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If you are running a pair of SV Subwoofers (fig. 2), you will need to
use a standard “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 stan-
dard 75 Ohm signal cable (d.) to each sub thus “splitting” the Low Fre-
quency Effects (LFE) and other bass signals from your receiver, thus
feeding both subwoofers.
“
C
alibration”
isn’t only for tech minded folks, it’s
critical
to a proper
configuration of your home theater sound system. Fortunately, adjusting
channel balance (or calibration) is as easy to do as it is important. The
first order of business is making sure your DD/DTS surround sound sys-
tem is set up properly. We recommend you consult your audio/video
receiver (or processor) manual to refresh on the procedures 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 speakers. That’s left, center,
right, left surround and right surround speakers, plus the subwoofer .
(More on sub level in a second). Skip now to page 7 (“
Powered Cylin-
der Amp
”) if you aren’t familiar with your sub’s amp, and come back to
calibration.
S
ome things to check as you get ready to calibrate your system:
•
A
re your speakers set correct to the correct “size”?
Your receiver/
processor might allow you to indicate if your speakers are “Small” or
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More Setup, calibrating and integration
SV Subwoofers
DD/DTS Processor/
Receiver
Fig. 2
(d.)
(c.)
NOTE: Now is a good time to select if
you want “ON” (always on) or “AUTO ON”
which turns your sub on only when a bass signal
is present.
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“Y” cable/splitter from re-
ceiver