ignition SUBARU OUTBACK 2006 Repair Manual

4-4 Climate control
T Temperature control dial
This dial regulates the temperature of air
flow from the air outlets over a range from
the blue side (cool) to red side (warm).
T Fan speed control dial The fan operates only when the ignition
switch is turned to the “ON” position. The
fan speed control dial is used to select four
fan speeds.
T Air flow control dial
This dial has the following five positions:
: Air flows through the instrument pan-
el outlets.
: Air flows through the instrument pan-
el outlets and the foot outlets.
: Air flows through the instrument pan-
el outlets, the foot outlets, and some
through the windshield defroster outlets. : Air flows through the instrument pan-
el outlets, the windshi eld defroster outlets,
and the foot outlets.
: Air flows through the instrument
panel outlets and the windshield defroster
outlets.
NOTE In a vehicle equipped with an air condi-
tioner, when the dial is placed in the
“ ” position or “ ” position the
air conditioner compressor automati-
cally operates to quickly defog the
windshield. However the indicator on
the air conditioner button will not come
on. At the same time, the air inlet selec-
tion is automatically set to “outside
air” mode.
In this state, you cannot select “recir-
culation” mode by manually pressing
the air inlet selection button.
Also, you cannot stop the air condi-
tioner compressor by pressing the air
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– CONTINUED –V Fast-reversing
Press the “ ” side of the TUNE/TRACK
button continuously to fast-reverse the
disc.
Release the button to stop fast-reversing.
NOTE If you fast-reverse to the beginning of
the first track on the disc, the fast-re-
versing will stop and the player will
start playing the first track on the disc. T Repeat playback
Use this to play a certain track repeatedly.
During playback, press the “RPT” button.
The “RPT” indicator will come on and the
track will be played continuously. To can-
cel the repeat mode, press the button
again. Then the “RPT” indicator goes out,
and normal playback mode is restored.
NOTE The repeat-playback mode will be can-
celled if you perform any of the follow-
ing operations:
y Press the “RDM” button
y Press the “ ” or “ ” side of the
SEEK/SCAN button
y Press the “ ” button
y Select the radio mode
y Turn off the power of the audio equipment.
y Turn the ignition sw itch to the “OFF”
position.
T Random playback
Use this to play the tracks on the disc in
random order. During playback, press the
“RDM” button. 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.
NOTE The random-playback mode will be
cancelled if you perform any of the fol-
lowing operations:TUNE
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y Press the “RPT” button
y Press the “ ” or “ ” side of the
SEEK/SCAN button
y Press the “ ” button
y Select the radio mode
y Turn off the power of the audio
equipment.
y Turn the ignition switch to the “OFF”
position.
T Scan
The scan mode lets you listen to the first
10 seconds of each track on the disc in
succession. Press the “ ” side of the
SEEK/SCAN button to start scanning
through all tracks up ward beginning with
the track following the currently selected
one. Press the “ ” side of the button to
start scanning through all tracks down- ward beginning with the track preceding
the currently selected one. After all tracks
on the disc has been scanned, normal
playback mode is restored.
To cancel a scan, press the “ ” or “ ”
side of the button again.
NOTE The scan mode will be cancelled if you
perform any of the following opera-
tions:
y Press the “RPT” button
y Press the “RDM” button
y Press the “ ” button
y Press the “ ” or “ ” side of the
TUNE/TRACK button
y Select the radio mode
y Turn off the power of the audio
equipment.
y Turn the ignition sw itch to the “OFF”
position. 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 but-
ton “ ”. The disc will be ejected.
NOTE y Avoid driving the vehicle with a CD
sticking out, because vibration might
make it fall out.
y 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
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– CONTINUED –Type B audio set (if equipped)
The radio will operate only when the ignition switch is in the “ACC” or “ON” position. 500238PUSH POWER-VOL
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T Repeat playback
V To repeat the currently playing track
To repeat a track, press the “RPT” button
while the track is playing. The display will
show “RPT”, and the track will be repeat-
ed.
To cancel the track-repeat-play mode,
press the “RPT” button twice. The “RPT”
indication will go off, and the normal play-
back mode will be resumed.
NOTE y Each time you press the button, the
mode will change to the next one in the
following sequence. If you accidentally press the button
and cancel the track-repeat-play mode,
press it again to reselect the repeat
play mode.
y If you perform a fast-forward or fast-
reverse operation while the player is in
repeat-play mode, the repeat-play
mode will remain active even after you
skip tracks.
y If you perform a forward-direction or
backward-direction skip operation
while the player is in repeat-play mode,
the player will jump to the following/
previous track but the repeat-play
mode will remain active.
y The repeat-play mode will be can-
celled if you perform any of the follow-
ing steps:
y Press the “ ” or “ ” side of
the SEEK/SCAN button
y Press the “RPT” button.
y Press the “RDM” button
y Press the “ ” button
y Press the disc select button
y Select the radio mode
y Turn off the power of the audio
equipment.
y Turn the ignition switch to the
“OFF” position. V To repeat the currently playing disc
To repeat the currently playing CD, press
the “RPT” button twice while a track is
playing. The display will show “D-RPT”,
and the CD will be played repeatedly.
To cancel the disc repeat-play mode,
press the “RPT” button once more. The
“D-RPT” indication will go off, and the nor-
mal playback mode will be resumed.
NOTE y Each time you briefly press the but-
ton, the mode will change to the next
one in the following sequence.
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– CONTINUED –and cancel the disc-repeat-play mode,
press it again to reselect the disc-re-
peat-play mode.
y The disc-repeat-play mode will be
cancelled if you perform any of the fol-
lowing steps:
y Press the “ ” or “ ” side of
the SEEK/SCAN button
y Press the “RPT” button.
y Press the “RDM” button
y Press the “ ” button
y Press the disc select button
y Select the radio mode
y Turn off the power of the audio
equipment.
y Turn the ignition switch to the
“OFF” position.
T Random playback Press the “RDM” button while a disc is be-
ing played back to play all of the tracks on
the disc in a random order. The “RDM” in-
dicator 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.
NOTE y Random playback will be cancelled if
you perform any of the following steps:
y Press the “RPT” button
y Press the “ ” or “ ” side of
the SEEK/SCAN button
y Press the “ ” button
y Press the disc select button
y Select the radio mode
y Turn off the powe r of the audio
equipment.
y Turn the ignition switch to the
“OFF” position.
y If you fast-forwar d the disc during
random playback, the player will can-
cel the fast-forwardi ng when the end of
the last track on the disc is reached
and will then return to the random play-
back mode. If you fast-reverse the disc
during random playback, the fast-re-
versing will be canceled as soon as the
beginning of the track being played is
reached. The player will then return to the random playback mode.
y If you perform a forward direction
skip while a track is being played in the
random playback mode, the player will
random select another track and play
it. If you perform a backward direction
skip, the disc will re turn to the begin-
ning of the currently playing track.
T Scan
The scan mode lets you listen to the first
10 seconds of each track on the disc in
succession. Press the “ ” side of the
SEEK/SCAN button to start scanning
through all tracks up ward beginning with
the track following the currently selected
one. Press the “ ” side of the button to
start scanning through all tracks down-
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the currently selected one. After all tracks
on the disc have been scanned, normal
playback mode is restored.
To cancel a scan, press the “ ” or “ ”
side of the button again.
NOTE The scan mode will be cancelled if you
perform any of the following steps:
y Press the “RPT” button
y Press the “RDM” button
y Select the radio mode
y Press the disc select button
y Press the “ ” button
y Turn off the power of the audio
equipment.
y Turn the ignition switch to the “OFF”
position.
T How to unload CDs from the player
V Ejecting a CD from the player
Of the discs loaded, you can select and re-
move only one disc. 0
1. Use the disc select button to select the
disc to be ejected.
2. Briefly press the “ ” button. The se-
lected disc will be ejected. The disc num-
ber indicator will flash at this time. When
you remove the ejected disc, the disc number indicator will go off.
To remove more discs in succession, re-
peat Steps 1 and 2.
V Ejecting all discs from the player
(All disc ejection mode) 0
1. If you continue to press the “ ” but-
ton, 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 eject-
ed. The other discs loaded will then be
ejected one after another. If you do not re-
move the disc that has been ejected, the
“All disc ejection mode” will be canceled.
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Type C audio set (if equipped)
The audio set will operate only when the ignition switch is in the “ACC” or “ON” positions. 500240PUSH POWER-VOL
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– CONTINUED –T Repeating
V To repeat the currently playing
track/file (track)
To repeat a track/file (track), briefly press
the “RPT” button while the track/file (track)
is playing. The display will show “RPT”,
and the track/file (t rack) will be repeated.
To cancel the track/file (track) repeat-play
mode, briefly press the “RPT” button
twice. The “RPT” indication will go off, and
the normal playback mode will be re-
sumed.
NOTE y Each time you briefly press the but-
ton, the mode will change to the next
one in the following sequence. If you accidentally press the button
and cancel the track/file (track) repeat-
play mode, press it again to reselect
the repeat-play mode.
y The repeat-play mode will be can-
celled if you perform any of the follow-
ing steps:
y Press the “RPT” button
y Press the “ ” button
y Press the disc select button
y Select the radio mode
y Press the “ ” or “ ” side of
the SEEK/SCAN button
y Turn off the powe r of the audio
equipment.
y Turn the ignition switch to the
“OFF” position. V To repeat the currently playing disc/
folder
To repeat the currently playing disc/folder,
press the “RPT” button twice while a track/
file (track) is playin g. The display will show
“D-RPT”, and the disc/folder will be played
repeatedly.
To cancel the disc/folder repeat play
mode, press the “RPT” button once more.
The “D-RPT” indication will go off, and the
normal playback mode will be resumed.
NOTE y Each time you brie fly press the but-
ton, the mode will change to the next
one in the following sequence.RPTRDM 500241RPT D-RPT CANCEL
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If you accidentally press the button
and cancel the disc/folder repeat-play
mode, press it again to reselect the
disc/folder repeat-play mode.
y The disc/folder repeat-play mode will
be cancelled if you perform any of the
following steps:
y Press the “RPT” button
y Press the “ ” button
y Press the disc select button
y Select the radio mode
y Press the “ ” or “ ” side of
the SEEK/SCAN button
y Turn off the powe r of the audio
equipment.
y Turn the ignition switch to the
“OFF” position.
T Random playback Press the “RPT” button briefly during disc/
folder playback to play all of the tracks/
files (tracks) on the di sc/folder in a random
order. The display will show “RDM”, and
all of the tracks on the disc/folder will be
played in a random order.
To cancel random playback, press the
“RPT” button again for at least 1.5 second.
The “RDM” indication will go off, and the
normal playback mode will be resumed.
NOTE Random playback will be cancelled if
you perform any of the following steps:
y Press the “RPT” button
y Press the “ ” or “ ” side of the
SEEK/SCAN button
y Press the “ ” button
y Press the disc select button
y Select the radio mode
y Turn off the power of the audio
equipment.
y Turn the ignition sw itch to the “OFF”
position. T Auto tuning (scan mode)
The scan mode lets you listen to the first
10 seconds of each track/file (track) in
succession. Press the “ ” side of the
SEEK/SCAN button for 1.5 second or
longer to start scanning upward beginning
with the track/file (track) following the cur-
rently selected one. Press the “ ” side
of the button to start scanning downward
beginning with the track/file (track) pre-
ceding the currently selected one. When
all tracks/files (tracks) in the disk/folder
have been scanned, normal playback will
be resumed. To cancel the scan mode,
press the “ ” or “ ” side of the button
for 1.5 second or longer.
NOTE
The scan mode will be cancelled if youRPTRDM
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