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Saitek Blade User Manual

Manual is about: Saitek Blade Toys: User Guide

Summary of Blade

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    1 english keys and features introduction 1. Using your chess computer 1 first, install the batteries 2 ready to play? Here’s how to move! 3 the computer makes its move 4 changed your mind? Take back! 5 game over? Start a new game 6 too easy/hard? Change levels! 7 voice, beeps on/off? It’s your choic...

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    2 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h new game non auto level take back voice coach play evaluate smart hint say again display move keys and features 1. Piece storage compartment: handy storage area for your chess pieces. 2. Battery compartment: in base of unit. Uses four “aa” (am3/r6) alkaline batterie...

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    3 english computer features to watch for! • exciting and informative voice output makes chess easy to learn and a pleasure to play! • sensory chessboard for easy move input; 16 bright board lights used to indicate all moves. • special coaching features allow you to learn as you play—the computer wil...

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    4 changed your mind? Take back! 4 if you make a mistake or change your mind about a move, it’s easy to take moves back! Press take back when it is your turn to move, and the computer will an- nounce the move to be taken back (e.G., black takes back knight move ). The computer also uses board lights ...

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    5 english pawn promotion: • when you promote a pawn, first press your pawn down on its from square, as usual. As soon as you press down on the to square, you will hear pawn now queen— and your pawn automatically becomes a queen! If you would rather underpromote to a knight, bishop, or rook, first pr...

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    6 assistance! To accept the hint as your move, simply make the suggested move on the board. If you would rather make a different move, disregard the hint and press another piece to make a move of your own. 2.6 interrupting the computer’s search to interrupt the computer while it is thinking, press p...

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    7 english can continue your game! • replay to any board possition for further study. Entering non auto mode is confirmed by a beep. To exit this mode and return to normal play, press non auto again. A double beep will verify that this mode has been cancelled. Note that non auto mode is also auto- ma...

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    8 against the stiffer opposition of a higher level. Level b1 is the weakest level. On this level, the value of material is set so that the computer will not only “hang” pieces (leave pieces unguarded), but will also actually try to lose material. Watching the computer throw away its queen would not ...

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    9 english ply, and thus only looks ahead one individual move. This results in much weaker play, giving beginners and aver- age players a better chance of beating the computer. These levels start out easy and get progressively more difficult—as you conquer each level, go on to the next! 3.9 quiet clo...

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    10 square g2 ...................... 2 seconds square g3 ...................... 5 seconds square g4 .................... 10 seconds square g5 .................... 30 seconds square g6 ...................... 1 minute square g7 ...................... 2 minutes square g8 ...................... 3 minutes...

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    11 english briefly. Here, you are choosing to play a normal game of chess, with all voice output—but with the coach functions turned off. • voice/coach level g: beeps only board light g indicates a level where the computer uses beeps to signify moves, keypresses, and other game activity. The voice w...

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    12 troubleshooting guide action to take install batteries as shown in 1.1. Replace the batteries. Press into the hole marked acl, as described in section 5.1. The computer only responds to moves automati- cally if non auto mode is off (see section 2.10). You may interrupt the computer by pressing pl...