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GameTime ™ II INSTRUCTION GUIDE Model 750GT-2 ...
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2 CONGRATULATIONS! The GameTime™, manufactured and designed by Excalibur Electronics, is the best timekeeper for any activity where time is critical in two-player games. It offers a wide variety of preset game options that cover just about every situa - tion you can think of. And if you need a unique game option, you can set it up yourself, and t ...
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Quick Start How about a nice game of Chess? 5 How about a nice crossword game? 6 How about a nice game of Go? 7 2. Introduction Getting acquainted with GameTime™ 8 3. Preset Time Controls The only options you may ever need 12 4. Additional Game Options Getting the most out of GameTime™ 14 Setting the FIDE bonus time option ...
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OK, now that the batteries are in…. The unit will beep when batteries are installed. If it does not beep, please use a pointed object and press the ACL button recessed on the bottom of the unit. If that fails to cor - CHAPTER 1. QUICK START This chapter is for those impatient types who are already familiar with chess clocks and want to begin usin ...
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rect the problem, check battery installation. Numbers will appear on the display panel, if they don’t, adjust the brightness control wheel (see diagram, facing page). Each time GameTime™ is turned on, the clock will reset for a new game. The ON/OFF button is located on the underside to prevent turning the clock off during play, acciden - tally ...
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7. Slide the PAUSE/PLAY switch PLAY. 8. Black now presses his plunger to start your “White’s clock. This is very impor - tant. Every move, including White’s first, must be counted! (Your clock’s move counter relies on this rule.) Watch your Kingside! IMPORTANT NOTE: Your clock comes preset for a two-second delay for each move - during SUDDE ...
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front of the time to indicate it is displaying overtime time. Generally, word game tournaments allow 25 minutes per player. This corresponds to PRESET 14 . You need not worry about the DELAY feature, since selecting WORD mode will eliminate the Chess DELAY feature. Follow this procedure to set your clock for a Word game tournament: 1. Level GameTim ...
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Follow this procedure to set your clock for a Go tournament game: 1. Level GameTime’s™ PLUNGERS . 2. Slide the PAUSE/PLAY switch to PAUSE . 3. Reset GameTime™ by holding down the ON/OFF button on the underside of the clock for a few seconds. Now release the button and press it again to turn GameTime™ on. 4. Press the SELECT button to see th ...
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don’t, adjust the brightness control wheel (see diagram on page 4). Once over quickly Let’s take a quick look at the GameTime’s™ controls, shown on page 4. When you’re playing a game, the display panel shows the time remaining for each player, the number of moves made so far, and similar details. When setting up a game, it shows the optio ...
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3. Reset GameTime™ by holding down the ON/OFF button on the underside of the clock for a few seconds. Now release the button and press it again to turn GameTime™ on. 4. Set which player moves first by pressing the WHITE button. Use the + button to switch which side the word FIRST appears in the display. 5. Press SELECT . In the display panel, t ...
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for example, a tournament director or referee must subtract time from a player’s clock as the result of a penalty.) 1. Slide the PAUSE/PLAY switch to PAUSE . 2. Press SELECT to display the time remaining. You can first adjust the number of seconds remaining for the clock on the left. Use the + and – buttons to select the number of seconds you w ...
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GameTime™ offers. Then dip into Chapter 4 for an explanation of the most common options you’ll want to set from day to day. Tackle Chapter 5 and 6 when you’re ready to start selecting your own time controls and want to learn more about the advanced options. CHAPTER 3. PRESET TIME CONTROLS The only options you may ever need In this chapter, we ...
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lasts no more than four hours – a three-hour playing session (90 minutes for each player), followed by a one-hour sudden-death session (30 minutes for each player). • Professional-level tournaments with one game a day might offer a primary time con - trol of 40/2, followed by a secondary time control of 20/1, and a sudden-death time control of ...
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CHAPTER 4. ADDITIONAL GAME OPTIONS Getting the most out of GameTime™ This chapter describes the many game options that make the GameTime™ a powerful tool for both casual and tournament games. Here’s what you can do: • Set a count-down delay. • Control how time forfeits are handled. • Save a game in progress so you can continue it later. ...
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delay gives a player just enough time to make the routine moves that it would take to ensure a win in such a situation. At this writing, USCF’S rules call for a delay of two seconds for “Speed Chess” time controls up to, but not including G/10. For controls G/10 to G/29 (called “Quick Chess”), the delay is three seconds. For all longer ti ...
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you cannot only save a game, you can play other games while the adjourned game remains in memory. You can keep only one game in memory at a time. Saving a game erases the previously saved game. Changing batteries also erases any saved game. To save a game in progress: 1. Slide the PAUSE/PLAY switch to PAUSE . 2. Press the SELECT button until you se ...
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GameTime™ continues to keep track of moves even when the counter is hidden. Ending a game after a specified number of moves GameTime™ can end a game after a specified number of moves. After the specified move number the clock will show a forfeit. 1. Slide the PAUSE/PLAY switch to PAUSE. 2. Press the SELECT button until you see the words GAME EN ...
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2. Press the SELECT button until you see the word ACCUM on the display. 3. Use the + button to select On or OFF . 4. Press VERIFY or slide the PAUSE/PLAY switch to PLAY . Turning GameTime’s™ beep sound off The GameTime™ beeps when a player loses a game by failing to meet a time control. You can also set GameTime™ to beep before a time contr ...
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To control the DELAY or ACCUM scope: 1. Slide the PAUSE/PLAY switch to PAUSE 2. Press SELECT until you see the words DELAY (or ACCUM) and ALL in the display. 3. Use the + button to SELECT On or OFF . SELECT On to apply the count-down delay (or bonus time) to any primary and secondary time controls you’ve set in addition to sudden-death. SELECT OF ...
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1. Slide the PAUSE/PLAY switch to PAUSE . 2. Press the SELECT button until you see the word SECOND on the display. 3. Use the + button to select OFF or On . 4. Press VERIFY or slide the PAUSE/PLAY switch to PLAY . CHAPTER 5. CUSTOM TIME CONTROLS Setting your own time controls The GameTime’s™ presets offer the most common time controls. But some ...
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left-hand clock for the PRIMARY time control. 5. Press SELECT and use the + and – buttons to enter the number of minutes on the left-hand clock. Holding the + or – buttons down will make the numbers change rapidly. 6. Press SELECT and use the + and – buttons to enter the number of seconds on the right-hand clock. 7. Press SELECT and use the + ...
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added to your opponent’s clock, and vice versa. Customizing Hour Glass time OR Cancelling Hour Glass Preset Once you have selected preset HG , and before you start your game by switching to PLAY mode, you can customize how much time you want to use for the Hour Glass preset. When you are finished using the Hour Glass preset, also follow this proc ...
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However, unlike SUDDEN death in Chess, the game does not end when the main time control has ended. Instead when the player uses all of their time, the player enters an overtime time control. GameTime™ turns on a FLAG near the time of the player that enters overtime. There are two types of overtime methods used by Go players. PRESET 84-87: Byo-Yom ...
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will turn on near their time indicating overtime. For the second time control (overtime), each player receives a number of stones equal to the move count for the second time control. You have a specified amount of time to play those stones. For example, preset 88 is G/30m 30/5m, which gives you 30 minutes of initial thinking time. After that, you r ...
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3. Reset GameTime™ by holding down the ON/OFF button on the underside of the clock for a few seconds. Now release the button and press it again to turn GameTime™ on. 4. Press the SELECT button to see the word PRESET on the display. 5. Use the + and – buttons to change the preset number to 14 . 6. Press the SELECT button until you see the word ...
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26 NOTES ...
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27 APPENDIX A. ...
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28 EXCALIBUR ELECTRONICS, INC., war - rants to the original consumer that its products are free from any electrical or mechanical defects for a period of ONE YEAR from the date of purchase. If any such defect is dis - covered within the warranty period, EXCAL - IBUR ELECTRONICS, INC., will repair or replace the unit free of charge upon receipt of t ...
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