Alpine CDA-137EBT, Owner'S Manual

An iPod/iPhone can contain hundreds of songs. By using file tag 

information and keeping these songs organised in playlists, this unit's 

search functions will ease song searches. Each music category has its 

own individual hierarchy. Use the Playlist/ Artist/Album/Song/Podcast/

Genre/Composer/Audiobook search mode to narrow searches based on 

the table below. 

Searching for a desired Song

Playback

1
2

Press 

SOURCE/

C

 to switch to the USB iPod mode

Press 

w

 or 

e

 to select the desired song.

Pressing and holding 

w

 or 

e

 will fast backward/fast forward 

the current track.

3

To pause playback, press 

q

. 

Pressing 

q

 again will resume playback.

Note

•

•

•

A song playing on the iPod/iPhone while it is connected to this unit will 

continue to play from where it was paused after disconnection.

If you listen to an episode from a selected Podcast or Audiobook, the 

episode can be changed by pressing 

1

o

 or 

p

2

.

An episode may have several chapters. The chapter can be changed by 

pressing 

w

 or 

e

. 

Hierarchy 1

Hierarchy 2

Hierarchy 3

Hierarchy 4

Playlist

Song

—

—

Artist*

Album*

song

—

Album*

Song

—

—

Song

—

—

—

Podcast

Episode

—

—

Genre*

Artist*

Album*

Song

Composer*

Album*

Song

—

Audiobook

—

—

—

2

1

Turn the 

Rotary encoder

 to select the Artist search mode, 

and then press 

s

/ENTER

.

Playlist 

s

 Artist 

s

 Album 

s

 Song 

s

 Podcast 

s

 Genre 

s

Composer 

s

 Audiobook 

s

 Playlist 

Press 

s

/ENTER

 to activate the search selection mode.

For example:

Searching by Artist name.

The following example explains how an Artist search is performed. 

Another search mode can be used for the same operation, although the 

hierarchy differs. 

3

4

Turn the 

Rotary encoder

 to select the desired Artist, and 

then press 

s

/ENTER

.

Turn the 

Rotary encoder

 to select the desired Album, and 

then press 

s

/ENTER

.

5

Turn the 

Rotary encoder

 to select the desired Song, and 

then press 

s

/ENTER

.

The selected song is played back.

Note

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•
•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

After pressing and holding 

s

/ENTER

 for at least 2 seconds while in each 

hierarchy (except Song and Audiobook hierarchy), all songs of the selected 

hierarchy are played back.

After selecting [ALL] in the search mode with "*", press and hold 

s

/ENTER

 for at least 2 seconds to play back all songs in the iPod/ 

iPhone or selected search mode. 

While in the search mode, if you press and hold 

c

 for 2 seconds, or no 

operation is performed for 60 seconds, the search mode is cancelled.

In the search mode, pressing 

c

 will return to the previous mode. 

When search is made during M.I.X. play, the M.I.X. play mode will be 

cancelled. 

"No Song" will be displayed if there are no songs in the selected playlist in 

the Playlist search mode. 

"No Podcast" will be displayed if there is no podcast data in the iPod/ 

iPhone in the Podcast search mode. 

"No Audiobook" will be displayed if there is no audiobook data in the 

iPod/iPhone in the Audiobook search mode.

If "iPod name" stored in the iPod/iPhone is selected in the desired Playlist 

search mode, and 

s

/ENTER

 is pressed, you can search for all songs in 

the iPod/iPhone. Also, if you press and hold 

s

/ENTER

 for at least 2 

seconds, all songs in the iPod/iPhone are played back.

During search mode, a search can be made quickly by Alphabet search 

function to find the desired artist or song, etc. For details, refer to 

"Alphabet search function" on page 32. 
If any one of the 

preset buttons (1 through 6)

 is pressed in the search 

mode, a search can be made quickly by skipping to the specified location. 

For details, refer to "Direct Search Function" on page 31. 

Depending on the iPod/iPhone, podcast search is not supported. 

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/Audiobook mode, you can quickly target any song. 

Direct Search Function 

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: 

SIf there are 100 songs in your iPod/iPhone, they are divided into 6 

groups using percentages (shown below). These groups are assigned 

to 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

 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

 to find the desired song. 

All 100 songs (100%)

0%

17%

33%

50%

67%

83%

Preset 

buttons

1

2

3

4

5

6

Songs

1st 

song

17th 

song 

33rd 

song

50th 

song

67th 

song

83rd 

song

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