Displaying the settings of a preset mode

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2.1 Displaying the settings of a preset mode

When viewing a time mode, the settings can be displayed by pressing the LEFT and RIGHT key. The display will cycle through the settings.

Tournament Mode 2C is shown below:

Phase	Time Allowed in Phase	Moves Required	Delay Time
Primary	2:00:00 (hours:min:sec)	40	0.05 (mins:secs)
Secondary	1:00 (hours:min:sec)	20	0.05 (mins:secs)
Tertiary	0:30 (hours:min:sec)	0	0.05 (mins:secs)

2.2 Adjusting the Settings of a Preset Mode

All the Competition Game Clock preset modes can be edited to suit the user’s game style.

1)For example, in Tournament Mode 2C, the default display will show 2:00 40. This means 40 moves must be made in 2 hours for the PRIMARY time phase.

3)Pressing RIGHT again will show 01:00 20. The phase indicator changes to SECONDARY. This means 20 moves must be made in 1 hour.

5)Pressing RIGHT again will show 00:30 0. The phase indicator changes to TERTIARY. This means there are 30 minutes left and no minimum move requirements.

2) Pressing RIGHT will show

-.-- 0.05s. This means 5 seconds will be added per move in the PRIMARY time phase.

4) Pressing RIGHT will show

-.-- 0.05s. This means 5 seconds will be added per move in the SECONDARY time phase.

6)Pressing RIGHT again will show

-.-- 0:05s. This means 5 seconds will be added per move in the TERTIARY time phase.

1Find the mode you want to change using UP/DOWN on the Control Pad.

2Press EDIT to enter editing mode.

3The left most digit on the left LCD will flash showing the position of the cursor.

4In EDIT mode, the 4-way Control Pad changes function from mode selection to cursor movement and value adjustment.

5Pressing UP or DOWN either increases or decreases the value at the cursor location.

6Use the LEFT and RIGHT to cycle through the settings for the time mode. Each mode has a different number of settings available to adjust.

7When the new settings have been entered, press EDIT to exit and press one of the Time Control Buttons on top of the Game Clock to start the game.

If you want to use the edited time control again, you can save it as your "coach's favourite" (see Section 3 for more information).

Game Clock specifications

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