CD/USB device/Audio file/External disc control features

Function of ACDrive media

Switching the Play mode

Arrange the playing orders of the songs by categories.

1Select the key function section Press the [NEXT] button.

Repeatedly press the button until "S.MODE" is displayed above the [1] button.

Refer to <Notes on Multi-function Key System> (page 11).

2Select the Play mode

Press the [1] ("S.MODE") button.

Each time you press the button, the Play mode alternates between the modes shown in the table below.

Play mode

Category which is to be arranged

"PlayList Mode"

Play list order.

"Genre Mode"

By genre.

"Artist Mode"

By artist.

"Album Mode"

By album.

"Folder Mode"

By the folder recorded in media

The category information of each song is the data registered in Media Manager when ACDrive media is being generated.

You can cancel the announcement made when the mode is changed by <Voice Index> (page 52).

You can select the advancement of the Play mode information by [AM] and [FM] knob.

Function of ACDrive media

Letter Seek

You can search for the song, you want to play, by selecting the initial of Genre name, Artist name, or Album name.

1Select the key function section Press the [NEXT] button.

Repeatedly press the button until "S.MODE" is displayed above the [1] button.

Refer to <Notes on Multi-function Key System> (page 11).

2Enter the Letter Seek mode

Press the [1] ("S.MODE") button for at least 1 second.

This operation does not function when <All Random Play> (page 33) is ON.

This function is available only when the Play mode is set Genre, Artist, or Album.

Cancelling the Letter Seek

Press the [1] ("EXIT") button.

3Start the Letter Seek

Push the Control knob towards [4] or [¢].

The initial of Genre name, Artist name, or Album name is displayed and announced in order.

The announcement of the initial can be canceled by <Voice Index> (page 52).

When you push the Control knob to the reverse [4] or [¢] during Letter Seek, the initial is displayed and announced in the reversed order.

Once Letter Seek starts, it cannot be cancelled.

4Select the song to play

Press the Control knob when the initial of the song you are searching is displayed and announced.

The selected initial group plays.

Text/Title Scroll

Scrolling the displayed CD text, Audio file text, or MD title.

Push the Control knob toward [FM] for at least 2 seconds.

When the <Display Illumination Control> (page 44) is set to OFF, the display may black out while scrolling.

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