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SVS PB12-Ultra, PB12-Plus
and PB12-ISD/V Powered Box,
Single Driver Subwoofers
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 EQ (Ultra and select Plus subs only)
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Pages 12 - 13 Variable tuning
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Pages 14 - 15 Bass demos
Last update: 03 April, 2005
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- Page 1 SV Subwoofers ’ W N E R S U I D E SVS PB12-Ultra, PB12-Plus and PB12-ISD/V Powered Box, Single Driver Subwoofers Contents: • Page 1 Welcome • Page 2 About your new SV Subwoofer • Pages 4- 7 Setup, integration, and calibration •...
- Page 2 SV Subwoofers Page 2 Welcome. rom the entire SVS team, congratulations on your purchase of the new standard in home theater and music bass! Your new subwoofer isn’t some generic, mass-produced box built some- place you can’t even find on a map. It’s built in our Ohio factory, by home audio enthusiasts...
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Page 3: About Your Svs Subwoofer
SV Subwoofers Page 3 About your SVS 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 SV Subwoofers 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 Page 5 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.
- Page 6 SV Subwoofers Page 6 ting ALL speakers to “Small” works best. Let your SVS 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 sig- nal to your sub amp? This can only happen if you say “Yes”...
- Page 7 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 subs. Take advantage of this, especially if you like action movies with lots of “.1” channel (LFE) action, and give the sub a bit more “bump”...
- Page 8 SV Subwoofers Page 8 ion is the difficult 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 differ- ence with changes to the phase knob — the effect of bass cancellation will vary by volume and frequency in your room, and no single setting is likely to ever be “perfect”.
- Page 9 SV Subwoofers Page 9 Parametric Equalizer (PB12-Ultra and select PB12-Plus subs only) Important enough and challenging enough, this feature gets its own section! “PEQ” al- lows 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.
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Page 10: E Xplanation Of The Controls
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 . When measuring the room’s response use a minimum resolution of 5Hz. - Page 11 SV Subwoofers 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 SV Subwoofers Page 12 Subsonic Filter and Port Tuning our new SVS 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.
- Page 14 SV Subwoofers 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 Page 15 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”...
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Page 16: Warranty
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: •...