SV Sound PB12-NSD/2 manual

Contents: • Page 1 Welc ome • Page 2 About your new SVS Subwoofer • Pages 4- 7 Set up, integr ation, and calibratio n • Pages 7- 8 Po wered box am p features • Pages 9 - 10 Vari able tuning • Pages 11 - 12 Ba ss demos • Page 13 Home Theat er Terms • Pages 14 - 15 No tes • Page 16 Warranty Last update: 31 August, 2007 O WNERS ’ G[...]

Page 2 SV Sound We lc o m e . F rom the entire SVS team, congratulations on your purchase of the new standard in home theater and music bas s! Your new subwoofer isn’t some gene ric, mass-produced box built someplace you can’t even find on a map. It’s built in our Ohio factory, by ho me audio enthusiasts... like you. Designed, tested and asse[...]

Page 3 About your SVS Subwoofer SV Sound Other subwoofers might look like them — but v irtually none work like them. Not at this price. SVS’s are d ecidedly d iffe rent, in how they are d esigned, built, sold, and even in the exceptional custo mer service after the sale. No su rprise then, you could have spent much more and still not come clos [...]

Setup, calibrating and integration W hat’s to know? Well, first of all, setting up an SVS Subwoofer is pretty darn easy. There are a few key things to get right if yo u want to get the most o ut of yo ur new equi pment however! U npacking. You’re probab ly eager to fire up your sub (we’re the same way), but take time to carefully unpack your [...]

If you are running a pair of SVS Subwoo fers (Fig. 2), you will need to use a standard “Y” cable a dapter (d.) The best adaptor to use for this task has one mal e RCA connecti on and two female RC A outputs . (Radio Shack ® stocks them .) From the “Y ” cable you can run a s tandard 75 Ohm RCA to RCA signal cable (e.) to each sub, thus “s[...]

SV Sound Page 6 ting ALL speakers to “Small” works best. Let your sub make the bass! Also, is your subwoofer turned “ON”? We don’t mean “is your subwoofer amplifier on?” (that’ll be important later too) but rather, is your r eceiver sendin g a bass signal to your sub amp? This can only happen if you say “Yes” (or “ON”) in th[...]

B ut what’s “too high”?? Tastes vary, and so do movie soundtracks, but your SVS is capable of tremendous levels of low distortion, low frequen cy bass — far more than most commercia l subs. Take advantage of this , especiall y if you li ke action movies with lots of “.1” chan nel (LFE) action , and give the sub a bit more “bump” dur[...]

SV Sound Page 8 the difficult job of the phase control. Esse ntially, “phase” varies the timing of the bass coming from the sub. But don’t despair if yo u don’t hear much difference with changes to the phase knob — th e effect of bass canc ellation will var y by volume and frequency in your room, and no singl e setting is likely to ever b[...]

SV Sound Page 9 Subsonic Filter and Port Tuning Y our new SVS Subwoofer not only comes with our “Tri-Power” port flares, but custom po rt plugs and variable subsonic filter whi ch allow your sub to produce even lower frequencies than its stock configuration. For most people and most rooms, your SVS is already configured for the best blend of ex[...]

SVS PB12-NSD/2 tuning chart[...]

SV Sound Page 11 Bassy demo scenes to die for . S o now what ?? You’ve got one of the best theater an d music bass su b- systems on the planet, y ou’re calibrate d...want to see what she’ll do? But of course! Since fi nding t hose scenes ca n be a bit t rying, we ’ve compiled a list of our old favorites below. After all, calibration with te[...]

SV Sound Page 12 More Bassy demo scenes. • “Titanic” You lo ve it...or y ou hate it. Rega rdless of which side of the ship you sit on, this flick does some serious rumbling for you: 1. “We can’t leave him ” Scene 22 (2:21: 50) 2. “Ship Splitting” (2:41 :30) 3. “Last Gasp” (2:42:05) • “ Blade” Not one for t he kiddi es, but[...]

SV Sound Page 13 A Glossary of Home Theater T erms Don’t feel guilty if you want to skip over the be low. But if you are curi- ous about what some of the term s and abbreviations stand for, read on: dB - Short for “deci-Bell” a unit of sound, a 3dB increase takes twice the acoustic power to attain! DD - “Dolby Digital”, the most popular f[...]

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W arranty: 45 - day money back warranty. If you are not completely satisfied with the performance of your subwoofer, return it to us for a full refund of the purcha se price. Just a fe w minor stipula- tions shou ld you choose to do this: • The subwoofe r must be ret urned in o riginal shi pping box. • E-mail SVS first fo r a return of merchand[...]