“Thumbs” Feedback

You can personalize your stations with “Thumbs Up” or “Thumbs Down” feedback, which the system takes into account for future music selections.

During playback, press uor dfor thumbs up or thumbs down.

u: The “u” icon appears in the display. Pandora® will add similar music to your station.

d: The “d” icon is displayed. Pandora® will ban that song from your station, and the current song is skipped. If the number of skips allowed has reached its limit, the current song continues to play back.

Note

• In some situations, “Thumbs” feedback may not be available.

QuickMix

Use QuickMix to create a playlist based on two or more of your Pandora® stations. Edit your QuickMix station selections on the Pandora® Compatible Application for iPhone when it is not connected to this unit.

1Press ENTER to activate the Search mode.

2Turn the Rotary encoder to select “A-Z” or “By Date”, and then press ENTER.

The “A-Z” or “By Date” search mode is activated and the station name is displayed.

3Press ENTER while selecting “QuickMix”.

Notes

•The songs from the created stations are played back in random sequence.

•Select another station during search mode to cancel QuickMix.

Searching for a Desired Station

You can display your station list and select stations directly from this unit.

Alphabet Search:

1Press ENTER to activate the Search mode.

2Turn the Rotary encoder to select “A-Z”, and then press

ENTER.

The “A-Z” search mode is activated and the station names are listed alphabetically.

3Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired station, and then press ENTER.

Pandora® will play that station.

Search by Date Added:

1Press ENTER to activate the Search mode.

2Turn the Rotary encoder to select “By Date”, and then press ENTER.

The “By Date” search mode is activated and the station names are listed by the date they were added to the account.

3Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired station, and then press ENTER.

Pandora® will play that station.

Note

•If any one of the preset buttons (1 through 6) is pressed in the search mode, a search can be made quickly by skipping the specified number of channels. For details, refer to “Direct Search Function” on page 38.

Bookmarking a Desired Song or Artist

The currently playing track or artist can be bookmarked and saved to your Pandora® account.

1During playback, press 3 b(Bookmarks). The Pandora® Bookmark screen is displayed.

2Turn the Rotary encoder to select “Track (Bookmark)” or “Artist (Bookmark)”, and then press ENTER.

The current track or artist is bookmarked. “Bookmark Track” or “Bookmark Artist” is displayed.

Notes

•Your bookmarks can be viewed on your “Profile” page at www.pandora.com.

•In some situations, bookmarks may not be available.

•When Bookmark operation is failed, Bookmark N/A will be displayed.

Creating a New Station

Based on currently playing track or artist, you can create a new station and save to your Pandora® account.

1During playback, press n4 (New Station). The Pandora® New Station screen is displayed.

2Turn the Rotary encoder to select “Track” or “Artist”, and then press ENTER.

A “New Track” or “New Artist” pop-up screen.

A New Station based on current track or artist is created.

Notes

•Your New Station can be viewed on your “Profile” page at www.pandora.com.

•In some situations, creating a new station function may not be available.

•If this operation fails, N/A will be displayed.

•When the Smartphone is not connected to this unit, you can create personalized Pandora® stations using the Pandora® Application on your Smartphone. You can also create stations on the web at www.pandora.com.

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CDE-HD149BT specifications

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