iPod ™ Operation
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BAND/PRESET
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g f
9:/J/SEARCH
An iPod™ or iPod™ mini can be controlled from the VPA- B211A, when connected to an optional Alpine Interface Adapter for iPod™
•For details, refer to the Owner’s Manual of the connected Interface adapter for iPod™
•For each function, refer to the iPod’s documentation.
Playback
1 Press SOURCE to switch to the iPod mode.
2 Press gor fto 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
•Only alphanumeric characters
•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
Searching for a desired Song
For iPod containing several hundred or several thousand files, finding the desired file can be troublesome.
•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*1Press 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
1After 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.
2Press 8 or 9 to select a song and press
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 greturns 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*2Press 8 or 9, and select an artist.
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