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SVS PB2-ISD Owner's Manual

Svs owners' guide powered box dual driver subwoofer pb2-isd

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SV Subwoofers
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SVS PB2-ISD, Powered Box
Dual Driver Subwoofer
Contents:
Page 1 Welcome
Page 2 About your new SV Subwoofer
Pages 4- 7 Setup, integration, and calibration
Page 7- 8 Powered box amp features
Pages 9 - 10 Variable tuning
Pages 11 - 12 Bass Demos
Pages 13 - 14 Warranty Info
Last update: 13 August,, 2004
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Summary of Contents for SVS PB2-ISD

  • Page 1 SV Subwoofers W N E R S U I D E SVS PB2-ISD, Powered Box Dual Driver Subwoofer Contents: • Page 1 Welcome • Page 2 About your new SV Subwoofer • Pages 4- 7 Setup, integration, and calibration •...
  • Page 2 Page 2 Welcome. rom the entire SVS team, congratulations on your pur- chase of the standard in home theater and music bass! Your new subwoofer isn’t some generic, mass-produced box built someplace you can’t even find on a map. It’s made in Ohio (USA), by home audio enthusiasts...
  • Page 3 SV Subwoofers Page 3 About your SV Subwoofer Other subwoofers might look like them — but virtually none work like them. Not at this price. SVS’s are decidedly different, in how they are designed, produced, sold, and even in the exceptional customer service after the sale. No surprise then, you could have spent much more and still not come close to the value and performance our Powered Box lines provide.
  • Page 4 Page 4 Setup, calibrating and integration hat’s to know? Well, first of all, setting up an SV Subwoofer is pretty darn easy. There are a few key things to get right if you want to get the most out of your new equipment however! npacking.
  • Page 5 SV Subwoofers More Setup, calibrating and integration If you are running a pair of SV Subwoofers (Fig. 2), you will need to use a standard “Y” cable adapter (d.) The best adaptor to use for this task has one male RCA connection and two female RCA outputs. (Radio Shack ® stocks them.) From the “Y”...
  • Page 6 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 receiver sending a bass signal to your sub amp? This can only happen if you say “Yes”...
  • Page 7 SV Subwoofers ut what’s “too high”?? Tastes vary, and so do movie soundtracks, but your SVS is capable of tremendous levels of low distortion, low frequency bass — far more than most commercial subs. Take advantage of this, especially if you like action movies with lots of “.1”...
  • Page 8 Page 8 your sub, getting these bass wave forms to arrive in a complementary, enhancing fashion is the difficult job of the phase control. Essentially, “phase” varies the tim- ing of the bass waves coming from the sub. But don’t despair if you don’t hear much difference with changes to the phase knob —...
  • Page 9 Be sure to select the sub- sonic filter point on the back of your PB2-ISD amp which coincides correctly with your new “tuning point”. NOTE: We strongly recommend you do NOT run a lower subsonic filter point than your port plug configuration would dictate —...
  • Page 11 Page 11 Bassy demo scenes to die for. o now what?? You’ve got one of the best theater and music bass sub- systems on the planet, you’re calibrated...want to see what she’ll do? But of course! Since finding those scenes can be a bit trying, we’ve compiled a list of our old favorites below.
  • Page 12 SV Subwoofers More Bassy demo scenes. • “Titanic” You love it...or you hate it. Regardless of which side of the ship you sit on, this flick does some serious rumbling for you: “We can’t leave him” Scene 22 (2:21:50) “Ship Splitting” (2:41:30) “Last Gasp”...
  • Page 13 SV Subwoofers Page 13 Setup/Calibration Notes:...
  • Page 14 Warranty: 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 purchase price. Just a few minor stipula- tions should you choose to do this: •...