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Antenna system ............................................ 5-2

FM reception ..................................................... 5-2
Installation of accessories ........................... 5-3
Audio set ........................................................ 5-3
Type A audio set ............................................... 5-3
Type B audio set ............................................... 5-4
In-dash 6 CD auto changer (Optional audio
unit – if equipped) .......................................... 5-4
Type A audio set (if equipped) ..................... 5-5
Radio operation ................................................ 5-5 5
Compact disc player operation ....................... 5-10
CD changer control (if optional in-dash CD
changer is connected) ................................... 5-13
Type B audio set (if equipped) ..................... 5-16
Radio operation ................................................ 5-16
Built-in CD changer operation ......................... 5-22
In-dash 6 CD auto changer (if equipped) .... 5-27
Loading and unloading compact discs .......... 5-27
Precautions to observe when handling
a compact disc .......................................... 5-30

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Antenna system „ FM reception

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Although FM is normally static free, reception can be

affected by the surrounding area, atmospheric condi-
tions, station strength and transmitter distance. Build-
ings or other obstructions may cause momentary stat-
ic, flutter or station interference. If reception continues
to be unsatisfactory, switch to a stronger station.

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The antenna is printed on the inside of the left side

rear quarter window glass.

Do not use sharp instruments or window clean-

er containing abrasives to clean the inner sur-
face of the window on which the antenna is
printed. Doing so may damage the antenna
printed on the window.

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Installation of accessories Audio set

Always consult your SUBARU dealer before installing Your SUBARU may be equipped with one of the fol-
a citizen band radio or other transmitting device in lowing audio sets. See the pages indicated in this sec-
your vehicle. Such devices may cause the electronic tion for operating details.
control system to malfunction if they are incorrectly in-
stalled or if they are not suited for the vehicle. „ Type A audio set

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y Radio operation: refer to page 5-5

y Compact disc player operation: refer to page 5-10
y CD changer control: refer to page 5-13

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„ Type B audio set „ In-dash 6 CD auto changer (Optional

audio unit – if equipped)

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y Radio operation: refer to page 5-16
y Built-in CD changer operation: refer to page 5-22 y Inserting and removing a disc or all discs: refer to
page 5-27

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Type A audio set (if equipped) (1) Power switch, Volume control,
Tone/Fader/Balance control dial
The radio will operate only when the ignition switch is in the “ACC” or “ON” (2) BAND button
position. (3) Tuning buttons
(4) Preset buttons
„ Radio operation (5) AUDIO button
(6) SCAN button

(1) (2)

(6) (5) (4) (3)

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T Power switch and volume/bass/treble/fader/

balance 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
The “VOLUME” control knob normally function as vol-
ume control. This knob become a control for Treble,
Bass, Fader or Balance when you select the appropri-
ate audio mode.
Choose desired volume level for each mode by turning
the “VOLUME” control knob. The control function re-
turns to volume control mode after about 5 seconds.
To change control modes: Each brief press of the
“AUDIO” button changes control modes in the follow-
ing sequence starting from volume control mode.
(When the radio is first turned on, the control mode is
in the volume control.)

Volume Bass Treble Balance

(VOL) (BAS) (TRE) (BAL)
Fader
(FAD)

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Display Control mode

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Turn counterclockwise Turn clockwise

VOL Volume control For less volume For more volume

BAS Bass control For less bass sound For more bass sound

TRE Treble control For less treble sound For more treble sound

BAL Balance control To increase left speaker volume and To increase right speaker volume and
decrease right speaker volume decrease left speaker volume

FAD Fader control To increase rear speaker volume and To increase front speaker volume and
decrease front speaker volume decrease rear speaker volume

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T FM/AM/Weather band selection button (BAND) “ ” side of the tuning button (3) to change the WB
Push the “BAND” button when the radio is on to select channel up and press the “ ” side of the tuning but-
FM1, FM2, AM or Weather band (WB) reception. Each ton to change the WB channel down. Each time the
time this button is pressed, the band will change in the button is pressed, the WB channel changes to the next
following order: channel.
T Seek tuning
FM1 FM2 AM
If the tuning button (3) is pressed for longer than half
of a second, the radio will begin to automatically
WB search for receivable frequencies and will stop at the
first one found. This function may not be available,
The display indicates which one is currently selected. however, when radio signals are weak. In such a situ-
T Stereo indicator ation, perform manual tuning to select the desired sta-
The stereo indicator “ST” will come on when an FM tion.
stereo broadcast is received. T Automatic tuning (SCAN)
T Tuning (TUNE) Press the “SCAN” button (6) to change the radio to the
SCAN mode. In this mode, the radio scans through the
V Manual tuning (TUNE) radio band until a station is found. The radio will stop
Push the “ ” side of the tuning button (3) to in- at the station for five seconds while displaying the fre-
crease the tuning frequency and press the “ ” side quency, after which scanning will continue until the en-
of the button to decrease it. tire band has been scanned from the low end to the
Each time the button is pressed, the frequency chang- high end.
es 10 KHz in the AM waveband and 0.2 MHz in the FM Press the “SCAN” button again to cancel the SCAN
waveband. mode and to stop on any displayed frequency.
When the “SCAN” button is pressed for automatic tun-
V Manual tuning for weather band ing, stations are scanned in the direction of low fre-
When weather band mode is selected, press the quencies to high frequencies only.

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Automatic tuning may not function properly if the sta- calls. This noise does not indicate a radio fault.
tion reception is weakened by distance from the sta-
tion or proximity to tall buildings and hills.
T Selecting preset stations
Presetting a station with a preset button (4) allows you
to select that station in a single operation. Up to six
WB, AM, FM1 and FM2 stations each may be preset.
T How to preset stations
1. Press the “BAND” selection button to select AM,
FM1, FM2 or WB reception.
2. Press the “SCAN” button (6) or tune the radio man-
ually until the desired station frequency is displayed.
3. Press one of the preset buttons (4) for at least 2
seconds to store the frequency. At this time, there will
momentarily be no sound from the radio. If the button
is pressed for less than 2 seconds, the preceding se-
lection will remain in memory.

NOTE
y If the connection between the radio and battery
is broken for any reason such as vehicle mainte-
nance or radio removal, all stations stored in the
preset buttons are cleared. If this occurs, it is nec-
essary to reset the preset buttons.
y If a cell phone is placed near the radio, it may
cause the radio to emit noise when it receives
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„ Compact disc player operation (7) Disc slot

(8) CD button
(9) Eject button
(10) Fast-forwarding and track up
(15) (7) (8) (9) button
(11) Fast-reversing and track down
button
(12) Random button
(13) Repeat button
(14) Scan button
(15) PWR (power) switch

(14) (13) (12) (11) (10)

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T To play back a compact disc back of a CD, the CD stops playing temporarily. To let
the CD resume playing, press the button again.
V When CD is not in the player
Hold a disc with a finger in the center hole while grip- T To select a song from its beginning
ping the edge of the disc, then insert it in to the slot V Forward direction
(with the label side up) and the player will automatical-
ly pull the disc into position. Briefly press the “ ” side of the button (10) to skip
A single CD (8 cm/3 inch CD) may also be used with- to the beginning of the next track. Each time this side
out any adapter. of the button is pressed, the indicated track number
will increase.
NOTE
V Backward direction
y Make sure to always insert a disc with the label
side up. If a disc is inserted with the label side Briefly press the “ ” side of the button (11) to skip
down, it might be ejected or the player might shut to the beginning of the current track. Each time this
off. side of the button is pressed, the indicated track num-
y After the last song finishes, the player will auto- ber will decrease.
matically return to track 1 (the first song on the T Fast-forwarding and fast-reversing
disc).
V Fast-forwarding
V When CD is in the player
Press the “ ” side of the button (10) continuously
Press the “CD” button (8). The display will show “CD” for more than 1 second to fast-forward the disc.
and the player will start playback. Release the button to stop fast-forwarding.
NOTE V Fast-reversing
After the last song finishes, playback will automat-
Press the “ ” side of the button (11) continuously
ically return to track 1 (the first song on the disc).
for more than 1 second to fast-reverse the disc.
T To stop playback of a CD Release the button to stop fast-reversing.
When the “PWR” button (15) is pressed during play-
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T Repeat playback the player, press the eject button “ ” (9). The disc
Press the “RPT” button (13) and release it in less than will be ejected.
2 seconds while a song is playing to play the song re- The disc may be removed even when the ignition
peatedly. The “RPT” indicator will come on and the switch is in the “LOCK” position.
song will be played continuously. To cancel the repeat NOTE
mode, press the button again. Then the “RPT” indica-
y Avoid driving the vehicle with a CD sticking out,
tor goes out, and normal playback mode is restored. because vibration might make it fall out.
T Random playback y To protect the disc, the disc is automatically
Press the “RAND” button (12) and hold it in for more loaded if it is left in the ejected position for more
than 2 seconds while a disc is being played back to than approximately 15 seconds (Auto Reload). In
play all songs on the disc in a random order. The this case, the disc is not played.
“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
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 search 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
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„ CD changer control (if optional in-dash CD changer is (16) CD button

connected) (17) Track selection buttons
An optional CD changer can be connected to this audio unit. Consult the (18) RAND (Random) button
instructions that accompany the CD changer for operating the CD changer (19) RPT (Repeat) button
itself (e.g., how to load or unload CDs). See your SUBARU dealer for more (20) SCAN button
information.

(16)

(20) (19) (18) (17)

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T To start playback NOTE

When the “CD” button (16) is pressed, the CD changer y No disc change takes place if the button corre-
will start playback. The display shows the current disc sponding to the storage tray in which no disc is
number, track number and the elapsed time during loaded is pressed.
playback. y If the disc select button corresponding to the
disc now in playback is pressed again, the disc
NOTE will be replayed from its beginning.
y If a disc is in the player, the “DISC” button is
used to change from CD player operation to DISC T To select a song from its beginning
changer operation. Each time the “DISC” button is
pressed, the operating mode will change alter- V Forward direction
nately. Briefly press the “ ” side of the button (17) to skip
y At the end of the disc, the player automatically to the beginning of the next track. Each time this side
continues with the next disc. of the button is pressed, the indicated track number
y After playback on the last disc finishes, play- will increase.
back will automatically return to the first disc. V Backward direction
y If you have loaded fewer than 6 discs, any miss-
ing disc is automatically skipped. Briefly press the “ ” side of the button (17) to skip
to the beginning of the current track. Each time this
T Selection of a desired disc side of the button is pressed, the indicated track num-
You can select a desired disc from among the discs ber will decrease.
contained in the CD changer only by pressing the cor- T Fast-forwarding and fast-reversing
responding number on one of the disc select buttons.
If you are to listen to the 5th disc in the CD changer, V Fast-forwarding
press the “5” button of the disc select buttons. All other Press the “ ” side of the button (17) continuously
discs in the CD changer can also be selected in a sim- for more than 1 second to fast-forward the disc.
ilar way. Release the button to stop fast-forwarding.
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the CD changer will automatically stop fast-forwarding back mode is restored.

and start playback beginning with the first track on the
current disc. T Scan (a convenient way to become familiar with
a disc)
V Fast-reversing 1. Press the “SCAN” button (20).
Press the “ ” side of the button (17) continuously – The display shows “SCAN” and the track number
for more than 1 second to fast-reverse the disc. being scanned.
Release the button to stop fast-reversing. – You hear the first 10 seconds of each track.
If you continue fast-reversing to the beginning of the – The operation is automatically cleared after play-
disc, the CD changer will automatically stop fast-re- ing all programs. Then, normal playback starts.
versing and start playback beginning with the first 2. Press the “SCAN” button again when you hear a
track on the current disc. track you like.
– Normal playback resumes.
T Repeat playback
Press the “RPT” button (19) while a song is playing to T To stop playback
play the song repeatedly. The “RPT” indicator will To stop playback and switch over to the radio mode,
come on and the song will be played continuously. To press the “BAND” button.
cancel the repeat mode, press the button again. Then
the “RPT” indicator goes out, and normal playback
mode 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-
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Type B audio set (if equipped) (1) SCAN button

(2) FM/AM selection button
The radio will operate only when the ignition switch is in the “ACC” or “ON” (3) WB (weather band) button
position. (4) Power switch, Volume control,
Bass/Midrange/Treble control
„ Radio operation and Fader/Balance control dial
(5) TONE button
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (6) Fader/Balance selection button
(7) Preset buttons
(8) Tuning buttons

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T Power switch and volume/bass/treble/fader/

balance control (PWR/VOL)
The dial (4) 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.
This dial is used for bass/midrange/treble controls
when the “TONE” button (5) is in the depressed posi-
tion. It is also used for fader/balance controls when the
“BAL” button (6) is in the depressed position.

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Turn counterclockwise Turn clockwise

BASS Bass control For less bass sound For more bass sound

MIDDLE Midrange control For less midrange sound For more midrange sound

TREBLE Treble control For less treble sound For more treble sound

FADER Fader control To increase rear speaker volume and To increase front speaker volume and
decrease front speaker volume decrease rear speaker volume

BALANCE Balance control To increase left speaker volume and To increase right speaker volume and
decrease right speaker volume decrease left speaker volume

VOLUME Volume control For less volume For more volume

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V Tone control “BAL” button (6) changes control modes in the follow-
The volume control dial (4) normally function as vol- ing sequence starting from fader control mode. (When
ume control. The dial become a control for Bass, the radio is turned on, the control mode is in the vol-
Midrange or Treble when you select the appropriate ume control.)
tone control mode.
Choose desired volume level for each mode by turning FADER BALANCE VOLUME
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 V Display illumination dimness cancellation
“TONE” button (5) changes control modes in the fol- (BRIGHT)
lowing sequence starting from bass control mode. The brightness of the radio display dims when the light
(When the radio is first turned on, the control mode is switch is in the “ ” or “ ” positions. If this
in the volume control.) makes the display difficult to read, press the volume
dial for more than 1.5 seconds to return the display to
BASS MIDDLE TREBLE VOLUME original brightness.
Subsequently pressing the volume dial again for more
than 1.5 seconds or if you can safely do so, turning the
V Fader and balance control light switch to the OFF position and back to the
The volume control dial (4) normally function as vol- “ ” or “ ” position makes the radio display
ume control. The dial become the controls for Fader or dim again.
Balance when you select the appropriate fader and T FM/AM selection button (FM/AM)
balance control mode.
Push the “FM/AM” button (2) when the radio is off to
Choose desired setting for each mode by turning the
turn on the radio.
volume control dial. The control function returns to vol-
Push the “FM/AM” button when the radio is on to se-
ume control mode after about 5 seconds.
lect FM1, FM2 or AM reception. Each time this button
To change control modes: Each brief press of the is pressed, the band will change in the following order:
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side of the tuning button (8) to change the WB channel

FM1 FM2 AM
up and press the “ ” side of the button to change the
WB channel down. Each time the button is pressed,
the WB channel changes to the next channel.
The display indicates which one is currently selected.
T Seek tuning
T Stereo indicator If the tuning button (8) is pressed for longer than half
The stereo indicator “ST” will come on when an FM of a second, the radio will begin to automatically
stereo broadcast is received. search for receivable frequencies and will stop at the
first one found. This function may not be available,
T Weather band button (WB) however, when radio signals are weak. In such a situ-
Push the “WB” button (3) when the radio is off to turn ation, perform manual tuning to select the desired sta-
on the radio in the weather band. tion.
Press the “WB” button when the radio is on to select
the weather band. T Automatic tuning (SCAN)
Press the “SCAN” button (1) to change the radio to the
T Manual tuning (TUNE) SCAN mode. In this mode, the radio scans through the
V Manual tuning for AM and FM waveband radio band until a station is found. The radio will stop
at the station for five seconds while displaying the fre-
Push the “ ” side of the tuning button (8) to increase
quency, after which scanning will continue until the en-
the tuning frequency and press the “ ” side of the
tire band has been scanned from the low end to the
button to decrease it.
high end.
Each time the button is pressed, the frequency chang-
Press the “SCAN” button again to cancel the SCAN
es 10 KHz in the AM waveband and 0.2 MHz in the FM
mode and to stop on any displayed frequency.
waveband.
When the “SCAN” button is pressed for automatic tun-
V Manual tuning for weather band ing, stations are scanned in the direction of low fre-
When weather band mode is selected, press the “ ” quencies to high frequencies only.
Automatic tuning may not function properly if the sta-

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tion reception is weakened by distance from the sta- y If a cell phone is placed near the radio, it may
tion or proximity to tall buildings and hills. cause the radio to emit noise when it receives
calls. This noise does not indicate a radio fault.
T Selecting preset stations
Presetting a station with a preset button (7) allows you
to select that station in a single operation. Up to six
AM, FM1, FM2 and WB stations each may be preset.
T How to preset stations
1. Press the “FM/AM” selection button to select AM,
FM1 or FM2 reception.
OR
Press the “WB” button (3) to select the weather band.

2. Press the “SCAN” button (1) or tune the radio man-

ually until the desired station frequency is displayed.
3. Press one of the preset buttons (7) for at least 1.5
seconds to store the frequency. The frequency of the
station will flash once on the display at this time. If the
button is pressed for less than 1.5 seconds, the pre-
ceding selection will remain in memory.

NOTE
y If the connection between the radio and battery
is broken for any reason such as vehicle mainte-
nance or radio removal, all stations stored in the
preset buttons are cleared. If this occurs, it is nec-
essary to reset the preset buttons.
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„ Built-in CD changer operation (9) Eject button

(10) SCAN button
(11) CD (CD player selection) button
(9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (12) Disc slot
(13) DISC indicator
(14) Repeat button
(15) Random button
(16) LOAD button
(17) Disc select buttons
(18) Track selection buttons

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NOTE ascending order of position number.

y Make sure to always insert a disc with the label If you do not insert any disc in 15 seconds after you
side up. If a disc is inserted with the label side have pressed the “LOAD” button, the player will begin
down, it might be ejected or the player might shut to play back the first track of the last disc you have in-
off. serted.
y Single CDs (i.e., 8 cm/3 inch CDs) are not sup- y The disc indicator steadily lights up if a disc is al-
ported, and if inserted, they will be immediately ready inserted in the corresponding position of the
ejected. magazine.
y If a disc is inserted during a radio broadcast, the y While the player is in the loading mode, if you press
disc will interrupt the broadcast. the “FM/AM” selection button (2), the player will enter
the standby mode. Press the “CD” button (11) to start
T How to insert a CD(s) playback.
V Inserting a CD V Inserting a disc in a desired position
1. Press “LOAD” button (16). If the magazine in the 1. Press the “LOAD” button (16). If the magazine in
player has an idle position where you can insert a disc, the player has an idle position where you can insert a
the “DISC” indicator (13) associated with the idle posi- disc, the “DISC” indicator (13) associated with the idle
tion will blink. position will blink.
If no indicator blinks, it means that there is no idle po- The positions in the magazine the indicator of which
sition in the magazine. steadily lights up are already loaded with discs.
2. As soon as the “DISC” indicator (13) begins to 2. Press the disc select button (17) at the position
blink, the “LOAD” will appear on display for a period of where you want to insert a disc. The associated
15 seconds. Insert a disc during the period. The disc “DISC” indicator will blink, and the “LOAD” will be dis-
will be then automatically drawn in, and the player will played.
begin to play back the first track of the disc. 3. If you insert a disc during the 15-second period
y To insert more discs in succession, repeat Steps 1 while the “LOAD” is on display, the disc will be auto-
matically drawn in, and the player will start playback of
and 2. The magazine will be loaded with discs in the
the disc, beginning with the first track.
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y To insert more discs in succession, repeat Steps 1 T How to play back a CD or make a pause
and 2.
y While the player is in the loading mode, if you press V When there is no CD inserted:
the “FM/AM” selection button (2), the player will enter Insert a CD by referring to “How to insert a CD(s)”.
standby mode. Press the “CD” button (11) to start When a CD is loaded, the player will start playback of
playback. the CD, beginning with the first track.

V Loading all the magazine (Full disc loading V When there are CDs loaded:
mode) Press a desired one of the disc select buttons (17) the
1. If you continue to press the “LOAD” button (16) for “DISC” indicator (13) of which steadily lights up. The
more than 1.5 seconds, the player will produce beep player will then start playback of the selected CD, be-
sound and will enter the full disc loading mode. ginning with the first track.
2. A “DISC” indicator (13) will blink, and the “ALL T To select a song from its beginning
LOAD” will be on display for a period of 15 seconds. If
a disc is successfully loaded during this period, the V Forward direction
“DISC” indicator will stop blinking and will steadily Briefly press the “ ” side of the button (18) to skip to
light. the beginning of the next track. Each time the button is
3. When the loading of a disc is complete, the next pressed, the indicated track number will increase.
“DISC” indicator will blink. Then repeat Step 2.
4. When the magazine is filled with discs by repeating V Backward direction
Steps 2 and 3, the player will start playback of the Briefly press the “ ” side of the button (18) to skip to
discs, beginning with the one inserted first. the beginning of the current track. Each time the but-
If you fail to insert any disc during each 15 seconds in- ton is pressed, the indicated track number will de-
terval, the full disc loading mode will be canceled, and crease.
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T Fast-forwarding and fast-reversing T Scan

V Fast-forwarding When the “SCAN” button (10) is pressed while the disc
is being played back, you can hear the first 10 seconds
Press the “ ” side of the button (18) continuously for of each track to search for the desired program. To
more than 0.5 second to fast-forward the disc. continue listening to the program, press the “SCAN”
Release the button to stop fast-forwarding. button again. After all tracks on the disc have been
V Fast-reversing scanned, normal playback mode is restored.
Press the “ ” side of the button (18) continuously for T How to unload CDs from the player
more than 0.5 second to fast-reverse the disc.
Release the button to stop fast-reversing. V Ejecting a CD from the player
Of the discs loaded, you can select and remove only
T Repeat playback one disc.
Press the “RPT” button (14) while a song is playing to 1. Press the disc select button (17) of the disc whose
play the song repeatedly. The “RPT” indicator will “DISC” indicator (13) is ON.
come on and the song will be played continuously. To 2. Press the eject button (9). Then the “DISC” indica-
cancel the repeat mode, press the button again. Then tor associated with the disc you have selected will
the “RPT” indicator goes out, and normal playback blink, and the disc will be ejected.
mode is restored. To remove more discs in succession, repeat Steps 1
T Random playback and 2.
If you press the eject button after turning OFF the igni-
Press the “RDM” button (15) while a disc is being tion switch, only one disc will be ejected.
played back to play all songs on the disc in a random
order. The “RDM” indicator will come on and all songs V Ejecting all discs from the player (All disc ejec-
on the disc will be played in a random order. tion mode)
To cancel the random mode, press the button again. 1. If you continue to press the eject button (9), the
Then the “RDM” indicator goes out, and normal play- player will produce beep sound and will enter the all
back mode is restored. disc ejection mode.
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2. Remove the disc that has been ejected. The other

discs loaded will then be ejected one after another. If
you do not remove the ejected disc within 15 seconds,
the “All disc ejection mode” will be canceled.

NOTE
Avoid driving the vehicle with a CD sticking out,
because vibration might make it fall out.

Do not attempt to insert two or more discs into

the slot at a time. Doing so can cause mechan-
ical damage to the CD changer.

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In-dash 6 CD auto changer (if equipped) (1) Disc slot

(2) Disc indicators (disc No.1 to 6)
„ Loading and unloading compact discs (3) Disc select buttons (disc No.1 to
6)
(4) Eject button
(5) Disc slot indicator
(5) (1) (2)

(4) (3)

HG5022BB

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“OFF”.
The disc indicator lights are located directly above the
y Do not attempt to insert two or more discs corresponding disc select buttons.
into the slot at a time. Doing so can cause me- 2. The indicator will begin blinking. The blinking will
chanical damage to the CD changer. last for 15 seconds.
y Use only music CDs identified by During this period, insert a desired disc, and the disc
a mark. will begin to play. (If any disc is not inserted during this
y Do not use CDs listed below which could period, the “Disc slot” (1) door will close. Repeat Step
cause damage to the CD player. 1.)
y 3 inch (8 cm) compact disc. Be sure to hold a disc with the label side (the side
y Any disc with a peel-off or seal on it. where titles are printed) up.
y Any disc with scratches and/or dust. 3. To insert another disc, repeat Steps 1 and 2 choos-
y Bent disc. ing a different disc select button.
y Cleaning disc. T To insert six discs at a time
y CD accessory. (E.g., 3 inch (8 cm) disc
adapter) 1. Press and hold the disc select button number 1 un-
y Do not insert or remove any disc when the til all disc indicators begin blinking (about 1.5 sec-
automatic transmission selector lever is in the onds).
park position; the selector lever in that position 2. The indicators will blink for 15 seconds. During this
can interfere with disc insertion or removal, period, insert desired six discs.
causing scratches on the disc surface (for AT 3. When all discs are loaded, the first disc will begin to
vehicles). play. (If no disc is inserted within this 15 seconds, the
entire disc load sequence will be canceled.)
T To remove a disc
T To insert a disc
1. Press the desired one of the disc select buttons (3)
1. Press one of the disc select buttons (3) (numbered
(numbered from 1 to 6) for which the disc indicator
from 1 to 6) for which the disc indicator light (2) is
light is on.

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2. Press the eject button (4). The selected disc will be OFF: No disc is loaded or the ignition switch is in the
ejected and the indicator light will begin blinking. “LOCK” position.
3. To remove another disc, repeat Steps 1 and 2
choosing a different “Disc select” button. V Open/Closed disc slot indicator
(To remove discs when the ignition switch is in the When the disc slot is open, the disc indicators on both
“Lock” position, press the eject button, and the first sides of the slot illuminate.
disc will be ejected. Press the eject button again, and T Function control
the next disc will be ejected and so on. At this time, the
disc select buttons are disabled.) Refer to CD changer control operating instructions de-
scribed in the “Type A audio set (if equipped)” section.
T To remove all discs at one time
1. Press and hold the eject button (4) until all “Disc” in-
dicators begin blinking (about 1.5 seconds), and the
first disc will be ejected.
2. When the disc is removed, the next one will be
ejected, and so on.
T To replace a playing disc with another
Simply press the desired one of disc select buttons (3)
(numbered from 1 to 6) or press the disc select button
on the radio unit to select the desired disc, and the disc
will begin to play.
T Disc indicators
Lit: when the corresponding storage tray is occupied
by a disc.
Blinking: Disc player is either in loading, eject or
changing mode.
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Precautions to observe when han- You may also use compact discs (CD-Rs and CD-
RWs) that have the following marks, but you may not
dling a compact disc use some discs if they were produced using writing
methods not compatible with your vehicle’s audio sys-
Use only compact discs (CDs) that have the mark
tem.
shown below.

UG5040AA
HS5017AA

y In cold and/or rainy weather, dew can form inside

the CD player, preventing normal operation. If this
happens, eject the CD and wait for the player to dry
out.
y Skipping may occur when the CD player is subject-
ed to severe vibration (for example, when the vehicle
is driven on a rough surface).
y To remove a disc from the case, press the center of
the case and hold both edges of the disc. If the disc

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surface is touched directly, contamination could cause

poor tone quality. Do not touch the disc surface.
y Use a clean disc whenever possible. If there are de-
posits, wipe the disc surface from the center outward
with a dry, soft cloth. Be sure not to use a hard cloth,
thinner, benzene, alcohol, etc.
y Do not use any disc that is scratched, deformed, or
cracked. Also, do not use any disc that has a non-stan-
dard shape (for example, a heart shape). Malfunctions
or problems might result.
y A disc is vulnerable to heat. Never keep it either in
places exposed to direct sunlight, near heaters or in
vehicles parked in the sun or hot days.

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