5 Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired Song, and then press 
/ 
/ENT.
•After pressing and holding 
/ 
/ENT for at least 2 seconds while in each hierarchy (except SONG hierarchy), all songs of the selected hierarchy are played back.
•After selecting [ALL] in the search mode with“*”, press and hold
/ 
/ENT for at least 2 seconds to play back all songs in the iPod or selected search mode.
•While in the search mode, if you press and hold 
/ESC for 2 seconds, or no operation is performed for 10 seconds, the search mode is canceled.
•In the search mode, pressing RTN will return to the previous mode.
•Search cannot be made during M.I.X. play.
•“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 in the PODCAST search mode.
•If “iPod name” stored in the iPod is selected in the desired Playlist
search mode, and 
/ 
/ENT is pressed, you can search for all songs in the iPod. Also, if you press and hold 
/ 
/ENT for at least 2 seconds, all songs in the iPod are played back.
•Depending on the iPod, 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 18.
Quick Search
You can search a song from all songs in the iPod without selecting an album, artist, etc.
1 Press and hold 
/ESC for at least 2 seconds to activate the Quick Search mode.
2 Turn the Rotary encoder to select a desired song.
The selected song is played back immediately.
•Press and hold 
/ESC for at least 2 seconds in the search mode to cancel. Or, the search mode is canceled if no operation is performed for 10 seconds.
•If many songs are in the iPod, it takes time to search for songs.
•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 18.
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 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, 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.
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Select Playlist/Artist/Album/Podcast/ Genre/Composer
Playlist/Artist/Album/Podcast/Genre/Composer can be easily changed. For example, if you listen to a song from a selected album, the album can be changed.
Press 
or 
to select the desired Playlist/Artist/Album/ Podcast/Genre/Composer.
•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.