Count Down Modes - SamTimer User Manual

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FIDE MODE I, IA (FD-1) (FD-1A)
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Description: These are the same as CH - P1,
P1A above but with the move counter for the second
time-control set for 01. These modes are compatible
with the FIDE rapids mode . Note : the clock will not
display move numbers if the number of moves in the
second time-control of CH - P1, P1A is 01 since,
unless your time runs out, you make the time-control
with every move.
Intended use: Casual or serious chess.
Pros: Easier to use than CH - P1,1A with
move counter set for 01.
Cons: None.
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FIDE MODE II, IIA (FD - 2) (FD - 2A)
Description: These are the same as CH - P2,
P2A above but with the move counter for the second
and third time-controls set for 01. These modes are
compatible with the FIDE tournament mode. Note:
the clock will not display move numbers if the number
of moves in the second or third time-control of CH ­
P2, P2A is 01 since, unless your time runs out, you
make the time-control with every move .
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Intended use: Casual or serious chess.
Pros: Easier to use than CH - P2, P2A with
move counters set for 01 .
Cons: None.
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COUNT DOWN I (ON - 1)
Description: The second time-control starts when
the main time runs out. Special symbols in front of the
time show when the second, third, and fourth time­
controls have started .
Use this mode for standard timing such as forty-five
moves in two hours with twenty-five moves per hour
thereafter. Set the main time for 2:00:00 and the
second time-control for 1 :00:00.
Use this mode also for the "sudden-death overtime"
timing method. (A typical example is forty moves in
two hours and one hour for the rest of the game. Set
the primary time for 2:00 :00 and the secondary time
for 1 :00:00.)
Intended use: Tournament chess
Pros: The time remaining in a time-control
is displayed more clearly and accurately than in
mechanical clocks
Cons: None.
COUNT DOWN II (ON - 2).
Oescripti.on: This method is like ON - 1 above
except that there are four time-controls. The fourth
time-control repeats indefinitely.
Intended use: Serious chess
Pros: You can set progressively faster
time-controls . For example you could require 40
moves in 1 1/2 hours, then 20 in 30 minutes, then 20
in 15, then 20 in 10 to end of game.
Cons: None.