User Manual

SEARCH OPTIONS (CONTINUED)
Once you press Enter twice, the unit will begin processing your search.
Depending on the size of your library, this may take awhile.
After the unit is finished executing the search, it will display the results
that were found for each category: Titles, Artists, Genres, and Albums -
each of which can be accessed by using the Navigation Pad Arrow Keys
or the Jog Wheel. Note that the amount of results found under each
category will be displayed in parenthesis. In this example, there are 10
titles of songs with the word “LOVE” in them, and 1 artist.
Once you have chosen a category - Titles, Artists, Genres, or Albums, you
will browse through the selections as if you were in any of the other
search modes. Once again, you may select a track using the Jog Wheel
or Navigation Pad, and press Enter to load it.
BPM SEARCH FEATURE
You can also read the BPM off of your songs ID3-tags search by BPM, if
your songs do not have a BPM in thier ID3-tag they will be considered 0
BPM and the unit will display songs from lowest to higest BPM.
NOTE: There are many third party programs that will
allow you to automaticaly or manualy input the BPM’s for all your music.
WAVEFORM FEATURE
This feature allows you to see a block
diagram representation of the high and low volume peaks for
the chosen song, which scrolls along while the songs plays, an arrow rep-
resents the exact point at which the song is playing.
To disengage the WAVEFORM display feature just hit the PLAY button in
the display mode section.
By using the DB SE software (Downloadable off our website)
WWW.CORTEX-PRO.COM you can create waveforms for all
your music files.
Search Options (Continued) and Waveform
Fig 2.67 - Processing the Search
Fig 2.68 - Displaying result categories
Fig 2..69 - Selecting a matching title from the executed search
Using the HDC-500
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Fig 2..70 - Search by BPM
Fig 2..71 - Waveform