Excalibur electronic 485-P - Manual (Page 4)

For example, to move Card
6 out of the
FREE ZONE
, 7 is
the lowest card you can
have in the
CELL ZONE
you
are moving Card 6 to.
Moving cards between
CELL ZONES
To select a card in the
CARD ZONE
you’d like to
move, press the correspon-
ding
CELL KEY
. The card will
flash. Next press the
CELL
KEY
corresponding to the
CELL ZONE
(column) you’d
like to move the card to and
the card will move.
(Sometimes you can move
several cards that are in
sequence, but only if there is
free space in the
FREE ZONE
.)
Moving a Card from the
CARD ZONE
or
FREE ZONE
to
the
HOME ZONE
.
Two conditions apply to
moving a card to the
HOME
ZONE
: the card to be moved
must be greater than the
cards already in place in the
HOME ZONE
, and the suit
must be the same. Note that
the cards placed in the
HOME
ZONE
cannot be moved again
or taken back by pressing
UNDO
.
To move a card into the
HOME ZONE
, first select the
card you wish to move by
pressing the appropriate cell
key button if the card is in
the
CARD ZONE
, or press
FREE
CELL
if the card is in the
FREE ZONE
. Then press the
HOME CELL
button to execute
the move.
Illegal moves
During the game, if you
make an illegal move, an X
icon will display on the
LCD.
Keeping Track of Cards
During the game, you can
ZONE
by using the
FREE CELL
KEY
and the
CELL KEY
1-8.
All the cards must be moved
in ascending order. (See
below for game rules and
details.)
Rules and Details of
Playing Free Cell
Moving cards between
the
CARD ZONE
and
FREE ZONE
To move a card between
the
CARD ZONE
and the
FREE
ZONE
, first press the appro-
priate
CELL KEY
below the
row containing the card you
would like to move. Next
press
FREE CELL
. You’ll see
that the lowest stacking card
in the column you chose
will be moved to the
FREE
ZONE
. For example, if you
press
CELL KEY
1, the lowest
stacking card in column one
(cell zone one) will flash.
By next pressing
FREE CELL
,
you’ll move that card into
the
FREE ZONE
.
Note that only four cards
can be held in the
FREE ZONE
at one time. If you want to
move a card out of the
FREE
ZONE
into the
CARD ZONE
,
first press
FREE CELL
to
select the card, and then
press the
CELL KEY
corres-
ponding to the column
where you want to place the
card.
The card you are moving
from the
FREE ZONE
must be
the opposite color of the
lowest stacking card in the
column you are moving it
to. (If you are moving a red
card, for example, the low-
est stacking card in the des-
ignated column must be
black.) Also, the sequence
must be in descending order.
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