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cel the repeat mode, press the button again. Then the “RPT” indicator
goes out, and normal playback mode is restored. Random playback
Use this to play the tracks on the disc in random order. During play-
back, press the “RDM” button
E and hold it in for more than 2 se-
conds. The “RDM” 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 “RDM”
indicator goes out, and normal playback mode is restored. Scan
Press the “SCAN” button
T and release it in less than 2 seconds, and
you can hear the first 10 seconds of each track to seach for the
desired program. To continue listening to the program, press the
“SCAN” button again. After all tracks on the disc has been scanned,
normal playback mode is restored. To eject a disc from the player
When a disc is being played back or when a disc is in the player,
press the eject button “
” 9 . The disc will be ejected.
The disc may be removed even when the ignition switch is in the
“LOCK” position.
NOTE Avoid driving the vehicle with a CD sticking out, because
vibration might make it fall out. To protect the disc, the disc is automatically loaded if it is left
in the ejected position for more than approximately 15 seconds(Auto Reload). In this case, the disc is not played.

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CD changer control (If optional in dash CD changer is connected) An optional CD changer can be connected to this audio unit. See your
SUBARU dealer for more information. For procedures for loading and un-
loading CDs, refer to “In-dash 6 CD auto changer ” in this chapter.
HB5052DB
U CD button
I Track selection buttons
O RAND (Random) button P
RPT (Repeat) button
A SCAN button
To start playback
Press the “CD” button U. The “CD” indicator will come on and the
disc number will appear on the display and the CD changer will start playback.
NOTE If the “CD” button is pressed during a radio broadcast, the CD
changer will interrupt the broadcast. At the end of the disc, playback automatically continues with
the next disc. After playback on the last disc finishes, the player will auto-
matically return to the first disc. If you have loaded fewer than 6 discs, any missing disc is
automatically skipped.

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Selection of a desired disc
Discs cannot be selected using the main audio unit. To select a disc,
press one of the “Disc select ” buttons (these are numbered from 1 to
6) on the CD changer unit. The disc will begin to play. To select a song from its beginning
Briefly press the “ ” button
I to skip to the beginning of the next
track and briefly press the “ ” button to skip to the beginning of the
current track. Fast-forwarding and fast-reverse
Press the “ ” button I continuously for more than a half second to
fast-forward the disc.
Press the “ ” button continuously for more than a half second to fast
reverse the disc.
Release the button to stop fast forwarding or fast reverse. Repeat
Press the “RPT” button
P 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. Random playback
Press the “RAND” button
O 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.
Scan (a convenient way to become familiar with a disc)
1. Press the “SCAN” button
A.
– 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 pro-
grams. Then, normal playback starts.

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2. Press the “SCAN” button again when you hear a track you like.
– Normal playback resumes.
To stop playback
To stop playback and switch over to the radio mode, press the
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Type F audio set (if equipped) The audio set will operate only when the ignition switch is in the “ACC” or
“ON” positions.
Radio operation
HB5043BB
1 Tuning buttons
2 SCAN button
3 FM/AM selection button
4 Preset buttons 5
AUDIO button
6 Power switch and volume
control
Power switch and volume/bass/treble/fader/balance control
n Power switch and volume control (PWR/VOL)
The dial 6 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 con-
trolled by turning the dial. Tone and balance control
The volume control dial 6 normally functions as a volume control.
This dial becomes a control for Bass, Treble, Fader or Balance when
you select the appropriate tone and balance control mode.

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Choose desired volume level for each mode by turning the volume
control dial. The control function returns to volume control mode after
about 5 seconds.
To change control modes: Each brief press of the “AUDIO” button
5 changes control modes in the following sequence starting from vol-
ume control mode. (When the radio is first turned on, the control mode
is in the volume control.)
Volume Bass Treble Fader Balance(VOL) (BAS) (TRE) (FAD) (BAL)
The “AUDIO” button 5 is used for selecting the following control
modes:
Display
Control mode
HB5036BA
Turn counterclockwiseTurn clockwise
BASBass controlFor less bassFor more bass
TRETreble controlFor less trebleFor more treble
FA DFader controlTo increase rear speaker
volume and decrease front
speaker volumeTo increase front speaker
volume and decrease rear
speaker volume
BALBalance controlTo increase left speaker
volume and decrease right
speaker volumeTo increase right speakervolume and decrease left
speaker volume
VOLVolume controlFor less volumeFor more volume

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FM/AM selection button (FM/AM)
Push the “FM/AM” button 3 when the radio is on to select FM1, FM2
or AM reception. Each time this button is pressed, the band will
change in the following order:
FM1 FM2 AM
The display indicates which one is currently selected. Stereo indicator
The stereo indicator “ST” will come on when an FM stereo broadcast
is received. Manual tuning (TUNING)
Press the tuning button 1 marked “ ” to increase the tuning frequen-
cy and press the tuning button marked “ ” to decrease it.
Each time the button is pressed, the frequency changes 10 kHz in the AM mode and 0.2 MHz in the FM mode.
Constant pressure on the button causes a continuous change in the
frequency. Automatic tuning (SCAN)
Press the “SCAN” button
2 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 display-
ing 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 displayed frequency.
When the “SCAN” button is pressed for automatic tuning, stations are
scanned in the direction of low frequencies to high frequencies only.
Automatic tuning may not function properly if the station reception is
weakened by distance from the station or proximity to tall buildingsand hills.

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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. How to preset stations
1. Press the “FM/AM” selection button
3 to select FM1, FM2 or AM
reception.
2. Press the “SCAN” button 2 or tune the radio manually until the de-
sired station frequency is displayed.
3. Press one of the preset buttons 4 for at least two seconds to
store the frequency. The frequency of the station will flash once on the
display at this time. If the button is pressed for less than two seconds,
the preceding selection will remain in memory.
NOTE If the connection between the radio and battery is broken for any
reason such as vehicle maintenance or radio removal, all stationsstored in the preset buttons are cleared. If this occurs, it is neces-sary to reset the preset buttons.

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Cassette player operationHB5043CB
7 Eject button
8 Cassette slot 9
Fast-forward/Rewind button
(Program switching buttons)
Q Dolby B NR button
NOTE Only use good quality cassettes (cassettes longer than C-90 are
not recommended). Put cassettes back in their boxes immediately after use to protect
them from dust and dirt and to prevent the tape from unwinding. Never expose cassettes to heat, direct sunlight or moisture.
Clean the tape head (once or twice a month) using a
wet-type
cleaning cassette
.
Cassette slot
Insert a cassette with the exposed tape side facing to the right. After
inserting, playback starts. Tape travel indicators
The tape travel indicators indicate the direction the cassette tape is moving. : Indicates that the top side of the cassette is being played back.
: Indicates that the bottom side of the cassette is being played
back.

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Program switching buttons
When the program switching buttons “
” and “” 9, are
pressed at the same time during playback, the tape travel indicators will switch and the player will begin playing back the opposite side ofthe tape. The same mechanism is automatically activated when the
end of the tape is reached. This allows the opposite side of the tape
to play, providing continuous playback. Fast-forward button
To fast-forward the tape, press the “
” or “” button 9 in the
same direction as the tape travel indicator. To stop fast-forwarding,
lightly press the opposite side of the “
” or “” button.
Rewind button
To rewind the tape, press the “
” or “” button 9 in the direc-
tion opposite to the tape travel indicator. To stop rewinding, lightly
press the opposite side of the “
” or “” button.
Eject button (
)
When the “
” button 7 is pressed, playback stops and the cassette
tape is ejected.
Before the ignition switch is turned to the “OFF” position, eject the
tape from the player. Always make certain that you remove the cas-sette tape. Dolby BNR button (BNR)
Press “BNR” button
Q when playing tapes recorded using the Dolby
NR system*. The “BNR” indicator will light up and high-frequency
noise on the tape will be reduced for clearer sound reproduction.
* Noise reduction system manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories
Licensing Corporation. “Dolby” and the double-D Symbol are trade marks of
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
CD player operation (if optional CD player is connected) An optional CD player can be connected to this audio unit. See your
SUBARU dealer for more information. For CD player operation proce-
dures, refer to “CD player 2 ” in this chapter.