SV Sound SVS PB12-Plus manual

O WNERS ’ G UIDE Cont ents : • Pages 2-3 Sa fety instr uctio ns • Page 4 SVS Welcome • Page 5 About you r new SVS Subwoofer • Pages 6-8 Se tu p, in tegrat ion, an d cali bra tion • Pages 9- 10 P ower e d b ox am p f eat ur e s • Pages 11 -1 3 Par am e tr ic eq u aliz er (PEQ ) • Pages 14 - 15 Vari a bl e tu ni n g • Pages 16 - 17 [...]

IMPOR T A NT SA FETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Read these instr uctions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all war nings. 4. Follow all instruction s. 5. Do not use thi s apparatus near wate r. 6. Clean only wi th dry cloth. 7. Do not block any vent ilatio n openings. Inst all in accorda nce with the manufacturer's instr uctions. 8. Do not install nea[...]

13. U n p l u g t h i s a p p a r a t u s d u r i n g l i g h t n i n g s t o r m s o r w h e n u n u s e d f o r l o n g periods of time. 14. Refer all servicing to qualified service personne l. Servicing is required when the apparat us has been dama ged in any way, suc h as p ower- su pp ly c o r d or pl ug i s d am ag e d , li q u i d ha s b ee [...]

SV Sound Page 4 We l c o m e . From the entire SVS team, congratu lations on your purchase of a new standa rd in home theat er a nd music bass ! Your sub isn’t some generic black bo x built someplace you can’t even find on a m ap. It’s made in our Ohi o, USA factory by home audio fanatics... like you. Designed, an d tested using th e latest s[...]

SV Sound Page 5 About your SVS Subw oofer There maybe be other subwoofers that look like them , but virtually none work l i ke them. Not at t h is price. SVS sub woofers are decided ly di fferent in h o w they are de signed, pro duced , sold, an d eve n in the ex ceptionally high quality c ompone nts we use. The best part ? You could have spen t mu[...]

Setup, calibrati ng and integration What’s to k now? Well, first of all, setting up a n SVS subwoo fer is pre tty darn e asy. The re ar e a few key t hing s to get ri ght t hou gh if you want to ge t the most o ut o f yo ur sub. Unpacking. You’re probabl y eager to hear y our sub, bu t take t ime to carefully un pack everything . Save the box a[...]

More Setup, calibrating and integration SVSound If you are running a pair of SVS s ubwoof ers (Fig. 2), y ou will need to use a st andard “Y” cable adapter (d.) The best adaptor to use f or this task has one male RCA connection and tw o female RCA out puts. From the “Y” cable you can run a standard 75 Ohm RCA to RCA signal cable (e.) to eac[...]

SV Sound Page 8 goes to most appropriate s peakers, and us e the subwoofer correctly too. “Small” is nearly always the best setting for today’s speak ers. Also, is your s ub woofe r turne d “O N”? W e don’t me a n “i s yo ur sub wo ofer ampli- fier on?” ( that’ll be i mportant later to o) but ra ther , is your receiver s end- ing [...]

But what’s “too high ”?? Tas tes v ary , and so do m ovie soundtr acks , but y our SVS is capa ble of tre mendous leve ls of low distorti on, low frequency bass — f ar m ore than mos t consum er-qua lity subw oofers. Ta ke adva ntage of this, e speci ally if you like action mov ies or m usic with lots of “.1” cha nnel (L FE) bass a ctio[...]

SV Sound Page 10 ficult job of the p hase c ontrol. Es sentially, “phase ” varies the timing of the ba ss wav es coming from the sub. But don’ t despai r if you do n’t hear m uch di ffere nce, espec iall y i f running a single subwo ofe r. Bass “c ance llatio n” wil l vary by room shap e, volu me, an d th e bas s frequ ency . No on e se[...]

SV Sound Page 11 Parametri c Equa lizer (select PB12-Plus subs only) . Im portant enoug h and challen ging en ough, this featu r e gets its own se ction! “ PEQ” allow s you to tam e a “pe ak” in your room ’s natur al fre quency response . Peak s are qui te common, e specia lly in la rge rooms or ones w here your s ub is fa r fr om your li[...]

SV Sound Page 12 When m e asuring the ro om’ s response use a m inimum res olution of 5H z. Figure 3 on the previous page s hows a theoretic al illustrati on of a room ’s response . Bef ore you plot y our results h oweve r, it’s im portant to n ote the Ra dio Shack sound meter is no t totally "linear" i n its accuracy down lo w. All[...]

SV Sound Page 13 The LEVEL cont ro l is the amount o f attenuat i on on the sign al located at t he center fre quency . MIN is equal t o 0dB and MA X is equal to -12d B “cu t”. Each hash mark reduce s the Cente r Poi nt in q uestion by 1.5dB. The “ FREQ ” control (shor t for f reque ncy ) is the adjus tme nt for the center poi nt of the cut[...]

SV Sound Page 14 Subsonic Filter and Port Tuning Y our ne w SVS su bw oofer not only comes with our efficient “Tri-P ower” port flares, b ut custom port plug s and var iable subs onic filter w hich allow your sub to be “ tuned” to ev en low er frequencie s than its st ock c onfig uration. F or m ost people and mos t rooms , your SVS is alre[...]

SVS PB12-Plus tuning chart[...]

Bassy demo scenes to d ie for . S o now w hat?? You’ve got one of the bes t theater and mu sic bass su b- systems on the plan et, you’re calibrated...w ant 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 with test tones is impor[...]

More Bassy demo scenes. SVSound Page 17 • “Titanic” You love it...or you hat e it. Regardless of which s id 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 :3 0) 3. “Last Gasp” (2:42:05) • “ Blade” Not on e for the kiddies , b[...]

SV Sound Page 18 Au thorized In tern ational Deale rs: BENELUX M-Pro BVBA De Regengoog 3 2800 Meche len, Belg ium Phone: +32 ( 0)15-330980 Fax: +32 (0)15-3 30995 Email: info@ svsound.be Canada Sonic Boom Audi o 410 Denison s treet Markham, O ntario Phone: (905) 944-8484 Email: sa les@so nicboomau dio.co m A ustralia/N e w Zeala nd Deep Hz Audio 98 [...]

SV Sound Page 19 Notes:[...]

T erms and Condi tions Terms and Co ndition s: Furt her e xplana tio n is yo urs at a n y time. Contact your Dealer listed on th e previous pag e. Please note that these terms and conditio ns do not affect your stat utory right s. Shipping : When you receiv e your new subwoof er, please check to ensure th ere is no damage. If after unpacking y ou d[...]