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Contents: • Page 1 Welcome • Page 2 About your new SV Subwoofer • Pages 4- 7 Setup, integrati on, and calibratio n • Page 7- 8 Pow ered box amp featur es • Pages 9 - 10 Variable tuning • Pages 11 - 12 Bass Demos • Pages 13 - 14 Warranty Info Last update: 13 August,, 2004 O WNERS ’ G UIDE SVS PB2-ISD , Power ed Box Dual Driv er Subwo[...]
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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 map. It’ s made in Ohio (USA), by hom e audio enthusiasts... like y ou. Designed, tested an d assem- bled by hand[...]
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Page 3 About y our SV Sub woofer SV Subwoofers Other subwoofers might loo k like them — but v irtually none work like them . 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 could ha ve spent much more and sti[...]
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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 w ant to get the most o ut of your ne w e quip ment ho we ver! U npacking. You’re probably eager to f ire up your su b (we’re th e same way) , but take ti me to ca refull y [...]
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If you are runnin g a pair of S V Subwoo fers (Fig. 2), yo u 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 s tandard 75 Ohm RC A to RCA sig nal cable (e.) to each sub, thus “sp[...]
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SV Subwoofers Page 6 ting ALL speakers to “Sma ll” works best. Let your sub make t he bass ! Also, is your subwoof er tur ned “ON ”? W e don’t m ea n “is y our subw oofer amplifier on?” (that’l l be im portant later t oo) but ra ther, is your receiver sen di ng a bass signa l to your s ub a mp? This can only happ en if you say “Ye[...]
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B ut what’s “t oo high”?? Tas tes v ary, a nd so do m ovie s oundtra cks, but your S VS is capab le of tremendous levels o f low distortion , low frequenc y bas s — f ar more tha n most commer cial sub s. Take adv antage o f this, esp ecially if you like acti on movies with lots of “ .1” chan nel (L FE) actio n, and g ive the sub a b it[...]
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SV Subwoofers Page 8 your sub, g etting t hese bass w ave forms to arriv e in a com plementary , enhancin g fashion is the diff icult job of the pha se control. Esse ntially , “phase ” varie s the tim - ing of the bass wav es com ing from the sub. B ut don’ t despair if you don’t hear much difference with chan ges to the p hase knob — the[...]
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SV Subwoofers Page 9 Subsonic Filter and Port Tuning Y our new PB2-IS D subw oof er not only com es with our “ Tri- Power ” port fl ares, but custom port plug s and var iable subson ic filter w hich allow your sub to be “ tuned” to ev en low er fr equencie s than its st ock c onfigur ation. F or m ost people a nd mos t rooms , your SVS is a[...]
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SVS PB2-ISD tuning chart[...]
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SV Subwoofers Page 11 Bassy demo scenes to d ie for . S o now what?? You’ ve got one of the bes t theater and music bass sub- systems on the plan et, you’re calibrated...w a nt 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 old favorites belo w. After all, calibration wit[...]
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SV Subwoofers Page 12 More Bassy demo scenes. • “Titanic” You love it...or you hat e it. Regardless of which s ide 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 kiddies[...]
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SV Subwoofers Page 13 Setup/Cali bration Notes:[...]
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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 rchase price. Just a f ew minor stipula- tions should you choos e to do th is: • The subw oofer must be ret urned in orig inal shipping box . • E-mail SVS fi rst for a return of[...]