Deletes require entering either a song, artist or media item on the home screen and selecting "Delete" from the Options menu.
Deleting a reference requires entering a song/artist/media combination and selecting "Delete Reference" from the Options menu.
To delete a song, artist or media item no references can be associated with the item being deleted. If references are found they are listed and a message is displayed stating that the item cannot be deleted while references exist.
The screen shot on the upper left is shown when a request to delete a media or media/company is validated by selecting the 'Continue' button. The media or media/company item cannot be deleted while any references exist. If no references exist and the validation is successful selecting 'Delete' will complete the delete request. Because artist and media/company have references to the songs displayed on the bottom half of the screen all references must be deleted before the media/company can be deleted. The screen shot on the upper right shows the "Delete Reference" screen that is used to remove each reference before the media/company item to be deleted.
The figure on the lower left shows a delete request, after pressing the 'Continue' button, to delete the song "Body And Soul". Song contains both artist and media references as shown in the image. The " - a" tag identifies artist references that are required to be removed before a song can be deleted and " - m" tag identifies media references that must be removed before the song can be deleted. The ' - a' and ' - m' tags are attached to the end of the listed items only when the action being performed is to a song. When deleting a artist or media value the listed references will always be references to a song.
When applying deletes to the database the deletes must begin on the home screen by selecting the "Options" menu button and then selecting "Delete" or "Delete references". Additional deletes can be entered while on the 'Delete' screen.