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## Searching for songs

When you select (Search) on the music playback screen or the list screen, the search menu appears. You can select the desired search method on the search menu to search the music list for a desired song.

1. On the music playback screen or the list screen, press the OPTION/PWR OFF button.

1. Select (Search) desired search method desired song.

- Select items as follows until a song list appears.

#### Search method

Method | Description
[All Songs] | Select a song from the all songs list.
[Album] | Select an album song.
[Artist] (*1) | Select an artist an album song.
[Genre] | Select a genre an artist an album song.
[Release Year] | Select a release year an artist song.
[Playlists] (*2) | Select a playlist song.
[Bookmark] | Select a bookmark list song.
[Folder] | Select a folder song.
[Voice Recording] | Select a folder song.

(*1) “The” at the beginning of artist names is ignored when arranging a list.
(*2) Playlists are created by using Windows Media Player. For information on how to create a playlist, refer to the Help of Windows Media Player. Cover art images registered to a playlist are not displayed on the player.
Hint

- [All Songs], [Album], [Artist] and [Genre] lists are arranged in alphanumeric order. The [Release Year] list is arranged in reverse chronological order. In the [Voice Recording] list, folders are displayed in reverse chronological order, and files are displayed in chronological order. In the [Folder] list, folders are displayed in name order first, then files are displayed in name order. In this case, upper or lower case letters are not distinguished.

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