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SV Sound SVS PB12-Plus Owner's Manual

Powered box, single “plus” driver subwoofer
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SVS PB12-Plus Powered Box,
Single "Plus" Driver
Subwoofer

Contents:

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Pages 2-3 Safety instructions
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Page 4 SVS Welcome
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Page 5 About your new SVS Subwoofer
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Pages 6-8 Setup, integration, and calibration
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Pages 9-10 Powered box amp features
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Pages 11-13 Parametric equalizer (PEQ)
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Pages 14 - 15 Variable tuning
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Pages 16 - 17 Bass demos
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Pages 18-19 Dealers/Notes
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Page 20 Terms and Conditions
Last update: 14 May 2007
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  • Page 1 SVSound W N E R S U I D E SVS PB12-Plus Powered Box, Single “Plus” Driver Subwoofer Contents: • Pages 2-3 Safety instructions • Page 4 SVS Welcome • Page 5 About your new SVS Subwoofer • Pages 6-8 Setup, integration, and calibration •...
  • Page 2 12. Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified by the manufacturer, or sold with the apparatus. When a cart is used use cau- tion when moving the cart/apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip-over. SV Sound...
  • Page 3 The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the product. SV Sound...
  • Page 4 SV Sound Page 4 Welcome. From the entire SVS team, congratulations on your purchase of a new standard in home theater and music bass! Your sub isn’t some generic black box built someplace you can’t even find on a map. It’s made in our Ohio, USA factory by home audio fanatics...

  • Page 5: About Your Svs Subwoofer

    SV Sound Page 5 About your SVS Subwoofer There maybe be other subwoofers that look like them , but virtually none work like them. Not at this price. SVS subwoofers are decidedly different in how they are designed, produced, sold, and even in the exceptionally high quality components we use.
  • Page 6 Page 6 Page 6 Setup, calibrating and integration What’s to know? Well, first of all, setting up an SVS subwoofer is pretty darn easy. There are a few key things to get right though if you want to get the most out of your sub. Unpacking.
  • Page 7 SVSound SVSound More Setup, calibrating and integration If you are running a pair of SVS 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. From the “Y”...
  • Page 8 –6 dB however, since some downward adjustment maybe be needed to fine tune levels later. If your subwoofer reading is still too high, then turn down the sub’s amp volume a little with each run. SV Sound Use a well-shielded RCA Order one...
  • Page 9 But 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 consumer-quality subwoofers. Take advantage of this, especially if you like action movies or music with lots of “.1”...
  • Page 10 SV Sound Page 10 ficult job of the phase control. Essentially, “phase” varies the timing of the bass waves coming from the sub. But don’t despair if you don’t hear much difference, especially if running a single subwoofer. Bass “cancellation” will vary by room shape, volume, and the bass frequency.
  • Page 11 SPLs in the 75dB-85dB region. Sine waves at high SPL’s can damage your SVS! Freq 25 30 84 86 91.5 SV Sound Important enough and As indicated above, you must have a firm understand- 55 60 65 70 84 86 86 85 83.5 83.5 84.5...
  • Page 12 SV Sound Page 12 When measuring the room’s response use a minimum resolution of 5Hz. Figure 3 on the previous page shows a theoretical illustration of a room’s response. Before you plot your results however, it’s important to note the Radio Shack sound meter is not totally "linear"...
  • Page 13 SV Sound Page 13 The 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.
  • Page 14 This simple table indicates the set- tings you should use in setting up your sub blockers and the subsonic filter knob. SVS PB12-Plus Tuning Chart Stock tune (no ports blocked) With one port-blocked...
  • Page 16 “Storm surfing”, Scene 25 (1:15:15) “Hitting bottom”, Scene 17 (53:15, Side “B”) • “Apollo 13” Moving story, with some surprisingly subtle but re- vealing bass where it counts. “Lift off”, Scene 13 (35:15) “Coming home”, Scene 53 (2:05:43) SV Sound...
  • Page 17 SVSound 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 18 South America Liquid Sound Ltda Rua Dario Pompeu de Camargo, 467 13089-080 Campinas, Brasil Fone: +55 (0)19-9276-8820 Fax: +55 (0)19-3251-4482 Email: info@liquidsound.com.br SV Sound BENELUX M-Pro BVBA De Regengoog 3 2800 Mechelen, Belgium Phone: +32 (0)15-330980 Fax: +32 (0)15-330995 Email: info@svsound.be...
  • Page 19 SV Sound Page 19 Notes:...

  • Page 20: Terms And Conditions

    (or more) to you. E-mail your Dealer or SVS if you have any warranty question. SVSound SV Sound, LLC 6420 Belmont Ave. Girard, Ohio 44420 Fax: 703-997-2603 Phone: 703-845-1472...

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