ECO mode SUBARU OUTBACK 2004 4.G User Guide

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Climate control
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TAUTO switch
AUTO mode operation:
The Automatic Climate Control system automatically
controls the air temperature of the passenger com-
partment in the AUTO mode. When the “AUTO” switch
is pressed, the indicator light “AUTO” on the control
panel comes on. In this state, outlet air temperature,
fan speed, air flow distribution, air-inlet control, and air
conditioner compressor operation are automatically
controlled.
ECON (economy) mode:
When you press the “AUTO” switch while the system
is in the AUTO mode, it selects the ECON (economy)
mode, turning on the “ ” indicator light. In the
ECON mode, the compressor runs to be thrifty with
energy consumption. Interior windows tend to fog in
this energy-saving operation. It is therefore recom-
mended that the AUTO mode be used only in high hu-
midity conditions.
Manual mode operation:
When the Automatic Climate Control system is operat-
ing in the AUTO mode, pressing the “ ”,
“ ”, “MODE”,“A/C” or “ ” switch
shifts the operation into the “MANUAL” mode and the
indicator light “AUTO” on the control panel will go out.
When the “ ”, “ ”, “MODE”,“A/C” or “ ” switch is pressed, the corresponding func-
tion can be controlled independently, while automatic
control of the other functions are maintained.
To change the system back to the AUTO mode, press
the “AUTO” switch. T
OFF switch
The Automatic Climate Control system turns off (the
air conditioner compressor and fan turn off) when the
“OFF” switch is pressed.
When the “OFF” switch is pressed, the outside air in-
troduction mode (“ ” position) is automatically
selected.
NOTE
Display illumination dimness cancellation (BRIGHT):
Setting the light switch to the “ ” or “ ”
position causes the illuminating icons on the dis-
play panel to dim. When traveling with the lights
on in gloomy daylight or in twilight, press the OFF
switch for 1 second or longer if you feel it is too
hard to identify the icons clearly. The brightness
comes back to normal.
If you wish to dim the icons again, hold down the
OFF switch again or if you can safely do so, turn
the light switch OFF and then place it in the
“ ” or “ ” position.

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T
OUT.TEMP switch
To check the outside air temperature, push the
“OUT.TEMP” switch. The outside air temperature will
be displayed for five seconds, and then the display au-
tomatically changes back to the inside air tempera- ture.
The display changes over from the inside air tempera-
ture to the outside air temperature as its normal indi-
cation if you keep the switch pressed for more than 2seconds.
NOTE y The outside air temperature display shows the
outside air temperature in a range from –22 to
131 °F (–30 to 55 °C).
y You can check the outside air temperature even
when the Automatic Climate Control is off. (The ig-
nition switch should be in the “ON” position.) y In the following cases, the display can indicate a
higher temperature than the actual outside air
temperature: – In direct sunlight
– When the vehicle is parked for a long period of
time with the engine kept running.
– During stop and go driving
T – Defroster switch
To defrost or dehumidify the windshield and side win- dow, push the defroster switch “ ”. When the
“ ” switch is pushed, regardless whether the air
conditioner is operating or not, outside air is drawn into
the passenger compartment, the air conditioner com-
pressor turns on, air flow is directed towards the wind-
shield and side windows, and the indicator light
“ ” on the control panel comes on.
Even with the defroster switch pushed, you can turn
the air conditioner ON/OFF and select interior air recir-
culation or outside air introduction as desired.
After eliminating the fogging from the windshield, set
the air conditioner back in the AUTO mode by pushing
the “AUTO” switch or turn off by pushing the “OFF”
switch or “ ” switch.

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TPower switch and volume/bass/treble/fader/
balance control
V Power switch and volume control (PWR/VOL)
The dial (1) is used for both power (ON/OFF) and vol-
ume control. The radio is turned ON and OFF by push-
ing the dial and the volume is controlled by turning the
dial. V Tone and balance control (AUDIO)
The volume control dial (1) normally functions as a vol-
ume control. This dial becomes a control for Bass,
Treble, Fader or Balance when you select the appro-
priate tone and balance control mode.
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 fol-
lowing sequence starting from volume control mode.
(When the radio is first turned on, the control mode is
in the volume control.) The “AUDIO” button (5) is used for selecting the fol-
lowing control modes:
Volume
(VOL)
Bass(BAS)Treble(TRE)Balance(BAL)
Fader
(FAD)

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TWaveband selection
V FM/AM selection
Push the “BAND” button (2) to select FM1, FM2 or AM
reception. The display indicates which one is currently selected. V FM/AM/Weather band selection
Push the “BAND” button (2) to select FM1, FM2, AM
or Weather band (WB) reception. The display indi-
cates which is currently selected. T Stereo indicator
The stereo indicator “ST” will come on when an FM
stereo broadcast is received. T Tuning (TUNE)
V Manual tuning (TUNE)
Press the tuning button (3) marked “ ” to increase
the tuning frequency and press the tuning button
marked “ ” to decrease it.
Each time the button is pressed, the frequency interval
can be changed between 10 kHz in the AM mode and
0.2 MHz in the FM mode. V Seek tuning
If the tuning button (3) is pressed for longer than half
of a second, the radio will begin to automatically search for receivable frequencies and will stop at the
first one found. This function may not be available,
however, when radio signals are weak. In such a situ-
ation, perform manual tuning to select the desired sta-
tion. V
Manual tuning for weather band
When weather band mode is selected, press the tun-
ing button (3) marked “ ” to change the WB chan-
nel up and press the tuning button marked “ ” to
change the WB channel down. Each time the button is
pressed, the WB channel changes to the next chan-
nel. V Automatic tuning (SCAN)
Press the “SCAN” button (6) 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 displaying the fre-
quency, after which scanning will continue until the en-
tire 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 tun-
ing, stations are scanned in the direction of low fre-
quencies to high frequencies only.
Automatic tuning may not function properly if the sta-

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Release the button to stop fast reverse. TRepeat playback
Use this to play a certain track repeatedly. During
playback, press the “RPT” button (13) and release it in
less than 2 seconds. 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. T Random playback
Use this to play the tracks on the disc in random order.
During playback, press the “RDM” button (12) and
hold it in for more than 2 seconds. 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 play-
back mode is restored. T Scan
Press the “SCAN” button (14) 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. T
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 y Avoid driving the vehicle with a CD sticking out,
because vibration might make it fall out. y 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
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TTo start playback
Press the “CD” button (16). The “CD” indicator will
come on and the disc number will appear on the dis-
play and the CD changer will start playback.
NOTE y If the “CD” button is pressed during a radio
broadcast, the CD changer will interrupt the
broadcast. y At the end of the disc, playback automatically
continues with the next disc. y After playback on the last disc finishes, the play-
er will automatically return to the first disc. y If you have loaded fewer than 6 discs, any miss-
ing disc is automatically skipped. T 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. T To select a song from its beginning
Briefly press the “ ” button (17) to skip to the be-
ginning of the next track and briefly press the “ ”
button to skip to the beginning of the current track. T
Fast-forwarding and fast-reverse
Press the “ ” button (17) 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 re-verse. T Repeat
Press the “RPT” button (19) 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 playbackmode is restored. T Random playback
Press the “RAND” button (18) 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 play-
back mode is restored. T Scan (a convenient way to become familiar with
a disc)
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– 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 play-
ing all programs. Then, normal playback starts.
2. Press the “SCAN” button again when you hear a
track you like. – Normal playback resumes.
T To stop playback
To stop playback and switch over to the radio mode,
press the “BAND” button.

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V
Tone control
The volume control dial (1) normally function as vol-
ume control. The dial become a control for Bass, Mid-
dle note or Treble when you select the appropriate
tone control mode.
Choose desired level for each mode by turning the vol-
ume control dial. The control function returns to vol-
ume control mode after about 5 seconds.
To change control modes: Each brief press of the
“AUDIO” button (2) changes control modes in the fol-
lowing sequence starting from bass control mode.
(When the radio is first turned on, the control mode is
in the volume control.) V Fader and balance control
The volume control dial (1) normally function as vol-
ume 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 vol-
ume control mode after about 5 seconds. To change control modes:
Each brief press of the
“BAL” button (3) changes control modes in the follow-
ing sequence starting from fader control mode. (When
the radio is turned on, the control mode is in the vol-
ume control.) V Display illumination dimness cancellation (BRIGHT)
The brightness of the radio display dims when the light
switch is in the “ ” or “ ” positions. If this
makes the display difficult to read, press the volume
dial for more than 1.5 seconds to return the display to
original brightness.
Subsequently pressing the volume dial again for more
than 1.5 seconds or if you can safely do so, turning the
light switch to the OFF position and back to the
“ ” or “ ” position makes the radio display
dim again. T FM/AM selection button (FM/AM)
Push the “FM/AM” button (4) when the radio is off to
turn on the radio.
Push the “FM/AM” button when the radio is on to se-
Volume (VOLUME)
Bass(BASS) Middle(MIDDLE) Treble(TREBLE)
Volume (VOLUME)
Fader
(FADER) Balance(BALANCE)

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lect FM1, FM2 or AM reception. Each time this button
is pressed, the band will change in the following order:
The display indicates which one is currently selected. TStereo indicator
The stereo indicator “ST” will come on when an FM
stereo broadcast is received. T Weather band button (WB)
Push the “WB” button (5) when the radio is off to turn
on the radio in the weather band.
Press the “WB” button when the radio is on to select
the weather band. T Manual tuning (TUNE)
V Manual tuning for AM and FM waveband
Push the tuning button (7) marked “ ” to increase
the tuning frequency and press the tuning button
marked “ ” to decrease it.
Each time the button is pressed, the frequency chang-
es 10 KHz in the AM waveband and 0.2 MHz in the FM
waveband. V
Seek tuning
If the tuning button (7) is pressed for longer than half
of a second, the radio will begin to automatically
search for receivable frequencies and will stop at the
first one found. This function may not be available,
however, when radio signals are weak. In such a situ-
ation, perform manual tuning to select the desired sta-
tion. V Manual tuning for weather band
When weather band mode is selected, press the tun-
ing button (7) marked “ ” to change the WB chan-
nel up and press the tuning button marked “ ” to
change the WB channel down. Each time the button is
pressed, the WB channel changes to the next chan-
nel. T Automatic tuning (SCAN)
Press the “SCAN” button (8) 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 displaying the fre-
quency, after which scanning will continue until the en-
tire 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 tun-
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NOTE
Make sure to always insert a disc with the label
side up. If a disc is inserted with the label side
down, it might be ejected or the player might shut off. T
How to insert a CD(s)
V Inserting a CD
1. Press “LOAD” button (14). If the magazine in the
player has an idle position where you can insert a disc,
the “DISC” indicator associated with the idle position
will blink.
If no indicator blinks, it means that there is no idle po- sition in the magazine.
2. As soon as the “DISC” indicator begins to blink, the
“IN” will appear on display for a period of 15 seconds.
Insert a disc during the period. The disc will be then
automatically drawn in, and the player will begin to
play back the first number of the disc. y To insert more discs in succession, repeat Steps 1
and 2. The magazine will be loaded with discs in the
ascending order of position number.
If you do not insert any disc in 15 seconds after you
have pressed the “LOAD” button, the player will begin
to play back the first number of the last disc you have
inserted. y
The disc indicator steadily lights up if a disc is al-
ready inserted in the corresponding position of themagazine. y While the player is in the loading mode, if you press
the “FM/AM” selection button (4), the player will enter
the standby mode. Press the “CD” button (11) to start
playback. V Inserting a disc in a desired position
1. Press the “LOAD” button. If the magazine in the
player has an idle position where you can insert a disc,
the “DISC” indicator associated with the idle position
will blink.
The positions in the magazine the indicator of which
steadily lights up are already loaded with discs.
2. Press the “Disc select” button (15) at the position
where you want to insert a disc. The associated
“DISC” indicator will blink, and the “IN” will be dis-
played.
3. If you insert a disc during the 15-second period
while the “IN” is on display, the disc will be automati-
cally drawn in, and the player will start playback of the
disc, beginning with the first number. y To insert more discs in succession, repeat Steps 1
and 2. y While the player is in the loading mode, if you press
the “FM/AM” selection button (4), the player will enter