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Playing an iPod®
Audio Menu
Audio
Audio MenuHMENU button (in iPod® mode)
Rotate i to select an item. Press u.
The following items are available:
• Music Search: Selects a song from the Music Search list.
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How to Select a Song from the Music Search List
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• Change Source : Changes the audio source mode.
• Shuffle/Repeat:
Repeat Song: Repeats the current track.
Shuffle Albums: Plays all available albums in a selected list (playlists, artists,
albums, songs, genres, or composers) in random order.
Shuffle All Songs: Plays all available files in a se lected list (playlists, artists,
albums, songs, genres, or composers) in random order.
Interface Dial
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Playing an iPod®
Audio Menu
Audio
1.Select More.
2. Select a setting item.
The following item s are available:
• Sound Settings: Displays the sound preferences screen.
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Adjusting the Sound
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• Shuffle/Repeat:
Repeat Song: Repeats the current track.
Shuffle Albums: Plays all available albums in a se lected list (playlists, artists,
albums, songs, genres, or composers) in random order.
Shuffle All Songs: Plays all available files in a se lected list (playlists, artists,
albums, songs, genres, or composers) in random order.
• Screen Settings: Displays the screen preferences screen.
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Changing the Screen Settings
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On Demand Multi-Use Display
TM

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Playing an iPod®
Audio Menu
Audio
HMENU button (in iPod® mode)
 Music Search
1.Move w or y to select a search
category. Press u.
2. Rotate i to select a file from the
Music Search list. Press u .
■How to Select a Song from the Music Search List

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Playing an iPod®
Song By Voice
TM (SBV)
Audio
Song By Voice
TM
(SBV)
Use SBV to search for and play music from your HDD or iPod® using voice
commands.
HSETTINGS button
 System Settings
 Song by Voice
Rotate i to select On or Off . Press
u .
The following item s are available:
• On (factory default): Song By Voice commands are available.
• Off : Disable the feature.
■Settings Song By Voice
TM (SBV)

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Playing an iPod®
Song By Voice
TM (SBV)
Audio
1.Set the Song by Voice setting to
On .
2. Press the d (Talk) button and say
“Music Search” to activate the SBV
feature for the HDD and iPod®.
3. Press the d button and say a
command.
Example 1: Say “(List) ‘Artist A’“
to view a list of songs by that
artist. Select the desired song to
start playing.

Example 2: Say “Play ‘Artist A’“
to start playing songs by that
artist.
4. To cancel SBV, press the J
(hang-up/back) button on the
steering wheel. The selected song
continues playing.
■ Searching for music using Song By Voice
TM
(SBV)
1 Searching for music using Song By Voice
TM (SBV)
Song By Voice
TM Commands List
2 Song By VoiceTM commands P. 328
NOTE:
Song By Voice
TM commands are available for
tracks stored on the HDD or iPod®.
You can add phonetic modifications of difficult
words so that it is easier for SBV to recognize
artists, songs, albums, and composers in voice
commands.
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SBV may not be able to recognize languages
other than English for the artist name, song title,
album title, and composers.
Once you have canceled this mode, you need to
press the
d button and say “Music Search”
again to re-activate this mode.

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Playing an iPod®
Song By Voice
TM (SBV)
Audio
HSETTINGS button
 System Settings
 Song by Voice Phonetic Modification
Add phonetic modifications of difficult or foreign words so that it is easier for SBV to
recognize artists, songs, albums, and composers in voice commands when searching
for music on the HDD or iPod®. 1.Move u and i rotate to select
New Modification . Press u.
2. Rotate i to select HDD or iPod.
Press u.
■Phonetic Modification
1 Phonetic Modification
Phonetic Modification is grayed out when Song
By Voice is set to Off.
You can store up to 2,000 phonetic modification
items.

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Playing an iPod®
Song By Voice
TM (SBV)
Audio
3.Rotate i to select the item to
modify (e.g., Artist). Press u.
The list of the selected item
appears on the screen.
4. Rotate i to select an entry (e.g.,
No Name ). Press u.

The pop-up menu appears on
the screen.
5. Rotate i to select Modify. Press
u .

The listen to the current
phonetic modification, rotate
i to select Play. Press u.

To delete the current phonetic
modification, rotate i to
select Delete. Press u.
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Playing an iPod®
Song By Voice
TM (SBV)
Audio
6.Enter the phonetic spelling you
wish to use (e.g., “Artist A”) when
prompted.
7. Move r to select OK to exit.
The artist “No Name” is
phonetically modified to “Artist A.”
When in the SBV mode, you can
press the d (Talk) button and use the voice command
“Play ‘Artist A’”

to play songs by the artist “No
Name.”