2007 SUBARU FORESTER radio

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radio is first turned on, the control mode is
in the volume control.)Volume (VOL)Bass(BAS)Treble(TRE)
Balance(BAL)
Fader
(FAD)
Display Control mode
Turn counterclockwise Turn clockwise
VOL Volume control For less volume For more volume
BAS Bass control For less bass sound For more bass sound
TRE Treble control For less treble sound For more treble sound
BAL Balance control To increase left speaker volume and decrease right
speaker volume To increase right speaker volume and decrease left
speaker volume
FAD Fader control To increase rear speaker volume and decrease front
speaker volume To increase front speaker volume and decrease rear
speaker volume
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TFM/AM band selection button
(BAND)
Push the “BAND” button when the radio is
on to select FM1, FM2 or AM band recep-
tion. Each time this button is pressed, the
band will change in the following order:
The display indicates which one is cur-
rently 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 increase the tuning frequency and
press the “ ” side of the button to de-
crease it.
Each time the button is pressed, the fre-
quency changes 10 KHz in the AM wave-
band and 0.2 MHz in the FM waveband. T Seek tuning
If the tuning button (3) is pressed for long-
er than half of a second, the radio will be-
gin 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 situation, perform manual tuning to
select the desired station. 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 frequency, after which scanning will
continue until the entire 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 dis-
played frequency.
When the “SCAN” button is pressed for
automatic tuning, stations are scanned in
the direction of low frequencies to high fre-
quencies only.
Automatic tuning may not function proper-
ly if the station reception 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
(4) 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 “BAND” selection button to
select AM, FM1 or FM2 reception.
2. Press the “SCAN” button (6) or tune
the radio manually 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 pre-
ceding 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 cleared. 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.
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the discs contained in the CD changer
only by pressing the corresponding num-
ber on one of the disc select buttons. If
you are to listen to the 5th disc in the CD
changer, press the “5” button of the disc
select buttons. All other discs in the CD
changer can also be selected in a similar
way.
NOTE yNo disc change takes place if the
button corresponding to the storage
tray in which no disc is loaded is
pressed. y If the disc select button correspond-
ing 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
(17) 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
(17) 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 (17)
continuously to fast-forward the disc.
Release the button to stop fast-forward-
ing.
If you continue fast-forwarding to the end
of the disc, the CD changer will automati-
cally stop fast-forwarding and start play-
back beginning with the first track on the
current disc. V Fast-reversing
Press the “ ” side of the button (17)
continuously to fast-reverse the disc.
Release the button to stop fast-reversing.
If you continue fast-reversing to the begin-
ning of the disc, the CD changer will auto-
matically stop fast-reversing 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 playback 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 playing 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 audio set will operate only when the ignition switch is in the “ACC” or “ON” position. „Radio operation
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(1) (2) (4)
(3) (5)
(6)
(1) Power switch, Volume, Brightness control dial
(2) FM/AM selection button
(3) Seek button
(4) Scan button
(5) Sound/Tune control dial
(6) Preset buttons T Power switch and volume/bright-
ness control (POWER/VOL/BRIGHT)
The dial (1) is used for both power (ON/
OFF) and volume control. The radio is
turned ON and OFF by pushing the dial,
and the volume is controlled by turning the
dial. T Sound control and tune/folder se-
lect/channel control (SOUND/TUNE/
FOLDER/CH)
The dial (5) is used for selecting the sound
control mode with each brief press of the
dial, and for adjusting each level by turn-
ing it. It is also used for tuning the radio/
folder selection (only when playing MP3 or
WMA)/channel selection (satellite radio*)
when the “FM/AM”, “CD/AUX” and “SAT”
are selected.
(*: Use of satellite radio (Sirius) requires a
tuner, antenna and a service contract. For
details, please contact your SUBARU
dealer.)

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V
Display illumination dimness can-
cellation (BRIGHT)
The brightness of the radio display dims
when the light switch is in the “ ” or
“ ” position. If this makes the display
difficult to read, press the volume dial for
more than 2 seconds to return the display
to original brightness. Subsequently
pressing the volume dial again for more
than 2 seconds or if you can safely do so,
turning the light switch to the OFF position
and back to the “ ” or “ ” posi-
tion makes the radio display dim again. T FM/AM selection button (FM/AM)
Push the “FM/AM” button (2) when the ra-
dio is on to select FM1, FM2 or AM recep-
tion. Each time this button is pressed, the
band will change in the following order:
The display indicates which one is cur-
rently selected. T
Stereo indicator
The stereo indicator “ST” will come on
when an FM stereo broadcast is received. T Manual tuning (TUNE)
Turn the tuning dial (5) clockwise to in-
crease the tuning frequency and turn the
dial counterclockwise to decrease it. Each
click the dial is turned, the frequency
changes 10 kHz in the AM waveband and
0.2 MHz in the FM waveband. T Seek tuning
When the “ ” side of the “SEEK/
TRACK/CAT” button (3) is depressed, the
radio will begin to automatically seek up
for receivable frequencies and will stop at
the first one found. For the “ ” side, the
radio will begin to automatically seek
down. This function may not be available,
however, when radio signals are weak. In
such a situation, perform manual tuning to
select the desired station. T Automatic tuning (SCAN)
Press the “SCAN” button (4) 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 a re-
ceivable station for 5 seconds while dis-
playing the frequency by blinking, 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 tuning, stations are scanned in
the direction of low frequencies to high fre-
quencies only. Automatic tuning may not
function properly if the station reception 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
(6) 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/AM” button (2) to select
AM, FM1 or FM2 reception.
2. Press the "SCAN" button (4) or tune
the radio manually until the desired station
frequency is displayed.
3. Press one of the preset buttons (6) for
at least 2 seconds to store the frequency.
The frequency of the station will flash
once on the display at this time.
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-
BALANCE
BASS
FADER TREBLE
MIDDLE
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set buttons are cleared. If this occurs,
it is necessary to reset the preset but-
tons. yIf a cell phone is placed near the ra-
dio, it may cause the radio to emit
noise when the phone receives calls.
This noise does not indicate a problem
with the radio.

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„Built-in CD changer control
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(7) (8) (9) (12) (11)
(10) (14) (13)
(15)
(16)
(7) CD button
(8) Eject button
(9) Disc slot
(10) Track selection buttons
(11) Repeat/Random button
(12) Disc number indicator
(13) Load button
(14) Folder selection dial
(15) Disc selection buttons
(16) Display button
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 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 8 cm/3 inch CDs are not supported,
and if inserted, they will be immediate-
ly ejected.

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track. Each time the button is pressed, the
indicated track number will increase. V
Backward direction
Briefly press the “ ” side of the button
(10) to skip to the beginning of the current
track. Each time the button is pressed, the
indicated track number will decrease. T To select a folder (for MP3/WMA au-
dio)
Turn the “TUNE/FOLDER/CH” dial (14) to
select the folder. T Fast-forwarding and fast-reversing
V Fast-forwarding
Press the “ ” side of the button (10)
continuously to fast-forward the disc. Re-
lease the button to stop fast-forwarding. V Fast-reversing
Press the “ ” side of the button (10)
continuously to fast-reverse the disc. Re-
lease the button to stop fast-reversing. T Repeat playback
Depress the “RPT/RDM” button (11) while
a song is playing to play the song repeat-
edly. Each time this button is pressed, the
repeat play mode will change in the follow-
ing order: The “RPT” indicator will come on and the
song will be played continuously. When
the repeat OFF is selected, the “RPT” in-
dicator goes out and normal playback
mode is restored. y
The repeat play mode will be can-
celled if you perform any of the follow-
ing steps: y Press the “RPT/RDM” button to se-
lect the repeat OFF. y Press the eject button.
y Press the “LOAD” button.
y Select the radio mode.
y Turn the "TUNE/FOLDER/CH" dial
(for MP3/WMA audio).y Turn off the power of the audio
equipment. y Turn the ignition switch to the “OFF”
position. T Random playback
Press the “RPT/RDM” button (11) 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 ran-
dom order. When the random OFF is se-
lected, the “RDM” indicator goes out and
normal playback mode is restored. y
The random play mode will be can-
celled if you perform any of the follow-
ing steps: y Press the “RPT/RDM” button to se-
lect the random OFF. y Press the eject button.
y Press the “LOAD” button.
y Select the radio mode.
y Turn the “TUNE/FOLDER/CH” dial
(for MP3/WMA audio). y Turn off the power of the audio
equipment. y Turn the ignition switch to the “OFF”
position. 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.
1. Press the disc select button (15) of the
disc whose disc number indicator (12) isON.
2. Press the eject button (8). Then the
disc number indicator associated with the
disc you have selected will blink, and the
disc will be ejected. To remove more discs
in succession, repeat Steps 1 and 2. If you
Track repeat
Disc repeat
Repeat OFF Folder repeat
(only for MP3/WMA audio)
Disc random
Random OFF