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SVS "Powered Cylinders"
SVS Models
Contents:
Page 1 Welcome
Page 2 About your new SV Subwoofer
Pages 4-7 Setup, integration, and calibration
Page 7-8 Powered Cylinder amp features
Pages 9-10 Bass demos for your home theater
Page 11 Home theater terms
Page 12 Warranty
Last update 25 February 2001
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16-46PC
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25-31PC
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Summary of Contents for SVS 16-46PC
- Page 1 Page 2 About your new SV Subwoofer Pages 4-7 Setup, integration, and calibration Page 7-8 Powered Cylinder amp features Pages 9-10 Bass demos for your home theater Page 11 Home theater terms Page 12 Warranty Last update 25 February 2001 ’ 16-46PC 20-39PC 25-31PC...
- Page 2 For technical assistance e-mail us at “Custsupport@SVSubwoofers.com” Page 2 Welcome. rom the entire SVS team, congratulations on your purchase of a new standard in home theater bass! Your SVS isn’t some generic black box built someplace you can’t even find on a map. It’s made in Ohio, (as in USA), by home audio fanatics, like you.
- Page 3 SV Subwoofers Page 3 About your SV Subwoofer No powered subwoofers look anything like them, and virtually none work like them either. SV Subwoofers are decidedly different. The best part? You could have spent much more and still not come close to the same bass performance our Powered Cylinder line gives you.
- Page 4 For technical assistance e-mail us at “Support@SVSubwoofers.com” 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 though, if you want to get the most out of your sub…...
- 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 (c.) The best adaptor to use for this task has one male RCA connection and two female RCA outputs. (Radio Shack ®...
- Page 6 Page 6 “Large”. Selecting the size accordingly will ensure bass goes to most appropriate speakers, and use the subwoofer correctly too. 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 send- ing a bass signal to your sub amp? This can only happen if you say “Yes”...
- Page 7 SV Subwoofers Page 7 significantly lower your sub’s volume control. This helps keep input distor- tion to a minimum, however you should not be set much lower than –5 dB recommended earlier, some adjustment room is needed to tweak down the road.
- Page 8 SV Subwoofers Page 8 Phase. Think of bass waves as conflicting or enhancing each other, depending on the timing of their arrival at your listening location (either together, or not). Since some of your HT bass might come from main, center and/or surround speakers, as well as your sub, getting these bass wave forms to arrive in a com- plementary, enhancing fashion is the difficult job of the phase knob.
- Page 9 SV Subwoofers Bassy demo scenes to die for. o now what?? You’ve got one of the best HT bass sub-systems on the planet, you’re calibrated...want to see what she’ll do? Sure you do! Since finding those scenes can be a bit trying, we’ve compiled a list of our favorites below.
- Page 10 Page 10 More Bassy demo scenes. “Titanic” You love it...or you hate it. Regardless of which side of the ship you sit, this flick does some serious rumbling for you: “We can’t leave him” Scene 22 (2:21:50) 1. 1. 1. 1. “Ship Splitting”...
- Page 11 SV Subwoofers Page 11 A Glossary of Home Theater Terms Frankly, don’t feel guilty if you want to skip over the below. But if you are curious about just what some of the terms and abbreviations stand for, read on: dB - Short for “deci-Bell”...
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Page 12: Warranty
Warranty: 45 day money back warranty. If you are not completely satis- fied 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: Subwoofer must be returned in original shipping box.
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