X
Select
Search
in the basic display by slid-
ing
V
Æ
and turning
cVd
the COMAND
controller and press
W
to confirm.
The category list appears.
i
Search
is not available until the device
has been activated.
i
Reading: if the media content of the con-
nected device is being read, this is indica-
ted on the upper right by a symbol. When
reading has ended, the categories
Select
By Cover
and
Keyword Search
are avail-
able.
Depending on the connected device and
the size of the media content, reading may
take several minutes. When the device is
next started or reconnected, the advanced
functions will be quickly available.
However, if you change the media content
on your iPod
®
/iPhone
®
, it has to be read
and analyzed again.
Example: current track list
:
Symbol for next folder up
;
Device icon and device name
=
Track symbol
?
Current title
X
Select
Current Tracklist
by turning
cVd
the COMAND controller and press
W
to confirm.
The content of the current track list
appears.
X
Select the track by turning
c V d
the
COMAND controller and press
W
to con-
firm.
The track is played.
X
To switch to the next folder up: slide
XV
the COMAND controller.
or
X
Press the
k
back button.
Playing back the content of a category or
folder
X
Select the category or folder by turning
c V d
the COMAND controller.
X
Press
W
the COMAND controller for longer
than 2 seconds.
The content of the category or folder selec-
ted is played in accordance with the play-
back option selected (
Y
page 472) .
Alphabetical track selection
iPod
®
, iPhone
®
and MP3 player
This function is available for alphabetically
sorted categories and folders. This function is
not available for albums or playlists, for exam-
ple.
X
Select a category, e.g.
Artists
, by turning
cVd
the COMAND controller and press
W
to confirm.
The available artists are displayed.
X
Press the corresponding number key once
or repeatedly to select the initial letter of
the desired artist. For example, to select an
artist whose name begins with C, press the
l
number key three times.
The available letters are listed at the lower
edge of the display.
After a message, the first entry in the list
which matches the letter entered is high-
lighted.
i
If no corresponding entry exists, the last
entry corresponding to a previous letter is
highlighted instead.
i
iPods and MP3 players: the quality of the
search results is highly dependent on the
version and language variant of the soft-
ware used to populate the device. A well-
known example of such software is
iTunes
®
.
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