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GameTime
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INSTRUCTION GUIDE
Model 750GT-2
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CONGRATULATIONS! The GameTime™, manufactured and designed by Excalibur Electronics, is the best timekeeper for any activity where time is critical in two-player games. It offers a wide variety of preset game options that cover just about every situa- tion you can think of. And if you need a unique game option, you can set it up yourself, and the GameTime™ remembers the settings so you can use it any time you like! In a dramatic breakthrough, GameTime’s™ delay option solves one of the biggest p
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Quick Start How about a nice game of Chess? 5 How about a nice crossword game? 6 How about a nice game of Go? 7 2. Introduction Getting acquainted with GameTime™ 8 3. Preset Time Controls The only options 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 Player
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CHAPTER 1. QUICK START This chapter is for those impatient types who are already 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 longer darken th
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rect the problem, check battery installation. Numbers will appear on the display panel, if they don’t, adjust the brightness control wheel (see diagram, facing page). Each time GameTime™ is turned on, the clock will reset for a new game. The ON/OFF button is located on the underside to prevent turning the clock off during play, acciden- tally or otherwise! Another safeguard is built in – to turn GameTime™ off, you must hold the ON/OFF button down for a few seconds. How about a nice game of Chess
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7. Slide the PAUSE/PLAY switch PLAY. 8. Black now presses his plunger to start your “White’s clock. This is very impor- tant. Every move, including White’s first, must be counted! (Your clock’s move counter relies on this rule.) Watch your Kingside! IMPORTANT NOTE: Your clock comes preset for a two-second delay for each move- during SUDDEN time control. (For a discussion of the advantages of a delay, and how to change this setting, see Chapter 4.) Your time elapsed display won’t change un
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front of the time to indicate it is displaying overtime time. Generally, word game tournaments allow 25 minutes per player. This corresponds to PRESET 14. You need not worry about the DELAY feature, since selecting WORD mode will eliminate the Chess DELAY feature. Follow this procedure to set your clock for a Word game tournament: 1. Level GameTime’s™ PLUNGERS. 2. Slide the PAUSE/PLAY switch to PAUSE. 3. Reset GameTime™ by holding down the ON/OFF button on the underside of the clock for a few se
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Follow this procedure to set your clock for a Go tournament game: 1. Level GameTime’s™ PLUNGERS. 2. Slide the PAUSE/PLAY switch to PAUSE. 3. Reset GameTime™ by holding down the ON/OFF button on the underside of the clock for a few seconds. Now release the button and press it again to turn GameTime™ on. 4. Press the SELECT button to see the word PRESET on the display. 5. Use the + and – buttons to change to a preset number between 84 and 91. 6. Slide the PAUSE/PLAY switch to PLAY. Playing the nex
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don’t, adjust the brightness control wheel (see diagram on page 4). Once over quickly Let’s take a quick look at the GameTime’s™ controls, shown on page 4. When you’re playing a game, the display panel shows the time remaining for each player, the number of moves made so far, and similar details. When setting up a game, it shows the options you can choose from. When you slide the PAUSE/PLAY switch to PAUSE, you can adjust a game’s time or adjust options for a game in progress. Slide the switch
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3. Reset GameTime™ by holding down the ON/OFF button on the underside of the clock for a few seconds. Now release the button and press it again to turn GameTime™ on. 4. Set which player moves first by pressing the WHITE button. Use the + button to switch which side the word FIRST appears in the display. 5. Press SELECT. In the display panel, the word PRESET and the number 05 appears. 6. Choose a different PRESET by using the + button to increase the PRESET num- ber and the – button to decrea
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for example, a tournament director or referee must subtract time from a player’s clock as the result of a penalty.) 1. Slide the PAUSE/PLAY switch to PAUSE. 2. Press SELECT to display the time remaining. You can first adjust the number of seconds remaining for the clock on the left. Use the + and – buttons to select the number of seconds you want. Holding the + or – buttons down will make the numbers change rapidly. Press SELECT again to display the number of minutes remaining for the clock on t
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GameTime™ offers. Then dip into Chapter 4 for an explanation of the most common options you’ll want to set from day to day. Tackle Chapter 5 and 6 when you’re ready to start selecting your own time controls and want to learn more about the advanced options. CHAPTER 3. PRESET TIME CONTROLS The only options you may ever need In this chapter, we’ll explain what time controls are, what advantages the preset time controls offer, and show you how to select a preset time control. You can always set
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lasts no more than four hours – a three-hour playing session (90 minutes for each player), followed by a one-hour sudden-death session (30 minutes for each player). • Professional-level tournaments with one game a day might offer a primary time con- trol of 40/2, followed by a secondary time control of 20/1, and a sudden-death time control of G/60. • A secondary time control repeats if there is no sudden-death time control. The GameTime™ also offers some innovative time controls. For exampl
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CHAPTER 4. ADDITIONAL GAME OPTIONS Getting the most out of GameTime™ This chapter describes the many game options that make the GameTime™ a powerful tool for both casual and tournament games. Here’s what you can do: • Set a count-down delay. • Control how time forfeits are handled. • Save a game in progress so you can continue it later. • Show or hide the move counter. • End the game after a specified number of moves. • Enable a FIDE bonus time to be added after a move. • Turn Ga
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delay gives a player just enough time to make the routine moves that it would take to ensure a win in such a situation. At this writing, USCF’S rules call for a delay of two seconds for “Speed Chess” time controls up to, but not including G/10. For controls G/10 to G/29 (called “Quick Chess”), the delay is three seconds. For all longer time controls the suggested delay is five seconds. But remember, when playing a tournament, your director will specify the delay setting to use. To set a countd
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you cannot only save a game, you can play other games while the adjourned game remains in memory. You can keep only one game in memory at a time. Saving a game erases the previously saved game. Changing batteries also erases any saved game. To save a game in progress: 1. Slide the PAUSE/PLAY switch to PAUSE. 2. Press the SELECT button until you see the word SAVE in the display. 3. Use the + button to turn the option ON . 4. Press VERIFY or slide the PAUSE/PLAY switch to PLAY. You can now play
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GameTime™ continues to keep track of moves even when the counter is hidden. Ending a game after a specified number of moves GameTime™ can end a game after a specified number of moves. After the specified move number the clock will show a forfeit. 1. Slide the PAUSE/PLAY switch to PAUSE. 2. Press the SELECT button until you see the words GAME END in the display. 3. Use the + button to select On or OFF. 4. Press SELECT to set the number of moves. You see the words COUNTER and GAME END. Use the +
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2. Press the SELECT button until you see the word ACCUM on the display. 3. Use the + button to select On or OFF. 4. Press VERIFY or slide the PAUSE/PLAY switch to PLAY. Turning GameTime’s™ beep sound off The GameTime™ beeps when a player loses a game by failing to meet a time control. You can also set GameTime™ to beep before a time control is about to expire (see the following section). To turn the beep on or off: 1. Slide the PAUSE/PLAY switch to PAUSE. 2. Press the SELECT button until the wor
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To control the DELAY or ACCUM scope: 1. Slide the PAUSE/PLAY switch to PAUSE 2. Press SELECT until you see the words DELAY (or ACCUM) and ALL in the display. 3. Use the + button to SELECT On or OFF. SELECT On to apply the count-down delay (or bonus time) to any primary and secondary time controls you’ve set in addition to sudden-death. SELECT OFF to apply the count-down delay (or bonus time) to sudden-death only. 4. Press VERIFY or slide the PLAY/PAUSE switch to PLAY. Enabling WORD mode for “N
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1. Slide the PAUSE/PLAY switch to PAUSE. 2. Press the SELECT button until you see the word SECOND on the display. 3. Use the + button to select OFF or On. 4. Press VERIFY or slide the PAUSE/PLAY switch to PLAY. CHAPTER 5. CUSTOM TIME CONTROLS Setting your own time controls The GameTime’s™ presets offer the most common time controls. But sometimes you may want to create your own time control. For example, you may want to set a time- odds game where one player has 10 minutes and the other five m
