a moment in order to navigate quickly in very long
MP3 files.
Most radios have a button for "Shuffle"-play - with
this Solisto will start playing songs in a random or-
der. The button „Scan" on a radio will make Solisto
play 10 seconds of the middle of each song (10
seconds of the start of the song if using the iPod
connection). When switching off the radio, the Soli-
sto will remember the current song and start playing
back at that point after switching on the radio again.
The storage device can be removed and replaced
during playback. The information shown in the head
unit's display is the same as when using a CD chan-
ger: CD number, track number and, if available, the
elapsed time.
The Solisto for Becker/Porsche also supports the
display of the ID3 tag with the name of the song
currently playing if the head unit has text display
capability.
Order of Priority of the Connections
Solisto models that have multiple connections ac-
cess those connections in a certain order of priority.
This is necessary as a selection through the car ste-
reo is not possible and many Solistos are placed at
an inaccessible location in the car, while the Solisto
needs to know which media device it shall control
and get music from to send to the car stereo. The
iPod interface has the highest priority, followed by
the USB connection, while the AUX-In has the lo-
west priority. E.g. if the Solisto.Pro detects an iPod,
the Solisto's iPod interface becomes active. Now
music can be played from the iPod while it can
be controlled by the head unit. If no valid iPod or
iPhone can be detected the Solisto tries to find a
USB drive with valid directories and/or playlists and
music files plugged into the USB connection. Only
if the Solisto does not find any, music will be played
from the AUX-In. If a device (USB drive, iPod etc) is
being removed during playback, the Solisto notifies
the car stereo that the magazine of the CD changer
was removed. The car stereo then switches to ra-
dio mode. After a break of five seconds the Solisto
sends another message to the car stereo to tell that
a magazine has been inserted and it is ready to play
back again, this time from the connection with the
lower priority.
If a device is inserted while the Solisto plays back
from another one, the new device is recognised
anyway. If it is of a higher priority than the connec-
tion that is currently being used by the Solisto, the
car stereo will switch to radio mode and after five
seconds the newly connected device is ready for
playback.
AUX-In-Connection
Solisto.Basic, Solisto.Extra, Solisto.Pro
Getting Started
Any audio device that features an audio output at
line level can be connected to the AUX-In connec-
tion. Such devices are: a portable CD player, an
MP3, and multimedia player, laptops and satnavs.
Connect the line output of the audio device with
a suitable cable to the AUX-In input of the Solisto
(mini-jack-socket '3,5mm // 1/8"). After selecting
the "CD changer" on the car stereo (usually button
"CD") playback from the Solisto starts. The display
shows "CD1 TRACK 01".
The audio device will still be controlled by its own
control elements - pressing the buttons for next or
previous track etc. of the car stereo will show no ef-
fect. However, you can still set the playback volume
of the car stereo . Events such as traffic notifications
will disrupt the playback. If necessary, you may use
a commercially available extension cable with mini-
jack-socket, e.g. if you wish to place the Solisto in a
location that is difficult to reach.
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