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Contents
Related search
You can browse for music of the same artist or
genre as the one being played.
1 Enter the Search select mode
KDC-X896 KDC-BT852HD
Press and hold the [ ] button.
KDC-X496 KDC-452U KMR-550U
Press the [S.MODE] button.
2 Select the Related search mode
Turn the Control knob to select “Related
Search”, and then press the Control knob.
3 Select a desired brows item
Turn 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 per formed 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).
1 Enter the Music search mode
Press the [ ] button.
“MUSICSEARCH” is displayed.
2 Enter the Search select mode
KDC-X896 KDC-BT852HD
Press the [ ] button.
KDC-X496 KDC-452U KMR-550U
Press the [S.MODE] button.
3 Select Direct search mode
Turn the Control knob to select “Direct Search”,
and then press the Control knob.
4 Select a browse item
Turn 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
5 Select 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.
6 Search for music
Turn the Control knob to select “DONE”, and
then press the Control knob.
A search result list is displayed.
7 Selec t the music
Turn the Control knob to select music, and then
press the Control knob.
Canceling the Direct search mode
Press and hold the [ ] button.
Music search
You can search for the song you want to play.
1 Enter the Music search mode
Press the [ ] button.
“MUSICSEARCH” is displayed.
2 Search for a song
Operation type Operation
Movement between items Turn the Control knob.
Move to the Alphabet
search mode
Press and hold the [ ] button. Refer to
<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 charac ters included in a song name can be displayed,
the browse item name and digits are displayed.
Items Display
Playlists “PLIST***”
Artists “ART***”
Albums “ALB***”
Songs “PRGM***”
Items Display
Podcasts “PDCT***”
Genres “GEN***”
Composers “COM***”
iPod control operation
Alphabet search
You can select an alphabetic character from the list in
the browse item (artist, album, etc.) currently selected.
1 Enter the Music search mode
Press the [ ] button.
“MUSICSEARCH” is displayed.
2 Enter the Search select mode
KDC-X896 KDC-BT852HD
Press the [ ] button.
KDC-X496 KDC-452U KMR-550U
Press the [S.MODE] button.
3 Select the Alphabet search mode
Turn the Control knob to select “Alphabet Search”,
and then press the Control knob.
4 Search 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 charac ter string begins with an article “a”, “an”,
or “the” in the alphabet search mode, it is searched for in
defiance of the article.
For the basic operations to play iPod contents, refer
to the Quick Start Guide.