2011 SUBARU FORESTER buttons

4-12Climate control
! A/C –Air conditioner button
If the windshield starts to fog when the
climate control system is operated in the
AUTO mode, press the air conditionerbutton “A/C ”to defog and dehumidify.
When this button is pressed, the air
conditioner compressor turns on and the
indicator light “A/C ”on the display illumi-
nates. To turn off the air conditioner
compressor, press the “A/C ”button again.
NOTE
The air conditioner compressor does
not operate when the outside air tem-
perature is below 32 8F(0 8C). !
Airflow mode selection buttonSelect the desired airflow mode by press-
ing the airflow mode selection button. The
selected airflow mode is indicated on the
display.
Each airflow mode activates the following
air outlets.
(Ventilation): Instrument panel outlets
(Bi-level): Instrument panel outlets and
the foot outlets
(Heat): Foot outlets, both side outlets of
the instrument panel and some through
windshield defroster outlets (A small
amount of air flows to the windshield and
both side windows to prevent fogging.)
(Heat-def): Windshield defroster out- lets, foot outlets and both side outlets of
the instrument panel
NOTE
When the “
”mode is selected, the air
conditioner compressor automatically
operates to more quickly defog the
windshield. At the same time, the air
inlet selection is automatically set tothe “
”mode (outside air mode).

AudioSCAN (only when connecting USB storagedevice) ............................................................. 5-37
Selecting category (only when connecting iPod
®) .............................................................. 5-37
Display selection ................................................ 5-37
Folder selection (only when connecting USB storage device) ................................................ 5-37
Setting the playing speed (only when the audiobook is playing) (type D audio) ................. 5-37
When the following messages are displayed . ...... 5-38
Audio control buttons (if equipped) .................. 5-38
MODE button ..................................................... 5-38
“
” and “”buttons ......................................... 5-39
Volume control buttons ...................................... 5-40
MUTE button (models without Hands-free system) ............................................................ 5-41 Bluetooth
®audio (type C and D audio)
............ 5-41
Media format ..................................................... 5-41
Setting Bluetooth
®audio .................................... 5-41
Bluetooth®audio operation ................................ 5-42
Hands-free system (if equipped) ...................... 5-43
Tips for the Hands-free system .......................... 5-43
Certification for the Hands-free system ............... 5-44
Safety precautions ............................................. 5-45
Using the Hands-free system ............................. 5-46
Bluetooth
®setting ............................................. 5-54
Screensaver (type D audio) .............................. 5-56
Downloading picture .......................................... 5-56
Selecting picture ................................................ 5-56
Erasing picture .................................................. 5-57

&Station preset
! How to preset stations
1. Press the “FM/AM ”button to select
FM1, FM2, FM3 (type A, B and C audio)/
FM-AS (type D audio), AM or AM-AS (type
D audio) reception.
2. Select the preferred station.
3. Press one of the preset buttons (from
to) for more than 1.5 seconds
to store the frequency. If the button is
pressed for less than 1.5 seconds, the
preceding selection will remain in memory. NOTE . Up to six FM1, FM2, FM3 (type A, B
and C audio)/FM-AS (type D audio), AM
and AM-AS (type D audio) stations
each may be preset.. 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
preset buttons are cleared. If this
occurs, it is necessary to reset the
preset buttons.. 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 malfunction. !
Selecting preset stations
1. Press the “FM/AM ”button to select
FM1, FM2, FM3 (type A, B and C audio)/
FM-AS (type D audio), AM or AM-AS (type
D audio) reception.
2. Press the preferred preset button (from
to) briefly.
! Auto-store (type D audio)
Using the Auto-store function, you can
automatically store 6 stations on the
current waveband (FM-AS or AM-AS) by
pressing the
button for 1.5 seconds
or longer. Use Auto-store to quickly find
the strongest stations, for example when
traveling through different reception areas. NOTE . When the HD Radio function is
turned on, Auto-store cannot be used
while receiving the broadcasting sta-
tion with SPS (Supplemental ProgramService).. When you use Auto-store, the new
stations replace any stations pre-
viously stored.. Interrupting Auto-store: If you acci-
dentally press the
(Auto-store)
button, you can cancel the Auto-store
function before it has been completed
as follows.
–switching to the other source mode –
pressing the
button
– switching to the other band
– turning the “TUNE/TRACK/CH ”
dial – pressing the “SCAN ”button
! Displaying and selecting preset
stations (type D audio)
1. Press the
button for 1.5 seconds
or longer during AM/FM reception to
display the radio screen.
2. Operate the “TUNE/TRACK/CH ”dial
to select the stations. Audio
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When in the category search mode, press
the following button to change the cate-
gory up or down.
Type A and B audio:Category up by one step
Category down by
one step
Type C audio:
Category up by one step
Category down by
one step
When a category is selected, turning the “ TUNE/TRACK/CH ”dial selects channels
only within the selected category.
The control function returns to the normal
mode after approximately 10 seconds. ! Type D audio
When in the SAT mode, press the
button to change the category search mode. When in the category search mode, press
the following button to change the cate-
gory up or down.
Category up by one step
Category down by
one step
When a category is selected, turning the “ TUNE/TRACK/CH ”dial selects channels
only within the selected category. The
control function returns to the normal
mode after approximately 10 seconds. ! Channel scan
Type A and B audio
Type C audio
Type D audio
Press the “SCAN ”button briefly (type A, B
and C audio)/for more than 1.5 seconds
(type D audio) to change the radio to the
SCAN mode. In this mode, under the
selected category, the radio scans through
the channel until a station is found. The radio will stop at the station for 5 seconds
while displaying the channel number, after
which scanning will continue until the
entire channel has been scanned from
the low end to the high end.
Press the
“SCAN ”button briefly (type A, B
and C audio)/for more than 1.5 seconds
(type D audio) again to cancel the SCAN
mode and to stop on any displayedchannel. & Channel preset
! How to preset channels
1. Press the “SAT ”button to select SAT1,
SAT2 or SAT3 reception.
2. Select the desired channel.
3. Press one of the preset buttons (from
to) for more than 1.5 seconds
to store the channel. If the button is
pressed for less than 1.5 seconds, the
preceding selection will remain in memory. NOTE . Up to six SAT1, SAT2 and SAT3
channels each may be preset. . If the connection between the radio
and battery is broken for any reason
such as vehicle maintenance or radio
removal, all channels stored in the
preset buttons are cleared. If this Audio
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5-22Audio
occurs, it is necessary to reset the
preset buttons. !Selecting preset channels
1. Press the “SAT ”button to select SAT1,
SAT2 or SAT3 reception.
2. Press the preferred preset button
briefly. ! Displaying and selecting preset
stations (type D audio)
1. Press the
button for 1.5 seconds
or longer during satellite radio reception to
display the radio screen.
2. Operate the “TUNE/TRACK/CH ”dial
to select the stations.
& Display selection (type A, B
and C audio)
Type A and B audio
Type C audio
Press the “TEXT ”button while receiving
the satellite radio to change the display as follows.
CD player operation NOTE . Make sure to always insert a disc
with the label side up. If a disc is
inserted with the label side down, the
player displays “CHECK DISC ”. Refer
to “When the following messages are
displayed ”F 5-29.
. If a disc is inserted during a radio
broadcast, the disc will interrupt thebroadcast.. After the last song finishes, the disc
will automatically return to track 1 (the
first track on the disc) and will auto-
matically play back. . The player is designed to be able to
play music CD-Rs and music CD-RWs,
but it may not be able to play certainones.. CDs (i.e., 8 cm/3 inch CDs) are not
supported, and if inserted, they will be
immediately ejected.. CDs that can be played back are
accompanied by the following restric-tions.
–Maximum number of folders: 255
– Maximum number of files in a
folder: 255

5-24Audio
! Inserting a disc in a desired posi- tion
1. Briefly press the
button. If the
magazine in the player has an idle
position where you can insert a disc, the
disc number indicator associated with the
idle position will blink.
The positions in the magazine the indica-
tor of which steadily lights up are already
loaded with discs.
2. Press the disc select button (from
to) at the position where you
want to insert a disc.
3. When the “LOAD ”indicator illumi-
nates, insert the disc. Once you have
inserted the disc, the “LOAD ”indicator will
turn off. The disc will then be automatically
drawn in, and the player will begin to play
the first track on the disc. . If you wish to insert another disc,
repeat the procedure beginning with step 1.
If you do not insert any disc in 15 seconds
after you have pressed the
button,
the player will begin to play back the first
track of the last disc you have inserted. . While the player is in the loading mode,
if you press
orbutton, the
player will enter standby mode. Press the
button to start playback. !
Loading all the magazine (full disc
loading mode)
1. If you continue to press the
button for more than 1.5 seconds, the
player will produce beep sound and will
enter the full disc loading mode.
2. When the disc number indicator
flashes and “ALL LOAD ”indicator illumi-
nates, insert a disc within 15 seconds. If a
disc is successfully loaded during this
period, the disc number indicator will stop
blinking and will steadily light.
3. When the loading of a disc is com-
plete, the next disc number indicator will
blink. Then repeat step 2.
4. When the magazine is filled with discs
by repeating steps 2 and 3, the player will
start playback of the discs, beginning with
the one inserted first.
If you fail to insert any disc during each 15
seconds interval, the full disc loading
mode will be canceled, and the player will
start playback of the disc inserted first. & How to play back a CD
! When there is no CD inserted
Properly insert a CD. Refer to “How to
insert a CD (type A, C and D) ”F 5-23 /
“ How to insert a CD(s) (type B) ”F 5-23.
When a CD is loaded, the player will start
playback of the CD, beginning with the first track. !
When CD is in the player (type A)
When thebutton is pressed, the
player will start playback. ! When there are CDs loaded (type B)
Press a desired one of the disc select
buttons (from
to) the disc
number indicator of which steadily lights
up. The player will then start playback of
the selected CD, beginning with the firsttrack.
If a disc that the player cannot read has
been loaded, the player will display themessage “CHECK DISC ”.
! When CD is in the player (type C
and D)
Each brief press of the
button
changes the modes in the following sequence.
*: For type C audio, “BT-A ”is displayed.
When the CD mode is selected, the player
will start playback.

5-28Audio
.Turn off the power of the audio
equipment . Turn the ignition switch to the
“ LOCK ”position
& Display selection (type A, B
and C audio)
Type A and B audio
Type C audio
If you press the “TEXT ”button during
playback, the display will change as
shown in the following sequence.
For CD-DA:
For MP3/WMA/AAC:
For iPod®:
! Page (track/folder title) scroll
If you press the “TEXT ”button again for at
least 0.5 second, the title will be scrolled
so you can see all of it.
NOTE . For type A and B audio, the display
is designed to show titles for up to 24 characters.. For type C audio, the display is
designed to show titles as shown in
the following items.
–When playing a CD-DA: 256 char-
acters – When playing an MP3/WMA/AAC:
64 characters– WhenplayinganiPod
®:255
characters
. If no operations are performed for 10
seconds, the screen that was displayed
before pressing the “TEXT ”button for
more than 0.5 second will be shown. &
Folder selection
NOTE . Selecting folders in this way is
possible only within a single disc. . Only MP3/WMA/AAC folders are re-
cognized when an attempt to select the
next or previous folder is made. If no
appropriate folder exists on the disc,
pressing the “
”or “”side of the
“ FOLDER/PTY/CAT ”button starts play-
back beginning with the first track/file.
Press the following buttons briefly.
Type A and B audio:
To select the next folder
To go back to the
previous folder
Type C audio:
To select the next folder
To go back to the
previous folder

5-38Audio
&When the following mes-
sages are displayed
If one of the following messages is
displayed while connecting the USB sto-
rage device/iPod
®, determine the cause
based on the following information. If you
cannot clear those messages, please
contact your SUBARU dealer. ! When “CHECK DEVICE ”is dis-
played
This message is displayed under the
following conditions. . When there is a short in the USB bus
. When a non-corresponding device (for
example a USB mouse) is connected. When a non-corresponding iPod
®is
connected. When a connected iPod
®is frozen
. When a transmission malfunction oc-
curs. When an iPod
®confirmation malfunc-
tion occurs. When a HUB class USB storage
device is connected
Disconnect the USB storage device/iPod
®
and check it. !
When “NO USB ”is displayed (type
D audio)
This message is displayed under the
following conditions. . No USB storage devices/iPod
®are
connected.. A non-connectable USB storage de-
vice/iPod
®is connected.
Connect a connectable USB storage device/iPod
®.
! When “No song ”is displayed (type
D audio)
This message is displayed when no
playable audio files are in the connected
USB storage device/iPod
®. Connect a
USB storage device/iPod®that has play-
able audio files stored in it. Audio control buttons (if
equipped)
These buttons are located on the spokes
of the steering wheel. They allow the
driver to control audio functions without
taking his/her hands off the steeringwheel. &
MODE button
Models without Hands-free system