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Table of Contents
- 1 Contents
- 2 About Your SV Subwoofer
- 3 Setup, Calibrating and Integration
- 4 More Setup, Calibrating and Integration
- 5 Explanation of the Controls
- 6 Adjustments of the Parametric Equalizer
- 7 Measure Room Response for Accuracy
- 8 Subsonic Filter and Port Tuning
- 9 SVS PC-Ultra Tuning Chart
- 10 Warranty
- Download this manual
SV Subwoofers
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W N E R S
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SVS "Powered Cylinder,
Ultra" (PC-Ultra)
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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 cylinder 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 “Powered Cylinder, Ultra” (PC-Ultra) ™ 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 •...
- 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 are decidedly different. The best part? You could have spent much more and still not come close to the same bass performance our PC-Ultra line gives you. But what makes a subwoofer an SVS? Quality components, sane prices. You might be surprised at how inexpensive the components in some not-so-inexpensive subwoofers are.
- Page 4 There is no (b.) need to “split” the signal going to the PC-Ultra. You can feed either one of the two amp inputs, it doesn’t matter, right or left. equipment is off when making these connec- tions.
- Page 5 (more on sub level in a second). Skip now to Page 7 (“PC-Ultra: Amp Features”) if you aren’t familiar with your sub’s amp, and come back to calibration.
- Page 6 Page 6 appropriate speakers, and use the subwoofer correctly too. Also, make sure your subwoofer is turned “ON”. We don’t mean “is your subwoofer ampli- fier 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” (or “ON”) to the “subwoofer”...
- Page 8 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 room’s bass might come from main, center and/or surround speakers, as well as your sub, getting these bass waves to arrive in a complementary, enhancing fashion is the diffi- cult job of the phase knob.
- Page 9 SV Subwoofers Page 9 Parametric Equalizer . 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 Before we start turning the controls we need to understand what the ad- justments are and how they work (the controls of your PC-Ultra may be arranged different than pictured).
- 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 Be sure to select the sub- sonic filter point on the back of your PC-Ultra 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 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: •...