Getting Started Playing Your First Game; Installing The Batteries; Dealing; Bidding - Saitek Pro Bridge 310 User Manual

2. Getting started
Playing your first game
2.1 Installing the batteries - (see diagram on
page 1).
Insert 4 mini-penlite AAA/AM4/R03 alkaline
batteries. Press GO, if appropriate, to switch
on. If the computer does not respond, press a
pin or other sharp object into the hole marked
ACL in the base of the unit for a few seconds.
This resets the computer and you are now
ready to play.
Your computer is automatically set to the
5-card majors system.To change the setting to
ACOL, see section 3.1.

2.2 Dealing

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH
D
appears on the LCD.
Press ENTER for a random deal.
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2.3 Bidding

SOUTH flashes when it is your turn to bid. Key in
your bid, suit (or No Trumps) and level (number).
The computer makes and displays the bids for the
other hands. Continue bidding until there are 3
passes.

2.4 Playing the hand

As in a game played by four human players, the
bids made decide who is to lead. The player to
dummy's right plays the first card unless it is you
(South) to lead, the computer plays the card
from that hand. The value and suit of the card
appear in the middle of the display.
Next dummy's hand is displayed at the top of the
screen (unless South is dummy, when dummy
hand is displayed at the bottom of the screen).
The word DUMMY appears on the LCD under
either West, North, East or South. One of the
card symbols on the left of the display is under-
lined to indicate which suit is trumps, if any.
The computer plays the hands for East and West.
It also plays North's hand unless North is declarer
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or dummy, when you play both North's and South's