Excalibur 750GT-2, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...GameTime II INSTRUCTION GUIDE Model 750GT 2 ...

Page 2: ... setting a bonus time is added to a players remaining time after their move is made The use of this bonus time is common in FIDE tournaments The preset game options more than 90 in all are the key to the ease of use Each preset option offers these time controls or a combination Primary and or second time controls such as 40 moves in two hours 40 2 Sudden death time controls such as Game 30 For exa...

Page 3: ...tions you may ever need 12 4 Additional Game Options Getting the most out of GameTime 14 Setting the FIDE bonus time option 17 5 Custom Time Controls Setting your own time controls 20 6 Special Time Controls Time controls for the adventurous 21 7 Time Controls For Go Players Byo Yomi and Canadian overtime 22 8 Time Controls For Word Games Hold and Courtesy Draw Indicators 24 Appendix A Preset Time...

Page 4: ...lready familiar with chess clocks and want to begin using GameTime immediately or for those who hate reading manuals If you want a slower introduction to GameTime move to Chapter 2 Your GameTime requires 4 AA batteries The battery compartment door is on the back of GameTime under the serial number plate Install batteries as shown below When the contrast control on the side of the unit can no longe...

Page 5: ...s 1 Black in this case your opponent chooses the side of the board left or right he wishes the clock to be placed on Right handed players will most likely choose to place the clock on the right USCF rules require you to move and hit the clock with the same hand 2 Level GameTime s PLUNGERS 3 Slide the PAUSE PLAY switch to PAUSE 4 Reset GameTime by holding down the ON OFF button on the underside of ...

Page 6: ...g and you had a Rook and King the two second delay meant that I couldn t steal the game by trying to run you out of time before you could mate me As long as you made a move within that two second grace period you never lost time on your clock When my time expired a flag began to flash on my side of the display and a red light began to blink I couldn t wait for your flag to drop too and then shrug ...

Page 7: ...tons to change the preset number to 14 6 Press the SELECT button until you see the word WORD on the display 7 Use the button to select On 8 Slide the PAUSE PLAY switch to PLAY Playing the next game and the next When you are ready to play a new game level the PLUNGERS Press the ON OFF button on the underside of the clock for a couple of seconds until the display clears and then press the ON OFF but...

Page 8: ...econds until the display clears and then press the ON OFF button again The GameTime is already set to the last preset time control you selected We are ready for a new game CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION Getting acquainted with GameTime In this chapter we ll walk around the GameTime clock check under the hood kick the tires and get acquainted with all the knobs and gizmos on the dashboard What makes GameTi...

Page 9: ... have different functions COUNTER and WHITE When you PAUSE a game in progress press the COUNTER button to adjust the move counter value Before a game begins when you PAUSE the clock press the WHITE button to set which player moves FIRST In chess the player with the white pieces always makes the first move During PLAY or PAUSE modes the initial time control settings may be verified by pressing and ...

Page 10: ...again to display the next clock option 9 Continue selecting options to review all possible clock option settings When you ve set or reviewed the last option the display returns to the PAUSE display and shows all the options selected so you can verify that they re correct You can go back and change an option by pressing SELECT repeatedly until you see that option At any time while selecting options...

Page 11: ...ss VERIFY The display shows a summary of all the game settings so you can make sure they are correct 5 To continue playing slide the PAUSE PLAY switch to PLAY Starting a new game To start a new game level the PLUNGERS Now press and hold the ON OFF button found on the underside of the case for a few seconds until the display clears Next release the button and press it again to turn GameTime back on...

Page 12: ...pace and to a great extent the quality of a game Most games can be timed in two basic ways Traditional time controls allow each player a specific amount of time to make a given number of moves For example you might have to make 40 moves in 90 minutes written as 40 90m Sudden death time controls allow each player a specific amount of time to complete the entire game For example the popular blitz ti...

Page 13: ...rimary secondary and sud den death sessions Just select the preset time controls that suit your needs and GameTime will set up everything for you You ll find a chart of preset time controls on the underside of your GameTime Appendix A provides a complete chart and can be easily photocopied Selecting a preset time control 1 Level the plungers 2 Slide the PAUSE PLAY switch to PAUSE 3 Reset GameTime ...

Page 14: ...e showing of seconds for times greater than 10 minutes To set these options slide the PAUSE PLAY switch to PAUSE Press SELECT until you see the option you want Use the and buttons to change an options value or to set the option On or OFF The following sections describe each option in detail Setting a count down delay When you set a countdown delay a player s clock does not start running until the ...

Page 15: ...PLAY switch to PLAY You can set a delay of 1 to 19 seconds but the practical range is 2 to 10 seconds To turn off the countdown delay set the delay counter to 0 Controlling time forfeits GameTime always indicates when a time forfeit occurs by displaying a flag and flash ing a red light on the side of the player who has exceeded the time control You can set GameTime to freeze the time display and i...

Page 16: ...again You may want to set the GameTime for a blitz time control for games dur ing a lunch break To recall a saved game 1 Slide the PAUSE PLAY switch to PAUSE 2 Press the SELECT button until you see the word RECALL in the display 3 Use the button to turn the option ON 4 Press VERIFY or slide the PAUSE PLAY switch to PLAY Showing the move counter The GameTime always keeps track of the number of move...

Page 17: ... to turn off the GAME END feature after playing the game It can prematurely end other games played under more traditional time controls Enabling the Accumulate bonus time feature The Accumulate option works as an alternative to the Delay option While the Accumulate option is used the Delay option will not be available The Accumulate option must be turned OFF to switch back to using the Delay optio...

Page 18: ...ch to PLAY Sound a warning before the end of a game You can set GameTime to beep just before the end of a time control To set a warning beep 1 Slide the PAUSE PLAY switch to PAUSE 2 Press the SELECT button until you see the words COUNTER and SOUND in the display The SOUND option must be ON for this display to appear see previous section 3 Use the and buttons to select the number of seconds the bee...

Page 19: ...ers FLAG Some digital clocks that do not have a FLAG symbol place a minus sign in front of the time to indicate it is displaying overtime time NOTE While in WORD mode the DELAY feature is not available To activate the Word mode feature 1 Slide the PAUSE PLAY switch to PAUSE 2 Press the SELECT button until you see the word WORD on the display 3 Use the button to select On 4 Press VERIFY or slide th...

Page 20: ...removing the old batteries the custom control settings should be remembered If however the display is blank with the new batteries you must press the ACL button on the bottom of GameTime which will clear all cus tom control settings Your custom time control includes time controls you set and options you choose such as the count down delay and warning beeps All user time control and option settings...

Page 21: ...l 10 When you finish with the time controls pressing SELECT displays the other game options you may set for this custom user preset 11 At any point in this process you may stop setting the options by pressing VERIFY to return to the PAUSE display 12 Press and hold down the VERIFY button to review the settings of each time con trol you set If a time control has been set to zero it will not be shown...

Page 22: ...RESET 83 Gong Each player has 10 seconds for each move If you fail to move within the 10 second period you forfeit the game Set the time alarm warning at 2 seconds see page 18 The gong time control goes back to the days before chess clocks were widely used The original rapids tournaments were conducted with a referee ringing a bell every 10 seconds You had to move when the bell rang or you forfeit...

Page 23: ...As long as you move within the 10 second time limit your clock resets to 10 seconds for the next move But if you take more than 10 seconds for a move you lose one of your five forfeit periods and your clock resets to 10 seconds The small digit counter next to your FLAG shows the number of forfeit periods you have remaining If you use up all five forfeit period you forfeit the game and the FLAG wil...

Page 24: ...e count to the number of overtime stones each player is to receive 4 Make sure the SUDDEN death time control is set to 0 seconds and 0 minutes for both players CHAPTER 8 TIME CONTROLS FOR WORD GAMES Word game tournaments use two time control periods For the first time control each player has a specific amount of time with no move count requirements The main time control period is similar to the SU...

Page 25: ...heir turn their opponent may challenge any word or words formed on that play Once the player has started the opponent s timer the turn has ended and may be challenged When the opponent is considering a challenge they must promptly advise the player not to draw replacement tiles Calling hold does this An opponent may call hold up to 20 seconds after their timer has been started GameTime counts thes...

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Page 28: ...tances may not apply The only authorized service center in the United States is Excalibur Electronics Inc 13755 SW 119th Ave Miami Florida 33186 U S A Phone 305 477 8080 Fax 305 477 9516 www ExcaliburElectronics com Ship the unit carefully packed preferably in the original carton and send it prepaid and adequately insured Include a letter detailing the complaint and including your daytime telephon...