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Searching for a desired Song

An iPod/iPhone can contain hundreds of songs. By using file tag
information and keeping these songs organized in playlists, this unit’s
search functions will ease song searches.
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.

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.

Press



ENTER

to activate the search selection mode.

The “



” indicator lights up.

Turn the

Rotary encoder

to select the ARTIST search

mode, and then press



ENTER

PLAYLIST



ARTIST



ALBUM



SONG



PODCAST



GENRE



COMPOSER



AUDIOBOOK



PLAYLIST

Turn the

Rotary encoder

to select the desired Artist, and

then press



ENTER

Turn the

Rotary encoder

to select the desired Album, and

then press



ENTER

Turn the

Rotary encoder

to select the desired Song, and

then press



ENTER

Notes

• This function is unavailable when iPod is selected in “Setting the iPod

Control” (refer to “Setting the iPod Control” on page 28).

• 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“

”, 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 60 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 29.

• 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 30.

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.

Note

• This function is inactive during Alphabet Search mode.

Select Playlist/Artist/Album/Genre/
Composer/Episode

Playlist/Artist/Album/Genre/Composer/Episode can be easily changed.
For example, if you listen to a song from a selected album, the album can
be changed.

Press





to select the desired Playlist/Artist/Album/

Genre/Composer/Episode.

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 (M.I.X.) playback.

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