Schachuhr DGT Echo

DGT Echo - Die Schachuhr die spricht!

Audio Version der DGT 3000 für blinde und sehbehinderte Schachfreunde.

• Einstellungen und Zeiten werden in englischer Sprache gesprochen
• speziell für sehbehinderte Spieler gut sichtbare Farbkombination
• Tasten mit Blindenschrift
• akkustischer Schnelleinstieg
• zwei Ohrstecker inklusive (eigene Kopfhörer mit 3,5 mm Klinken-Anschluss können angeschlossen werden)
• Lautstärke für jeden Spieler separat einstellbar

DGT Echo is the audio version of the DGT3000 chess clock adapted for blind and visually impaired players. All settings and clock times are spoken in the English language. The DGT 3000 is approved by the International Chess Federation FIDE and can connect to all electronic DGT e-Boards.

Use your own headphones or the ones provided and connect them to the sockets on each side of the clock. Take care not to insert into the third jack on the left side of the clock which is used to connect the clock to a DGT e-Board. For each player the volume can be adjusted up or down in steps. Before starting the clock ensure the lever is up on the side of the player that will make the first move.

Buttons

The on off button is on the bottom of the clock. Switch it off and on to select another setting or to start a new game. The five front buttons are indicated A to E in braille and have various functions during setting mode and playing mode. During play, buttons A and B are used by the left side player to listen to the remaining time and to the opponents remaining time. They are also used to change the left side player’s headphone volume. Buttons D and E are used by the other player to listen to the opponent’s time and the own time and to change the right side player’s headphone volume. To signal whether the own time or the opponent’s time is spoken, a short beeping sound is made before the clock pronounces the opponent’s time.

Button A

When setting the clock, a short press moves the cursor left, or to the previous screen during manual set or time correction. During play, with a short press it speaks the left side player’s remaining own time. With a long press, it lowers the left side player’s volume one step. When using Canadian Byo-Yomi a long press reloads the Byo-Yomi time.

Button B

When setting the clock, a short press decreases the current value or option by one. During play, a short press speaks out the opponent’s remaining time. With a long press it raises the left side players volume one step. Before starting the clock or when it is paused, a long press toggles sound on and off. With sound on, the clock will beep repeatedly during the last ten seconds of a period. Usually sound is turned off. Sound on or off only affects the beeping of the clock, not players’ headphones.

Button C

When setting the clock is finished, this button starts the game and the player’s clock with the lever up starts to run. During play, a short press pauses or resumes the game. If the clock is paused, with a long press it activates time correction mode.

Button D

When setting the clock, a short press increases the current value or option by one. During play, with a short press it speaks the remaining time of the left side player. A long press lowers the right side players volume one step. A short press also shows the move count in the display.

Button E

When setting the clock, this is the confirmation button. Pressing it accepts the current value. During manual setup or time correction it moves the cursor to set the next value. Before starting the clock, or when it is paused, a long press toggles freeze on and off. With Freeze on, the whole chess clock will stop running as soon as one of the players reaches zero time in the last period. With Freeze off, when one player’s clock reaches zero in the last period, the opponent’s clock will continue to run. During play a short press of button E speaks the right side player’s own remaining time. A long press raises the right side player’s volume one step.

Timing options

The clock has 24 pre-set timing options and 5 slots for manual settings. When switched on it returns to the last used timing option. Go back or forward through the timing options using buttons B and D. The clock will pronounce the option number and the time for each period. This can be skipped by pressing the B or D button again. To accept the selected option press button E.

Available timing systems

Options 1 to 9 are count-down time options without delay or increments, options 10 to 14 are so called Fischer bonus options with increments, options 15 to 18 are options with delay, options 19 to 21 are Byo-Yomi and Scrabble options, options 22 to 24 are US delay options, option 25 is for internet or PC use, options 26 to 30 are the manual settings.

Manually setting the clock

To program a manual setting select one of the options 26 to 30. Press E to confirm the option. Then select the timing method for the first period by cycling through the options using the B and D buttons. The options to select from are: Time, Fischer, Delay, US-Delay, Byo-Yomi, Canadian Byo-Yomi, Up-count and End. Press the E button to confirm.

Now the hours, minutes and seconds for the first period must be set. The clock will pronounce the digits as you change the value using the B and D buttons. Use the E button to confirm and move to set the next value. First set the hours, then the 10’s of minutes, then the single minutes, then the 10’s of seconds, then the single seconds. Now set the time for the second player and accept by pressing E. A different amount of time can be given to each player for the first period but not for subsequent periods.

Continue to set the time for the second and subsequent periods. If no further periods must follow, select End. Finally set Sound and Freeze on or off. Finish setting the clock with button E. Before starting the clock, make sure the lever is up for the player who begins the game. Then start the clock by pressing button C.