Rotating Display Options (Squares A3-H3) - Saitek Cougar Quick Start Manual

THE BASICS OF OPTION MODE: HERE'S HOW!
OPTION
1.
Press repeatedly to select a Mode:
2.
Next, select your option(s), using the chart below. There are two ways to do this.
• Cycle through the options within that mode:
Press BLACK/> to cycle > forward.
Press </WHITE to cycle < backward.
When your option is displayed, press ENTER to toggle it on (+) or off (–).
(For the Bronstein Clock, press ENTER repeatedly to select a clock setting.)
• OR, simply locate your option square and press it to toggle that option on (+) or off (–).
(For the Bronstein Clock, press Square A4 repeatedly to select a time setting.)
BRONSTEIN
CLOCK
OPTIONS
ROTATING
DISPLAY
OPTIONS
PLAYING
MODE
OPTIONS
OPERATION
MODE
OPTIONS
3.
Finally, press
lines to play. If this option is selected, the Passive Book and
Tournament Book options are disabled.
h. Tournament Book (Square H2)
On:+bk:tn Off:-bk:tn
When you turn the Tournament Book option on, the com-
puter is forced to always select the best possible line of play
in every opening. While this results in the best chess play, it
also narrows down the computer's choice of moves by limit-
ing its available book lines. If this option is selected, the
Active Book and Passive Book options are disabled.

5.3 Rotating Display Options (Squares A3-H3)

Normally, the computer's display shows the time for the
player to move. However, the computer can also display
other information, as described in Section 4 (Info Mode). The
Rotating Display feature works hand-in-hand with Info Mode,
since it allows you to choose which of the Info Displays you
want to see, and then cycles your choices in one-second
increments. You may turn on any or all of the Rotating Dis-
play options, as desired.
IMPORTANT: The Rotating Display feature is only
activated WHILE THE COMPUTER IS THINKING.
x1 = OPERATION MODE (Auto...)
x2 = PLAYING MODE (SEL...)
x3 = ROTATING DISPLAY MODE (rd:1...)
x4 = BRONSTEIN CLOCK (bron...)
x5 = back to OPERATION MODE...
A5
Bronstein
Clock
+b0:01 >+b0:02 >+b0:03 >+b0:05 >+b0:10 >+b0:20 >+b0:30
-bron
A4
B4 C4
Variation Variation Variation
to ply 1 to ply 2 to ply 3
-rd:2
-rd:1 -rd:3
A3
B3 C3
Selective/
Easy Random
Brute Force Mode Play
+SEL -EASY -rand
A2
B2 C2
Auto Sound with Silent
Answer
Keypress Mode
+AuTo +SNd -SIL
A1
B1 C1
CLEAR
to exit Option Mode, using your new option(s)!
D4 E4 F4
Variation Position Depth &
to ply 4 Evaluation Moves
-rd:4 -rd:E -rd:d
D3 E3 F3
Book Full Passive
On/Off Book Book
+book -bk:FL -bk:Pa
D2 E2 F2
Coach Ticking Countdown
Mode Clock Clock
-Co:ch -tic -c:dn
D1 E1 F1
Press OPTION three times to select the Rotating Dis-
play Options. Then use the BLACK/> and </WHITE keys
to select the options you want to see rotated in the display.
The options are described below and summarized in the
Option Mode Chart in this section. Press ENTER to turn
these options on (+) or off (–). Or, simply press the option
squares to turn the options on or off.
If you think the display information is changing too quickly
when it rotates, press INFO to freeze the display. Successive
presses of INFO and the BLACK/> and </WHITE keys will
allow you to cycle through all the displays manually, as
described in Section 4. To start the display rotation again,
press OPTION followed by CLEAR. In any event, when the
computer starts thinking about its next move, the display
automatically starts rotating again.
The game information you can see while the computer is
thinking includes the following:
• rd:1 to rd:4 = the predicted line of play (up to four
individual moves)
• rd:E = an evaluation of the current position
• rd:d = the computer's search depth, and the number of
moves examined so far in the game
• rd:n = the number of nodes searched per second
• rd:t = the amount of time the move has taken so far
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G4 H4
Nodes Time per
Searched Move
-rd:n -rd:t
G3 H3
Active Tournament
Book Book
-bk:at -bk:tn
G2 H2
Play White Auto Power
from Top Down
-toP -aPd
G1 H1
For more details, see Section 5.