2005 SUBARU FORESTER radio

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Power switch and volume/bass/treble/fader/
balance control (PWR/VOL)
The dial (1) is used for both power (ON/OFF) and vol-
ume control. The radio is turned ON and OFF by push-
ing the dial and the volume is controlled by turning the
dial. V Tone and balance control
The “VOLUME” control knob normally function as vol-
ume control. This knob become a control for Treble,
Bass, Fader or Balance when you select the appropri-
ate audio mode.
Choose desired volume level for each mode by turning
the “VOLUME” control knob. The control function re-
turns to volume control mode after about 5 seconds.
To change control modes: Each brief press of the
“AUDIO” button changes control modes in the follow-
ing sequence starting from volume control mode.
(When the radio is first turned on, the control mode is
in the volume control.)
Volume
(VOL) Bass(BAS)Treble(TRE)Balance(BAL)
Fader
(FAD)

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FM/AM/Weather band selection button (BAND)
Push the “BAND” button when the radio is on to select
FM1, FM2, AM or Weather band (WB) reception. Each
time this button is pressed, the band will change in the
following order:
The display indicates which one is currently selected. T Stereo indicator
The stereo indicator “ST” will come on when an FM
stereo broadcast is received. T Tuning (TUNE)
V Manual tuning (TUNE)
Push the “ ” side of the tuning button (3) to in-
crease the tuning frequency and press the “ ” side
of the button to decrease it.
Each time the button is pressed, the frequency chang-
es 10 KHz in the AM waveband and 0.2 MHz in the FM
waveband. V Manual tuning for weather band
When weather band mode is selected, press the “ ” side of the tuning button (3) to change the WB
channel up and press the “ ” side of the tuning but-
ton to change the WB channel down. Each time the
button is pressed, the WB channel changes to the next
channel. T
Seek tuning
If the tuning button (3) is pressed for longer than half
of a second, the radio will begin to automatically
search for receivable frequencies and will stop at the
first one found. This function may not be available,
however, when radio signals are weak. In such a situ-
ation, perform manual tuning to select the desired sta-tion. T Automatic tuning (SCAN)
Press the “SCAN” button (6) to change the radio to the
SCAN mode. In this mode, the radio scans through the
radio band until a station is found. The radio will stop
at the station for five seconds while displaying the fre-
quency, after which scanning will continue until the en-
tire band has been scanned from the low end to the
high end.
Press the “SCAN” button again to cancel the SCAN
mode and to stop on any displayed frequency.
When the “SCAN” button is pressed for automatic tun-
ing, stations are scanned in the direction of low fre-
quencies to high frequencies only.
FM1 FM2 AM
WB

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Automatic tuning may not function properly if the sta-
tion reception is weakened by distance from the sta-
tion or proximity to tall buildings and hills. TSelecting preset stations
Presetting a station with a preset button (4) allows you
to select that station in a single operation. Up to six
WB, AM, FM1 and FM2 stations each may be preset. T How to preset stations
1. Press the “BAND” selection button to select AM,
FM1, FM2 or WB reception.
2. Press the “SCAN” button (6) or tune the radio man-
ually until the desired station frequency is displayed.
3. Press one of the preset buttons (4) for at least 2
seconds to store the frequency. At this time, there will
momentarily be no sound from the radio. If the button
is pressed for less than 2 seconds, the preceding se-
lection will remain in memory.
NOTE y If the connection between the radio and battery
is broken for any reason such as vehicle mainte-
nance or radio removal, all stations stored in the
preset buttons are cleared. If this occurs, it is nec-
essary to reset the preset buttons.y If a cell phone is placed near the radio, it may
cause the radio to emit noise when it receives calls. This noise does not indicate a radio fault.

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the CD changer will automatically stop fast-forwarding
and start playback beginning with the first track on the
current disc. VFast-reversing
Press the “ ” side of the button (17) continuously
for more than 1 second to fast-reverse the disc.
Release the button to stop fast-reversing.
If you continue fast-reversing to the beginning of the
disc, the CD changer will automatically stop fast-re-
versing and start playback beginning with the first track on the current disc. T Repeat playback
Press the “RPT” button (19) while a song is playing to
play the song repeatedly. The “RPT” indicator will
come on and the song will be played continuously. To
cancel the repeat mode, press the button again. Then
the “RPT” indicator goes out, and normal playback
mode is restored. T Random playback
Press the “RAND” button (18) while a disc is being
played back to play all songs on the disc in a random
order. The “RAND” indicator will come on and all
songs on the disc will be played in a random order.
To cancel the random mode, press the button again.
Then the “RAND” indicator goes out, and normal play- back mode is restored. T
Scan (a convenient way to become familiar with
a disc)
1. Press the “SCAN” button (20). – The display shows “SCAN” and the track number
being scanned.
– You hear the first 10 seconds of each track.
– The operation is automatically cleared after play-
ing all programs. Then, normal playback starts.
2. Press the “SCAN” button again when you hear a
track you like. – Normal playback resumes.
T To stop playback
To stop playback and switch over to the radio mode,
press the “BAND” button.

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Type B audio set (if equipped)
The radio will operate only when the ignition switch is in the “ACC” or “ON”
position. „
Radio operation
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
(7)
(8)
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(1) SCAN button
(2) FM/AM selection button
(3) WB (weather band) button
(4) Power switch, Volume control,
Bass/Midrange/Treble control
and Fader/Balance control dial
(5) TONE button
(6) Fader/Balance selection button
(7) Preset buttons
(8) Tuning buttons

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TPower switch and volume/bass/treble/fader/
balance control (PWR/VOL)
The dial (4) is used for both power (ON/OFF) and vol-
ume control. The radio is turned ON and OFF by push-
ing the dial and the volume is controlled by turning the
dial.
This dial is used for bass/midrange/treble controls
when the “TONE” button (5) is in the depressed posi-
tion. It is also used for fader/balance controls when the
“BAL” button (6) is in the depressed position.

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VTone control
The volume control dial (4) normally function as vol-
ume control. The dial become a control for Bass,
Midrange or Treble when you select the appropriate
tone control mode.
Choose desired volume level for each mode by turning
the volume control dial. The control function returns to
volume control mode after about 5 seconds.
To change control modes: Each brief press of the
“TONE” button (5) changes control modes in the fol-
lowing sequence starting from bass control mode.
(When the radio is first turned on, the control mode is
in the volume control.) V Fader and balance control
The volume control dial (4) normally function as vol-
ume control. The dial become the controls for Fader or
Balance when you select the appropriate fader and
balance control mode.
Choose desired setting for each mode by turning the
volume control dial. The control function returns to vol-
ume control mode after about 5 seconds.
To change control modes: Each brief press of the “BAL” button (6) changes control modes in the follow-
ing sequence starting from fader control mode. (When
the radio is turned on, the control mode is in the vol- ume control.) V
Display illumination dimness cancellation (BRIGHT)
The brightness of the radio display dims when the light
switch is in the “ ” or “ ” positions. If this
makes the display difficult to read, press the volume
dial for more than 1.5 seconds to return the display to
original brightness.
Subsequently pressing the volume dial again for more
than 1.5 seconds or if you can safely do so, turning the
light switch to the OFF position and back to the
“ ” or “ ” position makes the radio display
dim again. T FM/AM selection button (FM/AM)
Push the “FM/AM” button (2) when the radio is off to
turn on the radio.
Push the “FM/AM” button when the radio is on to se-
lect FM1, FM2 or AM reception. Each time this button
is pressed, the band will change in the following order:
VOLUME
BASS TREBLE MIDDLE
FADER BALANCE VOLUME

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The display indicates which one is currently selected. T
Stereo indicator
The stereo indicator “ST” will come on when an FM
stereo broadcast is received. T Weather band button (WB)
Push the “WB” button (3) when the radio is off to turn
on the radio in the weather band.
Press the “WB” button when the radio is on to select
the weather band. T Manual tuning (TUNE)
V Manual tuning for AM and FM waveband
Push the “ ” side of the tuning button (8) to increase
the tuning frequency and press the “ ” side of the
button to decrease it.
Each time the button is pressed, the frequency chang-
es 10 KHz in the AM waveband and 0.2 MHz in the FM
waveband. V Manual tuning for weather band
When weather band mode is selected, press the “ ” side of the tuning button (8) to change the WB channel
up and press the “ ” side of the button to change the
WB channel down. Each time the button is pressed,
the WB channel changes to the next channel. T
Seek tuning
If the tuning button (8) is pressed for longer than half
of a second, the radio will begin to automatically
search for receivable frequencies and will stop at the
first one found. This function may not be available,
however, when radio signals are weak. In such a situ-
ation, perform manual tuning to select the desired sta- tion. T Automatic tuning (SCAN)
Press the “SCAN” button (1) to change the radio to the
SCAN mode. In this mode, the radio scans through the
radio band until a station is found. The radio will stop
at the station for five seconds while displaying the fre-
quency, after which scanning will continue until the en-
tire band has been scanned from the low end to the
high end.
Press the “SCAN” button again to cancel the SCAN
mode and to stop on any displayed frequency.
When the “SCAN” button is pressed for automatic tun-
ing, stations are scanned in the direction of low fre-
quencies to high frequencies only.
Automatic tuning may not function properly if the sta-
FM1 FM2 AM