iPod Operations

Selecting category from the iPod

menu

1.Press and hold the [BND] button for 1 second or longer to select the iPod menu mode.

The iPod menu categories will be displayed.

Notes:

Repeat and Random mode operations are not supported when in the iPod menu mode.

In iPod menu mode, if you press the [~]I[~] or [A]I[ ....] button fast, playback may not be performed.

2.Press the [.] or [T] button to switch between categories.

The iPod menu categories alternate in the following order:

"PLAVLlST" +--+"ARTIST" +--+"ALBUM" +--+

"SONG" +--+"GENRE" +--+"COMPOSER"...

Note:

The iPod menu mode can be canceled by performing one of the following operations:

Press the [BND] button.

When the category select screen is displayed, press the [~] button.

3.Press the [~] button to select the category.

4.When the track name display is showing, press the [~] button.

Playback will begin from the first track in the selected category, and the iPod menu mode will be canceled.

*Subfolders may be displayed, depending on the category.

In this case, use the [A] and [....] buttons to switch between subfolders, then use the [~] button to select the desired subfolder.

*When the track name display is showing, pressing the [~] button will return to the currently playing folder name display.

5.Use the [ .] and [T] buttons to select a track within a category.

Selecting category using preset memory

1.Press and hold the [BND] button for 1 second or longer to select the iPod menu mode.

The category can be set as follows in the [DIRECT] (1-6) buttons.

[1]: PLAVLlST

[2]: ARTIST

[3]: ALBUM

[4]: SONG

[5]: GENRE

[6]: COMPOSER

2.Press the desired [DIRECT] (1-6) button to select the category.

* Subfolders may be displayed, depending on the category.

In this case, use the L.&.] and [....] buttons to

switch between subfolders, then use the [~] button to select the desired subfolder.

3.When the track name display is showing, press the [~~] button.

Playback will begin from the first track in the selected category, and the iPod menu mode will be canceled.

*Use the LA.] and [....] buttons to select a track within a category.

About title display

This unit supports the display of title information transmitted from a connected iPod.

Character code information is UTF-8; displayable characters include English alphanumerics, some symbols, and some umlaut characters.

Unsupported characters will be replaced by asterisks (*).

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