Alpine CDE-9874 Car Stereo System User Manual


 
19-EN
Direct Search Function
The unit’s direct search function can be used to search for an album,
song, etc., more efficiently. In Playlist/Artist/Album/Song/Podcast/
Genre/Composer mode, you can quickly target any song.
In the search mode, press any one of the preset
buttons (1 through 6) to quickly skip over a
designated percent of your song content.
Song search example:
If there are 100 songs in your iPod, they are divided into 6
groups using percentages (shown below). These groups are
assigned to the preset buttons (1 through 6).
Example 1:
Suppose the song you are searching for is located at around
the middle (50%) of your library: press button 4 to jump to the
50th song and turn the Rotary encoder (CDE-9874 only) or
press
and (CDE-9872 only) to find the desired song.
Example 2:
Suppose the song you are searching for is located near the
end (83%) of your library: press button 6 to jump to the 83rd
song and turn the Rotary encoder (CDE-9874 only) or press
and (CDE-9872 only) to find the desired song.
Select Playlist/Artist/Album/Genre/
Composer
Playlist/Artist/Album/Genre/Composer can be easily changed.
For example, if you listen to a song from a selected album, the album
can be changed.
Press 1 or 2 to select the desired Playlist/Artist/
Album/Genre/Composer.
If the song search mode was used to select a song, this function is
inactive.
If an album is selected during an artist search, other albums by that
artist are searchable.
This function is inactive during shuffle (M.I.X.) playback.
Random Play Shuffle (M.I.X.)
The Shuffle function of the iPod is displayed as M.I.X. on this unit.
Shuffle Albums:
The songs on each album are played back in proper order. Upon
completion of all the songs on the album, the next album is
selected randomly. This continues until all albums have been
played.
Shuffle Songs:
Song shuffle randomly plays back songs within a selected
category (playlist, album, etc.). The songs within the category
are played just once until all songs have been played.
1
Press 5 .
The songs are played back in random sequence.
2
To cancel M.I.X. play, select (off) with the above
procedure.
If a song is selected in the album search mode before selecting M.I.X.
play, the songs will not play back randomly even when Shuffle
Albums is selected.
Shuffle ALL:
Shuffle ALL plays all songs in the iPod randomly. Any one song
does not play back again until all songs have been played back.
1
Press 6.
The songs are played back in random sequence.
2
To cancel M.I.X. play, select (off) with the above
procedure.
If Shuffle ALL is selected, the selected songs being played back in the
search mode are canceled.
All 100 songs (100%)
0% 17% 33% 50% 67% 83%
Preset
buttons
1 2 3 4 5 6
Songs
First
song
17th
song
33rd
song
50th
song
67th
song
83rd
song
M.I.X. M.I.X. (off) M.I.X.
(Shuffle Albums) (Shuffle Songs)
M.I.X. (off) M.I.X.
(Shuffle ALL)