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Welcome.

 

 

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rom the entire SVS team, congratulations on your purchase 

of a new standard in home theater and music bass! 

 
Your subwoofer isn’t some generic mass-produced box built some-
place you can’t even find on a map.  It’s made in Ohio (USA), by 
home audio fanatics... like you.  Designed, tested and assembled by 
hand, your SVS is without a doubt one of the best investments you’ll 
ever make in bringing music and theater 

home

.   

 
We’ll help you to set up your sub right, and in no time, you’ll be giv-
ing “demos” of your favorite music, DVDs or digital music to all 
your friends and neighbors (we pity them if you live in an apart-
ment…please, be kind!).  This isn’t just a subwoofer after all, it’s a 
carefully designed audio component carefully tuned in our labs, by 
bass authority and “Sub-human”, Tom Vodhanel.   
 
You’re unlikely to have heard, or felt, bass like this before unless it 
was in a top-notch commercial movie theater or high-end (high cost) 
audio boutique.  Movies and music in your home will never be quite 
the same again.  That’s a promise. 
 

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lready have a question about your sub? 

You might answer it 

by reading this manual, we think you’ll find it more informative than 
most.  For even more detailed discussion about set-up topics check 
out our  

FAQs

 page 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 me at:   [email protected] .   
 
It’s not often you can talk to the guys who made your audio compo-
nents.  In this case, we look forward to it. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ron Stimpson 

    Director, 

SVS 

Customer 

Service 

    [email protected]

 

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Summary of Contents for PB1-ISD

Page 1: ...r Pages 4 7 Setup integration and calibration Page 7 8 Powered Box amp features Pages 9 10 Bass demos for your home theater Page 11 Home theater terms Page 12 Warranty Last update 19 January 2003 OWNE...

Page 2: ...man Tom Vodhanel You re unlikely to have heard or felt bass like this before unless it was in a top notch commercial movie theater or high end high cost audio boutique Movies and music in your home wi...

Page 3: ...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 a...

Page 4: ...SVS s makes this easy Whether you put the sub in front or to the rear of your seating area makes surprisingly little difference Deep home theater bass like that from Dolby Digital DD 5 1 channel DVDs...

Page 5: ...es to do this Generally this requires ensuring the receiver s test tones or a special test disk like Video Essentials or Avia plays back at the same volume from each of your system s full range speake...

Page 6: ...ur receiver processor master volume is set at 00 dB or some other easy to remember reference level Finally ensure your SVS s volume control is set no more than 1 4 to 1 3rd up to start It s also criti...

Page 7: ...compensate Avoid your driver bottoming resulting in a loud clack Location and measurement You should take the above measurements from your typical preferred seat for watching movies center cushion ri...

Page 8: ...switch on immediately the hard power switch mentioned below must be on naturally A few minutes after a movie the Auto On light will turn Red switching the sub back off When running and sensing a signa...

Page 9: ...est Scene 8 20 00 into the movie 2 Robot Landing Train Impact Scene 10 25 40 3 Green Boom Scene 27 1 11 40 Antz Another good family movie though not perhaps for small children Extremely loud bass abov...

Page 10: ...ern sci fi horror classic this one rocks from intro to final scene 1 Ship drop Scene 9 41 20 2 Awakenings Scene 15 1 12 52 Apocalypse Now Making This Vietnam war movie Francis Ford Copolla nearly went...

Page 11: ...for Hertz the German scientist who came up with a scheme of measuring the frequency of sound waves 15 30 Hz is very low bass and very rare in anything but movie soundtracks 60 Hz is generally conside...

Page 12: ...ofers Any SVS must be returned to us with shipping pre paid SVS will repair or replace any item at its discretion and return to the customer as soon as possible Naturally this warranty does not cover...

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