into place. Leave King Arthur
face down.
1.2
Finding the pieces
The larger compartment lid on
the left conveniently stores your
chess pieces when they’re not in
use. Although one of King
Arthur’s breakthrough features
permits you to play without
using these pieces, let’s start by
using them. Open the larger lid
in the same method you used in
Step 1. Remove the pieces and
set them to the side. Then
replace the lid. Now you can
turn King Arthur right side up,
with the Excalibur Knight on the
bottom left.
1.3
Setting up the pieces
Whichever side (color) you
play in chess, a light-colored
square must always be located
on your right—chess players say
“Light on right.” (You’ll have
fun noticing television and mag-
azine ads, movies and even
some products that show an
ignorance of this basic rule!)
You’ll see that King Arthur’s
board is of course designed cor-
rectly.
Place the chess pieces in their
initial starting position, as
shown in the diagram below,
with the White pieces closest to
you. If you need help setting up
the pieces, see the “Let’s Play
Chess” brochure included in this
package. (If you choose to play
Black, go to the Section 3.2
“Playing the Black pieces from
the start of the game.”)
1.4
Making your move
Besides deciding on a good
move, you have to move the
piece in a way that King Arthur
will recognize what’s been
played. He will automatically
sense your move if you follow a
simple routine. Think of com-
municating your move as a two-
Be sure to read this section. It
contains information not dupli-
cated in the rest of this manual.
Chapter 1 will show you the
basics of getting started. If
you’re impatient for the fun to
begin, you’ll be able to play a
game of chess with King Arthur
after only the few minutes read-
ing this short chapter will take.
But we recommend that you
soon go on to read the entire
operating manual, so that you’ll
get the full benefit of King
Arthur’s amazing features.
1.1
Installing the batteries
Turn King Arthur over care-
fully with his chessboard face-
down, so that the small compart-
ment lid is at the top right. This
lid covers the battery compart-
ment. Place your thumb below
the pressure-catch at the bottom
of the lid. Push up and then pull
out. The lid will detach. Insert
three (3) fresh, alkaline AA bat-
teries in the battery holder. Note
the arrangement of the batteries
called for by the diagram in the
holder. Make sure that the posi-
tive tip of each battery matches
up with the + sign in the battery
compartment so that polarity
will be correct. When the batter-
ies are properly installed, you’ll
hear a series of tones as King
Arthur automatically turns him-
self on and lets you know he’s
ready for action. Replace the
battery compartment panel by
first fitting the two small tabs at
the top of the lid into their recep-
tacles. Then place your thumb
under the pressure catch, push-
ing up and in until the lid snaps
ENGLISH
ENGLISH
KING ARTHUR
CHAPTER 1:
QUICK START & BASICS
K
ING
A
RTHUR
“
TIMES OUT
”
AFTER NOT BEING USED FOR A FEW MINUTES
.
I
F THIS HAPPENS
,
JUST PRESS THE
ON/CLEAR
BUTTON
ON THE BOTTOM ROW OF KEYS
.
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