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• Contents:
• Page 1 Welcome
• Page 2 About your new subwoofer
• Pages 4-7 Setup, integration and calibrating
• Page 8 Performance specifications
• Pages 9-10 Bass demos for your home theater
• Page 11 Home theater terms
• Page 12 Warranty
16-46CS
20-39CS
25-31CS
Last update 21 February 2001
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For technical assistance e-mail us at “Custsupport@SVSubwoofers.com”
Welcome.
From the entire SVS team, congratulations on your purchase of a
new standard in home theater bass!
Your sub isn’t some generic black box built someplace you can’t
even find on a map. It’s 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 you’ll ever
make in bringing theater home.
We’ll help you to set up your sub right, and in no time, you’ll be giving demos of your favorite DVDs or Laserdiscs to all your friends
and neighbors (we pity them if you live in an apartment). This isn’t
just a subwoofer after all, it’s a carefully designed audio component
carefully tuned in our labs, by bass authority and “Subhuman” Tom
Vodhanel.
You’re unlikely to have ever heard, or felt, bass like this before,
unless it was in a top-notch commercial movie theater. Movies and
music in your home will never be quite the same again. We guarantee it.
Already got a question about your sub? You might answer it by read-
ing this manual, we think you’ll find it more informative than most.
For even more detailed discussion about set-up topics check out both
SVS FAQs and Advanced Bass at www.svsubwoofers.com. We
touch on all the key points you need to know, and then some.
Maybe you just want to share a bit of bass news? Or perhaps you
have a story about your SV Subwoofer to share with us? Maybe
something we missed in our website? No matter, feel free to send a
note to: feedback@svsubwoofers.com .
It’s not often you can talk to the guys who made your audio component. In this case, we look forward to it.
SV Subwoofers
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About your SV Subwoofer
Very few subwoofers look anything like them, and virtually none work
like them. SV Subwoofers are decidedly different. The best part?
You could have spent thousands more, and still not come close to the
same bass performance. How do we do it?
Quality components, sane prices. You might be surprised at how
inexpensive the components in some not-so-inexpensive subwoofers are. Make
no mistake, we scour the earth for the best, most cost effective parts (when we
don’t make them ourselves), and meld them into finely tuned designs that
define high performance home theater (HT) bass. Want woofers, amps, or
even binding posts? We’ve tested and discarded plenty that didn’t meet our
tough standards. If we use it, whatever it is, it made the grade.
Get “tubular”. Typical subs require heavy internal bracing and thick
enclosure walls because they’re boxes. But cylinders can’t flex the way boxes
do. Ever wonder why high pressure tanks are always round? At SVS form
follows function, and fortunately, functional designs can lead to simple, stylish
and elegant designs too. Take one look at our subs and you’ll know this is
true.
Stable downward firing woofer. Our slender design is one plus, but we’ve
also taken great lengths to design a downward firing driver. Coupled with our
unique base-plates, which minimize driver reactive forces, you’ll find our subs
can take a tremendous amount of power and remain rock solid.
Interchangeable foam rubber or heat-treated steel spike feet allow for stable
placement on a variety of surfaces (NOTE: Spikes are not recommended for
concrete sub-floors or similarly hard materials!).
Custom low turbulence port designs. When you listen to our trend setting
ported subs you’ll hear (and feel) bass like never before, with a exceptionally
low noise and distortion. When you experience genuine SVS bass you’ll know
something special went into it.
Stylish, and understated. From the simple top grill, to the elegant base-plate
you’ll be amazed at how easy it is to lose your sub in a corner, they’re big, but
it’s one of those times size does matter. There are hundreds of brands of
“black box” subs out there. Fortunately you didn’t just unpack one of them.
Flexible power options. Our subs are painstakingly designed to perform
exceptionally well with nearly any amp. One we offer, or one
have. And because they are tuned low and take advantage of plenty of internal
volume, you get amazingly low extension without the need for external
equalizers or processors. This serves to put more of your amp to work making
bass. Even small amps can sound big with these efficient subs. Power up, and
get down, low.
you already
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For technical assistance e-mail us at “Support@SVSubwoofers.com”
Setup, calibrating and integration
W
hat’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…
U
npacking. You’re probably eager to fire up your sub (we’re the same
way) but take time to carefully unpack your sub. Set the box and other
coverings aside, just in case you need to return the sub for any reason.
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ocation. They say it’s ALL about location right? It’s somewhat the
same with setting up your subwoofer too. Where to put it?
corner
if you can
bass response is typically attained when a subwoofer is placed within a
few feet of one of your home theater room’s corners. The tall upright
configuration of SV Subwoofers makes this easy. Avoid putting your
sub where it might adjoin large open areas; but whether you put the sub
in front or to the rear of your seating area makes surprisingly little
difference. True, deep, home theater bass, like that from Dolby Digital
(DD) “5.1 channel” DVDs is non-directional. You can’t tell where it is
coming from, even though you can hear, and feel it.
H
ook-up (see fig. 1). There are a variety of ways to configure your
new sub. Usually, a simple mono, shielded 75 Ohm A/V RCA type
cable (a.) is used to take the subwoofer output of your DD/DTS
surround sound receiver and feed the low-level input of an audio
amplifier. You might only be using one channel of a stereo amp, or two
channels “bridged” to provide a more powerful “mono” bass signal
(depending on your amp rating). SV Subs present a nominal 4 Ohm
impedance).
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Studies have shown that the deepest and flattest
SV Subwoofer
NOTE: Stop now if you aren’t
!
TOTALLY familiar with your amp’s
manual! Ensure all power to your equipment
is off when making these connections.
Demos in smoke and fire you DON’T need!
Go for a
(b.) Twin lead speaker cable
Fig. 1
Audio amplifier
(stereo or mono)
(a.)
DD/DTS Processor/Receiver
(Subwoofer “Out”)
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