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SV Sound W N E R S U I D E SVS PB12-NSD/2 Powered Box, Dual 12” Plus Driver Subwoofer Contents: • Page 1 Welcome • Page 2 About your new SVS Subwoofer • Pages 4- 7 Setup, integration, and calibration •...
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No matter, feel free to send a note straight to custservice@svsound.com . It’s not often you can talk to the guys who made your audio components. In this case, we look forward to it. SV Sound Ron Stimpson Co-Founder SVS...
SV Sound Page 3 About your SVS Subwoofer Other subwoofers might look like them — but virtually none work like them. Not at this price. SVS’s are decidedly different, in how they are designed, built, sold, and even in the exceptional customer service after the sale. No surprise then, you could have spent much more and still not come close to the value and performance our Powered Box lines provide.
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(a.) (c.) Fig. 1 SV Sound and feed the low-level input of the SVS’s (b.) NOTE: Stop now if you aren’t TOTALLY familiar with your re- ceiver’s manual.
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SV Sound More Setup, calibrating and integration If you are running a pair of SVS Subwoofers (Fig. 2), you will need to use a standard “Y” cable adapter (d.) The best adaptor to use for this task has one male RCA connection and two female RCA outputs. (Radio Shack ®...
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-5 dB however, since some adjustment room is needed to lower bass as needed later. If your subwoofer read- ing is still too high then turn down the sub’s amp volume a little with each run. SV Sound Order one...
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SV Sound ut 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”...
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User replaceable, contact SVS if you have trouble finding one. The fuse can be accessed by a small door immediately next to the power cord fitting (where you should also find a spare one for your use). SV Sound...
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This simple table indicates the settings you should use in setting up your sub blockers and the subsonic filter knob. PB12-NSD/2 Stock (no ports blocked) With one port-blocked...
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2. “Storm surfing”, Scene 25 (1:15:15) 3. “Hitting bottom”, Scene 17 (53:15, Side “B”) • “Apollo 13” Moving story, with some surprisingly subtle but re- vealing bass where it counts. 1. “Lift off”, Scene 13 (35:15) 2. “Coming home”, Scene 53 (2:05:43) SV Sound...
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SV Sound More Bassy demo scenes. • “Titanic” You love it...or you hate it. Regardless of which side of the ship you sit on, this flick does some serious rumbling for you: “We can’t leave him” Scene 22 (2:21:50) “Ship Splitting” (2:41:30) “Last Gasp”...
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SV Sound Page 13 A Glossary of Home Theater Terms Don’t feel guilty if you want to skip over the below. But if you are curi- ous about 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,...
The bottom line: We’re proud of these subwoofers and want you to be as happy owning one, as we are selling one (or more) to you. E-mail us if you have any warranty question. SV Sound SV Sound 6420 Belmont Ave.
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