Subaru 2007 Forester, Owner'S Manual

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Audio
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after approximately 5 seconds.
To change control modes: Each brief
press of the “ SOUND ” button (5) changes
control modes in the following sequence
starting from bass control mode. (When
the radio is first turned on, the control
mode is in the volume control.)
Display illumination dimness can-
cellation (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 2 seconds to return the display
to original brightness. Subsequently
pressing the volume dial again for more
than 2 seconds or if you can safely do so,
turning the light switch to the OFF position
and back to the “ ” or “ ” posi-
tion makes the radio display dim again.
FM/AM selection button (FM/AM)
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:
The display indicates which one is cur-
rently selected.
Stereo indicator
The stereo indicator “ ST ” will come on
when an FM stereo broadcast is received.
Manual tuning (TUNE)
Manual tuning for AM and FM wave-
band
Turn the tuning dial clockwise (5) to in-
crease the tuning frequency and turn the
dial counterclockwise to decrease it. Each
click the dial is turned, the frequency
changes 10 KHz in the AM waveband and
0.2 MHz in the FM waveband.
Seek tuning
When the “ ” side of the “ SEEK/
TRACK/CAT-UP ” button is depressed, the
radio will begin to automatically seek up
for receivable frequencies and will stop at
the first one found. For the “ ” side, the
radio will begin to automatically seek
down. This function may not be available,
however, when radio signals are weak. In
such a situation, perform manual tuning to
select the desired station.
Automatic tuning (SCAN)
Press the “ SCAN ” button (4) 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 a re-
ceivable station for five seconds while dis-
playing the frequency by blinking, 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 tuning, stations are scanned in
the direction of low frequencies to high fre-
quencies only. Automatic tuning may not
function properly 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
(6) 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 ” selection button to
select AM, FM1 or FM2 reception.
2. Press the "SCAN" button (4) or tune
the radio manually until the desired station
frequency is displayed.