Intelli tuner - tired?

Subject: Intelli tuner - tired?
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 12 Sep 08 - 09:10 AM

I have had an Intelli Chromatic Tuner IMT 500, for a year or so. It worked well until a few months ago. I have just changed the batteries but it doesn't pick uplower notes and is a bit slow and dodgy about the rest.

Is it just too old and tired?

Cheers

L in C

Subject: RE: Intelli tuner - tired?
From: mandotim
Date: 12 Sep 08 - 11:30 AM

Hi Les; try cleaning the battery contacts. Worked with mine.
Tim

Subject: RE: Intelli tuner - tired?
From: alex s
Date: 12 Sep 08 - 01:45 PM

if lower notes are a problem then using the octave harmonics usually works ok

Subject: RE: Intelli tuner - tired?
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 12 Sep 08 - 01:53 PM

Argh! Good thinking, will try both

L in C

Subject: RE: Intelli tuner - tired?
From: GUEST,Songster Bob
Date: 12 Sep 08 - 02:27 PM

Since those get the vibration of the strings through contact with the instrument to which they're clamped, check to see if the spring that maintains that contact isn't getting weak, or if there's dirt or crud between the wood of the instrument and the tuner's clamp/pickup surface.

I don't know that the actual mechanism contains anything that can weaken and fail -- but I don't know what the innards of those things involve, so perhaps the guts include components that can, indeed, tire out or fail.


Bob

Subject: RE: Intelli Chromatic Tuner IMT 500 - tired?
From: Genie
Date: 12 Sep 08 - 02:52 PM

You might also contact the manufacturer (Is Intelli the one made by On-Board Research?).
The Intelli-Touch tuner I got from On-Board came with a pretty good warranty. Anyway, they might actually repair or replace it if it's defective. Could be worth a try, if cleaning the contacts doesn't fix things.

Subject: RE: Intelli tuner - tired?
From: mandotim
Date: 12 Sep 08 - 03:01 PM

Intelli and Intellitouch (On-Board Research) are separate companies, with different warranty arrangements.
Tim

Subject: RE: Intelli tuner - tired?
From: Genie
Date: 12 Sep 08 - 03:27 PM

Good to know. It still might be worth contacting the mfgr.