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Contents: 

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Page  1  Welcome 

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Page  2   About your new SV Subwoofer 

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Pages 4- 7  Setup, integration, and calibration 

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Page  7- 8  Powered cylinder amp features 

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Pages  9 - 11  Parametric equalizer (PEQ) 

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Pages  12 - 13  Variable tuning  

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Pages  14 - 15  Bass demos 

Last update: 27 January 2004 

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SVS “Powered Cylinder, 
Ultra” (PC-Ultra) 

   

SV Subwoofers 

Summary of Contents for PC-Ultra

Page 1: ...ages 4 7 Setup integration and calibration Page 7 8 Powered cylinder amp features Pages 9 11 Parametric equalizer PEQ Pages 12 13 Variable tuning Pages 14 15 Bass demos Last update 27 January 2004 OWN...

Page 2: ...ully 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 c...

Page 3: ...ing 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 Compliant foam rubber feet on our...

Page 4: ...s corners The upright configuration of SV Subwoofers 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 li...

Page 5: ...refresh on the proce dures 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 sy...

Page 6: ...r receiver processor master vol ume 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 at first It s also criti...

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Page 8: ...he switch in the Auto position your subwoofer will sense that a DVD or CD etc has begun and switch on immediately the hard power switch mentioned below must be on naturally A few minutes after a movie...

Page 9: ...THIS CONTROL Set the LEVEL control in the Parametric EQ feature group ing until it stops on MIN thus ensuring you do not inadvertently cause poor frequency response until such time as you properly co...

Page 10: ...energy requiring several times the amplifier power to achieve You can see then how critical the below chart is if you are using your PEQ to even out or flatten the room response of your bass Add the...

Page 11: ...40Hz Why If we used 40Hz as our center frequency and 50Hz as our high point cutoff we would only attenuate the curve down to 30Hz This will leave a small bump in response near 25Hz because the correct...

Page 12: ...y How to do it To insert a port plug simply squeeze the foam on one end and press the plug into a port flare until it is about 1 lower than the edge of the surface of the sub You can remove the plug b...

Page 13: ...SVS PC Ultra tuning chart...

Page 14: ...ic this sub is itching to show off Chapter stops for DVDs are shown with movie time in hours min utes seconds What are you waiting for Just hit PLAY The Iron Giant Great family animation with SERIOUS...

Page 15: ...dern 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 wen...

Page 16: ...rials and workmanship 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 any product subjected to misuse abuse...

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