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SV Subwoofers
OWNERS
GUIDE
SVS Powered Cylinder,
Plus (PC-Plus)
16-46PC+ 25-31PC+
20-39PC+
SVS Models:
Contents:
• Page 1 Welcome
• Page 2 About your new SV Subwoofer
• Pages 4 - 7 Setup, integration, and calibration
• Pages 7 - 9 PC-Plus amp features
• Pages 9 - 10 Bass demos for your home theater
• Page 11 Home theater terms
• Page 12 Warranty
Last update: 04 AUG 2002
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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 sub isnt some generic black box built someplace you cant even find on a map. Its made in Ohio, (as in USA), by home audio fanatics... like you. Designed, tested and assembled by hand, your SV Subwoofer is without a doubt one of the best investments youll ever make in bringing theater home. Well help you to set up your sub rig
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Page 3 SV Subwoofers About your SV Subwoofer No powered subwoofers look anything like them, and virtually none work like them either. SV Subwoofers are decidedly different. The best part? You could have spent much more and still not come close to the same bass performance our PC-Plus line gives you. But what makes a subwoofer an SVS? Quality components, sane prices. You might be surprised at how inexpensive the components in some not-so-inexpensive subwoofers are. Make no mistak
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Page 4 SV Subwoofers Setup, calibrating and integration Whats 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. Youre probably eager to fire up your sub (were 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. Be sure you do
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Page 5 SV Subwoofers More Setup, calibrating and integration If you are running a pair of SVSs (fig. 2), you will need to use a stan- dard 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 signal cable (d.) to each sub thus splitting the Low Frequency Effects (LFE) and other bass signals from your receiver, thus feeding both subwoofers.
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SV Subwoofers Page 6 Large. Selecting the size accordingly will ensure bass goes to most appro- priate speakers, and use the subwoofer correctly too. Also, make sure your subwoofer is turned ON. We dont mean is your subwoofer amplifier on (thatll 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) to the subwoofer setting of any typical Dolby Digital/DTS capable receiver. • Is your rec
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Page 7 SV Subwoofers keep input distortion to a minimum, however you should not be set much lower than 5 dB recommended earlier. Why? Some adjustment room is needed to tweak down the bass levels using your remote control. If your subwoofer reading is still too high then turn down the subs amp volume a little with each run. But whats 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
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SV Subwoofers Page 8 Phase. Think of bass waves as conflicting or enhancing each other, depending on the timing of their arrival at your listening location (either together, or not). Since some of your rooms 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, enhancing fashion is the difficult job of the phase knob. Essentially, this control varies the timing of the bass waves coming from the sub.
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SV Subwoofers Page 9 Power. This heavy duty two-position switch next to the power cord will completely cut the power to your sub amp. Flip this switch to off should you ever move the sub or change inputs or outputs. A/C connection. Plug your sub into a dedicated A/C outlet. Convenience outlets of typical receivers often dont provide the needed current. Avoid them. Fuse. User replaceable, contact SVS if you have trouble finding a replacement. Bassy demo scenes to die for.
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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 cant 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 11 A Glossary of Home Theater Terms Frankly, dont feel guilty if you want to skip over the below. But if you are curious about just 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 o
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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 stipula- tions should you choose to do this: • Subwoofer must be returned in original shipping box. • E-mail for return of merchandise number (RMA) and dis- play this on the outside of the box. • Subwoofer must be insured during shipping (SVS may ar- range UPS pickup to ease any shipping dam
