Pentax K-500 Operating Guide

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Set the current date and time and the display style. 

1

Press the four-way controller (5), 

and use the four-way controller 

(23) to select the date format. 

Choose [mm/dd/yy], [dd/mm/yy] or 

[yy/mm/dd]. 

2

Press the four-way controller (5), and use the four-way 

controller (23) to select [24h] or [12h]. 

3

Press the 4 button. 

The frame returns to [Date Format]. 

4

Press the four-way controller (3), and press the four-way 

controller (5). 

The frame moves to the month if the date format is set to [mm/dd/yy]. 

5

Use the four-way controller (23) 

to set the month. 

Set the day and year in the same manner. 
Next, set the time. 
If you select [12h] in Step 2, the camera 

switches between am and pm depending 

on the time. 

•

If the hometown and the date and time are not set, the [Initial Setting] screen 

or [Date Adjustment] screen will be displayed again the next time the camera 

is turned on. 

•

You can change the text size from the [R Set-up 1] menu later. In this 

manual, the menu screens hereafter are described with [Text Size] 

set to [Standard]. 

Setting the Date and Time

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