SUBARU TRIBECA 2008 Owners Manual

Type A audio set (if equipped)The audio set will operate only when the ignition switch is in the“Acc”or “ON ”position.& Radio operation
(1) Satellite radio mode button
(2) FM AM mode button
(3) Auxiliary unit and Rear seat entertain-
ment button
(4) Tuning button
(5) AUDIO button
(6) Power switch, volume control dial
(7) Seek button
(8) Scan button
(9) Tone and Balance button
(10) Preset button! Power switch and volume control
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 controlled by turning the
dial. The dial can also be used for tone
and balance adjustment.
! Tone and balance control
The volume control dial (6) normally
functions as a volume control. This dial
becomes a control for Bass, Midrange,
Treble, Fader or Balance when you select
the appropriate 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 approximately 5 sec-
onds.
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!To change tone and balance control
modes
Each brief press of the “TONE BAL ”
button (9) changes control modes in the
following sequence starting from volume
control mode. (When the radio is first
turned on, the control mode is in the
volume control.)The “TONE BAL ”button is used for
selecting the following control modes:
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Control mode (Range of le-
vels)
Turn counterclockwiseTurn clockwise
Bass control ( −6 to +6) For less bass sound For more bass sound
Midrange control ( −6 to +6) For less midrange sound For more midrange sound
Treble control ( −6 to +6) For less treble sound For more treble sound
Fader control (R9 to F9) To increase rear speaker vo-
lume and decrease front speak- er volume To increase front speaker vo-
lume and decrease rear speaker volume
Balance control (L9 to R9) To increase left speaker volume
and decrease right speaker vo-
lume To increase right speaker vo-
lume and decrease left speaker
volume
Volume control (0 to 40) For less volumeFor more volume
AUX volume control* (0 to
40) For less volume
For more volume
* Only when an AUX audio product is connected.
! FM/AM radio
! FM/AM selection button
Push the “FM AM”button (2) 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.
! Stereo indicator
The stereo indicator “ST”will come on
when an FM stereo broadcast is received.
! Manual tuning
Press the “
”side of the TUNE TRACK
button (4) to increase the tuning frequency
and press the “
”side of the button to
decrease it.
Each time the button is pressed, the
frequency interval can be changed be-
tween 10 kHz in the AM mode and 0.2
MHz in the FM mode.
If you hold down the “
”side of the
button, the tuning frequency will increase
continuously, and if you hold down the “
”
side of the button, the tuning frequency
will decrease continuously. Release the
button when your desired frequency is
reached.
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NOTEWhile you are holding down either side
of the TUNE TRACK button, the tuning
frequency will not stop changing even
if the frequency of a receivable station
is reached.
!Seek tuning
If you press the “
”or “
”side of the
SEEK FLDR button (7), the radio will
automatically search for a receivable
station and stop at the first one it finds.
This function may not be available, how-
ever, when radio signals are weak. In such
a situation, perform manual tuning to
select the desired station.
! 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 5 seconds while displaying the
frequency, after which scanning will con-
tinue 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.
Press the “
”or “
”side of the SEEK
FLDR (7) 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 prop-
erly if the station reception is weakened by
distance from the station or proximity to
tall buildings and hills.
! Selecting preset stations
Presetting a station with a preset button
(10) 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”button (2) to select
FM1, FM2, or AM reception.
2. Press the “SCAN”button (8) or tune
the radio manually until the desired station
frequency is displayed.
3. Press one of the preset buttons (10)
for more than 1.5 seconds to store the
frequency. If the button is pressed for less
than 1.5 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 stations stored in the
preset buttons are cleared. If this
occurs, it is necessary to reset the
preset buttons.
.
If a cell phone is placed near the
radio, it may cause the radio to emit
noise when it receives calls. This noise
does not indicate a radio fault.
! Satellite radio mode (if equipped)
To receive satellite radio, it is necessary to
install the Subaru genuine satellite recei-
ver (optional part) and to enter into a
contract. For details, please contact your
SUBARU dealer.
! Sirius satellite radio
Sirius satellite radio is a recent innovation
that allows the listener to experience
digital sound quality and to have a greater
variety of channels to choose from (more
than 160 channels with the relevant
subscription).
Use of satellite radio (Sirius) requires a
tuner, antenna and a service contract. For
details, please contact your SUBARU
dealer or visit Sirius Satellite Radio at
www.sirius.com or call 1-888-539-SIRIUS
(7474) for more information. Sirius, the
Sirius dog logo, channel names and logos
are trademarks of SIRIUS Satellite Radio
Inc.
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!XM
TM
satellite radio
XM
TM
is a continental U.S. based satellite
radio service that offers more than 160
coast to coast channels, including music,
news, sports, talk and children ’s program-
ming. XM
TM
provides digital quality audio
and text information, including song title
and artist name. A service fee is required
to receive the XM
TM
service. For more
information, contact your SUBARU dealer
or XM
TM
at
www.xmradio.com or call 1-800-
XMRADIO (1-800-967-2346) for U.S.www.xmradio.ca or call 1-877-GET-XMSR
(1-877-438-9677) for Canada.
! Satellite radio reception
Satellite radio signals are best received in
areas with a clear view of the open sky. In
areas where there are tall buildings, trees,
tunnels or other structures that may
obstruct the signal of the satellites, there
may be signal interruptions. Other circum-
stances that may result in signal loss
include driving near a wall, steep cliff or
hill, or driving on the lower level of a multi-
tiered road or inside a parking garage.
To help reduce this condition, satellite
radio providers have installed ground-
based repeaters in heavily populated
areas. However, you may still experience
reception problems in some areas. !
Displaying satellite radio ID of tuner
When you activate satellite radio, you
should have your satellite radio tuner ID
ready because each tuner is identified by
its unique satellite radio tuner ID.
The satellite radio ID will be needed when
you activate satellite radio and receive
satellite radio customer support.
The satellite radio ID can be found on the
audio display by tuning the channel to “0”.
Turn the “TUNE TRACK ”button (4) to
select the satellite radio channel.
! Band selection button
Push the “SAT”button (1) when the radio
is off to turn on the radio.
Push the “SAT”button when the radio is
on to select SAT1, SAT2 or SAT3 recep-
tion.
! Channel selection
Press “
”of the TUNE TRACK button (4)
to select the next channel and press “
”
of the button to select the previous
channel.
Keep pressing “
”of the button to
change to the next channel continuously
and keep pressing “
”of the button to
change to the previous channel continu-
ously. !
Category selection
Press “
”or “
”of the SEEK FLDR
button (7) to display the current category.
Press “
”again to select the next
category, and press “
”again to select
the previous category.
! Channel scan
Press the “SCAN”button (8) to change the
radio to the SCAN mode. In this mode, the
radio scans through the channels until a
station is found. The radio will stop at the
station for 5 seconds while displaying the
channel number, after which scanning will
continue until the entire channel has been
scanned from the low end to the high end.
Also during the category selection, chan-
nel scan can be performed in that cate-
gory.
Press the “SCAN”button again to cancel
the SCAN mode and to stop on any
displayed channel.
! Selecting preset channels
Presetting a channel with a preset button
(10) allows you to select that channel in a
single operation. Up to six, SAT1, SAT2
and SAT3 channels each may be preset.
! How to preset channels
1. Press the “SAT”button (1) to select
SAT1, SAT2 and SAT3 reception.
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2. Press the“SCAN”button (8) or the
TUNE TRACK button (4) to select the
channel.
3. Press one of the preset buttons (10)
for more than 1.5 seconds to store the
channel. If the button is pressed for less
than 1.5 seconds, the preceding selection
will remain in memory.NOTEIf the connection between the radio and
battery is broken for any reason such
as vehicle maintenance or radio re-
moval, all channels stored in the preset
buttons are cleared. If this occurs, it is
necessary to reset the preset buttons.
! Display selection
Press the “AUDIO”(5) button while receiv-
ing satellite radio to change the display as
follows:! Rear seat entertainment
If your vehicle is equipped with a Rear
Seat Entertainment System, you can
enjoy audio outputs from the system
through the vehicle ’s speakers by press-
ing the “RSE AUX ”button (3). Press the button again to return to the audio set
sound.
NOTEIf your vehicle is equipped with a Rear
Seat Entertainment System, refer to the
separate
“Operating Instructions for
Rear Seat Entertainment System ”for
further details.
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&Compact disc player operation
(1) CD button
(2) Track button
(3) AUDIO button
(4) Seek and Folder button
(5) Random button
(6) Repeat button
(7) Scan button
(8) Eject button! To playback a compact disc
! When CD is not in the player
Hold a disc with a finger in the center hole
while gripping the edge of the disc, then
insert it in to the slot (with the label side
up) and the player will automatically pull
the disc into position.NOTE. DO NOT INSERT TWO DISCS INTO
THE DISC INSERTION SLOT AT A TIME.
. Be sure to insert a disc with the label
side up. If you insert the disc the label
side down, “CHECK DISC ”will appear
on the display and the player will not
play anything.
. After the last song finishes, the
player will automatically return to track
1 (the first song on the disc).
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.If you insert a disc that cannot be
played by the player, “CHECK DISC ”
will appear on the display and the
player will revert to the previously
selected mode.
. The player is designed to be able to
play music CD-Rs and music CD-RWs,
but it may not be able to play certain
ones.
. CDs (i.e., 8 cm/3 inch CDs) are not
supported, and if inserted, they will be
immediately ejected.
! When CD is in the player
When the “CD”button (1) is pressed, the
player will start playback.NOTEAfter the last song finishes, the player
will automatically return to track 1 (the
first song on the disc).
! To stop playback of a CD
When the “POWER-VOL ”button is
pressed during playback of a CD, the CD
stops playing temporarily. To let the CD
resume playing, press the button again.
! To select a song from its beginning
! Forward direction
Briefly press the “
”side of the TUNE
TRACK button (2) to skip to the beginning of the next track/file (track). Each time this
side of the button is pressed, the indicated
track/file (track) number will increase.
NOTEIn an MP3 folder, skipping past the last
track/file (track) will take you back to
the first track/file (track) in the folder.
!
Backward direction
Briefly press the “
”side of the TUNE
TRACK button (2) to skip to the beginning
of the current track/file (track). Each time
this side of the button is pressed, the
indicated track/file (track) number will
decrease.
NOTEIn an MP3 folder, skipping past the last
track/file (track) will take you back to
the first track/file (track) in the folder.
! Fast-forwarding and fast-reversing
! Fast-forwarding
Press the “
”side of the TUNE TRACK
button (2) continuously to fast-forward the
track/file.
Release the button to stop fast-forwarding.
NOTEIf you fast-forward past the last track/
file (track) on the disc, the player will select the first track/file (track) on the
disc and start playing it.
!
Fast-reversing
Press the “
”side of the TUNE TRACK
button (2) continuously to fast-reverse the
track/file (track).
Release the button to stop fast-reversing.
NOTEIf you fast-reverse to the beginning of
the first track/file (track) on the disc,
the fast-reversing will stop and the
player will start playing the first track/
file (track) on the disc.
! Folder selection (MP3 disc)
Press the “
”side of the SEEK FLDR
button (2) briefly to select the next folder.
Pressing the “”side of the same button
the first time makes the player go back to
the beginning of the currently selected file;
pressing it a second time makes it go back
to the previously selected file.
NOTEOnly MP3 folders are recognized when
an attempt to select the next or pre-
vious folder is made. If no appropriate
folder exists on the disc, pressing the
“
” or “
”side of the SEEK FLDR
button has no effect.
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!Repeating
! To repeat the currently playing track/
file (track)
To repeat a track/file (track), briefly press
the “RPT ”button (6) while the track/file
(track) is playing. The display will show
“RPT ”, and the track/file (track) will be
repeated.
To cancel the track/file (track) repeat-play
mode:
Press the “RPT”button once (non-MP3
disc)
Press the “RPT”button twice (MP3 disc)
The “RPT ”indication will go off, and the
normal playback mode will be resumed.NOTE. With an MP3 disc inserted, each
time you briefly 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/file (track) repeat-play
mode, press it again to reselect the
repeat-play mode.
. The repeat-play mode will be can-
celed if you perform any of the follow-
ing steps: .
Press the “RDM ”button
. Press the “SCAN ”button
. Press the “
”button
. Select the radio mode
. Press the “RSE AUX ”button
. Press the “”or “
”side of the
SEEK FLDR button (MP3 disc)
. Turn off the power of the audio
equipment.
. Turn the ignition switch to the
“ LOCK ”position.
! To repeat the currently playing folder
(MP3 disc)
To repeat the currently playing folder,
press the “RPT”(6) button twice while a
file (track) is playing. The display will show
“F-RPT ”, and the folder will be played
repeatedly.
To cancel the folder repeat-play mode,
press the “RPT”button once more. The
“F-RPT ”indication will go off, and the
normal playback mode will be resumed.
NOTE. Each time you briefly press the
button, the mode will change to the
next one in the following sequence.If you accidentally press the button and cancel the folder repeat-play mode,
press it again to reselect the folder
repeat-play mode.
.
The folder repeat-play mode will be
cancelled if you perform any of the
following steps:
.Press the “RDM ”button
. Press the “SCAN” button
. Press the “
”button
. Select the radio mode
. Press the “RSE AUX ”button
. Press the “”or “
”side of the
SEEK FLDR button (MP3 disc)
. Turn off the power of the audio
equipment.
. Turn the ignition switch to the
“ LOCK ”position.
! Random playback
! Non-MP3 disc
Press the “RDM”button (5) briefly during
disc playback to play all of the tracks on
the disc in a random order. The display will
show “RDM ”, and all of the tracks on the
disc will be played in a random order.
To cancel random mode, press the button
again. The “RDM”indication will go off,
and the normal playback mode will be
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NOTERandom playback will be cancelled if
you perform any of the following steps:
.Press the “RPT ”button
. Press the “SCAN ”button
. Press the “
”button
. Select the radio mode
. Press the “RSE AUX ”button
. Press the “”or “
”side of the
SEEK FLDR button
. Turn off the power of the audio
equipment.
. Turn the ignition switch to the
“ LOCK ”position.
! MP3 disc
Press the “RDM”button (5) during disc
playback to play all of the tracks in the
folder currently being played in random
order. Press the “RDM”button again to
play all of the tracks on the disc in random
order. The display will show “RDM”during
the random mode.
To cancel the random mode, press the
“ RDM ”button during “in-disc ”random
playback. The “RDM”indication will go
off, and the normal playback mode will be
resumed.
NOTE. Each time you briefly press the
button, the mode will change to the next one in the following sequence.
If you accidentally press the button and
cancel the random mode, press it again
to reselect the random mode.
.
Random playback will be cancelled
if you perform any of the following
steps:
.Press the “RPT ”button
. Press the “SCAN ”button
. Press the “
”button
. Select the radio mode
. Press the “RSE AUX ”button
. Press the “”or “
”side of the
SEEK FLDR button
. Turn off the power of the audio
equipment.
. Turn the ignition switch to the
“ LOCK ”position.
! Scan
The scan mode lets you listen to the first
10 seconds of each track/file (track) on the
disc/folder in succession. Press the
“ SCAN ”button (7) to start scanning
through all tracks upward beginning with
the track/file (track) following the currently selected one. After all tracks/files (tracks)
on the disc/folder has been scanned,
normal playback mode is restored.
To cancel a scan, press the button again.
NOTEThe scan mode will be cancelled if you
perform any of the following opera-
tions:
.
Press the “RPT ”button
. Press the “RDM ”button
. Press the “
”button
. Press the “”or “
”side of the
TUNE TRACK button
. Press the “
”or “
”side of the
SEEK FLDR button (MP3 disc)
. Select the radio mode
. Press the “RSE AUX ”button
. Turn off the power of the audio
equipment.
. Turntheignitionswitchtothe
“ LOCK ”position.
! 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 “
”(8). The disc will be ejected.
NOTE. Avoid driving the vehicle with a CD
sticking out, because vibration might
make it fall out.
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