2006 SUBARU OUTBACK radio

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Control mode (Range of
levels)
Turn counterclockw ise Turn clockwise
Bass control (–6 to +6) For less bass sound For more bass sound
Midrange control (–6 to +6) For less midrange sound For more midrange sound
Treble control (–6 to +6) For less treble sound For more treble sound
Volume control (0 to 40) For less volume For more volume 500009
V To change balance control modes
Each brief press of the “BAL” button
changes control modes in the following
sequence starting from volume control
mode. (When the radio is first turned on,
the control mode is in the volume control.)
The “BAL” button is used for selecting the
following control modes:BAL 500230
Volume
(VOLUME) Balance
(BALANCE)Fader
(FADER)

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– CONTINUED –Control mode (Range of
levels)
Turn counterclockw ise Turn clockwise
Fader control (R9 to F9) To increase rear speaker volume
and decrease front speaker vol-
ume To increase front speaker volume
and decrease rear speaker vol-
ume
Balance control (L9 to R9) To increase left speaker volume
and decrease right speaker vol-
ume To increase right speaker volume
and decrease left speaker vol-
ume
Volume control (0 to 40) For less volume For more volume 500009
T FM/AM selection button
Push the “FM” or “AM” button when the ra-
dio is off to turn on the radio.
Push the “FM” or “AM” button when the ra-
dio is on to select FM1, FM2 or AM recep-
tion.
T Stereo indicator
The stereo indicator “ST” will come on
when an FM stereo broadcast is received. FM AM CD 500231

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T Tuning
V Manual tuning
Press the “ ” side of the TUNE/TRACK
button to increase the tuning frequency
and press the tuning button marked “ ”
to decrease it.
Each time the button is pressed, the fre-
quency interval can be changed between
10 kHz in the AM mode and 0.2 MHz in the
FM mode.
If you hold down the “ ” side of the but-
ton, the tuning frequency will increase
continuously, and if you hold down the
“ ” side of the button, the tuning fre-
quency will decrease continuously. Re-
lease the button when your desired fre-
quency is reached. NOTE While you are holding down either side
of the TUNE/TRACK button, the tuning
frequency will not stop changing even
if the frequency of a receivable station
is reached.
V Seek tuning (SEEK)
If you press the “ ” or “ ” side of the
SEEK/SCAN button and release it within
1.5 second, the radio will automatically
search for a receivable station and stop at
the first one it finds. This function may not
be available, however, when radio signals
are weak. In such a situation, perform
manual tuning to sele ct the desired sta-
tion. V Scan tuning (SCAN)
If you press the “ ” or “ ” side of the
SEEK/SCAN button for 1.5 second or
longer, the radio will switch to scan mode.
In this mode, the radio scans through the
radio band until a station is found. The ra-
dio will stop at the st ation for five seconds
while displaying the frequency, after which
scanning will continue until the entire band
has been scanned.
Press the “ ” or “ ” side of the button
again to cancel the scan mode and to stop
on any displayed frequency.
If you hold down the “ ” side of the but-
ton, the radio will scan up the frequency
band (from low frequencies to high fre-
quencies). If you hold down the “ ” side
of the button, the radio will scan down the
frequency band (from high frequencies toTUNE
TRACK 500049
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– CONTINUED –low frequencies).
Automatic tuning may not function proper-
ly if the station re ception is weakened by
distance from the station or proximity to
tall buildings and hills.
T Selecting preset stations
Presetting a station with a “preset button”
allows you to select that station in a single
operation. Up to six AM, FM1 and FM2
stations each may be preset.
T How to preset stations
1. Press the “FM” or “AM” button to select
FM1, FM2 or AM reception.
2. Press the “ ” or “ ” side of the but-
ton or tune the radio manually until the de-
sired station frequency is displayed.
3. Press one of the preset buttons for more than 1.5 seconds to store the fre-
quency. If the button is pressed for less
than 1.5 seconds, the preceding selection
will remain in memory.
NOTE y If the connection between the radio
and battery is broken for any reason
such as vehicle maintenance or radio
removal, all stations stored in the pre-
set buttons are cleare d. If this occurs,
it is necessary to reset the preset but-
tons.
y If a cell phone is placed near the ra-
dio, it may cause the radio to emit
noise when it receives calls. This noise
does not indicate a radio fault.
„ Built-in CD changer opera-
tion
NOTE y Make sure to always insert a disc
with the label side up. If a disc is insert-
ed with the label side down, it might be
ejected or the player might shut off.
y If a disc is inserted during a radio
broadcast, the disc will interrupt the
broadcast.
y After the last song finishes, the disc
will automatically return to track 1 (the
first song on the disc) and will auto- matically play back.
y The player is designed to be able to
play music CD-Rs and music CD-RWs,
but it may not be able to play certain
ones.
y Single CDs (i.e., 8 cm/3 inch CDs) are
not supported, and if inserted, they will
be immediately ejected.
T How to insert a CD(s)
V Inserting a CD 0
1. Briefly press the “LOAD” button. If the
magazine in the player has an idle posi-
tion where you can insert a disc, the disc
number indicator associated with the idle
position will blink.
If no indicator blinks, it means that there is
no idle position in the magazine.123 456
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– CONTINUED –T Repeating
V To repeat the currently playing
track/file (track)
To repeat a track/file (track), briefly press
the “RPT” button while the track/file (track)
is playing. The display will show “RPT”,
and the track/file (t rack) will be repeated.
To cancel the track/file (track) repeat-play
mode, briefly press the “RPT” button
twice. The “RPT” indication will go off, and
the normal playback mode will be re-
sumed.
NOTE y Each time you briefly press the but-
ton, the mode will change to the next
one in the following sequence. If you accidentally press the button
and cancel the track/file (track) repeat-
play mode, press it again to reselect
the repeat-play mode.
y The repeat-play mode will be can-
celled if you perform any of the follow-
ing 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. V To repeat the currently playing disc/
folder
To repeat the currently playing disc/folder,
press the “RPT” button twice while a track/
file (track) is playin g. The display will show
“D-RPT”, and the disc/folder will be played
repeatedly.
To cancel the disc/folder repeat play
mode, press the “RPT” button once more.
The “D-RPT” indication will go off, and the
normal playback mode will be resumed.
NOTE y Each time you brie fly press the but-
ton, the mode will change to the next
one in the following sequence.RPTRDM 500241RPT D-RPT CANCEL
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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
TEXT 500242
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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
on the audio display. 400216
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