Excalibur electronic 404-2 manual Special Touch Areas, Function Keys

or pawn you wish to move. You'll hear a beep and the piece wil flash. If you hear an error buzz and the piece does not flash, that piece cannot legally move anywhere. If you change your mind and want to move a different piece, simply press the From square again to cancel the move.

Now gently press on the center of the square you want to move it To. You'll hear a beep, letting you know your move has been registered.

After you make your move, Touch Chess will reply with its move auto- matically. You’ll see the piece flash on its From square and move to its To square. Throughout the game, the display at the top keeps track of the move number and the elapsed time for each move.

Special Touch Areas

Features are controlled by four spe- cial areas above the chess board and six Function keys. The four function areas are:

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

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THREAT AREA

If the Threat Warning Indicator (!) is on, pressing the center of this area will flash the threatening move on the chess board.

COLOR AREA

Press this area during Setup mode to change the color of the side to move.

SCORE AREA

Press the center of this area to change between displaying the number of the current move to dis- playing the position score. Pressing it again will return the dis- play to the move number. The scor- ing totals the following values: Pawns–1, Knights–3, Bishops–3, Rooks–5, and Queen–9.

CLOCK AREA

Your Touch Chess normally shows the time taken for each move. Press the center of this area to instead show the total game time. Press again to return to move time.

Function Keys

There are more special features than there are keys, so each key has two labels. The label below a key shows the primary function of the key. The label above a key shows its secondary function.