Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product SVS PB12-Plus SV Sound
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O WNERS ’ G UIDE Cont ents : • Pages 2-3 Sa fety instr uctio ns • Page 4 SVS Welcome • Page 5 About you r new SVS Subwoofer • Pages 6-8 Se tu p, in tegrat ion, an d cali bra tion • Pages 9.
IMPOR T A NT SA FETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Read these instr uctions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all war nings. 4. Follow all instruction s. 5. Do not use thi s apparatus near wate r. 6. Clean only wi th dry cloth. 7. Do not block any vent ilatio n openings.
13. U n p l u g t h i s a p p a r a t u s d u r i n g l i g h t n i n g s t o r m s o r w h e n u n u s e d f o r l o n g periods of time. 14. Refer all servicing to qualified service personne l.
SV Sound Page 4 We l c o m e . From the entire SVS team, congratu lations on your purchase of a new standa rd in home theat er a nd music bass ! Your sub isn’t some generic black bo x built someplace you can’t even find on a m ap. It’s made in our Ohi o, USA factory by home audio fanatics.
SV Sound Page 5 About your SVS Subw oofer There maybe be other subwoofers that look like them , but virtually none work l i ke them. Not at t h is price. SVS sub woofers are decided ly di fferent in h o w they are de signed, pro duced , sold, an d eve n in the ex ceptionally high quality c ompone nts we use.
Setup, calibrati ng and integration What’s to k now? Well, first of all, setting up a n SVS subwoo fer is pre tty darn e asy. The re ar e a few key t hing s to get ri ght t hou gh if you want to ge t the most o ut o f yo ur sub. Unpacking. You’re probabl y eager to hear y our sub, bu t take t ime to carefully un pack everything .
More Setup, calibrating and integration SVSound If you are running a pair of SVS s ubwoof ers (Fig. 2), y ou will need to use a st andard “Y” cable adapter (d.) The best adaptor to use f or this task has one male RCA connection and tw o female RCA out puts.
SV Sound Page 8 goes to most appropriate s peakers, and us e the subwoofer correctly too. “Small” is nearly always the best setting for today’s speak ers.
But what’s “too high ”?? Tas tes v ary , and so do m ovie soundtr acks , but y our SVS is capa ble of tre mendous leve ls of low distorti on, low frequency bass — f ar m ore than mos t consum er-qua lity subw oofers. Ta ke adva ntage of this, e speci ally if you like action mov ies or m usic with lots of “.
SV Sound Page 10 ficult job of the p hase c ontrol. Es sentially, “phase ” varies the timing of the ba ss wav es coming from the sub. But don’ t despai r if you do n’t hear m uch di ffere nce, espec iall y i f running a single subwo ofe r. Bass “c ance llatio n” wil l vary by room shap e, volu me, an d th e bas s frequ ency .
SV Sound Page 11 Parametri c Equa lizer (select PB12-Plus subs only) . Im portant enoug h and challen ging en ough, this featu r e gets its own se ction! “ PEQ” allow s you to tam e a “pe ak” in your room ’s natur al fre quency response .
SV Sound Page 12 When m e asuring the ro om’ s response use a m inimum res olution of 5H z. Figure 3 on the previous page s hows a theoretic al illustrati on of a room ’s response . Bef ore you plot y our results h oweve r, it’s im portant to n ote the Ra dio Shack sound meter is no t totally "linear" i n its accuracy down lo w.
SV Sound Page 13 The LEVEL cont ro l is the amount o f attenuat i on on the sign al located at t he center fre quency . MIN is equal t o 0dB and MA X is equal to -12d B “cu t”.
SV Sound Page 14 Subsonic Filter and Port Tuning Y our ne w SVS su bw oofer not only comes with our efficient “Tri-P ower” port flares, b ut custom port plug s and var iable subs onic filter w hich allow your sub to be “ tuned” to ev en low er frequencie s than its st ock c onfig uration.
SVS PB12-Plus tuning chart.
Bassy demo scenes to d ie for . S o now w hat?? You’ve got one of the bes t theater and mu sic 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.
More Bassy demo scenes. SVSound Page 17 • “Titanic” You love it...or you hat e it. Regardless of which s id e 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 :3 0) 3.
SV Sound Page 18 Au thorized In tern ational Deale rs: BENELUX M-Pro BVBA De Regengoog 3 2800 Meche len, Belg ium Phone: +32 ( 0)15-330980 Fax: +32 (0)15-3 30995 Email: info@ svsound.be Canada Sonic Boom Audi o 410 Denison s treet Markham, O ntario Phone: (905) 944-8484 Email: sa les@so nicboomau dio.
SV Sound Page 19 Notes:.
T erms and Condi tions Terms and Co ndition s: Furt her e xplana tio n is yo urs at a n y time. Contact your Dealer listed on th e previous pag e. Please note that these terms and conditio ns do not affect your stat utory right s. Shipping : When you receiv e your new subwoof er, please check to ensure th ere is no damage.
An important point after buying a device SV Sound SVS PB12-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 SV Sound SVS PB12-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 SV Sound SVS PB12-Plus - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, SV Sound SVS PB12-Plus you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get SV Sound SVS PB12-Plus will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of SV Sound SVS PB12-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 SV Sound SVS PB12-Plus.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with SV Sound SVS PB12-Plus. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device SV Sound SVS PB12-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
