On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 6:57 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Bruce Walker > >> On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 12:24 AM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Mine reverts to default power on settings any time it's inactive long >>> enough >>> to go to sleep. >>> >>> When I first got it, it wouldn't zoom; had to send it to Pentax for >>> repair >>> right out of the box. >>> >>> Since it came back from them everything has worked, but it will only hold >>> settings until it times out. When I wake it up, I have to reprogram any >>> settings I was using all over again. >> >> Ah! I know it well. There's an easy fix, John: you program off the >> idle/sleep timer. >> >> Hold the Light button for 2-3 seconds until you see SL, press Mode >> once to get PH on the display, press the S button to change the digit >> from 1 to 2. In PH mode 2 it *never* sleeps. It will run until it >> exhausts the battery. > > > Will it stay that way when I turn it off? > > Or is this something I'm going to have to reset every time I use the flash?
It stays. All the special mode settings are retained in the NVRAM. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
