An embodiment of this invention presents a method of selecting an entry from a database in a vehicle infotainment system. The method includes receiving a second single character input after receiving a first single character input by generating a multi character search string, wherein the first character of the multiple character search string is the first single character input and the second character of a multiple character search string is the second single character input with is searched in a database, which is stored on the vehicle infotainment system and is searched for inputs that match the multi-character search string, thus creating a variety of inputs that match the multi-character search string and displayed by the vehicle infotainment system , The advantage of the disclosed embodiment is that the vehicle operator can effectively search a large number of entries in a vehicle system without being too distracted and without having to stop the vehicle.
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