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SV Sound Subwoofers manual

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  • Page 1

    Contents: • Page 1 Welcome • Page 2 About your new SV Subwoofer • Pages 4-7 Setup, integrati on, and calibratio n • Page 7-8 Powered Box amp fea tures • Pages 9-10 Bass demos for your home thea ter • Page 11 Home theater terms • Page 12 Warrant y Last update: 19 April, 2003 O WNERS ’ G UIDE SVS “PB2-Plus” ( Powered Box, Dual P l[...]

  • Page 2

    We l c o m e . F rom the entire SVS team, congr atulations on your pur- chase of the stan dard in ho me theater and musi c b ass! Your new subwoofer isn’t so me generic mass-produced b ox built someplace you can’ t even find on a ma p. It’s made in Ohio (USA ), by home audio fanatics... like y ou. Designed, tested an d assembled by hand, y ou[...]

  • Page 3

    Page 3 About y our SV Subwoofer SV Subwoofers Other subwoofers might loo k like them — b ut virtua lly none work like the m. Not at thi s price. SVS ’s are decided ly different , in ho w they are designed , produ ced, sold, and even in the excep tion al customer service a fter the sale. No surprise t hen, you c ould ha ve s pent much more and s[...]

  • Page 4

    Setup, calibrati ng and integrati on W hat’s to know? Well, first of all, setting up a n SV Sub woofer is pretty darn easy. There are a few key things to get right if you want to get the most o ut of your ne w e quip ment ho we ver! U npacking. You’re probably eager to fire up your sub (we’re t he same way!) , bu t take ti me to c ar efully u[...]

  • Page 5

    If you are runn ing a pair of SV Subwoof ers (fig. 2), y ou will need to use a standard “ Y ” cable adapter (d.) The best adaptor to use for this ta sk has one male RCA connection and two female RCA outputs. (Radio Shack ® stocks them.) From the “Y” cable you can run a standard 75 Ohm RCA to RCA sig nal cable (e.) to each sub, thus “spli[...]

  • Page 6

    SV Subwoofers Page 6 setting ALL spe akers to “Sma ll” works best . A lso, is your subw oof er turned “ON” ? We don’ t me an “is your subw oofe r amplifier on?” (tha t’ll be im por- tant later to o!) but rather, is your receiver sending a bass sig nal to your sub amp ? This can on ly happen if you say “Yes” (o r “ON”) in th [...]

  • Page 7

    B ut what’s “t oo high”? ? Ta stes vary , and so do m ovie s oundtra cks , but y our SVS is capab le of tremendous levels o f low distortion , low freque ncy bass — far m ore than most commer cial sub s. Take adv antage o f this, esp ecially if you like acti on movies with lots of “ .1” cha nnel (L FE) action, a nd giv e the su b a bit [...]

  • Page 8

    SV Subwoofers Page 8 your sub, g etting t hese bass w ave forms to arrive in a c omplem entary, e nhancin g fashion is the dif ficult job of the phase c ontrol. Essent ially , “phase” varies the tim - ing of the bass wa ves coming from the sub. B ut don’t de spair if you don’t hear much difference with chan ges to the p hase knob — the ef[...]

  • Page 9

    SV Subwoofers Page 9 Bassy demo scenes to d ie for . S o now what?? You’ ve got one of the best theater and mus ic bass sub- systems on the plan et, you’re calibrated...w ant to see what she’ll do? But of co urse! Since finding those scenes can be a bit trying, we’v e compiled a list of our favorites be low. After all, calibration with test[...]

  • Page 10

    SV Subwoofers Page 10 More Bassy demo scenes. • “Titanic” You love it...or you hat e it. Regardless of which sid e of the ship you sit on, this flick do es some serious rumbli ng for yo u: 1. “We can’t leave h im” Scene 22 (2:21:50) 2. “Ship Splitting” (2:41 :30) 3. “Last Gasp” (2:42:05) • “ Blade” Not on e for the ki ddie[...]

  • Page 11

    SV Subwoofers Page 11 A Glossar y of Ho me Theater T erm s Don’t feel guilty if y ou want to skip over the below. But if y ou are curi- ous abou t what som e o f the te rms and abbrevia tions stand for, read on: dB - Short for “deci-Bell” a unit of sound, a 3dB increas e takes twice the acoustic power to attain! DD - “Dolby Digital”, the [...]

  • Page 12

    Wa r r a n t y: 45 - day m oney back warran ty. If you are not completely satisfied with the performance of your subwoofer, return it to us for a fu ll refund of the pu rchas e price. Just a f e w minor stipula- tions should y ou choose to do th is: • The subw oofer must be returned in origin al shipping box. • E-mail SVS fi rst for a return of[...]