DGT ECHO User manual

Congratulations on your purchase of the
DGT Echo game timer.
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 DGT3000 is approved
by the International Chess Federation FIDE and can connect to all electronic DGT e-Boards. This
brief user manual explains how to set and operate DGT Echo. It explains the functions of the
buttons, lists the available timing systems, and shows how to manually set a time control.
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
rstmove.
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Buttons
The on/o button is on the bottom of the clock. Switch it o and on to select another setting or to start a new game. The ve
frontbuttons areindicatedAtoE in brailleand havevariousfunctions during setting mode andplaying mode. During play,but-
tons 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’sheadphone volume. Buttons D and E are used by the other player to listen to the opponent’s
time andtheown timeand tochangethe rightsideplayer’sheadphonevolume.Tosignalwhether theown time or theoppo-
nent’stime isspoken, a shortbeepingsoundis made beforethe clock pronounces theopponent’stime.
Button A
When setting the clock, a short press moves the cursor left,
or to the previous screen during manual set or time correc-
tion. 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 o. With sound on, the clock will beep repeatedly du-
ring the last ten seconds of a period. Usually sound is turned
o. Sound on or o only aects the beeping of the clock,
not players’ headphones.
Button C
When setting the clock is nished, 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 conrmation 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 o. 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 o, 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 but-
ton E speaks the right side player’s own remaining time. A
long press raises the right side player’s volume one step.
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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 optionpressbuttonE.
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 inter-
net 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 conrm the option. Then select the timing
method for the rst 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-Yo-
mi, Up-count and End. Press the E button to conrm.
Now the hours, minutes and seconds for the rst period
must be set. The clock will pronounce the digits as you chan-
ge the value using the B and D buttons. Use the E button to
conrm 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 dierent
amount of time can be given to each player for the rst
period but notforsubsequentperiods.
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 o. 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.
To listen to the manual go to dgt.nl/echo. If you
have any questions, please call DGT in the Nether-
lands on [phone] or send an e-mail to
[email protected]
digitalgametechnology.com
7514 AJ Enschede | The Netherlands
SPEAKING CHESS CLOCK
DGT ECHO
FOR BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PLAYERS
DGT ECHO