2005 SUBARU IMPREZA WRX Owners Manual

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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” indica-
tor goes out, and normal playback mode is restored. T
Random playback
Press the “RPT/RDM” button (10) and hold it in for
more than 2 seconds while a disc is being played back
to play all songs on the disc in a random order. The
“RDM” 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 “RDM” indicator goes out, and normal play-
back mode is restored. T To eject a disc from the player
When a disc is being played back or when a disc is in
the player, press “Eject” button “ ” (7). The disc will
be ejected.
The disc may be removed even when the ignition
switch is in the “LOCK” position.
NOTE
Avoid driving the vehicle with a CD sticking out,
because vibration might make it fall out. „
CD changer control (if optional in-dash
CD changer is connected)
An optional CD changer can be connected to this au-
dio unit. Consult the instructions that accompany the
CD changer for operating the CD changer itself (e.g.,
how to load or unload CDs). See your SUBARU dealer for more information.

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(14)
(15) (13)
(12)
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(12) Track selection buttons
(13) DISC button
(14) Repeat/Random button
(15) Disc select button

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T
To start playback
When the “DISC” button (13) is pressed, the CD
changer will start playback. The display shows the cur-
rent disc number, track number and the elapsed time
during playback.
NOTE y If a disc is in the player, the “DISC” button is
used to change from CD player operation to DISC
changer operation. Each time the “DISC” button is
pressed, the operating mode will change alter-
nately. y At the end of the disc, the player automatically
continues with the next disc. y After playback on the last disc finishes, play-
back will automatically return to the first disc. y If you have loaded fewer than 6 discs, any miss-
ing disc is automatically skipped. T Selection of a desired disc
You can select a desired disc from among the discs
contained in the CD changer only by pressing the cor-
responding number on one of the “Disc select” buttons
(15). If you are to listen to the 5th disc in the CD chang-
er, press the “5” button of the “Disc select” buttons
(15). All other discs in the CD changer can also be se-
lected in a similar way.
NOTE y No disc change takes place if the button corre-
sponding to the storage tray in which no disc is
loaded is pressed. y If the disc select button corresponding to the
disc now in playback is pressed again, the disc
will be replayed from its beginning. T To select a song from its beginning
V Forward direction
Briefly press the “ ” side of the button (12) to skip to
the beginning of the next track. Each time this side of
the button is pressed, the indicated track number will
increase. V Backward direction
Briefly press the “ ” side of the button (12) to skip to
the beginning of the current track. Each time this side
of the button is pressed, the indicated track number
will decrease. T Fast-forwarding and fast-reversing
V Fast-forwarding
Press the “ ” side of the button (12) continuously for
more than 1 second to fast-forward the disc.
Release the button to stop fast-forwarding.
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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 (12) continuously for
more than 1 second to fast-reverse the disc.
Release the button to stop fast-reversing.
If you continue fast-reverse to the beginning of the
disc, the CD changer will automatically stop fast-re-
verse and start playback beginning with the first track
on the current disc. T Repeat playback
Use this to play a certain track repeatedly. During
playback, press the “RPT/RDM” button (14) and re-
lease it in less than 2 seconds. 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
Use this to play the tracks on the disc in random order.
During playback, press the “RPT/RDM” button (14)
and hold it in for more than 2 seconds. The “RDM” in-
dicator 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 “RDM” indicator goes out, and normal play-
back mode is restored.

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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
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(8) (7) (6) (2) (3) (4) (5)
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(1) FM button
(2) AM button
(3) Tone selection button
(4) Balance selection button
(5) SCAN button
(6) Tuning knob
(7) Preset buttons
(8) Power switch, Volume control,
Bass/Midrange/Treble control
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TPower switch and volume/bass/treble/fader/
balance control (PWR/VOL)
The dial (8) 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 (3) is in the depressed posi-
tion. It is also used for fader/balance controls when the
“BAL” button (4) is in the depressed position.

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Display Control mode
Turn counterclockwise Turn clockwise
BASS Bass control For less bass sound For more bass sound
MIDDLE Midrange control For less midrange sound For more midrange sound
TREBLE Treble control For less treble sound For more treble sound
BALANCE Balance control To increase left speaker volume and
decrease right speaker volume To increase right speaker volume and
decrease left speaker volume
FADER Fader control To increase rear speaker volume and
decrease front speaker volume To increase front speaker volume and
decrease rear speaker volume
VOLUME Volume control For less volume For more volume
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VTone control
The volume control dial (8) 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 level for each mode by turning the vol-
ume control dial. The control function returns to vol-
ume control mode after about 5 seconds.
To change control modes: Each brief press of the
“TONE” button (3) 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 (8) 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 (4) 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
Push the “FM” (1) or “AM” (2) button when the radio is
off to turn on the radio.
Push the “FM” or “AM” button when the radio is on to
select FM1, FM2 or AM reception.
VOLUME
BASS TREBLE MIDDLE
FADER BALANCE VOLUME