Pentax 15698 Battery Settings, 214, Minimizing Battery Consumption, Setting the Battery Type

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Battery Settings

Minimizing Battery Consumption

You can set the camera to turn off automatically if unused after a certain length of time.

Set in [Auto Power Off] of the [R Set-up 2] menu. Select from [1min.] (default setting), [3min.], [5min.], [10min.], [30min.], or [Off].

• Perform any of the following operations to reactivate the camera from Auto Power Off.

•Turn the camera off and on again.

•Press the shutter release button halfway.

•Press the Q button, 3button or Mbutton.

•The Auto Power Off function does not work when a slideshow is played back, or when the camera is connected to an AV device with an USB cable.

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Changing Additional

Setting the Battery Type

Sets the type of AA batteries used in the optional AA Battery Holder D-BH109. The default setting is [Auto-detect].

1 Select [AA Battery Type] in the [R Set-up 3] menu, and press the four-way controller (5).

The [AA Battery Type] screen appears.

Settings

2 Use the four-way controller (23) to select a battery type, and press the

4button.

When set to [Auto-detect], the camera will automatically detect the type of batteries being used.

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AA Battery Type

Auto-detect

Lithium

Nickel-Metal Hydride

Alkaline

MENU Exit

3 Press the 3button.

The screen that was displayed before selecting the menu item appears again.