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Backlight
Each time you press the button, the backlight bright-
ness changes as follows.
So Auto O So ...
When the backlight is on,
appears on
the display.
• With the so setting, the backlight is
always dimmed to save battery power.
• With the auto setting, the backlight lights up brightly
when sound is input or when a button is pressed.
When there is no sound input or button operation for
around ten seconds, the backlight automatically dims
to save battery power.
Specications
Tuner section
Scale: 12-note equal temperament
Detection range*: C1 (30.47 Hz, A4=410 Hz)–C8
(4566.56 Hz, A4=480 Hz) for a sine
wave
Reference tone: C3 (121.89 Hz, A4=410 Hz)–C6
(1141.64 Hz, A4=480 Hz), 3 octaves
Tuning function: Meter, sound out, sound-back,
transpose
Calibration range:
A4 = 410 Hz–480 Hz (in units of 1 Hz)
Detection accuracy
:
Better than ±1 cent
Sound accuracy: Better than ±1 cent
*
Even if the pitch is within the range of detection, the TM-70T/
TM-70C may be unable to detect the pitch if the sound con-
tains numerous overtones or has a rapid decay.
Metronome section
Tempo range:
𝅘𝅥
= 30–252 beats per minute (bpm)
Tempo settings: Pendulum step, full step, tap tempo
Time signatures: 0–9 beats, duples, triplets, triplets
without the center beat, quadru-
plets, quadruplets without the
center beats
Tempo accuracy: ±0.3 %
Main specications
Connections: Input jack (3.5 mm monaural
mini-phone jack, unbalanced),
headphones jack (3.5 mm stereo
mini-phone jack)
Speaker: Dynamic speaker (23 mm)
Power supply: Two AAA batteries (3 V, zinc-car-
bon or alkaline)
Battery life: When using the tuner only
Approx. 250/150/85 hours (back-
light: O/So/Auto, A4 continuous
input, using alkaline batteries)
When using the metronome only
Approx. 200/130/75 hours (back-
light: O/So/Auto, tempo of 120,
four beats, maximum volume, using
alkaline batteries)