SV Sound PC-Ultra manual

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  • Page 1

    Contents: • Page 1 W elcome • Page 2 Abo ut your new SV S ubwoofer • Pages 4- 7 Set up, integration, a nd calibration • Page 7- 8 Pow ered cylinder a mp fea tu res • Pages 9 - 11 Pa ram etri c equalizer (PEQ) • Pages 12 - 13 Va ri ab le tuning • Pages 14 - 15 Ba ss demos La st upd a te : 27 Ja nu a ry 20 04 O WNERS ’ G UI DE SVS “[...]

  • Page 2

    Wel com e. F rom th e entire SVS team, cong ratulation s on y ou r pur- chase o f the standard in ho me theater and m usic bass! Yo ur new subwo ofe r isn’t so me ge neric, m ass-p r o duce d box b uilt somep la ce you ca n’t even fin d on a map . I t’ s ma de in Ohi o (U SA ), by ho me audio e nthus iasts ... like yo u. De sig ned, teste d a[...]

  • Page 3

    Page 3 Ab out you r SV S u bwoo fer SV Subwoof ers No powered subwoofers l ook anythi ng like t he m . And v irtually none wo rk like them e it h er. SV Subw oo fers are decidedly di f ferent. The best pa rt? Yo u co uld have s pen t muc h mo r e and s til l no t c o me c los e to th e sam e b a ss perf o rmanc e our P C-Ul tr a li ne gi ve s you. [...]

  • Page 4

    Setu p, ca libra ting a nd in tegrat io n W ha t’s t o know ? W ell , fi r s t o f all , sett ing up an SV Su b woo fe r is pr e tty da rn e a s y . There are a f ew key things to get ri g h t t h o ugh, if y ou wan t to g et t h e m ost out of your su b… U np acking. You ’r e pr oba bl y ea ger t o fir e up your s ub ( we’r e th e sa m e w[...]

  • Page 5

    If y o u are ru nni n g a pa ir o f S VS’ s (F ig. 2 ), y o u w ill nee d to us e a s ta n - da r d “Y ” cab le ad apte r (c .) T he b es t adapto r to use fo r t his t ask has o n e male R CA c onne ctio n and two f emale R CA o utpu ts. (R ad io S hack ® st o cks t h em.) Fr o m th e “Y” cable y ou ca n r un a stan dar d 75 Oh m sign a[...]

  • Page 6

    SV Subwoof ers Page 6 appropr iate s peaker s, and use the subw oo fer co rrectly too . A lso, m ake sure your s ub woofe r i s tu rne d “O N”. We d on’t mea n “i s your su bwoof er am pli- fie r on” ( that’ ll be i m p ort ant late r too!) b ut rath er, is you r re ce iver s end in g a bass sign al to your sub a mp ? This c a n only ha[...]

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  • Page 8

    SV Subwoof ers Page 8 Phase . Think of bass w aves a s co nfli c ting o r enhanc ing each o t h er, de pending o n the tim ing of the ir a rriv al a t y o ur list en ing lo c ation (e ithe r to ge ther, or n ot). Sin ce som e o f y o ur roo m’s bass m ight co me fro m mai n, c enter a nd/ o r s urro und sp eakers, as w ell a s y our s ub, get tin[...]

  • Page 9

    SV Subwoof ers Page 9 Par ametr ic Equalizer . I m por ta nt enou gh a nd ch all e ngi ng en ough , this fe at ur e get s it s own sect i on! “P EQ” all ows you t o ta me a “ pea k” in you r r oom’ s respo nse. Peaks a re qu ite co mm o n, espec ially in larg e ro o ms or o nes wh ere y our sub i s fa r fr om your l ist eni ng p os iti on[...]

  • Page 10

    SV Subwoof ers Page 10 This d isc al l o ws the us er to play 10Hz throug h 98Hz in o ne hertz inc rements allo w- i ng ve ry go od r es olu ti on ove r your me as ur eme nt s. Ot he r good e xamp l es for te st discs are A via’ s Gu ide to H o me T hea ter and Digi tal V i deo E s senti als . When meas - ur in g the room’ s res pon se us e a m[...]

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    SV Subwoof ers Page 11 The LEVEL co ntro l is the amo unt of at tenu at ion o n the s ig nal lo c ated a t th e ce nte r freque ncy . MI N is equ al to 0 dB and MA X is equ al to - 12dB “c ut ” . E ach hash m ark reduce s the Center Po int in que s t i o n by 1. 5 dB. The “ FR EQ ” c ontrol (s ho rt fo r frequ ency ) i s the a dj u stment f[...]

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    SV Subwoof ers Page 12 Su bsonic Filter an d P o r t T u nin g Y our ne w PC -Ul tr a sub woofe r n ot onl y com es wi th our “Tr i-Power ” port fla res , b u t custo m po rt plugs and var i abl e sub s onic f il te r w hich a llow y o ur sub to be “ t u ned” to ev en low e r frequenc ies than it s s to ck c o nfig uratio n. Fo r mo st p eo[...]

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    SVS PC-U ltra t uni ng chart[...]

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    SV Subwoof ers Page 14 Ba ssy d e mo sc enes to di e for . S o n o w w h a t?? You’ ve got one of th e best th eater an d music ba ss su b - s y st ems on th e plan et, yo u’ re ca li b r at ed... want t o see w h at she’l l d o? But o f course! Sin ce fin din g those scen es ca n be a b it tr yin g, we’v e co mpiled a lis t of ou r o ld f [...]

  • Page 15

    SV Subwoof ers Page 15 Mor e Ba ssy dem o scenes. • “Titanic” You love it .. . or you hate i t. R egardless o f w h ich side of th e s h ip yo u s it o n, t his f lick d o es s ome se riou s rumb li n g f or you: 1. “We can ’ t lea v e him ” Scen e 22 (2 :21: 50) 2. “Sh i p Sp li tt in g” (2: 4 1: 30) 3. “L a s t Gasp” (2 :42:05[...]

  • Page 16

    W arra nt y : 45 - day m oney back w arrant y. If y ou are no t co mplete ly sa t is fied wit h th e per for ma n ce of you r su bwoo fer , r etur n i t t o u s fo r a fu ll ref und o f the p urc hase p rice . Just a f ew min o r s tipul a- tio n s s h o uld y o u cho ose to do t his: • Th e s ubwo ofe r mu st be r et urn ed in o r i gin al shi p[...]