ignition SUBARU FORESTER 2002 SG / 2.G Workshop Manual

5-30
Repeat playback
Press the “RPT” button D 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
S 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
When the “SCAN” button
O is pressed while the disc is being played
back, 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 have 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 “
” A . 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 vibra- tion might make it fall out.

5-34
Type D and E audio set (if equipped)
Type D: Without weather band
Type E: With weather band
The audio set will operate only when the ignition switch is in the “ACC” or
“ON” position.
Radio operation
HB5052BB
1 Power switch/Volume, Tone,
Balance, Fader control dial
2 BAND button
3 Tuning buttons 4
Preset buttons
5 AUDIO button
6 SCAN button
Power switch and volume/bass/treble/fader/balance control
n Power switch and volume control (PWR/VOL)
The dial 1 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
controlled by turning the dial.

5-40
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.

5-44
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.

Audio5-49
–
CONTINUED –
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.

5-50
McIntosh audio set (if equipped) The audio set will operate only when the ignition switch is in the “ACC” or
“ON” positions.
CAUTION
The power amplifier for this audio set is mounted under the front
passenger’ s seat. The amplifier will become hot if the audio con-
tinues to operate.
Never touch the amplifier. Doing so could cause burns.
Radio operation
HB5053BB
1 POWER ON/OFF/BRIGHT button
2 FM/AM selection button
3 Tuning/FF FB dial
4 Weather band button 5
Preset buttons
6 Treble sound control knob
7 Volume and fader/balance
control dial
8 Bass sound control knob

Audio5-51
–
CONTINUED –
ON-OFF switch
The audio system can be turned on by pressing the POWER button
when the ignition key is in the ACC or ON position. Pressing the
POWER button once again will turn off the power. In addition, the fol-
lowing six operations will also result in the audio system ’s power be-
ing turned on: Pressing the FM/AM selector button
Pressing the Tape Mode selector button
Pressing the Disc Mode selector button (provided that a CD has
been inserted or that a CD multi-changer is connected to the system) Inserting a cassette
Inserting a CD
Pressing the Traffic information button
Volume control
HBS040BB
Turn clockwise to increase the audio-system volume.
Turn counterclockwise to reduce the audio-system volume. Tone control
Bass and treble adjustments are made using separate knobs. To
make an adjustment, press the knob to make it pop out then turn the
knob as desired. Then push the knob back in.

Audio5-55
–
CONTINUED –
Weather band button (WB)
Push the “WB” button 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.
Cassette player operation
HB5053DB
9 Cassette slot
Q Eject button
W TAPE (cassette player selection) button
E Repeat button R
Fast forward button
T Play button
Y Rewind button
U Program switching button
I Dolby B NR button
If a cassette is inserted into the cassette slot while the ignition switch is
in the ACC or the ON position, that tape will start to play automatically.
Press the TAPE button when you want to play a cassette that has pre-
viously been inserted.

5-56
Cassette tape stop and eject button
When “
” button 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. Program button (PROG)
If a cassette is currently being played, the PROG button can be
pressed to switch from the A-side to the B-side or vice-versa. Fast-forward button (FF)
To fast-forward the tape, press the “FF” button. To stop fast-forward-
ing, lightly press the “PLAY” button.
If the “FF” button is pressed twice successively during playback, the
player will fast-forward the tape to the end of the current song and
resume the playback from the beginning of the next song. Rewind button (REW)
To rewind the tape, press the “REW” button. To stop rewinding, lightly
press the “PLAY” button.
If the “REW” button is pressed twice successively during playback,
the player will rewind the tape up to the beginning of the current song
and resume the playback from its beginning. Repeat button (RPT)
If the RPT button is pressed while a song on a cassette tape is being
played, the cassette player will then begin to play that song repeated-
ly. Press the RPT button once again to return to normal playback. Dolby B NR button (B NR)
Press “ B NR” button when playing tapes recorded using the Dolby
NR system*. 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 double-D Symbol are trade marks of Dolby
Laboratories Licensing Corporation.

Audio5-59
–
CONTINUED –
Fast forwarding and fast reverse
HBS044BA
nFast forward
Turn the “FFFB” dial clockwise and hold it continuously for more than
2 seconds to fast forward the disc.
Release the knob to stop fast forwarding. n Fast reverse
Turn the “FFFB” dial counterclockwise and hold it continuously for
more than 2 seconds to fast reverse the disc.
Release the knob to stop fast reverse. Repeat
Press the “RPT” button 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. To stop playback
Press the power switch to stop playback. 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 “
”. The disc will be ejected.
The disc may be removed even when the ignition switch is in the
“LOCK” position.