SV Subwoofers O WNERS ’ GUIDE SVS “Powered Box, Single ISD” (PB1-ISD) ™ Contents: • Page 1 Welcome • Page 2 About your new SV Subwoofer • Pages 4-7 Setup, integration, and calibration • Page 7-8 Powered Box amp features • Pages 9-10 Bass demos for your home theater • Page 11 Home theater terms • Page 12 Warranty Last update: 19 January, 2003
Page 2 SV Subwoofers Welcome. From the entire SVS team, congratulations on your purchase of a new standard in home theater and music bass! Your 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 fanatics... like you. Designed, tested and assembled by hand, your SVS is without a doubt one of the best investments you’ll ever make in bringing music and theater home.
SV Subwoofers Page 3 About your SV Subwoofer There maybe be other subwoofers that look like them, but virtually none work like them. Not at this price. SV Subwoofers are decidedly different in how they are produced, sold, and even in the exceptionally high quality components we use. The best part? You could have spent much more and still not come close to the performance our Powered Box line gives. So, what makes a subwoofer an SVS? Quality components, sane prices.
SV Subwoofers Page 4 Setup, calibrating and integration What’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… Unpacking. You’re probably eager to fire up your sub (we’re the same way), but take time to carefully unpack your sub. Set the box and other protective shipping coverings aside, just in case you need to return the sub for any reason.
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 (c.) 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” cable you can run a standard 75 Ohm RCA to RCA signal cable (d.
Page 6 SV Subwoofers 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” (or “ON”) in the “Subwoofer” selection during the setup of any typical Dolby Digital/DTS capable receiver (you’ll need to enter your receiver’s setup “menu” to check these critical choices).
SV Subwoofers Page 7 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 commercial 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” during calibration. Keep in mind too that the human ear is relatively insensitive to low frequencies.
Page 8 SV Subwoofers speakers, as well as your sub, getting these bass wave forms to arrive in a com complementary, enhancing fashion 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 difference; the effect of bass cancellation will vary by volume and frequency in your room, and no one setting is likely to ever be “perfect”.
SV Subwoofers Page 9 Bassy demo scenes to die for. So now what?? You’ve got one of the best theater and music bass subsystems 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 favorites below. After all, calibration with test tones is important, but it’s movies and music this sub is itching to show off. Chapter stops for DVDs are shown, with movie time in hours: minutes: seconds.
SV Subwoofers 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: 1. “We can’t leave him” Scene 22 (2:21:50) 2. “Ship Splitting” (2:41:30) 3. “Last Gasp” (2:42:05) “Blade” Not one for the kiddies, but loaded with deep bass. 1. “Footstep”, Scene 4 (7:15) 2.
SV Subwoofers Page 11 A Glossary of Home Theater Terms Don’t feel guilty if you want to skip over the below. But if you are curious about what some of the terms and abbreviations stand for, read on: dB - Short for “deci-Bell” a unit of sound, a 3dB increase takes twice the acoustic power to attain! DD - “Dolby Digital”, the most popular form of digital surround sound, usually found on DVD soundtracks. Actually a compression algorithm that can provide 1 to 6 channels of movie audio .
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 stipulations should you choose to do this: • Subwoofer must be returned in original shipping box. • E-mail for return of merchandise number (RMA) and display this on the outside of the box. • Subwoofer must be insured during shipping (SVS may arrange UPS pickup to ease any shipping damage issues.
