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SVS PB2-Ultra, Powered Box
Dual Driver Subwoofer
Contents:
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Page 1 Welcome
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Page 2 About your new SV Subwoofer
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Pages 4- 7 Setup, integration, and calibration
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Page 7- 8 Powered box amp features
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Pages 9 - 11 Parametric equalizer (PEQ)
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Pages 12 - 13 Variable tuning
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Pages 14 - 15 Bass demos
Last update: 27 January, 2004
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- Page 1 SV Subwoofers W N E R S U I D E SVS PB2-Ultra, 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 Page 9 arametric qualizer. Important enough and challenging enough, this feature gets its own section! “PEQ” allows you to tame a “peak” in your room’s response. Peaks are quite common, especially in large rooms or ones where your sub is far from your listening position.
- Page 10 SV Subwoofers Page 10 This disc allows the user to play 10Hz through 98Hz in one hertz increments allow- ing very good resolution over your measurements. Other good examples for test discs are Avia’s Guide to Home Theater and Digital Video Essentials. When meas- uring the room’s response use a minimum resolution of 5Hz.
- Page 11 Page 11 LEVEL control is the amount of attenuation on the signal located at the center frequency. MIN is equal to 0dB and MAX is equal to -12dB “cut”. Each hash mark reduces the Center Point in question by 1.5dB. “FREQ”...
- Page 12 Page 12 Subsonic Filter and Port Tuning our new PB2-Ultra subwoofer not only comes with our “Tri-Power” port flares, but custom port plugs and variable subsonic filter which allow your sub to be “tuned” to even lower frequencies than its stock configuration. For most people and most rooms, your SVS is already configured for the best blend of extension (how deep/low your sub goes) and output (how loud it gets at a variety of bass frequencies).
- Page 14 Page 14 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 15 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 16 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: •...