Alpine CDE-135BT Owners Manual - Page 32

• "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 32. • During search mode, a search can be made quickly by Alphabet search function to find the desired artist or song, etc. For details, refer to "Alphabet search function" on page 32. 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. 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. • This function is applied for letters A-Z. 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/AUDIOBOOK 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/iPhone, 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. Preset buttons Songs 0% 1 1st song All 100 songs (100%) 17% 33% 50% 67% 2 3 4 5 17th 33rd 50th 67th song song song song 83% 6 83rd song Select Playlist/Artist/Album/Genre/ Composer Playlist/Artist/Album/Genre/Composer can be easily changed. For example, if you listen to a song from a selected album, the album can be changed. Press 1 or 2 to select the desired Playlist/Artist/Album/ Genre/Composer. Notes • If the song search mode was used to select a song, this function is inactive. • If an album is selected during an artist search, other albums by that artist are searchable. • This function is inactive during shuffle (s) playback. Random Play Shuffle (M.I.X.) The Shuffle function of the iPod/iPhone is displayed as s on this unit. Shuffle Albums: The songs on each album are played back in the order they were recorded. Upon completion of all the songs on the album, the next album is selected randomly. This continues until all albums have been played. Shuffle Songs: Song shuffle randomly plays back songs within a selected category (playlist, album, etc.). The songs within the category are played just once until all songs have been played. 1 Press 5 s. The songs are played back in random sequence. s*1  s*2  (off )  s *1 Shuffle Albums. *2 Shuffle Songs. 2 To cancel M.I.X. play, select (off) with the above procedure. Note • If a song is selected in the album search mode before selecting M.I.X. play, the songs will not play back randomly even when Shuffle Albums is selected. Shuffle ALL: Shuffle ALL plays all songs in the iPod/iPhone randomly. Any one song does not play back again until all songs have been played back. 32-EN