2001 SUBARU LEGACY Owners Manual

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McIntosh audio set (if equipped)
The aud io set will op erate only when the ig nition s
witc h is in the “ACC ” or
“ ON ” p ositions.
CAUTION
The power amplifier for this audio set is mounted under the front
passenger’ s seat. The amplifier will become hot if the audio con-
tinues to operate.
Never touch the amplifier. Doing so could cause burns.
Radio operation
HB5045BB
1 POWER ON/OFF b utton
2 FM/AM selec tion b utton
3 Tuning /FF FB d ial
4 Weather b and b utton
5 Preset b uttons 6
Treb le sound c ontrol knob
7 Volume and fad er/b alanc e
c ontrol d ial
8 Bass sound c ontrol knob

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ON-OFF switch
The aud io system c an b e turned on b y p ressing the P OWER b utton
when the ig nition key is in the ACC or ON p osition. Pressing the
POWER b utton onc e ag ain will turn off the p ower. In ad d ition, the fol-
lowing six op erations will also result in the aud io system’s p ower b e-
ing turned on: Pressing the FM/AM selec tor b utton
Pressing the Tap e Mod e selec tor b utton
Pressing the Disc Mod e selec tor b utton (p rovid ed th at a CD has
b een inserted or that a CD multi-c hang er is c onnec t ed to the system)
Inserting a c assette
Inserting a CD
Pressing the Traffic information b utton
Volume control
HBS040BB
Turn c loc kwise to inc rease the aud io-system volume.
Turn c ounterc loc kwise to red uc e the aud io-system vo lume.
Tone control
Bass and treb le c ontrol is op erated using the same knob . Use that
knob for the sep arate ad justment of low p itc h and h ig h p itc h sound s.

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HBS041AA
nBASS control
The b ass c ontrol ad justs the level of low p itc h sou nd s. The b ass is
ad justed b y turning the knob from left to rig ht in this c ond ition.
Turn c loc kwise to inc rease the level of b ass tones.
Turn c ounterc loc kwise to red uc e the level of b ass t ones.
n TREBLE control
The treb le c ontrol ad justs the level of hig h p itc h sound s. The treb le is
ad justed b y turning the knob from left to rig ht in this c ond ition.
Turn c loc kwise to inc rease the level of treb le tone s.
Turn c ounterc loc kwise to red uc e the level of treb le tones.
Balance control
HBS042BC

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FADER control
The b alanc e c ontrol ad justs the b alanc e b etween the front and rear
sp eakers.
The b alanc e is ad justed b y turning the knob from le ft to rig ht in this
c ond ition.
Turn c loc kwise to inc rease the relative sound volum e in the front of the
vehic le.
Turn c ounterc loc kwise to inc rease the relative soun d volume in the
rear of the vehic le. n BALANCE control
The b alanc e c ontrol ad justs the b alanc e b etween the left and rig ht
sp eakers. Pull the knob out until it stop s. The b al anc e is ad justed b y
turning the knob from left to rig ht in this c ond iti on.
Turn c loc kwise to make the sound loud er on the rig h t of the vehic le.
Turn c ounterc loc kwise to make the sound loud er on t he left of the ve-
hic le. FM/AM selection button
Press the FM/AM selec tor b utton to c hoose either FM or AM b road -
c asts. The d isp lay will show FM or AM ac c ord ing ly.
Use the tuning d ial to selec t the station to whic h you wish to listen.
Manual tuning
Turn the tuning d ial ’s outer tuner to inc rease or d ec rease the rec ep tion
freq uenc y in ind ivid ual step s. FM b and : 0.2 MHz step s
AM b and : 10 kHz step s
Seek tuning (SEEK)
If the Tuning d ial ’s outer tuner is turned for long er than half of a s e-
c ond , the rad io will b eg in to automatic ally searc h for rec eivab le fre-
q uenc ies and will stop at the first one found . This func tion may not b e
availab le, however, when rad io sig nals are weak. In suc h a situation,
p erform manual tuning to selec t the d esired station .

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Scan tuning (SCAN)
Turn the tuning d ial inner tuner to c hang e the rad i o to the SCAN
mod e. In this mod e, the rad io sc ans throug h the rad io b and until a
station is found . The rad io will stop at the statio n for five sec ond s
while d isp laying the freq uenc y, after whic h sc annin g will c ontinue until
the entire b and has b een sc anned .
Turn the tuning d ial ’s inner tuner ag ain to c anc el the SCAN mod e and
to stop on any d isp layed freq uenc y.
Sc an tuning may not func tion p rop erly if the statio n rec ep tion is weak-
ened b y d istanc e from the station or p roximity to t all b uild ing s and
hills. Preset tuning
Press any one of the p reset b uttons to selec t the c orresp ond ing , p re-
viously-reg istered rad io station. The LED at the to p of that b utton will
turn on. n Manual preset
Use the tuning d ial to selec t the rad io station whi c h you wish to
reg ister. Choose the p reset b utton to whic h you wish to assig n that station
and p ress it c ontinuously for a p eriod of more than 2 sec ond s. When
the rad io station has b een suc c essfully reg istered , the d isp lay will
flash the c orresp ond ing rad io freq uenc y on and off onc e.
NOTE Each preset button can be used to store both an FM station
and an AM station. If the power supply is interrupted by disconnection of the bat-
tery, memory presets will be cleared and will be required to be re-input. Weather band button (WB)
Push the “WB ” b utton when the rad io is off to turn on the rad io in the
weather b and .
Press the “WB ” b utton when the rad io is on to selec t the weather
b and .

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HB5045CB
9 Cassette slot
Q Ejec t b utton
W TAPE (c assette p layer
selec tion) b utton
E Rep eat b utton R
Fast forward b utton
T Play b utton
Y Rewind b utton
U Prog ram switc hing b utton
I Dolb y B NR b utton
If a c assette is inserted into the c assette slot wh ile the ig nition switc h is
in the ACC or the ON p osition, that tap e will start to p lay automatic ally.
Press the TAPE b utton when you want to p lay a c asse tte that has p re-
viously b een inserted .
Cassette tape stop and eject button
When “
” b utton is p ressed , p layb ac k stop s and the c assette tap e
is ejec ted .
Before the ig nition switc h is turned to the “OFF ” p osition, ejec t the
tap e from the p layer. Always make c ertain that you remove the c as-
sette tap e.

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Program button (PROG)
If a c assette is c urrently b eing p layed , the PROG b utton c an b e
p ressed to switc h from the A-sid e to the B-sid e or vic e-versa.
Fast-forward button (FF)
To fast-forward the tap e, p ress the “FF ” b utton. To stop fast-forward -
ing , lig htly p ress the “PLAY ” b utton.
If the “FF ” b utton is p ressed twic e suc c essively d uring p layb a c k, the
p layer will fast-forward the tap e to the end of the c urrent song and
resume the p layb ac k from the b eg inning of the next song .
Rewind button (REW)
To rewind the tap e, p ress the “REW ” b utton. To stop rewind ing , lig htly
p ress the “PLAY ” b utton.
If the “REW ” b utton is p ressed twic e suc c essively d uring p layb a c k,
the p layer will rewind the tap e up to the b eg inning of the c urrent song
and resume the p layb ac k from its b eg inning . Repeat button (RPT)
If the RPT b utton is p ressed while a song on a c ass ette tap e is b eing
p layed , the c assette p layer will then b eg in to p lay that song rep eated -
ly. Press the RPT b utton onc e ag ain to return to no rmal p layb ac k.
Dolby B NR button (B NR)
Press “B NR ” b utton when p laying tap es rec ord ed using the Dolb y
NR system*. Hig h-freq uenc y noise on 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 ense from Dolb y Lab oratories
Lic ensing Corp oration. “Dolb y ” and d oub le-D Symb ol are trad e marks of Dolb y
Lab oratories Lic ensing Corp oration.

5-46Compact disc player operation
HB5045DB
O DISC IN ind ic ator lig ht
P Disc slot
A Disc b utton S
Ejec t b utton
D FF·FB d ial
F Rep eat b utton
To play back a compact disc
n When CD is not in the player
Hold a d isc with a fing er in the c enter hole while g rip p ing the ed g e of
the d isc , then insert it in to the slot (with the l ab el sid e up ) and the
p layer will automatic ally p ull the d isc into p ositi on.
Sing le CDs (8 c m/3 inc h CD) may also b e used withou t an ad ap ter.
After inserting , the DISC IN ind ic ator (LED) will c ome on and p layb ac k
start. NOTE Make sure to always insert a disc with the label side up. If a
disc is inserted with the label side down, it might be ejected or the player might shut off.