SV Sound PB12-Plus manual

Contents: • Page 1 We lcome • Page 2 About your new SV Subwoofer • Pages 4- 7 Setup, i ntegration, and cal ibration • Page 7- 8 Pow ered box amp feat ures • Pages 9 - 11 Par ametric EQ (U ltra and sel ect Plus subs onl y) • Pages 12 - 13 V ariable t uning • Pages 14 - 15 Ba ss demo s Last update: 03 April, 2005 O WNERS ’ G UIDE SVS [...]

We l c om e . F rom the entire SVS team, congr atulations on your purchase of the n ew stand ard in home th eater and mu sic bass ! Your new subwoofer isn’t so me generic, mass-produced b ox built some- place you can’t even find on a map. It’ s built in ou r Ohio factory , by home audio enthus iasts... like y ou. Designed, tested and as sembl[...]

Page 3 About your SVS Subw oofer SV Subwoofers Other subwoofers might loo k like them — but virt ually none work like them . Not at thi s price. SVS’s are d ecidedly differen t, in how they are designed , produced , sold, and even in the except ional custo mer service after the sal e. No surprise t hen, you could hav e spent m uch m ore and sti[...]

Setup, calibrati ng and integration W hat’s to know? Well, first of all, setting up a n SV Subwoo fer is pretty darn easy. There are a few key thin gs to get right if you want to get the most o ut of your new e quip ment ho weve r. U npacking. You’re probably eager t o fire up you r sub (we’ re the same way), b ut take t ime to ca refull y un[...]

If you are runnin g a pair of SV Sub woofers (Fi g. 2), you will need to use a standard “ Y” cable adapter (d.) The be st adaptor to use fo r this task 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[...]

SV Subwoofers Page 6 ting ALL speakers to “Small” works best. L et y our SVS ma ke the ba ss! Also, is your subw oofe r turned “ ON”? We don’t m ean “is y our subw oofer amplifier on?” (that’l l be important late r too) but rather , is your receiver sen din g a bass sig- nal to yo ur sub amp? This can only happen if you say “Yes?[...]

B ut what’s “t oo high”? ? Ta stes vary , and so do m ovie s oundtracks , but your SVS is capa ble of tr eme ndous le vels of low dis tortion , low f requency bass — far more tha n most subs. T ake advantag e of this, espe cially if y ou like action m o vie s with lots of “.1” channel (L FE) action, an d give the s ub a bit m ore “bum[...]

SV Subwoofers Page 8 ion is the difficult job of the phase contro l. Essentially, “ phase” v a ries the tim ing of the bass waves c oming f ro m the sub. But d on’t despair if y ou don’t hea r m uch diff er- ence w ith changes to the p hase k nob — the eff e ct of bass c ancella tion will va ry by volum e and f requency in y our room, and[...]

SV Subwoofers Page 9 Parametr ic Equalizer (PB12- Ultra and select PB1 2-Plus subs only) . Impor tant eno ugh and c h alleng ing enough, this fe ature gets its own s ection! “PEQ” al- lows you to tam e a “peak” in your room ’s re sponse. Peak s are quite com mon, e specially in large room s or ones wher e your sub is far from y our listen[...]

SV Subwoofers Page 10 This disc al lows the user t o play 10Hz throu gh 98Hz in one h ertz increments allo w- ing ve r y g ood resolutio n over y our meas urements. Othe r good exam ples for tes t discs are Avia’s Guide to Home Theater . When m easuring the room ’s respons e use a m inimum r esolutio n of 5Hz . Figure 3 on the pre vious page sh[...]

SV Subwoofers Page 11 The L EVEL control is the am ount of attenua tion o n the signal loc ated at the ce n ter fre quency. MI N is equal to 0 d B a nd MA X is equal to -12dB “cu t”. Each hash mark reduce s the Ce nter Point i n questi on by 1.5dB. The “ FRE Q ” contr ol (shor t f o r f requency ) is the adjustm ent for the c enter point of[...]

SV Subwoofers Page 12 Subsonic Filter and Port Tuning Y our new SVS subw oofe r not o nly c omes with our “T ri-Pow er” port fla res, but custom port plug s and va riable subsonic filter whic h allow your sub to be “tune d” to eve n low er fre quencies than its st ock config uration . For mos t people a nd mos t room s, your SV S is alre ad[...]

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SV Subwoofers Page 14 Bassy demo scenes to d ie for . S o now what?? You’ ve got one of the best theater and mus i c bass su b- 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 try ing, we’ve compiled a list of our old favorites belo w. After all, calibration w[...]

SV Subwoofers Page 15 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 k iddie[...]

Wa r r a n t y : 45 - day m oney back warrant y. 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. Jus t a few minor stipula- tions should you choos e to do t his: • The subw oofer must be returned in original shippin g box. • E-mail SVS fi rst for a return of[...]