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SV Subwoofers
OWNERS’
GUIDE
SVS Powered Box, Single
10” ISD (PB10-ISD) ™
Contents:
• Pages 2-3 Safety Instructions
• Page 4 Welcome
• Page 5 About your new SV Subwoofer
• Pages 6-9 Setup, integration, and calibration
• Page 9-10 Powered Box amp features
• Pages 11-12 Bass demos for your home theater
• Page 13 Home theater terms
• Pages 14-15 Notes
• Page 16 Terms and conditions
Last update: 25 July, 2005
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Page 2 SV Subwoofers IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. 6. Clean only with dry cloth. 7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. 8. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifi
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Page 3 SV Subwoofers 13. Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time. 14. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped. 15. WARNING: To reduce the ri
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Page 4 SV Subwoofers Welcome. From the entire SVS team, congratulations on your purchase of a new standard in home theater and music bass! Your sub isn’t some generic black box built someplace you can’t even find on a map. It’s made in our Liberty, Ohio factory by home audio fanatics... like you. Designed, and tested using the latest state of the art instruments... and assembled by hand, your SV Subwoofer is without a doubt one of the best investments you’ll ever make in brin
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Page 5 SV Subwoofers 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 designed, 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 subwoofers provide. So, what makes a subwoofer an SVS? Quality components, sane prices. You mig
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Page 6 Page 6 SV Subwoofers 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, but take time to carefully unpack everything. Save the box and shipping materials, just in case you need to return the sub for any reason. Location. They say it’s ALL about location rig
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SV Subwoofers Page 7 SV Subwoofers 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. From the “Y” cable you can run a standard 75 Ohm RCA to RCA signal cable (d.) to each sub, thus “splitting” the Low Frequency Effects (LFE) and other bass signals from your receiver and effectively feeding bo
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SV Subwoofers Page 8 “menu” to check these critical choices). • Is your receiver connected to the sub amp? Use a well-shielded RCA cable (sometimes called a “patch cord”) to hook to the subwoofer output of your DD/DTS receiver to the RCA input jack of your SVS amplifier. As mentioned earlier, you’ll need to “split” the subwoofer signal with a “Y Cable” if you bought a pair of subs. • Is your Radio Shack ® sound pressure level (SPL) meter ready? This tool is absolutely essenti
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Page 9 Page 9 SV Subwoofers reading is still too high then turn down the sub’s amp volume a little with each run. 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 hu
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SV Subwoofers Page 10 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 wave forms to arrive in a complementary 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, especially if running a single subwoofer. Bass “cancellation” will vary by room shape, volume, and
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Page 11 SV Subwoofers Bassy demo scenes to die for. So now what?? You’ve got one of the best theater and music bass subwoofers 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: second
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SV Subwoofers Page 12 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. “Door blown” Scene 20 (50:05) • “Aliens” Not just another modern sci-fi horror classic, this one rocks fro
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SV Subwoofers Page 13 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: CD - Compact Disc, the music standard and capable of great sound. Now joined by Super Audio CD (SACD) and DVD-Audio as high- resolution music alternatives that can really make subwoofers great audio upgrades. dB - Short for “deci-Bell” a unit of sound, a 3dB increase takes twice the a
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Terms and Conditions 14 days money back guarantee provided by the government: You as a Scandinavian consumer are entitled by law to cancel the order at your sole discretion within a period of 14 days from receipt of the product, for a return of the purchase price, provided the products is fully intact. You are obliged to arrange and pay for the return costs before a return of purchase price is made. 15-45 day money-back guarantee provided by L-Sound: If you are not completely sati
