SV Sound SBS-01 manual

O W N E R ’ S G UIDE Contents:  Chapter 1 - Welcome  Chapter 2 - Safety  Chapter 3 - About your SVS speakers  Chapter 4 - Speaker placement  Chapter 5 - Room diagrams: 5.1 and 7.1 channel  Chapter 6 - Wiring  Chapter 7 - Speaker orientation  Chapter 8 - Tweeter attenuation (MTS-01 only)  Chapter 9 - Port tuning (MTS-01 [...]

SVSound Chapter 1-2 Welcome W elcome: Congratulations on y our purchase of these high-performance SV S audio speakers . At SVS, you can actually hear the tireless research and design effort s built in to our speakers. Years are spent developing any SVS product — with work typically spanning from our Ohio headquarters … to US west coast technolo[...]

IMPORT ANT SAFE TY INST R UCTIONS 1. Read these instruction s. 2. Keep these instru ctions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instruction s. 5. Do not use this apparat us near water. 6. Clean only w ith dry cloth. 7. Do not block any ventilation openi ngs. Install in acc ordance w i th the manufacturer's instru c tions. 8. Do not install nea[...]

13. Unplug this apparat us during lightning storms or w he n un used for long periods of time. 14. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is re- quired when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus [...]

SV Subwoofers Chapter 3-1 About y our speakers SVSound A bout your SVS speakers: Un -box your speakers and yo u will immediately be impresse d with several things. First, our comp onents are of exceptional quality: from s ynthetic rubber surrounds to the elegant tr i m rings. W ith stylish touches like rea l wood veneer, they look as good with the [...]

Page 6 SV Sound Chapter 4-1 Speaker Placem en t Location, location, location: Properly set up in a typical home, your SVS speaker package, backed by a high quality sub woofer, will provide startlingly realistic reproduction of any sort of music or movie soundtrack. Take time to carefully unpack everything. Look thoroughly in each box. Locate al l t[...]

SV Sound Chapter 4-2 Speaker Placem en t Placing y our SVS speakers within y our ro om As you unpack them, you will notice a variety of ways to securely place your speakers inside you listening room. Y ou can put bookshelf speakers them on optional stands or brackets, and of course, bookshelf and center channel speakers can also be put on any con v[...]

SV Sound Chapter 4-3 Speaker Placem en t Speaker placement: 5.1 versus 7.1 chann el 5.1 channel surround-sound systems employ Right, Center, Left, a nd Left Surround and Right Surround s peak- ers, plus a Subwoofer. T his basic ―theater‖ configuration is depicted in the next Chapter. Such systems are bein g supplanted by 7.1 channel systems sho[...]

Speaker placement: 5.1 Channe l S urround Sound System SV Sound Chapter 5-1 Room diagram Left Front Center Right Front Right Surround Left Surround Subwoofer Typical 5.1 Channel Speaker Placement Figure 4.[...]

Speaker placement: 7.1 Channe l S urround Sound System SV Sound Chapter 5-2 Room diagram Left Front Center Right Front Right Surround Left Surround Subwoofer Right Back Left Back Typical 6.1 or 7.1 Channel Speaker Placement Typical 7.1 channel surround sound speaker system configuration[...]

Chapter 6-1 Wiring SV Sound Speaker wiring: Ex cep tional care must be used at this stage to ensure details are not overlooked. Check everything closely as you wire things up, then ―double check‖ each aspect of your connections before you move on. First, review the printed Quick Start Guide and note the simplified wiring di agram which should a[...]

SV Sound Chapter 6-2 Wiring Connections, phase, wire and more Regardless of the sort of wire you use, keep a c onsistent approach to your wiring so you do not in ad ver te nt ly mis m at ch your Plu s (+) or Negative (-) terminals on any speaker and its run to the r e c e i v e r ’ s s p e a k e r outputs. After tightening down y ou r speaker ter[...]

Speakers with “mirrored” t wee ter: MTS -01 and SCS- 01 your soundstage is rendered. You might find no substantive difference in your sound with changes to pl acement, toe or tw eeter o rientation. Yet if you move to another room, change s can be striking. T ak e a moment to see w hic h situation ap- plies in your room and contact y our dealer [...]

SVSound Chapter 8-1 Tweeter attenua tion (MTS-01 Only ) Tweeter A ttenuation Control: Placed inside your binding po s t cup in the back of your speaker, the standard tweeter switch setting (0dB) is best for medium to large rooms with typical levels of acoustic damping (curtains, uphol- stered furniture, car- peting), or for small rooms which are ac[...]

SVSound Chapter 9-1 Port tuning MTS-01 Speaker family port tuning Your MTS-01 speaker family (i nc luding the MCS-01 and MBS-01) can be run in either their efficient and deep ―v ented‖ configurati on (using no foam port p lugs). Or ―sealed‖ w ith their rear-located ports filled by the included plugs. For most applications, w e recommend the[...]

A udio/Video System Configuration: The mos t important things to k now about your speakers are in this document, but find your AVR and your DVD or CD player manuals too. W e recommend you reacquaint yourself with the setup menu optio ns in each of these important pieces of audio gear. Even speakers as fine these from SVS will not sound cor- rect if[...]

On y our receiver: There are ofte n confusing and even c onflicting set- tings in a mod ern AVR. The basics of proper audio setup are quite sim- ple however. First, make sure all s peakers actually installed in your system are also selected in the receiver s etup menu. Of cou rse if you do not have any particular spe aker (say surround ―back‖ s[...]

Speaker “Level Calibration”: In home audio, ―calib rat ion‖ is simply a method to ensure ―all speakers play back the same volume when the same volume signal is fed to each. Correct speaker playback levels are critical to reproducing the ―soundstage‖ intended by the musical artist or movie director. This calibration s ection is common [...]

SV Sound Chapter 11-2 Channel l evel calibration  Getting ready to start: Make sure your receiver/pr oc essor master volume is set at ―00 dB‖ or some other easy to re- member reference level . Set your subwoofer’s volume/gain control to no more than 1/3rd up for now (it can be turned up later).  Check the subwoofer level control of your[...]

SV Sound Chapter 11-3 Channel lev el calibration  But what’s “too high” f or your subwoofer?? Tastes vary, and so do movie soundtrac k s, but if you pur chased an SVS subwoofer, it’s capable o f tremendous lev els of low distortion, low frequency bass — often m uch more than most subw oo fers. Take advantage of this, especially if you [...]

SV Sound Chapter 12-1 Specifications Specifications Model Name MBS- 01 Configuration Mid-sized Bookshelf Sp eaker Design Bass-reflex (w i th port plugs for sealed mode) Dimensions 16" x 10" x 13" H x W x D 406mm x 254mm x 330 mm Weight 27lbs (12kg) Drivers T weeter: 1" (25mm) Sca nSpeak ® ―AirCirc‖ W oofer: 6.5" (165mm[...]

SV Sound Chapter 12-2 Specifications Specifications Model Name MCS- 01 Configuration Mid-sized Center Speaker Design Bass-reflex w i th sealed mode Dimensions 10" x 24" x 13" H x W x D 254mm x 610mm x 330m m Weight 39lbs (17kg) Drivers T weeter: 1" (25mm) ScanSpeak ® ―AirC irc‖ W oofer: Twin 6.5" (165mm) No m ex ® con[...]

SV Sound Chapter 12-3 Specifications Specifications Model Name MTS- 01 Configuration Mid-size Tower Speaker Design 2 ½ way bass-reflex with sealed mode Dimensions (Grills included) 41" x 10" x 13" H x W x D 1041mm x 254mm x 330 mm Weight 60lbs (27.3kg) Drivers T weeter: 1" (25mm) ScanSpeak ® ―AirC irc‖ W oofer: Twin 6.5&qu[...]

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