SEARCH or f. The selected song is played back. • If you choose "iPod name" of iPod in step 3*1, all songs in iPod are played back. • Pressing g returns to the search mode selection screen. • The search mode is cancelled by pressing and holding :/ J/ SEARCH for at least 2 seconds. Searching by Artist Name 1 Press and hold :/J/SEARCH for at least 2 seconds. The search mode selection screen is displayed. 2 Press 8 or 9 to select ARTIST SEARCH and press :/J/SEARCH. 3*2 Press 8 or 9, and select an artist. Continued 15-EN