Excalibur electronic 915-W - 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 elimi-
nate the automatic 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 dis-
played. 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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chance to test yourself at this
feat. To use this option, clear the
large playing board of pieces.
Press the
BOARD
key. The pieces
on the LCD chessboard will dis-
appear—you are now “blind-
folded”! 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 confirm
the position. You can then play
the game out normally or press
BOARD
again to continue playing
“blindfold.” This exercise may
help you learn to visualize better
when you play “without a blind-
fold.”
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
normal 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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