Excalibur 375V, Operating Manual

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• Push the DIRECTION rocker in any
direction and the White queen’s knight
(the piece on the bottom, left) will flash
on and off. The LCD will also show
01 01
FrOm FrOm
. Then move the circular rocker
button—to the right, left, up, down or
diagonally—until the piece or pawn you
want to move flashes on and off.
NOTE: If you have trouble getting to the
piece you want using the
DIRECTION
button, you may press the REPEAT key
to select a piece for movement.
• Push the MOVE button immediately
above the circular DIRECTION rocker.
FrOm, FrOm,
will disappear and time will
start counting.
• Push the DIRECTION rocker to move
the piece to the square you want. You’ll
see your piece flashing on possible
to
squares as you move it—at the same time
it continues to flash on its
from square.
• Push the MOVE button again to final-
ize your move.
After you make your move, LCD Chess
will reply with its move automatically.
You’ll see the piece flash on its
from
square and move to its to square.
Throughout the game, the display at top
keeps track of the move number and the
elapsed time for each move.
Special Features and
Function Keys
Your LCD Chess partner is packed with
valuable special features that can help
you learn to play better and better
chess—and to have a lot of fun!
Features are controlled by the function
keys . But there are more special features
than there are keys! So a key may have
two labels.
The label below a key shows the primary
function of the key. The label above a key
shows its secondary function.
Below are the features available to you
through the primary functions.
Remember, to access any of these fea-
tures, you simply press the proper key,
looking at the label
below the key.
Primary Key Functions
ON/MODE KEY
MOdE2 MOdE2
will be displayed, reminding
you the second mode for keys is in effect.
(See "Secondary Functions," page 3.)
If the Threat Warning indicator ‘ ! ’ is on,
the threatening move will flash while
MOdE2 MOdE2
is displayed.
Also use this key to turn on LCD Chess.
HINT KEY
Press this key if you want to get hints
from your LCD Chess partner. It displays
HinT HinT
and flashes a recommended move
on the screen. To make the hint move,
just press the
MOVE key. Or press the
circular DIRECTION rocker to select a
different piece to move.
If the hint is a book move or a replay
move,
OPEn OPEn
or
rPLAY rPLAY
will be shown
instead of
HinT HinT
.
TAKEBACK KEY
This key lets you take back a move or
moves you’ve decided against. Press this
key repeatedly to continue taking back
moves. After you take back a move, you
can use the
MOVE key to replay the
taken-back move or moves.