CAUTION: 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 nitrocellu-
lose 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.
Battery Door
Ball
Joint
LCD
Readout
Power
Instrument Clamp
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.
