Kenwood KDC-X996 User Manual

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KDC-X996/ KDC-BT952HD

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You can select the most suited search method for 
the desired song from 4 types of the Search mode.

“Direct Search”

You can quickly search the desired song by 

specifying its Search item (artist, album, etc.) 

and character.

Refer to 

“Related Search”

Searches for music of the same artist or genre 

as the one being played.

Refer to 

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“Direct Search”

You can quickly search the desired song by 

specifying its Search item (artist, album, etc.) 

and character.

Refer to 

“Alphabet Search”

You can select an alphabetic character from 

the list in the Search item (artist, album, etc.) 

selected now.

Refer to 

“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.

Refer to 

Select iPod source
Pressing the [SRC] button repeatedly switches 
source.
Select the “iPod” display.

You can quickly search the desired song by 
specifying its Search item (artist, album, etc.) and 
character.

“PLAYLISTS”

Playlists

“ARTISTS”

Artists

“ALBUMS”

Albums

“SONGS”

Songs

“PODCASTS”

Podcasts

“GENRES”

Genres

“COMPOSERS”

Composers

Move between items

Turn the [VOL] knob.

Select an item

Press the [VOL] knob.

Move to the next column

Press the [

4

] or [

¢

] button.

Up to 3 characters can be entered.

Determine the selected character
Turn the [VOL] knob and press it when the 
desired item is displayed. 
Select “DONE”. 
Start search. When search is completed, the music 
search mode is selected again at the selected 
character position.
After this step, you need to browse. See step 4 of 

 to 

select a song.

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•  Characters that can be entered are alphabetical

characters (A to Z), numerical characters(0 to 9), and “ * ”.

•  “ * ” indicates characters other than alphabetical and

numerical characters. You cannot enter any more 
characters when entering “ * ” in the first character
position.

•  If the first character string begins with an article “a”, “an”,

or “the” in the Direct Search mode, it is searched for in 
defiance of the article.

Searches for music of the same artist or genre as the 
one being played.

“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.

After this step, you need to browse. See step 4 of 

 to 

select a song.

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•  Related search cannot be performed while playing the

Podcast.

•  When the music being played has no information on

browsing items or no music was found, “Not Found” is 
displayed.

You can select a song by alphabet. This function 
searches songs whose name contain the specified 
character(s) in the list of the selected Search item 
(artist, album, etc).

Select the character

Press the [PRESET] or [ ] button./ 

Turn the [VOL] knob.

Select an item

Press the [VOL] knob.

Return to previous item

Press the [MENU] button.

After this step, you need to browse. See step 4 of 

 to 

select a song.

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•  The time of search by alphabet may become long

depending on the number of songs or items in iPod.

•  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.