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iPod control operation

Contents

For the basic operations to play iPod contents, refer to the Quick Start Guide.

Music search

You can search for the song you want to play.

1Enter the Music search mode

Press the [   ] button. “MUSICSEARCH” is displayed.

2Search for a song

Operation type	Operation
Movement between items	Turn the Control knob.
Move to the Alphabet	Press and hold the [   ] button. Refer to
search mode	<Alphabet search> (page 10).
Selection of item	Press the Control knob.
Return to previous item	Press the [	] button.
Return to Top menu	Push and hold the Control knob leftward.

Canceling the Music search mode

Press and hold the [   ] button.

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•If no characters included in a song name can be displayed, the browse item name and digits are displayed.

Items	Display	Items	Display
Playlists	“PLIST***”	Podcasts	“PDCT***”
Artists	“ART***”	Genres	“GEN***”
Albums	“ALB***”	Composers	“COM***”
Songs	“PRGM***”

Alphabet search

You can select an alphabetic character from the list in the browse item (artist, album, etc.) currently selected.

1Enter the Music search mode

Press the [   ] button. “MUSICSEARCH” is displayed.

2Enter the Search select mode Press the [S.MODE] button.

3Select the Alphabet search mode

Turn the Control knob to select “Alphabet Search”, and then press the Control knob.

4Search for characters

	Operation type		Operation
	Selection of characters		Turn the Control knob.
	Determination of the selected characters.		Press the Control knob.
Return to the Music search mode.
Canceling the Alphabet search mode
Press and hold the [		] button.

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•Turning the Control knob fast in the Music search mode allows you to enter the alphabet search mode.

•The time of Alphabet search may become long depending on the number of items (songs) in iPod.

•To search for a character other than A to Z and 1, enter “*”.

•If the first character string begins with an article “a”, “an”, or “the” in the alphabet search mode, it is searched for in defiance of the article.

Related search

You can browse for music of the same artist or genre as the one being played.

1Enter the Search select mode Press the [S.MODE] button.

2Select the Related search mode

Turn the Control knob to select “Related Search”, and then press the Control knob.

3Select a desired brows itemTurn the Control knob to select a browse item, and then press the Control knob.

	Display	Browse item
	“Search Artist”	Displays the album of the same artist.
	“Search Album”	Displays music in the album in which the one
		being played is included.
	“Search Genre”	Displays the artist of the same genre.
	“Search Composer”	Displays the album including music created by the
		same composer.
4 Search for music
	Operation type		Operation
	Movement between items		Turn the Control knob.
	Selection of item		Press the Control knob.
	Return to previous item		Press the [ ] button.

Canceling the Related search mode

Press and hold the [   ] button.

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•Related search cannot be performed during Podcast playback.

•When the music being played has no information on the browse item or no music was found, “Not Found” is displayed.

Direct search

You can search for music by selecting a browse item and an alphabetic character(s).

1Enter the Music search mode

Press the [   ] button. “MUSICSEARCH” is displayed.

2Enter the Search select mode Press the [S.MODE] button.

3Select Direct search mode

Turn the Control knob to select “Direct Search”, and then press the Control knob.

4Select a browse itemTurn the Control knob to select browse item, and then press the Control knob.

Display	Browse item
“PLAYLISTS”	Playlists
“ARTISTS”	Artists
“ALBUMS”	Albums
“SONGS”	Songs
“PODCASTS”	Podcasts
“GENRES”	Genres
“COMPOSERS”	Composers

5Select the character(s) to be searched for Turn the Control knob to select a character(s), and then press the Control knob.

You can select up to three characters.

6Search for musicTurn the Control knob to select “DONE”, and then press the Control knob.

A search result list is displayed.

7Select the musicTurn the Control knob to select music, and then press the Control knob.Canceling the Direct search mode

Press and hold the [   ] button.

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