User manual SAITEK GAME CLOCK

[. . . ] KEYS AND FEATURES 1 3 12 4 10 6 7 8 5 9 11 2 14 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Timing Activator Buttons Press to start your opponent's clock after you have selected a timing option or after you have adjusted the time and/or number of moves on the clock. Press your opponent's button to restart the clock from PAUSE mode. Battery Compartment Located on the base of the unit. Simply slide off the lid and insert 2 C size batteries according to the polarity symbols marked inside the compartment. [. . . ] Players can also gain more overall thinking time by completing a 6 move faster than the time allowed for each move. You can decide how much extra time will be added to your overall time for the whole game by programming Game Clock before you start the game. The time is then either added "before" or "after" (see below for explanation). Timing Option Time for Whole Game plus Free Time for Each Individual Move Time Added Before or After In preset timer option d), ADD AFTER appears on the right hand LCD. This means that the time available for each individual move (x) will be added to your clock as soon as you have made your move and pressed your Timing Activator button i. e. If you make a move in less than the allocated free time per move (x), you will make a net gain in time on the clock. Preset Timer Method a) To play a game using the first Preset Timer option, press one of the Timing Activator buttons to start one of the clocks. Each player then has 3 minutes to complete all the moves and 2 seconds free time for each individual move. This means that 2 seconds will be added to your opponent's clock as soon as you have made your move and pressed the Timing Activator button i. e. If your opponent then makes a move in less than 2 seconds, he or she will make a net gain in remaining time on the clock. You have 3 minutes on your clock and your opponent presses the Timing Activator button. Your clock now shows 3 minutes and 2 seconds. If you then complete your move and press your Timing Activator button in 1 second, your clock will show 3 minutes and 1 second, because you made the move in a faster time than was allocated. In this way, you can accumulate free time on the remaining time for the game, by completing your move in less than 2 seconds each time. Conversely, if you go over the allocated 2 seconds, then your remaining time will be proportionately reduced by the amount of time it takes you to complete your move. Preset Timer Methods b), c), d) Under this general Bonus Timer option, you have another 3 preset timer methods to choose from. To switch to the second preset timer option, press BONUS TIMER instead of the Timing Activator button. Each player then has 50 minutes to complete all Bonus Timer Preset Timer Option a) b) c) d) 3 minutes + 2 seconds/move 50 minutes + 2 seconds/move 1 minute + 1 minute/move 1 minute + 1 minute/move Before Before Before After To play a game using the Bonus Timer method, press BONUS TIMER. A triangle pointing to BONUS TIMER appears on the LCD to show that you have selected this option. By pressing BONUS TIMER you have automatically selected the first preset timer option. The amount of time you have on the clock appears on the left hand LCD (in this case, 3 minutes for the whole game plus 2 seconds free time per move). This means that the free time for each individual move (x) will be added to your opponent's clock as soon as you have made your move and pressed your Timing Activator button i. e. [. . . ] To start timing, simply decide who will move first. If you are the first to move, press your opponent's Timing Activator button to start your clock. An LED lights up on the appropriate LCD to remind you which side is playing. Press your Timing Activator button as soon as you have completed your move. [. . . ]