light SUBARU OUTBACK 2002 3.G Repair Manual

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Operating tips for heater and air conditionerCleaning ventilator grille
HB5019BC
Always keep the front ventilator inlet grille free of snow, leaves, or oth-
er obstructions to ensure efficient heating and defrosting. Since the
condenser is located in front of the radiator, this area should be kept
clean because cooling performance is impaired by any accumulation
of insects and leaves on the condenser. Efficient cooling after parking in direct sunlight
After parking in direct sunlight, drive with the windows open for a few
minutes to allow outside air to circulate into the heated interior. This
results in quicker cooling by the air conditioner. Keep the windowsclosed during the operation of the air conditioner for maximum cool-
ing efficiency. Lubrication oil circulation in the refrigerant circuit
Operate the air conditioner compressor at a low engine speed (at idle
or low driving speeds) a few minutes each month during the off-sea-
son to circulate its oil. Checking air conditioning system before summer season
Check the air conditioner unit for refrigerant leaks, hose conditions,
and proper operation each spring. This check is best performed by
your SUBARU dealer.

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Cassette player operationHB5041CB
7 Cassette slot
8 Eject button
9 TAPE button
Q TPS (Tape Program Search)
W Repeat button E
Fast-forward button
R Rewind button
T Dolby B NR button
Y Program 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
insertion, playback starts. TAPE button
Press the “TAPE button ”
9 when the cassette left in the cassette slot
is to be played back again.

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Tape travel indicators
These 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. Program button (PROG)
When the program button Y is pressed during playback, the tape
travel indicators will switch and the player will begin playing back the opposite side of the tape. The same mechanism is automatically acti-
vated when the end of the tape is reached. This allows the opposite
side of the tape to play, providing continuous playback. Fast-forward button (FF)
To fast-forward the tape, press the “FF” button
E. To stop fast-for-
warding, lightly press the “
” 8 button.
Rewind button (REW)
To rewind the tape, press the “REW” button R. To stop rewinding,
lightly press the “
” 8 button.
Eject button (
)
When “
” button 8 is pressed, playback stops and the cassette
tape is ejected. The ejection function is also active when the ignition switch is in the
“LOCK” position. Always make certain that you remove the cassette
tape. Tape program sensor button (TPS)
n Blank skip
When the “TPS” button Q is pressed, the “TPS” indicator will come on
and the player will automatically skip any blank portion of 15 second
or more and play the next program, even if it is on the other side. To
cancel blank skip mode, press the “TPS” button again.
n Blank search
Press “TPS” button
Q during playback to return to the beginning of
the current selection or to skip to the beginning of the next selection.

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To use this function, press the “TPS” button to turn on the “TPS” indi-
cator. If the fast-forward button “FF” E is then pressed, the player ad-
vances the tape to the beginning of the next selection and starts play-
ing it. If the rewind button “REW” R is pressed instead, the player
rewinds the tape to the beginning of the current selection and starts
replaying it. The “TPS” function may not operate properly under the
following conditions: When the recording level is low.
When there are long pauses in the middle of a selection.
When the tape contains verbal material such as conversations.
When the blanks between selections are shorter than five seconds.
When there are no blanks between selections (live concerts, etc.).
Repeat (RPT)
Press the “RPT” button
W 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. Dolby B NR button (
)
Press the “
” button T when playing tapes recorded using the
Dolby NR system*. The “
” indicator will light up and high-frequen-
cy 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.

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Bass Middle Treble Volume (BAS) (MId) (TRE) (VOL)
nFader and balance control
The volume control dial 7 normally function as volume control. The
dial become the controls for Fader or Balance when you select the
appropriate fader and balance control mode.
Choose desired setting for each mode by turning the volume control
dial. The control function returns to volume control mode after about 5seconds.
To change control modes: Each brief press of the “FAD/BAL” button
6 changes control modes in the following sequence starting from
fader control mode. (When the radio is turned on, the control mode is
in the volume control.)
Fader Balance Volume
(FAd) (BAL) (VOL)
nDisplay illumination dimness cancellation (BRIGHT)
The brightness of the radio display dims when the light switch is in the “ p ” or “w ” positions. If this makes the display difficult to read,
press the volume dial for more than two seconds to return the displayto original brightness.
Subsequently pressing the volume dial again for more than two
seconds or if you can safely do so, turning the light switch to the OFFposition and back to the “p ” or “w ” position makes the radio dis-
play dim again. FM/AM selection button (FM/AM)
Push the “FM/AM” button
1 when the radio is off to turn on the radio.
Push the “FM/AM” button 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:

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Cassette player operation
HB5042CB
9 TAPE (cassette player selection) button
Q Cassette slot
W Eject button
E TPS button R
Repeat button
T Fast forward button
Y Rewind button
U Dolby B NR button
I Program switching 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
.
To play back a cassette tape
n When cassette tape is not in the player
When a cassette is partially inserted, it is automatically drawn in and
starts tape playback.

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nBlank search
Press “TPS” button E during playback to return to the beginning of
the current selection or to skip to the beginning of the next selection.
To use this function, press the “TPS” button to turn on the “TPS” indi-
cator. If the fast-forward button “FF”
T is then pressed, the player ad-
vances the tape to the beginning of the next selection and starts play-
ing it. If the rewind button “REW”
Y is pressed instead, the player
rewinds the tape to the beginning of the current selection and starts
replaying it. The “TPS” function may not operate properly under the
following conditions: When the recording level is low.
When there are long pauses in the middle of a selection.
When the tape contains verbal material such as conversations.
When the blanks between selections are shorter than five seconds.
When there are no blanks between selections (live concerts, etc.).
Repeat button (RPT)
Push the “RPT” button
R to repeat the piece of music being listened
to. To use this function, push the “RPT” button while the piece you
want to hear again is being played. “RPT” will be indicated on the dis-
play. When the selection ends, the cassette player automatically re-
winds to the beginning of the piece and the selection begins again.
To cancel the repeat function, push the “RPT” button again. Until the
repeat function is cancelled, the same piece of music will be repeated
indefinitely. The “RPT” function may not operate properly under the
following conditions: When the recording level is low.
When there are long pauses in the middle of a selection.
When the tape contains verbal material such as conversations.
When the blanks between selections are shorter than five seconds.
When there are no blanks between selections (live concerts, etc).
Dolby B NR button (
)
Press “
” button U when playing tapes recorded using the Dolby
NR system*. The “
” indicator will light up and high-frequency
noise on the tape will be reduced for clearer sound reproduction.

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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.

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nFADER control
The balance control adjusts the volume balance between the front
and rear speakers.
The balance is adjusted by turning the knob from left to right in thiscondition.
Turn clockwise to increase the relative sound volume in the front of thevehicle.
Turn counterclockwise to increase the relative sound volume in the
rear of the vehicle. n BALANCE control
The balance control adjusts the volume balance between the left and
right speakers. Pull the knob out until it stops. The balance is adjusted
by turning the knob from left to right in this condition.
Turn clockwise to make the sound louder on the right of the vehicle.
Turn counterclockwise to make the sound louder on the left of the ve-hicle. n Display illumination dimness cancellation (BRIGHT)
The brightness of the radio display dims when the light switch is in the “ p ” or “w ” positions. If this makes the display difficult to read,
press the POWER ON/OFF button for more than two seconds to returnthe display to original brightness.
Subsequently pressing the POWER ON/OFF button again for more
than two seconds or if you can safely do so, turning the light switch tothe OFF position and back to the “p ” or “w ” position makes the
radio display dim again. FM/AM selection button
Press the FM/AM selector button to choose either FM or AM broad-
casts. The display will show FM or AM accordingly.Use the tuning dial to select the station to which you wish to listen. Manual tuning
Turn the tuning dial ’s outer tuner to increase or decrease the reception
frequency in individual steps.
FM band: 0.2 MHz steps AM band: 10 kHz steps