Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product SVS PB2-Ultra SV Sound
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Contents: • Page 1 Welcome • Page 2 About your new SV Subwoofer • Pages 4- 7 Setup, integrati on, and calibratio n • Page 7- 8 Pow ered box amp featur es • Pages 9 - 11 Parametric equalizer .
We l c o m e . F rom the entire SVS team, congr atulations on your pur- chase of the stan dard in ho me theater and musi c b ass! Your new subwoofer isn’t so me generic, mass-produced b ox built someplace you can’ t even find on a map. It’ s made in Ohio (USA), by hom e audio enthusiasts.
Page 3 About y our SV Sub woofer SV Subwoofers Other subwoofers might loo k like them — but v irtually none work like them . Not at thi s price. SVS ’s are decided ly different , in ho w they are designed , produ ced, sold, and even in the excep tion al customer service a fter the sale.
Setup, calibrati ng and integrati on W hat’s to know? Well, first of all, setting up a n SV Sub woofer is pretty darn easy. There are a few key things to get right if you w ant to get the most o ut of your ne w e quip ment ho we ver! U npacking.
If you are runnin g a pair of S V Subwoo fers (Fig. 2), yo u will need to use a standard “ Y” cable adapter (d.) The best adaptor to use for this ta sk has one male RCA connection and two female RCA outputs. (Radio Shack ® stocks them.) From the “Y” cable you can run a s tandard 75 Ohm RCA to RCA sig nal cable (e.
SV Subwoofers Page 6 ting ALL speakers to “Sma ll” works best. Let your sub make t he bass ! Also, is your subwoof er tur ned “ON” ? We don’t m ea n “is your subwoof er amplifier on?” (t.
B ut what’s “t oo high”?? Tas tes va ry, a nd so do m ovie s oundtra cks, but y our S VS is capab le of tremendous levels o f low distortion , low frequenc y bas s — fa r more tha n most commer cial sub s. Take adv antage o f this, esp ecially if you like acti on movies with lots of “ .
SV Subwoofers Page 8 your sub, g etting t hese bass w ave forms to arriv e in a com plementary , enhancin g fashion is the diff icult job of the pha se control. Esse ntially , “phase ” varie s the tim - ing of the bass wav es com ing from the sub.
SV Subwoofers Page 9 P arametric E qu alizer . Im por tant enoug h and c halle nging eno ugh, this fea ture gets its own se ction! “ PEQ” allow s you to ta me a “peak” in your r oom’s response . Peaks are q uite co mm on, especially in l arge rooms or on es where you r sub is far from your listening positi on.
SV Subwoofers Page 10 This disc al lows the u ser to play 10Hz t hrough 98 Hz in one h ertz increments allo w- ing ve ry g ood resolut ion ove r y our mea surem ents. Othe r good ex am ples for test discs are Avia’s Guide to Home Theater and Digital Vi deo Esse ntials .
SV Subwoofers Page 11 The L EVEL control is the am ount of a ttenuati on on t he signal locate d at the ce nter fre quency . MIN is equal t o 0dB and MA X is equal to -12d B “cut”.
SV Subwoofers Page 12 Subsonic Filter and Port Tuning Y our new PB2-U ltra su bwoof er not only comes with our “ Tri- Power ” port fl ares, but custom port plug s and var iable subson ic filter w hich allow your sub to be “ tuned” to ev en low er fr equencie s than its st ock c onfigur ation.
SVS PB2-Ultra tun ing chart.
SV Subwoofers Page 14 Bassy demo scenes to d ie for . S o now what?? You’ ve got one of the bes t theater and music bass s ub- systems on the plan et, you’re calibrated...w ant to see what she’ll do? But of co urse! Since finding those scenes can be a bit trying, we’v e compiled a list of our old favorites belo w.
SV Subwoofers Page 15 More Bassy demo scenes. • “Titanic” You love it...or you hat e it. Regardless of which s ide of the ship you sit on, this flick do es some serious rumbli ng for yo u: 1. “We can’t leave h im” Scene 22 (2:21:50) 2. “Ship Splitting” (2:41 :30) 3.
Wa r r a n t y: 45 - day m oney back warran ty. If you are not completely satisfied with the performance of your subwoofer, return it to us for a fu ll refund of the pu rchase price. Just a f ew minor stipula- tions should y ou choose t o do thi s: • The subw oofer must be retu rned in orig inal sh ipping box .
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