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• Content s: • Page 1 Welcom e • Page 2 A bout yo ur ne w SV S ub woofer • Pages 4 -7 Set up, i ntegra tion , and c alibra tio n • Page 7-8 P o wered Cy linder amp fea ture s • Pages 9-10 Ba ss dem os for your h ome the ater • Page 11 Home t heater t erms • Page 12 War ranty Last update : 13 March 2001 SVS Models : 16-46PCi 20-39PCi[...]
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We l c o m e . F rom the entire SVS team, congratu lations on your purchase of a new stand ard in home theater and music bass ! Your sub isn’t som e generic black box built some place you can’t even find on a map. I t’s made in Ohio , (as in US A), by home audio fanat- ics... like y ou. Designed, tested and assembled by hand, y our SV Sub- wo[...]
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Page 3 A bout your SV Subw oofer SV Subwoofers No powe red subw oofe rs look any thing lik e t hem, and v irtual ly none work li ke them ei ther. SV Subwoofer s ar e decidedly dif ferent. The best par t? You co uld have spen t much more an d still not c ome clo se to the same ba ss perf orma nce our Powere d Cy linder li ne give s you. But what ma [...]
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Setup, calibrating and integration W hat’s to know? Well, first of all, setting up an SV Subwoofer is pretty darn easy. There are a few key things to get right though, if y ou want to get the most out of y o ur sub… U npacking. You’re probably eager to fire up your sub (we’re the same way), but take tim e to carefully unpack y our sub. Set [...]
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If you are running a pair of SV Subwoofers (f i g. 2), y ou will need to use a standard “Y ” cable adapter (c.) The best adaptor to use for this task has one male RCA connection and tw o female RC A outputs. (Radio Shack ® stock s them.) From the “Y” cable y o u can run a stan- dard 75 Ohm signal cable (d.) to each sub thus “ spli tting?[...]
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SV Subwoofers Page 6 “Large”. Selecting the s ize according ly w ill ensur e bass g oes to most appr o- priat e speaker s, a nd use t he subw oofer corr ectl y too. Also, is y our sub- woofer tur ned “ON”? We don’ t mean “i s your subwoofe r amplifie r on?” (tha t’ll be important lat er too!) but rather, is your receiver sending a b[...]
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keep input distortion to a minimum, howev er y ou should not be set m uch lower than –5 dB recommen ded earli er, some adjustme nt room is ne eded to tweak down the roa d. If y our subwoofer re ading is still t oo high then turn down the s ub’s amp volu me a li ttle with ea ch run . B ut what’s “too high”?? Ta stes vary , and so do movi e[...]
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SV Subwoofers Page 8 Phase . Think of bas s wav es as conflic ting or enhanc ing each other, depen ding on the timing of their arriv al at your liste ning loc atio n (either t oget her, or not). Si nce some of your room’s ba ss might come f rom main, cente r and/ or surr ou nd speake rs, a s well as your sub, getti ng the se bass wa ve forms to a[...]
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SV Subwoofers Page 9 Bassy demo sce nes to die for . S o now what?? You’ve g ot one of the best HT bass sub- s ystems on the planet, y ou’re calibrated... want to see w hat she’ll do? Sur e y ou do ! Since finding those scenes can be a bit tr y ing, we’ve compiled a list of our favorites below. After all, calibration with test tones is impo[...]
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SV Subwoofers Page 10 More Bass y demo scenes. • “Titanic” You l ove i t.. .or you hate it. Regardless of which side of the ship y ou sit, this flick does some serious rumbling f or you: 1. “We can’t leav e him” Scene 22 (2:21:50) 2. “Ship Splitting” (2 :41:30) 3. “Last Gasp” (2:42:05) • “ Blade” Not one for the kiddies, b[...]
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SV Subwoofers Page 11 A Glossary of Home Theater T erm s Frankly, don’t feel guilt y if you want to skip over the below. But if you are curious about just w hat some of the terms and abbrev iations stand for, read on: dB - Short for “ deci-Bell” a unit of soun d, a 3dB increase tak e s twice the acoustic power to attain! DD - “Dolb y Digita[...]
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Fax: 330-793- 8183 Email: Custsupport@SVSubwoofers.com SV Subwoofer s LLC 365 Stone H arbor Road Holland Michi gan, 49424 SV Subwoofers Wa r r a n t y: 45 - day money back warranty. If you are not completely satis- fied with the performance of your subwoofer, return it to us for a full refund of the purchase price. Just a fe w minor stipulations sh[...]