SABINE ZIP-700 Operating Manual

Your Sabine ZIP-700 Six-Note Guitar & Bass
Tuner provides an easy-to-use tuning display and
advanced tuning algorithm. It automatically senses
and displays the pitch of the string you are tuning,
providing hands-free operation. The ZIP-700 tunes
all guitars and basses.
ZIP-700 FEATURES
• Easy-to-read LED display. Your ZIP Tuner re-
places the delicate meter and needle display
found on most six-note tuners with a rugged solid-
state LED array. The LED display provides the
same continuous indication of tuning error by
varying the LED blink rate. LEDs are much
easier to read than meters, especially in the dark
and from a distance.
• Grabs note fast, holds it longer. Your ZIP
Tuner automatically senses the note you are play-
ing and indicates if it is closest to an E, A, D, G,
B, or high E.
• Calibrate to other pitches. This feature is use-
ful for tuning your guitar or bass to instruments
that tune to pitches other than A=440, and for
tuning to alternate scales.
• Use the built-in mic or the 1/4" jacks.
• 9-volt battery included.
• Two-year warranty.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR TUNING
1. PRESS THE POWER BUTTON TO TURN ON
YOUR TUNER. Acoustic instrument tones are
detected by a very sensitive internal microphone.
Do not pluck loudly to tune, except in very noisy
rooms. Plucking the string once per second with
medium loudness usually gives the best results.
ZIP-700 GUITAR & BASS TUNER
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Electronic instruments should be plugged into the
tuner's input jack labeled "INST" with a standard
guitar cord. The internal mic automatically discon-
nects so the tuner will not pick up extraneous back-
ground noise. You may connect your tuner's AMP
jack to any amplifier's or P.A. system's input so
you can tune as you play.
2. PLUCK THE STRING YOU WISH TO TUNE.
Adjust the instrument's pitch until the desired
NOTE INDICATOR light is lit. For example, if you
wish to tune your D string, pluck the string and
tune it until the D indicator light is lit. Pluck the
string every second or so to keep the note fresh
and to prevent it from fading flat. To eliminate ex-
traneous overtones, mute the other strings after
each pluck.
3. SLOWLY ADJUST THE INSTRUMENT'S
PITCH UNTIL THE "IN TUNE" LIGHT IS LIT.
Note that the SHARP and FLAT indicators blink
rapidly when the note is far from being in tune and
blink slower as the note approaches being in tune.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the other notes until the
entire instrument is tuned.
HOW TO RECALIBRATE YOUR ZIP-700: Use
the CALIBRATE function if you want to tune your
guitar to an instrument that tunes to pitches other
than A=440, or if you want to use alternate scales.
For example, if you wish to recalibrate the tuner
from standard A=440 Hz. to A=438 Hz., press the
CALIBRATE button until the note indicator LED
lights under 438. The tuner's scale is now shifted
to that pitch. To return the tuner to standard A=440
Hz., turn the tuner off and then back on.
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