Music disc/Audio file Operation

Function of iPod

Music Search for iPod

Search for the song (in iPod) you want to play.

1Enter Music Search mode Press the [SEARCH] button. “SEARCH” is displayed.

2Search for music

Operation type

 

Operation

Movement between items

 

Turn the [AUD] knob.

Skip Search *1

 

Push the [AUD] knob towards right or left.

Selection of item

 

Press the [AUD] knob.

Return to previous item

 

Push the [AUD] knob towards up.

Return to Top menu

 

Push the [AUD] knob towards up for at

 

 

least 1 second.

Search by initial

 

Press the [SEARCH] button for at least 1

 

 

second.

The position of the currently displayed item is indicated by the icon bar in 13 steps.

Cancelling the Music Search mode

Press the [SEARCH] button.

Searching for Music by Initial

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

1Enter alphabet search modePress the [SEARCH] button for at least 1 second. “A B C …” is displayed.

If you can not search for a song by an alphabetic character in the browse item selected now, the data on the screen does not change.

2Select the initial to be searched for

*1 Skip Search: The number of songs to be skipped is determined by the ratio of the total number of songs in the list which is selected now. Set the ratio with “SKIP SRCH” in <Function Control> (page 6). Keep pushing [AUD] knob for 3 seconds or longer skips songs at 10% irrespective of the setting.

The time of search by alphabet may become long depending on the number of songs in iPod or the folder structure.

When selecting an initial in the alphabet search mode, entering “*” searches symbols and entering “1” searches digits.

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.

Characters that are included in a song name but cannot be displayed are left blank. If no character included in a song name cannot 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***”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Function of iPod

All Random

All songs in iPod are played at random.

Enter All random modeSelect “PLAY MODE” > “ALL RDM”.

For how to select Function Control items, refer to <Function Control> (page 6).

Operation type

Move to the next character.

Move to the next row.

Cancelling the alphabet search mode

Operation

Turn the [AUD] knob or push it towards right or left.

Push the [AUD] knob towards up or down.

Press the [SEARCH] button.

The time required to turn on the all random function

 

may become longer depending on the number of songs

 

in iPod or the folder structure.

Turning on the all random function changes the iPod

 

browse item to “SONGS”. This browse item will not

 

change even if the all random function is turned off.

If the browse item is changed to search for music while

 

the all random function is on, the all random function is

3Determine the selected initial. Press the [AUD] knob.

Start search. When search is completed, the music search mode is selected again at the selected character position.

Cancelling the Searching for Music by Initial

Press the [SEARCH] button for at least 1 second.

12 KDC-BT742U/ KDC-X493/ KDC-MP442U

turned off and the songs in the browse item are played

at random.