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

Touch Chess

Operating Manual

Model 404

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

If your unit has a Pull Tab, simply pull the tab. You may discard the tab once it has been pulled out. If there is no Pull Tab, or to replace batteries, the procedure is as follows: Using a small Phillips screw- driver, remove the battery-compartment panel screws on the back of Touch Chess. Then remove the panel by pulling gently from the top. Install three fresh AG13 batteries, making sure to follow the dia- gram in each battery slot so that the polar- ity (+ or -) of the batteries is correct.

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 . This indicates you are at the first move of the game and ready to play chess.

Adjust the display contrast for best viewing. The contrast control is on the bottom of the unit.

Touch Chess gives you the White pieces—the ones at the bottom of the board. White always moves first.

The way you select and make your move is very simple. Think of communicating your move as a two-step process—regis- tering the from square and then register- ing the to square of the move you wish to make.

Using the supplied stylus (plastic pen), press down gently on the center of the square for the piece or pawn you wish to move. You’ll hear a beep and the piece or pawn will flash. If you hear an error buzz, and the piece does not flash, then 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 it.

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 automatically. You’ll see the piece flash on its from square and move to its to square. During the game, the display shows the move number and the elapsed time for each move.