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 
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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
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Playlist/Artist/Album/Genre/Composer can be easily changed.
For example, if you listen to a song from a selected album, the album can be changed.
Press 1 
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2 to select the desired Playlist/Artist/ Album/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.
The Shuffle function of the iPod is displayed as M.I.X. on this unit.
Shuffle Albums:
The songs on each album are played back in proper order. Upon completion of all the songs on the album, the next album is selected randomly. This continues until all albums have been played.
Shuffle Songs:
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.
1 Press 5 
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The songs are played back in random sequence.
M.I.X. | M.I.X. | (off) | M.I.X. |
(Shuffle Albums) | (Shuffle Songs) |
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2 To cancel M.I.X. play, select (off) with the above procedure.
•If a song is selected in the album search mode before selecting M.I.X. play, the songs will not play back randomly even when Shuffle Albums is selected.
Shuffle ALL:
Shuffle ALL plays all songs in the iPod randomly. Any one song does not play back again until all songs have been played back.
1 Press 6.
The songs are played back in random sequence.
M.I.X. | (off) | M.I.X. |
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2 To cancel M.I.X. play, select (off) with the above procedure.
•If Shuffle ALL is selected, the selected songs being played back in the search mode are canceled.