2000 SUBARU IMPREZA Audio

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How to use this owner’s manual
Using your Owner’s manual
Before you op erate your vehic le, c arefully read thi s manual. To p rotec t
yourself and extend the servic e life of your vehic l e, follow the instruc tions
in this manual. Failure to ob serve these instruc tio ns may result in serious
injury and d amag e to your vehic le.
This manual is c omp osed of thirteen c hap ters. Eac h c hap ter b eg ins with
a b rief tab le of c ontents, so you c an usually tell at a g lanc e if that c hap -
ter c ontains the information you want. Chapter 1: Doors and Locks
This c hap ter informs you how to op erate the keys, l oc ks and wind ows.
Chapter 2: Seat, seat belt and SRS airbag
This c hap ter informs you how to use the seat and se at b elt and c ontains
p rec autions for the SRS airb ag .Chapter 3: Instruments and controls
This c hap ter informs you ab out the op eration of ins trument p anel ind ic a-
tors and how to use the instruments and other switc hes.
Chapter 4: Climate Control
This c hap ter informs you how to op erate the c limate c ontrol.
Chapter 5: Audio
This c hap ter informs you how to op erate your aud io system.
Chapter 6: Interior equipment
This c hap ter informs you how to op erate interior eq uip ment.
Chapter 7: Starting and operating
This c hap ter informs you how to start and op erate y our SUBARU.
Chapter 8: In case of emergency
This c hap ter informs you what to d o if you have a p rob lem while d riving ,
suc h as a flat tire or eng ine overheating .Chapter 9: Appearance care
This c hap ter informs you how to keep your SUBARU lo oking g ood .
Chapter 10: Maintenance and service
This c hap ter informs you how to keep your SUBARU ru nning p rop erly.

Doors and locks
Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbag
Instruments and controls
Climate control
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Audio
Interior equipment
Starting and operating
In case of emergency
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Appearance care
Maintenance and service
Specifications
Consumer information and Reporting safety defects12
Index139
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Table of contents

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Audio Radio5-2
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Antenna 5-2
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FM reception 5-2
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AM/FM stereo radio with cassette player (if equipped) 5-3 . . . . . .
Radio operation 5-3
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Cassette player operation 5-9
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Clock function 5-11
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Installation of accessories 5-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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AM/FM stereo radio with cassette player (if equipped)
The rad io will op erate only when the ig nition switc
h is in the “ACC ” or
“ ON ” p ositions.
Radio operation
FM/AM selection switch
Waveband indicatorHG0084
Tone and balance control button
SCAN buttonPower switch andvolume controlTuning buttons
Preset buttons DISP button
Stereo indicator
Press stationnumber Frequency

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Volume Bass Treb le Fad er
Balanc e
(VOL) (BAS) (TRE) (FAD) (BAL)
Bass control
HG0086
Bass volume control indication When the bass volume level is set at
the level +6HG0085
Selec t the Bass c ontrol mod e b y p ressing the “T/B ” b utton. In the
b ass c ontrol mod e, the d isp lay shows the ind ic ation as shown.
The b ass c ontrol has total of 13 volume levels (B: –6 for minimum, 0
for mid d le, B: + 6 for maximum). Choose d esired b ass volume level b y
turning the volume c ontrol knob . The c ontrol func ti on returns to vol-
ume c ontrol mod e after ab out 5 sec ond s. Treble control
HG0088
When the treble volume level is set at the level
–6
Treble volume control indication
HG0087

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Balance control
HG0092
When the balance setting is at the L12 (left side maximum and right side mini- mum)
Balance control indication
HG0091
Selec t the Balanc e c ontrol mod e b y p ressing the “T/B ” b utton. In the
b alanc e c ontrol mod e, the d isp lay shows the ind ic at ion as shown.
The b alanc e c ontrol has total of 25 setting s (L: 12 for left sid e maxi-
mum and rig ht sid e minimum, 0 for neutral, R: 12 fo r left sid e mini-
mum and rig ht sid e maximum). Choose d esired setting b y turning the
volume c ontrol knob . The c ontrol func tion returns t o volume c ontrol
mod e after ab out 5 sec ond s.
FM/AM selection switch
Use this switc h to selec t either FM or AM rec ep tion . The d isp lay ind i-
c ates whic h one is c urrently selec ted . Stereo indicator
The stereo ind ic ator “ST ” will c ome on when an FM stereo b road c ast is
rec eived . Manual tuning (TUNING)
Press the tuning b utton marked “ ” to inc rease the tuning freq uenc y and
p ress the tuning b utton marked “ ” to d ec rease it.
Eac h time the b utton is p ressed , the freq uenc y c han g es b y 10 KHz in
the AM mod e and b y 0.2 MHz in the FM mod e.
Constant p ressure on the b utton c auses a c ontinuous c hang e in the fre-
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Cassette player operation
Stop and eject button
HG0093
Tape travel indicator
Cassette player operation indicator
Metal tape button
Metal tape indicator
Tape program sensor buttonNR button Fast forward/ Rewind button (Program switching buttons)
NR indicator
Cassette slot
NOTE Only use good quality cassettes (cassettes longer than C-90 are
not recommended). Put cassettes back in their boxes immediately after use to protect
them from dust and dirt and to prevent the tape from unwinding. Never expose cassettes to heat, direct sunlight or moisture.
Clean the tape head (once or twice a month) using a wet-type
cleaning cassette .
Cassette slot
Insert a c assette with the exp osed tap e sid e fac ing to the rig ht. After in-
sertion, p layb ac k starts. Tape travel indicators
These ind ic ate the d irec tion the c assette tap e is m oving .
:ind ic ates that the top sid e of the c assette is b ein g p layed b ac k.
:ind ic ates that the b ottom sid e of the c assette is b eing p layed b ac k.

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When the tap e c ontains verb al material suc h as c onv ersations.
When the b lanks b etween selec tions are shorter than five sec ond s.
When there are no b lanks b etween selec tions (live c onc erts, etc .).
Dolby NR button (BNR)
Press “BNR ” b utton when p laying tap es rec ord ed using the Dolb y NR
system*. The “BNR ” ind ic ator will lig ht up and hig h-freq uenc y noise o n
the tap e will b e red uc ed for c learer sound rep rod uc tion.
* Noise red uc tion system manufac tured und er lic ens e from Dolb y Lab oratories
Lic ensing Corp oration. “Dolb y ” and the d oub le-D Symb ol are trad e marks of
Dolb y Lab oratories Lic ensing Corp oration. Metal tape button (MTL)
Press the “MTL ” b utton when p laying a metal or CrO
2 tap e.
Clock function
The rad io has a b uilt-in c loc k func tion that d isp la ys the time when the
ig nition switc h is turned either to “ACC ” or “ON ”.
HG0094
Tuning buttons
“DISP” buttons
Display mode
You c an selec t either the time d isp lay mod e or func tion d isp lay mod e b y
p ressing the “DISP/CLK ” b utton when the ig nition switc h is either “ACC ”