Saitek Pro Bridge Professor Manual de usuario

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CONTENTS

Welcome

Table of Contents 1

1.0 Introduction 2

2.0 Operating Reference 2

2.1 Installing the Batteries 2

2.2 Display 3

2.3 Keys 4

2.4 Starting Up 8

3.0 The Professor asTutor 8

3.1 Dealing 8

3.2 Bidding 8

3.3 Playing the Hand 9

3.4 Hints 10

4.0 Additional Features 11

4.1 Changing the Position 11

4.2 Status of the Hand – View Info 11

4.3 Review Bids, Review Play – History 12

4.4 Seeing the Other Hands – View Hands 12

4.5 Redealing 13

4.6 Replaying a Hand – Fast Forward 13

4.7 Sound 13

4.8 Changing the Bidding System 14

5.0 Technical Information 14

5.1 Care and Maintenance 14

5.2 Troubleshooting Guide 15

5.3 Technical Specifications 17

• Choice of hands at random for the element of

surprise.

• Repeat selection of the same hands for

practice.

• Sight of other hands on request to improve

understanding.

• Correct solution available on request.

• Recall of current contract and number of tricks

won.

• Recall sequence of bids or playing for study.

• Choice of positions at the “table”.

• Purpose-designed computer, with large clear

display, and easy-use key set.

• Pleasant audio tones to support actions.

In addition the computer can be easily modified

to offer a choice of popular AcoL, American, or

French bidding systems.

2.0 OPERATING REFERENCE

2.1 Installing the Batteries

Remove the cover of the battery compartment

on the back of the computer. Insert four AAA, AM4,

1.0 INTRODUCTION

The Pro Bridge Professor has been developed

with the specific purpose of helping you to improve

your bridge game. The computer program has been

written in a way that allows you to concentrate on

your bidding, or on playing out the contract, or you

can play complete hands and cover both. You can

begin from any one of 600 illustrative hands that you

can specify, or you can let the computer choose one

of the hands at random from its library. These have

been specially designed to demonstrate particular

points of skill and are divided into three groups for

your convenience: 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. It also

explains the basics of Bridge, so you can refer to it if

you are not familiar with the game.

The Pro Bridge Professor includes the following

features:

• A library of 600 hands with studied bidding/

playing sequences and categorized into three

levels of difficulty.

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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

computer. You will need a sharp instrument, such as

a paper clip, to reach in to the button. Press the

ACL for at least 2 seconds to clear and reset the

computer memories. You are now ready for play.

Four AAA, AM4, or R03

alkaline batteries

Figure

Insertin

Batterie

(Note: Under normal conditions of switching the

computer Off and then On, the computer will activate

with the game situation as it was at the moment of

switching Off. However, replacing the batteries will

cause this information to be lost from memory.)

2.2 Display

The elements of the display of the Pro Bridge

Professor are explained below.

Refer to Figure 2-2.

Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) – Displays all the

necessary information.Contrast is adjustable for

different light conditions.

Dummy’s Hand – In Figure 2-2, your partner is

dummy and has ace, king, jack, eight, four, and three

of spades, ace, queen, eight of hearts, and so on.

The top four horizontal rows of information on the

screen show the contents of the dummy’s hand, or if

your partner is declarer, the Declarer's hand. The

line under the spade indicates that spades are

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. The

line under the spade indicates that spades are

trumps. For no trumps, no symbol would be

underlined.

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

DUMMY

K J 8 4 3

♥

♦

♣

♠A

J 6

♥

♦

♣

♠

7 5 2

7 2

♣3

♣♣

Dummy's

Hand

Centre

Selection–

Information,

Bids, Cards

Played

Your

Hand

Figure 2-2 Sample Screen During Play

Center Section – The center section is used to

display the bids or the cards played out as each

round progresses. Figure 2-2 illustrates queen of

clubs having been played by West, king of clubs by

North, three of clubs by East, and South would be

flashing to indicate South to play. North is indicated

as dummy. The center section is also used when

you request it, to display other information about the

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game or for the tutorial process.

2.3 Keys

The keys are illustrated in Figure 2-3

1 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. However, note that Ais

used for playing the ace, but 1is used for a bid

of one. The suit key, NOTRUMPS, is used only

for bidding. The 1key is shaped and colored

differently from the other Value Keys to remind

you not to use it to play a card.

Value keys (1-10) are also used to input a

number to select a deal.

When selecting a deal number, the 10 is used

like a Zero. So deal number 410 would be

selected by 4, 1, 10, or deal number 300 would

be 3, 10, 10.

2 ENTER – Enter is used for the following

purposes:

To initiate a random deal or to confirm the deal

number you have entered at the beginning of a

hand.

To confirm the selected bidding position.

To use an offered hint.

To initiate playing out a round. (The display

gives you a cue with the words PRESS ENTER.)

To start the next round at the end of a trick.

(Again, you are cued by the words PRESS

ENTER.)

To see the results at the end of a hand. (You are

cued by the words PRESS ENTER.)

To return to the starting conditions after viewing

the results of the hand. (The PRESS ENTER

cue shows.)

3 DOUBLE – Press this button during bidding to

“Double” the opponent's bid; a “d”will show on

the display for your bid. You can also press

DOUBLE to redouble an opponent’s double. A

bid of Redouble will be indicated by “R”.

4 PASS – Press this button during bidding to

indicate that you do not wish to bid.

When a bid of “Pass” is made, - will

show under the position making the bid.

5 ESCAPE – Press to end viewing score,

viewing other hands, viewing information,

or viewing a hint. When pressed at any

other time, Escape will return the

program and display to the starting

conditions of waiting for a deal to be

selected.

6 GO/STOP – Press the Go/Stop key to

switch the computer On or Off. When

switched Off, the computer retains the

game situation in memory, and repro-

duces it when the computer is next

switched On.

7 SYSTEM – See Section 4.8. This key is

inactive unless the computer has been

modified to make other bidding systems

available.

8 POSITION – Press after the deal to

16 History

View Hands

View Info

Scroll

ACL

Sound

Hint

System

Go/Stop

Position

Double

Pass

Escape

Suit

Keys

Enter

Value

Keys

LCD

Display

Contrast

Control

Figure 2-3 Computer Keys

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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.

9 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. Press

ENTER if you wish to use the hint. Holding the

Hint button down for 3 seconds or more will

cause the sequence of correct play to “fast

forward” until you press any other key, except

GO/STOP, or until it reaches the end of the

bidding or playing for that hand.You must return

to normal play before you can press GO/STOP

to switch the computer Off.

10 SOUND – Use this button to switch sound On or

Off, or to change the notes of the error tones.

The Sound key is active at any time when the

computer is waiting for an input.

11 SCROLL – When you have selected History,

View Hands, or View Info, press SCROLL to

cycle through the different frames of information.

12 VIEW INFO – Press this button while playing the

hands, to check how many tricks have been won

so far, the current contract, the current bidding

system, and the current deal number. Press

SCROLL to see each frame of information. If

used before the contract is agreed, only the deal

number and the current bidding system are

displayed. Press ESCAPE to leave this mode.

13 VIEW HANDS – This button when pressed will

allow you to see the other hands. It is available

after the deal and during bidding or playing.

They will remain on view until you press

ESCAPE. Use SCOLL to switch between the

two teams. North appears on the top half of the

screen, with South on the lower half. In the next

frame East is at the top andWest is shown on

the bottom.

14 HISTORY – During bidding, playing, or at the

end of the round which has just been played,

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. Pressing this

button with a sharp implement will reset all the

memories and allow the computer to be used

again.

16 LCD – On the top of the computer behind the

display is a rotary control which may be used to

adjust contrast of the display. Rotation to the

right increases contrast. Increasing the contrast

will cause a very slight increase in the consump-

tion of battery power. However, in certain light

conditions it will make the screen much easier to

read.

2.4 Starting up

Having put the batteries in, starting the

computer is just a matter of pressing GO/STOP.

Except when the batteries have just been inserted,

the computer will reproduce the bridge hand in the

same situation that existed when it was switched Off.

If you were part way through a hand, when you

selected Stop, then when you switch On again, the

computer will be ready for you to continue that hand.

If you do not touch a key for about nine minutes,

the computer will "beep" once and switch itself Off.

This will preserve the batteries if you should

accidentally leave the computer On. Once again, the

computer will remember the situation, so to continue

the hand, just press GO/STOP and continue from

where you left off.

3.0THE PROFESSOR ASTUTOR

3.1 Dealing

Initiate the deal when the display is alternately

flashing “dEAL” and the abbreviated name of the

bidding system. The computer memory contains a

library of 600 hands and you may either select a

specific hand that you know you want to practice, or

you may let the computer choose one of the hands

at random. To call for a specific hand enter the

number of the hand (1 to 600), followed by ENTER.

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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.

South will be flashing to show your presently

selected position, and this is your opportunity to

change positions if you should wish to do so by

pressing POSITION. Once you are ready to start

bidding, press ENTER.

3.2 Bidding

As soon as Enter has been pressed, the

computer will display your hand and bids for any

positions which precede you in the bidding round.

When it is your turn, your position will flash until you

make your bid. Press the appropriate value key and

suit key, for your bid, and the computer will then

make bids for the other three players. For example,

press 3and then ♥or vice versa to bid 3 ♥. If you

do not enter the correct bid, the computer will sound

the error tones, and wait for you to supply the correct

response.

If you wish not to bid, then press PASS. Your

response will be registered as a “ - ”on the display.

To double the opponent’s bid, press DOUBLE, and

“d” will appear on the display under your position.

Similarly, if you wish to re-double the opponent’s bid,

then again you press the Double key. The computer

will recognize that this is a re-double situation, and

indicate “R” under your position on the display.

The bidding proceeds as in a normal game,

with the computer making the bids for the other three

hands. The advanced bidding techniques described

in the book which accompanies the computer can be

used, and so, for example, you will be expected to

ask for aces or recognize that you are being asked

for aces, when the appropriate situation arises.

As always, bidding the hand is complete when

three players in succession bid “Pass”.

3.3 Playing the Hand

At the end of bidding, PRESS ENTER will be

displayed in the center section of the display. Press

ENTER to begin play. Trumps will be indicated on

the displayed hands by lines under the contracted

suit, or if it is a No Trumps contract, no underline will

show. If you are on the contracted team, the

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. Dummy’s

hand will then be revealed. Play progresses round

the table in the normal way. If you are the defending

team, you will play just your own hand, with the

computer playing the hands of the other three

positions. If you are on the contracted side, the

computer will play only for the defenders, and you

will play both Dummy’s hand and the declarer's

hand.

Playing a card is very similar to bidding. Press

the appropriate value key, followed by the suit key, or

vice versa. If your card is correct, the computer will

play the“correct” tune, and the round will progress.

However, if you attempt to play the incorrect card,

because, for example, you press the wrong key or

because it is not the most reliable way or common

way to win the contract, the computer will sound the

error tones and wait for you to play the correct card.

The four played cards will remain visible for you

to study until you pressENTER to initiate the next

round. The rounds proceed in this manner until all

the cards have been played. The last round too will

remain displayed until you press ENTER, at which

point the tricks made, and the contract, will show

alternately until the Enter key is pressed. See Figure

3. A hand played without errors will result in the

Victory tune being played and cards flashing around

the LCD.

SOUTH

VULNERENTER

PRESSRECALL CONTRACT

South as dealer, the contract is 3 NT

WEST SOUTH

VULNERENTER

PRESS

RECALL EW

TRICKS

NORTH/SOUTH pair takes 9 tricks

EAST/WEST pair takes 4 tricks

Figure 3

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