Excalibur electronic 404ET manual Install the Batteries, Play a Game Right Away

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Touch Chess

II

Operating Manual

Model 404ET

Congratulations on your purchase of Excalibur Electronics’ Touch Chess! You’ve purchased both your own person- al chess trainer and a partner who’s always ready for a game—and who can improve as you do!

Install the Batteries

Using a small Phillips screwdriver, remove the battery-compartment panel screw on the back of Touch Chess. Install two fresh, alkaline AAA batteries, making sure to follow the diagram in each battery slot so that the polarity (+ or -) of the batteries is correct.

Replace the battery compartment panel. When replacing the screw, secure it gen- tly, do not force or over-tighten it.

Play a Game Right Away

After you have installed the batteries, the display will show the chess board with all the pieces on their starting squares. The LCD will also show 01CHESS. This indicates you are at the first move of the game and ready to play chess. If it does not display 01CHESS, press RESET using a thin pointed object.

Unless you instruct it otherwise, Touch Chess gives you the White pieces—the

ones at the bottom of the board. White always moves first. You’re ready to play!

Besides deciding on a good move, you have to move the piece in a way that Touch Chess will recognize what's been played. Think of communicating your move as a two-step process--registering the FROM square and then registering the TO square.

Press the stylus down gently on the cen- ter of the piece on the FROM square. Touch Chess will display the coordinates of the FROM square-for example "E2." Then press the stylus down gently on the

IMPORTANT NOTE:

When you are in check, you

have very few moves. If you find you can’t select the move you want to make, look for the ‘+’ check sign. You probably forgot you are in check.