Excalibur electronic 915-3 - Manual (Page 9)

your mind, you can press AUTO
again, and you will see the dis-
play read “
1PLAYr.”) Press
MOVE. King Arthur will play
himself. King Arthur will
become fully automatic, not
needing any move-registration
help from you. You can see his
moves on the display. You can
stop auto play by pressing the
MOVE key again. All other
options remain available to you.
3.17
Human versus human
You can play another human
using King Arthur’s board. He’ll
monitor the game for you, mak-
ing sure all moves are legal, and
will provide hints and elapsed
time. Access these in the normal
ways.
To play a friend in this man-
ner, simply press MULTI-
MOVE. Notice that the display
reads “2PLAYr.” This indicates
that two humans will be playing.
You and your friend can begin
play. (If you change your mind,
you can press MULTI-MOVE
again, and you will see the dis-
play read “1PLAYr.”)
3.18
Automatic shut-off
To save battery power, King
Arthur will turn himself off
when no key has been pressed
for a while. You can decrease or
increase the timing of this auto-
matic shut-off or turn it off alto-
gether. Press OPTION until
“SLEEP” is displayed. Then
press the > key to select a delay
from 1 (shortest) to 14 (longest).
Or select 0 to eliminate the auto-
matic shut-off.
3.19 Flip option:
Playing Black from the
LCD Side of the Board
Pressing the OPTION key
repeatedly will display all selec-
table options. To play Black
from the LCD-side of the board,
press OPTION until "FLIP" is
displayed. Use this option to flip
the chessboard around.
Chess players who play in
official tournaments receive a
rating. Similarly, King Arthur
will rate your play.
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Press the BOARD key. The
pieces on the LCD chessboard
will disappear—you are now
“blindfolded”! Play chess by
picturing in your head where the
pieces are. Enter your moves as
usual, and register King Arthur’s
moves normally.
When your memory gets hazy,
you can push BOARD to con-
firm the position. You can then
play the game out normally or
press BOARD again to continue
playing “blindfold.” This exer-
cise may help you learn to visu-
alize better when you play
“without a blindfold.”
Note: Do not turn on the
TOUCH option (see 3.5 above)
while trying blindfold chess,
since you must see King
Arthur’s move coordinates on
the display.
3.15 Turning
off the sound
You may now select between
three styles of sound effects for
King Arthur, Do so by pressing
OPTION until “SOUND” is dis-
played. Select between “2” - All
sound on, “1” - No sound on, or
“0” - No sound except for error
buzzes. Turn this option off by
pressing >. Exit OPTION mode
by pressing ON/CLEAR.
Even when the sound option is
turned off, King Arthur will con-
tinue to announce that he has
found a move by making his nor-
mal sound. He will also sound an
alarm when an illegal move is
made, and make the “in check”
warning sound.
3.16 King Arthur
versus King Arthur—
“automatic pilot”
You can choose to have King
Arthur play both sides of the
game. (This feature can be used
from the beginning of the game
or at any point in a game.) The
feature can also be used after
setting up a special position (see
Chapter 10).
To choose this feature, press
the AUTO key. You’ll notice that
the display reads “
0PLAYr.”
This indicates that no humans
will be playing. (If you change
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