2To cancel repeat play, select (off) with the above procedure.

Note

• During repeat play, setting M.I.X. to ON will cancel the repeat play.

M.I.X. (Random Play)

1Press 5 .

The songs are played back in random sequence. MIX*1 MIX ALL*2 (off) MIX

*1 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.

*2 All songs in the current Bank are played back in random sequence. Any one song does not play back again until all songs have been played back.

2To cancel M.I.X. play, select (off) with the above procedure.

Notes

•When a song is played back during Random (M.I.X.) play in the USB mode, the song can be played back again randomly even if not all songs in the current Bank have been played back.

•During M.I.X. play, setting repeat play to ON will cancel the M.I.X. play.

•During repeat play, etc., the track number display for M.I.X. play may be incorrect.

Searching for a desired Song

A USB Memory or Portable audio player 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 Bank/ Playlists*1/Artists/Albums/Songs/Genres/Composers/Folders/Files search mode to narrow searches based on the table below.

Hierarchy

Hierarchy

Hierarchy

Hierarchy

Hierarchy

1

2

3

4

5

 

 

 

 

 

Bank

Playlist*1

Song

—

—

Bank

Artist*

Album*

Song

—

Bank

Album*

Song

—

—

Bank

Song

—

—

—

 

 

 

 

 

Bank

Genre*

Artist*

Album*

Song

Bank

Composer*

Album*

Song

—

Bank

Folder

File

—

—

 

 

 

 

 

Bank

File

—

—

—

 

 

 

 

 

*1 Playlist search is not available when a Portable audio player is connected.

For example:

Searching by Artist name

The following example explains how an Artists search is performed. Another search mode can be used for the same operation, although the hierarchy differs.

Searching by artist name

1Press ENTERto activate the search selection mode.

2Turn the Rotary encoder to select a desired Bank, and then press ENTER.

The “Banking” may be displayed for a few seconds.

3Turn the Rotary encoder to select the Artist search mode, and then press ENTER.

Playlist Artist Album Song Genre Composer  Folder File Playlist

4Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired Artist, and then press ENTER.

5Turn the Rotary encoder to select an album, and then press ENTER.

6Turn the Rotary encoder to select a song and press ENTER.

The selected song is played back.

Notes

•After pressing and holding ENTERfor at least 2 seconds while in each hierarchy (except Song and File 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 selected search mode.

•While in the search mode, if you press and hold ESC for at least

2 seconds, or no operation is performed for 60 seconds, the search mode is canceled.

•The root folder of USB Memory/Portable audio player is displayed as “\ROOT”.

•When the bank is changed during Repeat play, the Repeat play will be canceled.

•In the search mode, pressing ESC will return to the previous mode.

•When search is made during M.I.X. play, the M.I.X. play mode will be canceled.

•In the search mode, a search can be made quickly by Alphabet skip function to find the desired artist or song, etc. For details, refer to “Alphabet Skip Function” on page 32.

•When searching for a song, artist, etc., in a USB Memory, the display order may be incorrect if the character code of the file tag information is mixed.

Select Playlist*/Artist/Album/Genre/Composer/Folder

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

1Press or to select the desired Playlist*/Artist/Album/

Genre/Composer/Folder.

* This item is invalid when a portable audio player is connected.

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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