Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product PB1-Plus SVS
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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 w oofer SV Subwoofers Other subwoofers might loo k like them — but vi rtually 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 eas y. There are a few key things to get righ t if you want 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.) Fro m the “Y” cable y ou can run a standard 75 Ohm RCA to RCA sig nal cable (e.
SV Subwoofers Page 6 ting ALL speakers to “Small” works best. Let your su b make the bass ! Also, is your subwoof er turned “ ON”? W e don’ t mea n “is your subwoof er amplifier on?” (th.
B ut what’s “t oo high”?? T aste s vary , and so do m ovie soundtrac ks, but y our SVS is capab le of tremendous levels o f low distortion, l ow f requency bass — f ar 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 thes e bass wave forms to arrive in a c omplementa ry, enhancin g fashion is the diff icult job of the phase c ontrol.
SV Subwoofers Page 9 Parametric Equ alizer . Im portant en ough and c halleng ing enoug h, this feature get s its own sect ion! “P EQ” allows you to tame a “pea k” in you r room’s respons e. Peak s are qui te comm on, espe cially in large rooms or ones w here y our sub is fa r from your lis tening pos ition .
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 good re solutio n over y our m easurem ents. Othe r good ex ample s for test discs are Avia’s Guide to Home Theater and Digital Vi deo Essent ials .
SV Subwoofers Page 11 The L EVEL control is the am ount of atte nuation on the sig nal loca ted at the c enter fre quency . MIN is eq ual to 0dB and MA X is equal to -12dB “cut ”.
SV Subwoofers Page 12 Subsonic Filter and Port Tuning Y our new PB1- Plus subw oofer n ot only comes with our “ Tri- Power” por t flare s, but custom port plug s and var iable subson ic filter whic h allow your sub to be “t uned” t o even lo wer frequencie s than its st ock conf iguration .
SVS PB1-Plus tuning chart.
SV Subwoofers Page 14 Bassy demo scenes to d ie for . S o now what?? You’ ve got one of the best theater and music bass su b- 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 whic h side 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 purch ase price. Just a few minor stipula- tions should you choose to do this: • The subw oofer must be retu rned in origi nal shipping box.
An important point after buying a device SVS SVS PB1-Plus (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought SVS SVS PB1-Plus yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data SVS SVS PB1-Plus - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, SVS SVS PB1-Plus you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get SVS SVS PB1-Plus will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of SVS SVS PB1-Plus, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime SVS SVS PB1-Plus.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with SVS SVS PB1-Plus. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device SVS SVS PB1-Plus along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
