Saitek III manual Sound with Keypress, Silent Mode, Coach Mode, Ticking Clock, Countdown Clock

•Auto Play will be cancelled if you press ENT during a game to abort the computer’s search.

•This option will go back to its default setting of OFF whenever you press ENT and CL together for a NEW GAME.

b.Sound with Keypress

On:+SNd Off:-SNd

This option lets you turn off the sound that accompanies a keypress. You’ll still hear beeps when the computer moves, when you press GO/ STOP, reset for a NEW GAME, or make an illegal move or keypress.

c. Silent Mode

On:+SIL Off:-SIL

Normally, the computer always beeps when it has found its move. For completely silent operation, turn on Silent Mode.

d. Coach Mode

On:+Coch Off:-Coch

Selecting +Coch turns on special coaching features that encourage you to concentrate on your strategic planning. In Coach Mode, the computer looks over your shoulder while you play, watching what you do and helping you when you need assistance! Here, the computer will warn you if you are in danger of losing a piece. If one of your pieces is threatened by a lesser valued piece, for example, the computer will sound warning beeps and flash the board light of the threatened piece for a few seconds. To continue the game, make your next move (or take back both the computer’s and your last move and make a different one).

With Coach Mode on, the computer will also sound warning beeps if it thinks you have committed a blunder and your move is about to lead to an avoidable material loss. It does this by sounding warning beeps and flashing the move it intends to make. You can either enter the computer’s move, or take back your own move and make another one.

e. Ticking Clock

On:+tic Off:-tic

When you turn this option on, you activate a ticking sound that makes the computer’s clock sound like a real chess clock. Just imagine—you can create the atmosphere of a championship chess tournament in your own living room!

f. Countdown Clock

On:+c:dn Off:-c:dn

Turning this option on causes the computer to display the countdown time instead of the elapsed time. This option can only be used with the Tournament and Speed Chess Levels.

g. Bronstein Clock

On: bc 2 . bc 5 . bc10 . bc15 . bc 20 . bc 30 . bc 60

Off: bc 0

On the Speed Chess and Tournament Levels, you have a fixed amount of time for each game, and the time decreases as you think. On these levels, players often find themselves running out of time towards the end of the game—struggling to try and make good moves in a hurry, and often ending up making inferior moves instead. The Bronstein Clock offers special time controls that help alleviate such problems! This is done by adding a certain amount of time after each move, where the time for the whole game is only reduced if you go over this fixed time.

Here’s an example: Let’s say you’re playing Speed Chess Level 28,

where you have a total of 20 minutes for the whole game. Activating the bc10 option will give you an extra 10 seconds per move maximum (added after you make your move). Note that you can’t gain extra time or increase overall thinking time by playing each move more quickly, because:

•If you use 7 seconds to make your move, only 7 seconds will be added to your total time, not 10 seconds.

•If you use 10 seconds or more to make your move, only 10 seconds will be added to your total time.

When the Bronstein Clock option is displayed, press ENT repeatedly to select your desired time setting, as described below:

BRONSTEIN CLOCK SETTINGS	DISPLAY
Bronstein Clock off	bc	0
2 sec. added after each move	bc	2
5 sec. added after each move	bc	5
10 sec. added after each move	bc 10
15 sec. added after each move	bc 15
20 sec. added after each move	bc 20
30 sec. added after each move	bc 30
60 sec. added after each move	bc 60

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