- Hourglass mode (Mode 22):
Each player has an initial
period of 1 minute. While a player is thinking his time
decreases and while his opponents time increases by the same
rate.
- Gong mode (Mode 23):
First introduced as “rapid-transit
chess,
” each player gets ten seconds for making his or her
move. If a player doesn’t make his move within these 10
seconds, he or she losses.
- Modes 24 to 26 are reserved for future implementation
- Manual Mode (Mode 0).
When a Manual change is done, all the
information related to this new mode is saved automatically in mode
0. This mode can be selected in the same way all the other modes
.
Basic Play Modes
:
0 - 9
10 - 19
20 -
0
Manual
3 min + 2 s/move
1 h & 30 s/move
1
5 min
25 m + 10 s/move
25 min + 2 m/move
2
10 min
1h30m + 30 s/move
Hourglass 1 min
3
25 min
1h15m + 15m 30s/m
Gong 10 seconds
4
1 hour
5 min, delay 3 sec
1h30m + 1h
delay 5 sec
5
2 hours
25 min, delay 10 sec
1h40m + 30m,
30 s/move
6
1 h 45 m + 15 m
1h55m, delay 5 sec
1h30m +15m,
30 s/m
7
2 h + 1 h
2h & 10m+30 sec/mov
Reserved
8
2 h + 1 h + 30m
2h +1h &
15m+30s/mov
Reserved
9
2 h + 1 h + 1h
3min & 2 sec/move
Ver 5.4 12.10.05
Selecting Mode of Play:
After turning on the clock, wait for a few seconds. Then
briefly push down the Mode button. This will produce a
icon “mode” between the times of the clock stating the
current mode of play. The central digits between the times on
the clocks should show one of the basic modes of play listed
above. The scale will be between 0 and 26.
What you can see directly on display is :
So you can start playing with 5 minutes per player, which is
the rate on Basic Mode 1.
Once you have ascertained which mode of play the clock is
currently set for, you can change the mode of play in two
ways:
- By briefly pressing the right push-button
+/start
shown
in
figure one, the current mode of play is moved forward on the
above scale. Example: If, after turning on the clock, it is in
mode 1, by briefly pressing the right push-button the mode is
moved forward to mode 2.
- By briefly pressing the left push-button
- /stop
the
mode
of play is moved backwards on the above scale. Example: if
the clock is in mode 3, by briefly pressing the left push-
button, the clock goes to mode 2.
Once the desired mode of play has been selected, briefly press
down the central Mode Button. This action will cause the
Mode indication figure to disappear from the display leaving
5:00
mode 1
5:00
