2012 SUBARU FORESTER ECO mode

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!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. &
To select a track from the beginning
Type A and B audio
Type C and D audio
Turn the “TUNE/TRACK/CH ”dial clock-
wise to skip to the beginning of the next
track. Each time the dial is turned, the
indicated track number will increase.
Turn the “TUNE/TRACK/CH ”dial counter-
clockwise to skip to the beginning of the
current track. Each time the dial is turned,
the indicated track number will decrease.
NOTE
With an MP3, WMA or AAC (type C and
D audio): . Skipping past the last track will take
you back to the first track in the folder. . Skipping past the first track will take
you to the last track in the folder.

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steps. .Press the “
”button.
. Press the disc select button (type B
audio). . Press the “SCAN ”button (type A, B
and C audio).. Press the “LOAD ”button when
there is free space in the CD magazine
(type B audio).
& Random playback
To play back a tracks at random, press the
following button (random button) while a
track is playing.
Type A and B audio*
1
Type C audio*1
Type D audio*2
*1: Press the button for 0.5 second or longer.
*2: Press the button briefly.
Each time you press the button, the mode
changes in the following sequences. Type A audio:
Type B audio:
Type C audio:
Type D audio:
NOTE .
The “RDM ”(type A, B and C audio)/
“ Track RDM ”(type D audio) indication
refers to the random playback of the
tracks. It randomly repeats the tracks
on the CD. It is possible to select the
function when formats other than the MP3/WMA/AAC format CD is playing..
The “F-RDM ”(type A, B and C
audio)/ “Folder RDM ”(type D audio)
indication refers to the random play-
back in the folder. It randomly repeats
the tracks in the folder. It is possible to
select the function when an MP3/WMA/
AAC format track is playing.. The “D-RDM ”indication refers to the
random playback of a disc. It randomly
repeats the tracks on the CD. It is
possible to select the function when
an MP3/WMA format track is playing.
To cancel the random playback mode,
press the “RDM ”button again and select
CANCEL. The “RDM ”indication will turn off, and the
normal playback mode will be resumed. NOTE
Random playback will be cancelled if
you perform any of the following steps. . Press the “
”button.
. Press the disc select button (type B
audio). . Press the “SCAN ”button (type A, B
and C audio).. Press the “LOAD ”button when
there is free space in the CD magazine
(type B audio).

&Scan (type A, B and C audio)
Type A and B audio
Type C audio
The scan mode lets you listen to the first
10 seconds of each track in succession.
Press the “SCAN ”button to start scanning
upward beginning with the track following
the currently selected one.
After all tracks on the disc/in the folder
have been scanned, normal playback will
be resumed. To cancel the scan mode,
press the “SCAN ”button again.
NOTE
The scan mode will be cancelled if you
perform any of the following steps. . Press the “RPT ”button.
. Turn the “TUNE/TRACK/CH ”dial.
. Press the “
”or “”side of the
“ FOLDER/PTY/CAT ”button.
. Press the “
”button.
. Press the disc select button (type B
audio). . Select the mode other than CD
mode.. Press the “LOAD ”button when
there is free space in the CD magazine (type B audio)..
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 and hold 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– When playing an iPod
®:255
characters
. If no operations are performed for 10
seconds, the screen that was displayed
before pressing and holding the“ TEXT ”button will be shown. Audio
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&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.
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
Type D audio:
To select the next folder
To go back to the
previous folder
& How to eject a CD from the
player (type A, C and Daudio)
When a disc is being played back or when
a disc is in the player, press the
button. The disc will be ejected. NOTE . Avoid driving the vehicle with a CD
sticking out. Vibration might make it fall out.. If the disc is left ejected for more
than approximately 15 seconds after
the ignition switch is turned to the“ OFF ”position, a disc protection func-
tion will operate, automatically reload-
ing the disc. In this case, the disc is not played. &
How to eject CDs from the
player (type B)
! Ejecting a CD from the player
You can select and remove only one disc
at a time from the discs that are loaded.
1. Use the disc select button (from
to) to select the disc to be ejected.
2. Briefly press the
button. The
selected disc will be ejected. The disc
number indicator will flash at this time.
When you remove the ejected disc, the
disc number indicator will turn off.
To remove more discs in succession,
repeat steps 1 and 2. ! Ejecting all discs from the player
(all disc ejection mode)
1. If you continue to press the
button, 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
ejected. The other discs loaded will then
be ejected one after another. If you do not
remove the disc that has been ejected, the“ All disc ejection mode ”will be canceled.

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Type A and B audio
Type C and D audio
2. Press the “CD/AUX ”button on the
audio control panel to turn on the auxiliary
audio input.
3. Play back the portable audio player.
Refer to the instruction manual for the
portable audio player. NOTE . The AUX input jacks of the models
with the genuine SUBARU navigation
system are the 3.5 mm stereo jack type.
For detailed information, refer to the
Owner ’s Manual supplement for the
navigation system.. The output sound of the portable
audio player is not loud, and the sound
via the vehicle ’s speakers that are
connected to the vehicle audio set
may be very low. If you turn up the
volume of the audio set, the volume
becomes louder. However, when you
change from one portable audio player
to another one, the volume levels via
the vehicle ’s speakers may be signifi-
cantly louder compared to the prior device. To avoid a large volume differ-
ence, turn down the volume when you
change between portable audioplayers..
In some cases, when the sound
volume of the portable audio player is
low, the sound quality may become
impaired when you turn up the volume
of the vehicle audio system. In this
case, adjust the sound volume of the
portable audio player.. In some cases, noise occurs be-
cause of a bad connection between the
portable player and the vehicle audio
system. Try cleaning the stereo jack
and audio plug. . If the noise is not reduced, check for
disconnection of the cord or a malfunc-
tion of the portable player. 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
cannot be played.

&Connectable iPod®models
Model Firmware version
iPod
®
with video 1.3
classic 2.0.4
nano 1G 1.3.1
nano 2G 1.1.3
nano 3G 1.1.3
nano 4G 1.0.4
nano 5G 1.0.2
nano 6G 1.0
touch 1G 3.1.3
touch 2G 3.1.3
touch 3G 4.1
touch 4G 4.1
iPhone
®
1G 3.1.3
3G 3.1.3
3G S 3.1.3 4G 4.1
CAUTION
Do not connect an iPod
®other than
the previously stated models. Doing
so may result in a malfunction or,
depending on conditions, cause a fire.
NOTE . iPod
®is a registered trademark of
Apple Inc. . You are only permitted to personally
copy and play copyright-free material
or material that is legally permitted to
be copied and played by using aniPod
®and iTunes. Copyright infringe-
ment is prohibited by law.. To check the firmware version of an
iPod
®, connect it to a computer and
check the device manager. For further
information, see the User ’s Guide that
comes with the iPod
®
. To update the firmware version of an
iPod®, visit the Apple Inc. website.
& Connecting USB storage de-
vice / iPod
®
WARNING
Do not operate an iPod
®while
driving. Doing so may distract your
attention from driving and could
lead to an accident.
CAUTION
. If the data stored on an iPod
®is
deleted while it is connected to
the in-vehicle system, the data
cannot be recovered.
. Do not store an iPod
®in the
vehicle. If an iPod®is left in the
vehicle for a long period of time,
it may be deformed, discolored
or damaged by high temperature.
NOTE . Even if a USB storage device or
iPod
®is connected, it cannot be played
unless the USB/iPod®mode is se-
lected. . A movie cannot be played while a
USB storage device or an iPod
®is
connected.. While an iPod
®is connected, the
iPod®cannot be operated using the
click wheel on the iPod®(except some
models).. When using an iPod
®by connecting
it to in-vehicle equipment, the order of
the list items displayed on the in-
vehicle equipment may be different
from that on the iPod
®. However, this
does not indicate a malfunction.. An iPod
®battery that is connected Audio
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to in-vehicle equipment will be charged
when the ignition switch is in the “ON ”
or “Acc ”position. However, activation
of the iPod
®may be delayed if the
battery charge of the iPod®is low.
. If an iPod®does not activate after
operation, disconnect the connection
cable from the iPod
®and reset it. For
the resetting procedure, see the User ’s
Guide that comes with the iPod
®.
. If an iPod®and the connection cable
are connected improperly, the iPod®
cannot be powered on or will not be
recognized by in-vehicle equipment. In
this case, disconnect the connection
cable from the iPod
®, and then connect
it again.
The USB connector is located in the
center console. Use the connector to connect a USB storage device/iPod
®.
& How to play back
1. Connect a USB storage device/iPod
®.
2. Press the
button. Each time you
briefly press the button, the mode
changes in the following sequence.
Type C and D audio:
When the USB/iPod®mode is selected,
the player will start playback of the USB
storage device/iPod
®.
NOTE . Depending on the number of tracks
stored on the iPod
®and the firmware
version, the iPod®may not activate
smoothly after operation or not work
properly.. Do not disconnect the connector
from the iPod
®during iPod®operation.
& To select a track from the beginning
Select a track in the same way as for a
CD. For details, refer to “To select a track
from the beginning ”F 5-24. &
To select a chapter from the
beginning when connecting iPod
®
When playing podcasts or audiobooks,
select a chapter in the same way as for a
CD. For details, refer to “To select a track
from the beginning ”F 5-24.
& Fast-forwarding and rewind- ing
Fast-forwarding and rewinding are oper-
ated in the same way as for a CD. For
details, refer to “Fast-forwarding and
rewinding ”F 5-25.
NOTE
When connecting iPod
®:
. When the end of a track is reached
while fast-forwarding, fast-forwarding
ends and play begins from the begin-
ning of the next track.. When the beginning of a track is
reached while rewinding, rewinding
ends and play begins from the begin-
ning of the track.

If there is detrimental radio inter-
ference from this equipment to“other radio stations, ”move the
equipment to another location as
soon as possible to avoid radio
interference. The frequency band
used by this equipment is in the
2.4 GHz zone. The FH-SS mod-
ulation is employed as a modula-
tion method. The expected inflict-
ing interference distance is less
than 10 m (33 ft). This equipment
uses a full band and can avoid a
band used by a movable body
identification device. &
Using the Hands-free system
! Turning on/off the Hands-free mode
1) OFF hook switch
2) ON hook switch
3) Talk switch
To turn on the Hands-free mode, press the
OFF hook switch
. To turn off the
Hands-free mode, press the ON hook switch
.
! Preparation for using the Hands-
free system
Before using the Hands-free system, it is
necessary to register a cell phone in the
system. Perform the following procedure
to register a cell phone.
1. Press the OFF hook switch
.
2. Select “ENGLISH ”/“ FRANÇAIS ”by operating the
“TUNE/TRACK/CH ”dial.
Then “WELCOME! ”will be displayed.
3. Press the “TUNE/TRACK/CH ”dial or
the talk switch
.
4. Select the “RECORD NAME ”menu.
5. Say the name to be registered.
6. Select the “CONFIRM ”menu. After
“ CAR M_MEDIA ”is displayed, a pass key
is displayed.
7. Input the displayed pass key into the
cell phone while “PKY: **** ”(type C
audio)/ “PASS KEY: **** ”(type D audio) is
displayed. If you input the correct pass
key, “PA I R E D ”is displayed and the
registration procedure is finished. If you
input an incorrect pass key, “FAILED ”is
displayed and the registration procedure
was not successful.
NOTE
When the ignition switch is turned to the “Acc ”or “ON ”position, the regis-
tered cell phone will be automatically
connected to the system. ! Menu list of the Hands-free system
Turn the “TUNE/TRACK/CH ”dial to select
a menu, and then press the dial to enter
the selected menu. Audio
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