2006 SUBARU OUTBACK Owners Manual

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If you accidentally press the button
and cancel the disc/folder repeat-play
mode, press it again to reselect the
disc/folder repeat-play mode.
y The disc/folder repeat-play mode will
be cancelled if you perform any of the
following steps:
y Press the “RPT” button
y Press the “ ” button
y Press the disc select button
y Select the radio mode
y Press the “ ” or “ ” side of
the SEEK/SCAN button
y Turn off the powe r of the audio
equipment.
y Turn the ignition switch to the
“OFF” position.
T Random playback Press the “RPT” button briefly during disc/
folder playback to play all of the tracks/
files (tracks) on the di sc/folder in a random
order. The display will show “RDM”, and
all of the tracks on the disc/folder will be
played in a random order.
To cancel random playback, press the
“RPT” button again for at least 1.5 second.
The “RDM” indication will go off, and the
normal playback mode will be resumed.
NOTE Random playback will be cancelled if
you perform any of the following steps:
y Press the “RPT” button
y Press the “ ” or “ ” side of the
SEEK/SCAN button
y Press the “ ” button
y Press the disc select button
y Select the radio mode
y Turn off the power of the audio
equipment.
y Turn the ignition sw itch to the “OFF”
position. T Auto tuning (scan mode)
The scan mode lets you listen to the first
10 seconds of each track/file (track) in
succession. Press the “ ” side of the
SEEK/SCAN button for 1.5 second or
longer to start scanning upward beginning
with the track/file (track) following the cur-
rently selected one. Press the “ ” side
of the button to start scanning downward
beginning with the track/file (track) pre-
ceding the currently selected one. When
all tracks/files (tracks) in the disk/folder
have been scanned, normal playback will
be resumed. To cancel the scan mode,
press the “ ” or “ ” side of the button
for 1.5 second or longer.
NOTE
The scan mode will be cancelled if youRPTRDM
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– CONTINUED –perform any of the following steps:
y Press the “RPT” button
y Press the “ ” or “ ” side of the
TUNE/TRACK button
y Press the “ ” or “ ” side of the
SEEK/SCAN button
y Press the “ ” button
y Press the disc select button
y Select the radio mode
y Turn off the power of the audio
equipment.
y Turn the ignition switch to the “OFF”
position.
T Display selection
If you press the “TEXT” button for 0.5 sec-
ond or longer during playback, the indica-
tion will change to the next one in the fol-
lowing sequence. T Page (track/folder title) scroll
If, having pressed the “TEXT” button to
select track title or folder title display, you
press the “TEXT” button again for less
than 0.5 second, the title will be scrolled
so you can see all of it. You will see eight
characters at a time.
NOTE The display is designed to show titles
for up to eight pages (64 characters in
total). However, it may in some cases
show titles for only up to four pages (32
characters in total). T Folder selection
Press the “ ” side of the SEEK/SCAN
button briefly to se lect the next folder.
Press the “ ” side of the button briefly to
go back to the previous folder. The folder
title will be shown each time you press one
of the buttons.
NOTE y Selecting folders in this way is possi-
ble only within a single disc.
y Only MP3 folders are recognized
when an attempt to select the next or
previous folder is made. If no appropri-
ate folder exists on the disc, pressing
the “ ” or “ ” side of the SEEK/
SCAN button has no effect.TEXT 500242Folder number/file 
(track) number Track title
Folder title
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T How to unload CDs from the player
V Ejecting a CD from the player
Of the discs loaded, you can select and re-
move only one disc. 0
1. Use the disc select button to select the
disc to be ejected. 2. Briefly press the “ ” button. The se-
lected disc will be ejected. The disc num-
ber indicator will flash at this time. When
you remove the ejected disc, the disc
number indicator will go off.
To remove more discs in succession, re-
peat Steps 1 and 2. V Ejecting all discs from the player
(All disc ejection mode) 0
1. If you continue to press the “ ” but-
ton, the player will produce beep sound
and will enter the all disc ejection mode. At
this time, the disc number indicator and
“ALL EJECT” indicator will flash.
2. Remove the disc that has been eject-
ed. The other discs loaded will then be
ejected one after another. If you do not re-
move the disc that has been ejected, the
“All disc ejection mode” will be canceled.
NOTE y Avoid driving the vehicle with a CD
sticking out, because vibration might
make it fall out.
y If you press the “ ” button while
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– CONTINUED –the mode will be cancelled following
ejection of the disc that is currently be-
ing ejected.
y If you press the “CD” button while
the player is in all disc ejection mode,
the player will draw in the discs that
have been ejected and play them.
Audio control buttons (if
equipped) These buttons are lo cated on the spokes
of the steering wheel. They allow the driv-
er to control audio functions without taking
his/her hands off the steering wheel.
T MODE button
This button is used to select the desired
audio mode. Each time it is pressed, the
mode changes to the next one in the fol-
lowing sequence:
*: The frequency last received in the selected
waveband will be displayed. T “ ” and “ ” buttons
V With radio mode selected
Press the “ ” button or “ ” button.
The radio will seek the next receivable
station and stop on it.
That station’s frequency will be shown on
the audio display.
V With CD mode selected
Press the “ ” button to skip forward in
the track/file (track) order. Press the “ ”
button to skip backward in the track/file
(track) order.
The track/file (track) number will be shown
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T Volume control buttons
Press the “+” button to increase the vol-
ume. Press the “–” button to reduce the
volume.
A number indicating the volume will be
shown on the audio display. T MUTE button
Press this button if you wish to immediate-
ly cut the volume to zero.
The audio display will show “MUTE”.
If you press the button again, the original
sound volume will return and “MUTE”
goes off. Precautions to observe when
handling a compact disc Use only compact discs (CDs, CD-Rs and
CD-RWs) that have the mark shown in the
following. Also, some compact discs can-
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– CONTINUED –y You cannot use a DualDisc in the CD
player. If you insert a DualDisc into the
player, the disc may not come out again,
possibly causing the player to malfunc-
tion.
y In cold and/or rainy weather, dew can
form inside the CD player, preventing nor-
mal operation. If this happens, eject the
CD and wait for the player to dry out.
y Skipping may occur when the CD player
is subjected to severe vibration (for exam-
ple, when the vehicle is driven on a rough
surface).
y To remove a disc from the case, press
the center of the case and hold both edg-
es of the disc. If the disc surface is
touched directly, contamination could
cause poor tone quality. Do not touch the
disc surface. y Use a clean disc whenever possible. If
there are deposits, wipe the disc surface
from the center outwa rd with a dry, soft
cloth. Be sure not to use a hard cloth, thin-
ner, benzene, alcohol, etc.
y Do not use any disc that is scratched,
deformed, or cracked. Also, do not use
any disc that has a non-standard shape
(for example, a heart shape). Malfunctions
or problems might result.
y A disc is vulnerable to heat. Never keep
it either in places exposed to direct sun-
light, near heaters or in vehicles parked in
the sun or on hot days.
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MP3 audio „ What is MP3? MP3 (the name is an abbreviation of
‘MPEG Audio Layer 3’) is a compression
format for digital audio. It was developed
by the Motion Picture Experts Group. It
permits audio data to be shrunk by a factor
of approximately 10 with no loss of sound
quality, meaning that the audio on 10 con-
ventional CDs can be fitted onto a single
CD-R or CD-RW (assuming a bit rate of
128 kbps and a sampling frequency of
44.1 kHz).
NOTE y MP3 encoding and writing software
is not supplied with the audio system.
y CD writing software is not supplied
with the audio system.
„ Creating MP3 files y To create a high-quality MP3 file, it is
advisable to have a high bit rate (128 kbps
or higher) and a high sampling frequency.
y If a file is created with a variable bit rate
(VBR), the elapsed time during playback
may not be displayed correctly and the
sound may skip.
y The sound quality during playback de-
pends upon the encoder and bit rate. De- tailed information can be found in the us-
er’s manuals for encoder software and
writing software.
y A fixed bit rate of 128 kbps or higher is
recommended.
„ Saving MP3 files on a disc y Do not save any non-MP3 file on a disc.
Also, do not save any unnecessary folder
on a disc.
y If many folders and/or non-MP3 files are
saved on a disc, a delay will be caused be-
fore playback begins.
y If a disc contains both Compact Disc-
Digital Audio (CD-DA) files and MP3 files,
the system will play only the CD-DA files.
y Add the extension ‘.MP3’ to the name of
every MP3 file. The system will not play
any file that has either no extension or an
extension other than ‘.MP3’.
y Do not add the extension ‘.MP3’ to the
name of any non-MP3 file. Doing so could
lead to speaker damage.
y The system supports multi-session re-
cording, so disc-at-once recording is rec-
ommended.
y The system does not support packet
writing software.
y The system does not have a playlist
function.
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y Recording must be performed using a
file system supported by the audio sys-
tem. Otherwise, the audio system may not
play the MP3 files and may not display
folder titles and file titles.
„ Supported file systemsThe audio system supports the following
file systems:
y ISO 9660 Level 1/Level 2
y Apple Extension to ISO 9660
y Joliet
y Romeo
NOTE The audio system does not support the
following file systems:
y Apple HFS
y UDF 1.50
y Mix CD (CD Extra)
„ Compression formaty MPEG 1 audio layer 3 (MP3)
Bit rate: 32 kbps – 320 kbps
Sampling frequency: 32, 44.1, 48 kHz
y MPEG 2 audio layer 3 (MP3)
Bit rate: 8 kbps – 160 kbps
Sampling frequency: 16, 22.05, 24 kHz „ Numbers of folders and files y Maximum number of folders: 255 (in-
cluding root folder)
y Maximum number of files: 999 (maxi-
mum number in one folder: 255)
y Maximum number of layers: 8
NOTE y Not all of the discs stored in MP3
files may be able to be played back.
y Even if a folder contains no MP3
files, it is counted as a folder.
y Writing software can rearrange fold-
ers and files such that the playback or-
der is different from the desired one.
y The playback order for a given disc
can be different with different players.
„ Copyright issues Except with respect to copies made for
personal use, duplication, distribution, and
transmission of music and other copy-
righted material on a disc without permis-
sion from the copyright holder is illegal.