TUNER
FEATURES
Thank you for purchasing Snark! The frequency
range detected by the SN-3 is optimized for guitar.
The SN-4 is able to detect an extended frequency
range and can be used for all instruments including
guitar. Both tuners are chromatic, and both have a
1/4 inch input jack and an internal microphone for
note detection.
POWER UP & PITCH CALIBRATION
Turn on the Snark by pressing the power switch
on the face of the tuner.
The Snark defaults to the tuning reference of
A-440Hz. To set the Snark to another tuning
reference, push the “PITCH CAL” button on the
front of the tuner and immediately press either the
up or down triangular buttons to choose a new
tuning reference. The pitch reference can be set
anywhere from 415 – 466Hz. Pressing the power
switch on the front resets the tuner to A-440.
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.
TRANSPOSE FEATURE
For guitar players using a capo, you can use the
Snark’s flat tuning feature, engaged by pushing the
“ ” triangular button on the front of the Snark.
Press the “ ” triangular button once and the front
display will indicate a single “ ”, which
corresponds to having a capo on the first fret of
your guitar. In this setting, the lowest note on the
guitar is an “F”, but the Snark will read it as the
standard “E”, making tuning appear to be
standard. If the capo is on the second fret, hit the
“ ” button twice, and the display will show “ ”.
Additional pushes of the “ ” button will give you
up to four flats, corresponding to putting the capo
on the fourth fret.
To return to standard tuning, continue to press
the “ ” button until the flat symbols disappear
from the front of display. Or turn the tuner off and
on again to return to standard tuning.
Tap/Met
LCD
Readout
Input Jack
Power
Down
Arrow
and
Tone
Pitch Calibration
Up Arrow
The Snark’s transpose feature is also useful for
non-concert tuned instruments, such as B
trumpet. By selecting a single “ ”, a played “C”
(which is concert B ) will register as a “C”.
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.
TAP TEMPO METRONOME
The Snark has a built-in metronome which is
activated by the “TAP-MET” switch on the top
edge of the tuner. One tap activates the
metronome to a default setting of 100 bpm,
indicated by the flashing red heart on the front
panel display. The tempo can be adjusted in two
ways – first by tapping on the “TAP-MET” switch
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