To search for a song of the selected album

1After selecting the album in step 2*1, press to change to the song search mode of the selected album.

2Turn the Rotary encoder* to select a song and press MODE.

The selected song is played back.

While in the search mode, if you press and hold for at least 2 seconds, or no operation is performed for 10 seconds, the search mode is canceled.

While in the search mode, pressing FUNC. will return to the previous mode.

If you choose ALL in step 3*2, and you press / , all songs in iPod are played back. If you choose ALL, and you press , the ALBUM search mode for all artists is activated.

If you choose ALL in step 2*1, and you press / , all songs of the selected artist are played back. If you choose ALL, and you press , the SONG search mode for the selected artist is activated.

Artist name search cannot be made during M.I.X. play.

In the search mode, you can jump to an assigned position by pressing any one of buttons 1 through 6 for quick search purposes. For details, refer to “Direct Search Function” (page 46).

Searching by album name

1Press to activate the search selection mode.

2Turn the Rotary encoder to select the ALBUM search mode, then press .

PLAYLIST ARTIST ALBUM SONG PLAYLIST

3*3 Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired

Album.

4Press / .

The selected Album is played back.

To search for a song of the selected album

1After selecting the album in step 3*3, press to change to the song search mode of the selected album.

2Turn the Rotary encoder to select a song and press MODE.

The selected song is played back.

While in the search mode, if you press and hold for at least 2 seconds, or no operation is performed for 10 seconds, the search mode is canceled.

While in the search mode, pressing FUNC. will return to the previous mode.

If you choose ALL in step 3*3, and you press / , all songs in the iPod will be played back. If you choose ALL, and you press , the SONG search mode for all albums is activated.

Album name search cannot be made during M.I.X. play.

In the search mode, you can jump to an assigned position by pressing any one of buttons 1 through 6 for quick search purposes. For details, refer to “Direct Search Function” (page 46).

Searching by song name

1Press to activate the search selection mode.

2Turn the Rotary encoder to select the SONG search mode, then press .

PLAYLIST ARTIST ALBUM SONG PLAYLIST

3Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired Song.

4Press MODE.

The selected song is played back.

While in the search mode, if you press and hold for at least 2 seconds, or no operation is performed for 10 seconds, the search mode is canceled.

While in the search mode, pressing FUNC. will return to the previous mode.

Song name search cannot be made during M.I.X. play.

In the search mode, you can jump to an assigned position by pressing any one of buttons 1 through 6 for quick search purposes. For details, refer to “Direct Search Function” (page 46).

Direct Search Function

The unit’s direct search function can be used to search for an album, song, etc., more efficiently. In the PLAYLIST/ARTIST/ALBUM/SONG mode, you can quickly target any song.

1 In the search mode, press any one of the buttons 1 through 6 to quickly jump 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 buttons 1 through 6 on the unit.

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 song you desire.

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 song you desire.

 

 

 

All 100 songs (100%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0%

17%

 

33%

50%

 

67%

83%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preset

1

2

 

3

4

 

5

6

buttons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Songs

First

17th

 

33rd

50th

 

67th

83rd

song

song

 

song

song

 

song

song

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select Playlist/Artist/Album

Playlist/Artist/Album 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.

If search selection mode is not activated, only SONG is searched, this operation is not possible.

If an album is selected from an artist search, the album can be searched.

During shuffle (M.I.X.) playback, this operation is not possible.

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Alpine DVA-9861 Direct Search Function, Select Playlist/Artist/Album, Searching by album name, Searching by song name