Snark SN-5, SN-6 - Tuner Manual

INTRODUCTION

INSTRUMENT FINISHES. READ THIS BEFORE USING THE SNARK TUNER.

The general rule is: Do not leave any item attached to your instrument longer than necessary. We recommend you remove the Snark tuner from your instrument as soon as you finish tuning. Please be aware that any lacquer type finish can be adversely affected if the rubber pad of tuner is left in contact with the finish for a period of time.

Some finishes are more likely to be damaged by attaching a tuner to them, hence it is important that you DET ERMINE WHAT FINISH IS USED ON YOUR INSTRUMENT... BEFORE using the SNARK.

SNARK advises NOT to use its tuner with any instruments having these types of finishes: Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Polyurethane, French Polish, Oil Finish or Gibson® guitars which have nitrocellulose finishes unless you accept the risk of dents to the headstock. We recommend using the Snark SN-10 pedal tuner instead of the Snark clip on tuners for these guitars and finishes.

Please do not leave the Snark attached to your instrument if your instrument will be sitting in direct sunlight.

ATTACHING THE TUNER TO YOUR INSTRUMENT

Use the clamp to attach the Snark to your instrument. Take care to avoid damaging the finish of your instrument. Do not attach the tuner to your instrument if any of the rubber pads are broken or missing.

Attach the clamp to the headstock (placing the body of the tuner either in front of or behind the headstock).

After attaching the tuner to your instrument, adjust the "banana" shaped arm that connects the tuner to the clamp for optimum viewing of the tuner display. Also, the tuner body rotates 360 degrees so the display can be placed right where you want it.

POWER UP

Once you have attached the Snark to your instrument or music stand, turn it on by pressing the power switch on the face of the tuner.

TUNING

The Snark is now ready to help you tune your instrument. As soon as you play a note, the Snark's color display will indicate the note you are playing and how close to pitch you are. The left side of the display (red) indicates flat, the right of the display (yellow) indicates sharp.

If only red needles are lit, it means the note played is flat. If any yellow needles are lit, it means the note played is sharp.

You are in tune if the green needle and the green dot above it (at center of meter) are lit, but no yellow needles are lit.

As the Snark is chromatic, you can easily deal with non-standard tunings. The Snark will read any note you play.

POWER SAVE FEATURE

The tuner display will dim after approximately 5 seconds of no sound detected by the tuner. This conserves battery power. The display will return to normal brightness when a note is detected. If no notes are detected for 2 minutes, the tuner will shut off.

SELF TEST

The Snark tuner occasionally runs a "self test" to make sure all functions are up to snuff. This could happen sometimes when you first turn on the tuner. But not to worry, the self test lasts just a few seconds and will return you to tuning mode when it is finished.

BATTERY REPLACEMENT

The tuner uses 1 CR2032 (3 volt) battery. To replace battery, open the battery drawer, remove the old battery and--- replace with fresh one, taking care that the positive terminal (+) is directed upwards when placed in the battery door (plus side toward back side of tuner). Then gently push the battery door closed until you feel a slight "click".