Excalibur electronic Docker 976 User Manual

DOCKER

ACCESSORY

Model 976

An amazing feature of Excalibur’s
Electronic Chess is its ability to be con­nected to a sensory chessboard (the

DOCKER) and used with real chess pieces!

Attaching Electronic Chess to

the

DOCKER

To attach Electronic Chess to the DOCKER,
first make sure Electronic Chess is turned
off. Then place Electronic Chess face­down on a soft surface so that the small
connection cover is near you and the larg­er, battery-compartment cover (at the top
of the unit) is farther away.

Next remove the connection cover. Do
this by inserting your thumbnail into the
notch at the very bottom of the unit (see
“1” at right). For safekeeping, insert the
connection cover in the slot midway
between the battery and connection cov­ers. To do this, notice the protruding tip in
the middle of one edge of the cover.
Insert this protruding tip in the slot with
the edge having the two dimples posi­tioned next to the silver name plate. See
“2” at right.

Now, with one hand, place your thumb
where the protruding tip was inserted,
and place two fingers on the two dimples.
Push down with your thumb and use your

two fingers to GENTLY pull the two dim­ples toward your thumb. This will lock
the cover into place. To remove the cover
from its storage slot, use your thumb and
finger to work it out of its locked posi­tion.

Turn Electronic Chess face-up and locate
the three small plastic bumps just above
the Excalibur logo. Slide Electronic
Chess into the
plastic bumps are just visible above the
plastic chute of the

After you have inserted Electronic Chess
into the
(included with the DOCKER) on their start-

DOCKER until the three

DOCKER.

DOCKER, set up the chess pieces

Turn OFF Electronic

Chess before inserting into

DOCKER or removing it

the

from the DOCKER.

ing squares. Use the chessboard screen on
Electronic Chess as a reference, in case
you are unsure where a piece belongs.
Don’t forget that the queen always goes
on her own color square!

Play a Game Right Away

Now turn Electronic Chess on. Using the
edge of the pawn (see diagram, below),
press on the center of square E2.

You’ll see that E2-__ appears on the dis­play. Now use the edge of the pawn to
press the center of square E4. Place the
pawn on square E4.

Electronic Chess will respond with its
move by showing the
coordinates on the display. Electronic
Chess expects you to move its piece by
pressing on its from-square and then on
the to-square.

It’s now your move again!

from- and to-square

Letting Electronic Chess

Move First

After you’ve made your move on the

DOCKER, Electronic Chess then knows

you are connected to the
wait for you to press its

DOCKER and will

from- and to-
squares when it displays a move. But if
you’d like Electronic Chess instead to
make the first move and to play the white
pieces at the top of the board, simply
press the

GO key on Electronic Chess.
Electronic Chess does not know you are
using the

DOCKER, and assumes that you

are not. Therefore it simply moves its
piece on the Electronic Chess board, and
assumes you will make its opening move

DOCKER chessboard without press-

on the
ing on its

from- and to-squares.

Special Moves

When you castle your king on the DOCK-

ER, Electronic Chess will remind you to

move your rook by displaying the

to-squares. Move the rook in the rou-

and
tine manner, pressing on its
and then its

to-square. (Likewise, when

from-square

Electronic Chess castles, it will also
remind you to move its rook.)

en passant capture, press the from-

For an
and to-squares of the capturing pawn.
The square of the pawn being captured
will then appear on the display. This is to
remind you to remove the captured pawn.
And remember, you must press down on
the captured pawn before removing it
from the board.

If you’d like to undo a move on the

ER, simply reverse the procedure for mak-

ing a move, pushing first on the
and then on the

from-square. If the move

to-square

you are taking back was a capture,

2

from-

DOCK-

Electronic Chess will also signal the cap­tured square. Refer to the chessboard on
the LCD screen to see the proper piece to
press on the captured square.

If you make an illegal move on the

ER, you’ll need to follow the standard

DOCK-

procedure of undoing a move noted
above, pushing first on the

to-square and
then on the from-square of the illegal
move.

Interrupting a Game

If you’re in the middle of a game using
the DOCKER and decide to continue the
game using only Electronic Chess, sim­ply turn off Electronic Chess when it’s
your move. Disconnect Electronic Chess
from the

DOCKER, and then turn

Electronic Chess back on. Now continue
your game, using the

DIRECTION keys

to enter your moves.
If you then decide you’d like to finish the

game on the

DOCKER, turn Electronic

Chess off, and insert it into the DOCKER.
Turn Electronic Chess back on and
arrange the pieces on the

DOCKER chess-

board to match the chess pieces on the
Electronic Chess screen.

Note: Don’t take back a move on
Electronic Chess until you have made a
move on Electronic Chess using the
DIRECTION keys. (Entering your move
on Electronic Chess tells the computer
that you are no longer using the

DOCKER.)

Play without

Using Real Pieces

If you choose, you can play without using
three-dimensional chess pieces, viewing
only the display instead. Press the
key, then repeatedly press the OPTIONS
key until TOUCH is shown. Use the +1

2nd

key to turn this option either on or off.
When this option is turned on, Electronic
Chess will just signal its moves on the
screen and you will not have to register
its moves on the

DOCKER. In this mode,

the large playing board acts as a touch
screen, allowing you to input your moves
by pressing the

from- and to-squares with

your finger.

Position Setup

At any time during a game when it is your
move, you may change the position on
the board by either adding or removing a
piece, or by changing any of the pieces—
for example, substituting a queen for a
knight.

To remove a piece, press the 2nd key,
followed by the

SETUP key. Then press
the square of the piece you want to
remove and press
piece. Press

GO to remove the

CLEAR to continue the

game.

To change a piece or add a piece on a
square

, press the 2nd key, then repeated-

ly press the

SETUP key to select the cor­rect piece. The first time you press the
square, a black piece of the type you have
selected will appear. Press the square
once more and the color of the piece will
switch to white. If you made an error and
want the piece to be black again instead,
just press on the square once more. Then
press

GO to register the piece. Press

CLEAR to continue the game.

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Special Care

• Avoid rough handling such as bumping or dropping.

• Avoid moisture and extreme temperatures. For best results,
use between the temperatures of 39ºF and 100ºF (4ºC and
38ºC).

• Clean using only a slightly damp cloth. Do not use cleansers
with chemical agents.

Due to continuing improvements, actual
product may differ slightly
described herein.

from the product

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EXCALIBUR ELECTRONICS, INC., war­rants 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 dis­covered within the warranty period, EXCAL­IBUR ELECTRONICS, INC., will repair or
replace the unit free of charge upon receipt of
the unit, shipped postage prepaid and insured
to the factory address shown at right.

The warranty covers normal consumer use
and does not cover damage that occurs in
shipment or failure that results from alter­ations, accident, misuse, abuse, neglect, wear
and tear, inadequate maintenance, commer­cial use, or unreasonable use of the unit.
Removal of the top panel voids all warranties.
This warranty does not cover cost of repairs
made or attempted outside of the factory.

Any applicable implied warranties, including
warranties of merchantability and fitness, are
hereby limited to ONE YEAR from the date
of purchase. Consequential or incidental dam­ages resulting from a breach of any applicable
express or implied warranties are hereby
excluded. Some states do not allow limita­tions on the duration of implied warranties
and do not allow exclusion of incidental or
consequential damages, so the above limita­tions and exclusions in these instances may
not apply.

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The only authorized service center in the
United States is:

Excalibur Electronics, Inc.

13755 SW 119th Ave

Miami, Florida 33186 U.S.A.

Phone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Play games live at:

www.ExcaliburElectronics.com

Ship the unit carefully packed, preferably in
the original carton, and send it prepaid, and
adequately insured. Include a letter, detailing
the complaint and including your daytime
telephone number, inside the shipping carton.
If your warranty has expired and you want an
estimated fee for service, write to the above
address, specifying the model and the prob­lem.

PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR UNIT

WITHOUT RECEIVING AN ESTIMATE

FOR SERVICING. WE CANNOT

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