bluetooth SUBARU FORESTER 2017 SJ / 4.G Multimedia System Manual
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1QUICK GUIDE19
2BASIC FUNCTION37
3AUDIO53
4PHONE11 5
5APPS149
6INFORMATION165
7SETTINGS175
8NAVIGATION SYSTEM 
(WITH NAVIGATION FUNCTION)197
9Siri/VOICE RECOGNITION 
SYSTEM247
10APPENDIX/WHAT TO DO IF/
INDEX273
*:Pandora is available in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.
 1 QUICK GUIDE
· BASIC FUNCTION... 20    · QUICK REFERENCE... 28
· NAVIGATION OPERATION... 29    · FUNCTION INDEX... 34
 2  BASIC FUNCTION
· BASIC INFORMATION BEFORE OPERATION... 38    
· REAR VIEW CAMERA... See vehicle Owner’s Manual
 3  AUDIO
· BASIC OPERATION... 54    · RADIO OPERATION... 60    
· MEDIA OPERATION... 78    · AUDIO/VISUAL REMOTE CONTROLS... 96    
· SETUP... 99    · TIPS FOR OPERATING THE AUDIO/VISUAL SYSTEM... 102 
 4  PHONE
· PHONE OPERATION... 116    · SETUP... 136
 5  APPS
· SUBARU STARLINK... 153    · MirrorLinkTM... 154    · ahaTM... 156    · Pandora®*... 162
 6  INFORMATION
· USEFUL INFORMATION... 166
 7  SETTINGS
· Bluetooth® SETTINGS... 176    · OTHER SETTINGS... 190
 8  NAVIGATION SYSTEM (WITH NAVIGATION FUNCTION)
· NAVIGATION... 197
 9  Siri/VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM
· Siri... 248    · VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM OPERATION... 251    
· COMMAND LIST... 257
10 APPENDIX / WHAT TO DO IF / INDEX
· MAP DATABASE INFORMATION AND UPDATES... 274    
· TROUBLESHOOTING... 283    · ERROR MESSAGES... 289    · INDEX.\
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3AUDIO
BASIC OPERATION ............................................. 54
SOME BASICS ......................................................................54 ” TURNING THE SYSTEM ON AND OFF .........................54
” SELECTING AN AUDIO  SOURCE ..................................55
” SOUND SETTINGS.........................................................56
” AUDIO SCREEN ADJUSTMENT ....................................58
” VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM ...................................59
RADIO OPERATION ............................................. 60
AM/FM RADIO.......................................................................60
” OVERVIEW ...................................................................\
..60
” PRESETTING A  STATION ..............................................61
” SELECTING A STATION FROM THE LIST .....................62
” RADIO BROADCAST DATA SYSTEM ............................62
” AVAILABLE HD Radio™ TECHNOLOGY .......................64
” CACHING RADIO PROGRAMS......................................67
SiriusXM
® Satellite Radio ....................................................69
” OVERVIEW ...................................................................\
..69
” HOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO SiriusXM
® Satellite Radio .....70
” DISPLAYING THE RADIO ID ..........................................73
” PRESETTING A  CHANNEL ............................................73
” CACHING RADIO PROGRAMS......................................74
” REGISTERING A SMART FAVORITE CHANNEL ...........75
” TuneStart
TM FUNCTION ..................................................75
” TuneScanTM FUNCTION  ..................................................76
” SEARCHING BY FEATURED FAVORITES ....................76
” SELECTING A CHANNEL FROM THE LIST ...................76
” PRESERVING A MUSIC INFORMATION .......................77
MEDIA OPERATION ............................................. 78
CD .....................................................................\
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” OVERVIEW ...................................................................\
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USB MEMORY ......................................................................81 ” OVERVIEW ...................................................................\
..81
iPod ...................................................................\
....................84 ” OVERVIEW ...................................................................\
..84
SD CARD (WITH NAVIGATION FUNCTION) .......................87 ” OVERVIEW ...................................................................\
..87
Bluetooth AUDIO  ..................................................................91
” OVERVIEW ...................................................................\
..91
” CONNECTING A Bluetooth DEVICE ...............................94
AUX ....................................................................\
...................94 ” OVERVIEW ...................................................................\
..94
AUDIO/VISUAL REMOTE CONTROLS ............... 96
STEERING SWITCHES ........................................................96
SETUP  ................................................................... 99
AUDIO SETTINGS ................................................................99
” AUDIO SETTINGS SCREEN ..........................................99
TIPS FOR OPERATING THE AUDIO/VISUAL 
SYSTEM .............................................................. 102
OPERATING INFORMATION  ..............................................102
” RADIO ..................................................................\
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” CD PLAYER AND DISC ................................................104
” USB MEMORY ..............................................................107
” iPod ...................................................................\
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” SD CARD (WITH NAVIGATION FUNCTION) ...............108
” FILE INFORMATION .....................................................108
” TERMS ..................................................................\
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4PHONE
PHONE OPERATION (HANDS-FREE SYSTEM 
FOR CELLULAR PHONES) ............................... 116
QUICK REFERENCE .......................................................... 116
SOME BASICS .................................................................... 117 ” REGISTERING/CONNECTING A Bluetooth PHONE.... 118
” USING THE PHONE SWITCH/MICROPHONE ............ 118
” VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM ................................. 119
” ABOUT THE CONTACTS IN THE CONTACT LIST ......120
” WHEN SELLING OR DISPOSING
OF THE VEHICLE ........................................................120
CALLING ON THE Bluetooth PHONE ...............................121 ” BY SPEED DIAL LIST ...................................................122
” BY CALL HISTORY .......................................................123
” BY CONTACTS LIST .....................................................124
” BY DIAL PAD .................................................................125
” BY OFF HOOK SWITCH ...............................................125
” BY SPLIT SCREEN .......................................................126
RECEIVING ON THE Bluetooth PHONE ...........................126 ” INCOMING CALLS ........................................................126
TALKING ON THE Bluetooth PHONE ...............................127 ” SENDING TONES .........................................................128
” TRANSMIT VOLUME SETTING ...................................129
” INCOMING CALL WAITING ..........................................129 Bluetooth PHONE MESSAGE FUNCTION ........................130
” RECEIVING A  MESSAGE .............................................131
” CHECKING MESSAGES ..............................................132
” REPLYING TO A MESSAGE (QUICK REPLY)  ..............133
” CALLING THE MESSAGE SENDER ............................134
SETUP  ................................................................. 136
PHONE/MESSAGE SETTINGS ..........................................136
” PHONE/MESSAGE SETTINGS SCREEN  ...................136
” “Sound Settings (Sound Settings)” SCREEN  ...............137
” “Contact/Call History Settings
(Contact/Call History Settings)” SCREEN  ...................138
” “Messaging Settings
(Messaging Settings)” SCREEN  .................................145
” “Phone Display Settings
(Phone Display Settings)” SCREEN  ...........................146 
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5APPS
BEFORE USING THE APPLICATION ................ 150
BEFORE USING THE APPLICATION ................................150 ” SETTINGS REQUIRED
TO USE THE APPLICATION .......................................151
” ABOUT APP-BASED CONNECTED CONTENT ...........151
SUBARU STARLINK .......................................... 153
SUBARU STARLINK  ...........................................................153
” DISPLAYING SUBARU STARLINK INFORMATION .....153
MirrorLink™ ....................................................... 154
MirrorLink™ .........................................................\
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” OVERVIEW ...................................................................\
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ahaTM by HARMAN ............................................. 156
ahaTM by HARMAN .............................................................156
” OVERVIEW ...................................................................\
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” USING aha APPLICATION ............................................158
Pandora®* ........................................................... 162
Pandora®*.......................................................................\
.....162
” OVERVIEW ...................................................................\
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6INFORMATION
USEFUL INFORMATION .................................... 166
SiriusXM RADIO DATA SERVICE ......................................166 ” DISPLAYING SPORTS INFORMATION........................166
” DISPLAYING WEATHER INFORMATION.....................167
” DISPLAYING STOCKS INFORMATION........................171
” DISPLAYING FUEL INFORMATION 
(NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA) ...................................172
7SETTINGS
Bluetooth
® SETTINGS ....................................... 176
REGISTERING/CONNECTING Bluetooth® DEVICE .........176
” REGISTERING A Bluetooth PHONE  
FOR THE FIRST TIME .................................................176
” REGISTERING A Bluetooth AUDIO DEVICE  
FOR THE FIRST TIME .................................................179
” PROFILES ...............................................................\
......180
SETTING Bluetooth DETAILS ...........................................181 ” “Bluetooth Settings (Bluetooth Settings)” SCREEN ......181
” REGISTERING A Bluetooth DEVICE ............................182
” DELETING A Bluetooth DEVICE ...................................183
” CONNECTING A Bluetooth DEVICE .............................184
” EDITING THE Bluetooth DEVICE INFORMATION .......186
” “System Settings (System Settings)” SCREEN .............188
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9Siri/VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM
Siri ...................................................................\
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Siri®........................................................................\
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” BEFORE USING Siri .....................................................248
” USING Siri .....................................................................249
” Siri OPERATION ...........................................................249
VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM
OPERATION ....................................................... 251
VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM .......................................251
” USING THE VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM  .............251
” VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM OPERATION ...........252
” CASUAL SPEECH RECOGNITION ..............................255
COMMAND LIST................................................. 257
10APPENDIX/WHAT TO DO IF/INDEX
MAP DATABASE INFORMATION  
AND UPDATES ................................................... 274
CERTIFICATION ................................................. 277
CERTIFICATION .................................................................277 ” SiriusXM® Satellite Radio ..............................................277
” SiriusXM DATA SERVICE..............................................277
” RADIO WAVE COMMUNICATIONS  ..............................277
” Gracenote ..............................................................\
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” Bluetooth ..............................................................\
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” microSDHC....................................................................280
” iPod ...................................................................\
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” MirrorLink
TM....................................................................281
” Pandora ................................................................\
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” Google .................................................................\
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HOW TO GET THE SOURCE CODE  
USING THE OPEN SOURCE ............................. 282
WHAT TO DO IF ................................................. 283
TROUBLESHOOTING ........................................................\
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” RADIO OPERATION .....................................................283
” PHONE ..................................................................\
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ERROR MESSAGES .......................................... 289
INDEX ................................................................. 296