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Saitek Pro Bridge Professor User Manual

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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Welcome Table of Contents Introduction Operating Reference Installing the Batteries Display Keys Starting Up The Professor as Tutor Dealing Bidding Playing the Hand Hints CONTENTS Additional Features Changing the Position Status of the Hand – View Info Review Bids, Review Play – History Seeing the Other Hands –...

  • Page 2: Introduction

    1-112 beginners, 113-512 intermediate, and 513 to 600 advanced. Please see the accompanying book “Pro Bridge Professor - A Guide”, which is an important partner with the Professor. It explains all about these hands and how you can extract the most benefit from them.

  • Page 3: Display

    or R03 batteries as shown in Figure 2-1. (Note: Only use alkaline batteries in your computer.) Replace the battery compartment cover, and press GO/STOP to turn your computer on. Occasionally a spurious signal, created by putting in the batteries, can cause the computer to lock up, so if your computer does not respond, press GO/STOP again to turn off the computer, and press the ACL on the back of the...
  • Page 4 trumps. For no trumps, no symbol would be underlined. Your Hand – The bottom four horizontal rows of information always show the contents of your hand, which may be declarer or some other hand, depending on which one you selected to bid. In Figure 2-2 you are South, and SOUTH would be flashing to indicate that it is your turn to play.

  • Page 5: Keys

    game or for the tutorial process. 2.3 Keys The keys are illustrated in Figure 2-3 Value Keys and Suit Keys – 2 to 10 and A, K, Q, and J are used in conjunction with a Suit Key ( , , , ) to play a card. Bidding is done in virtually the same way.
  • Page 6 Contrast Control Display Value Keys Enter Suit Keys Figure 2-3 Computer Keys indicate that you do not wish to bid. When a bid of “Pass” is made, - will show under the position making the bid. History ESCAPE – Press to end viewing score, viewing other hands, viewing information, View Hands or viewing a hint.
  • Page 7 select the position you would like to bid and play. Each successive press of the button will cause the computer to progress through the cycle West, North, East, and South. The computer will flash each position in turn. HINT – If you don’t know what move to make next, pressing the Hint button during bidding or playing will give you the correct answer.

  • Page 8: Starting Up

    press HISTORY to see the previous bidding or playing. The Scroll key is used to progress through each successive round. 15 ACL – The ACL is not used during normal play. It is located on the back of the unit and is needed only in the rare event that the computer “locks up”, which can occasionally happen if a spurious signal is generated.

  • Page 9: Bidding

    If you simply use the Enter key without first entering a number, the computer will choose a hand for you at random from the library, and display the chosen number in the center of the screen. At that moment it will also show which sides, if any, are vulnerable by displaying VULNER and the team name NS, or EW, or both in the center of the screen, just above North.
  • Page 10 computer will play the first card and then display Dummy’s hand, and if you are the player who will be dummy, the computer will also show your partner’s hand (declarer's hand) in the top part of the display, so that you can play both hands. If your team is defending, the computer will play the card for the position before Dummy, or flash your position if that is you, asking you to play the first card.

  • Page 11: Hints

    Normally, if you have consecutive cards in a suit, it does not matter which card you play, because the computer utilizes an element of its program called the tranposition manager (for positions North and South only) to accept any of them as being the correct card.

  • Page 12: Review Bids, Review Play - History

    you forget what contract you are in, or how many tricks you have made so far, press VIEW INFO. RECALL TRICKS will show in the center of the section of the screen so that you do not confuse it with the current situation. It will also show the number of tricks which have won so far, and which side has won them.

  • Page 13: Seeing The Other Hands - View Hands

    ESCAPE to return to the game. The same use of keys during and after the playing phase will allow you to look back over the successive rounds of playing out the hands. As you display each round, the winning card will flash to make it readily identifiable.

  • Page 14: Changing The Bidding System

    This could be the AcoL system, american five card major, or french five card major, and you will find that your copy of “Pro Bridge Professor - A Guide”, has been written to match this system. However, Saitek recognizes that enthusiasts may wish to obtain the books for the other bidding systems, and to practice those too.
  • Page 15 that good batteries are fitted. Problems, if they occur, usually have their roots in misuse. Therefore the only maintenance you need to know, is what constitutes misuse. a. Electronics dislike liquids or moisture, so do not allow the computer to get wet, and avoid situations where food or drink might be spilt on b.

  • Page 16: Troubleshooting Guide

    5.2 Troubleshooting Guide SYMPTOMS Computer will not turn Batteries weak or dead. Batteries not installed properly. Battery contacts poor. Batteries weak. Dim or nonsense display on LCD. No response, or Electrostatic discharge. improper response. Batteries weak. POSSIBLE CAUSE ACTION TO TAKE Replace batteries.
  • Page 17 5.2 Troubleshooting Guide SYMPTOMS Will not accept your You do not have the card, or your input input. contravenes bridge rules. Your input is not the best solution. You are trying to play a card from Computer doesn’t another hand. accept any card of a hand.

  • Page 18: Technical Specifications

    In Stop mode - up to 1 year. Dimensions: 198 x 108 x 31.5 mm. Weight excluding batteries: 0.25 Kg (.5 lb). Use alkaline or zinc-carbon batteries only. Saitek reserves the right to make technical changes without notice in the interest of progress.

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