http://forum.pentaxfans.net/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=135078
(in Traditional Chinese)
For those special versions that sold in particular countries/regions, e.g. in Japan, the K-01 has only Japanese and English selectable as the user menu language. Someone in Taiwan has discovered that the local language menu can actually be unlocked and unleashed simply via the Debug mode.
What to do is to enter the Debug mode by using the PK Tether. After that, the local language option will appear. Just select it and leave the Debug mode. That's it! You have a local version of the K-01 body after that, then! Is that great enough? Yes, it really is!
If this trick really works, just don't feel hesitate to buy a Pentax camera in Japan where it could be cheap enough for some discounted models. Good luck next time when you travel there!
Btw, if you try this and succeed, please tell us and confirm it here! :-)
Saturday, March 02, 2013
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fellow · 624 weeks ago
At first I'll thank you for the information. I got a Pentax K-30 since a few month straight out Japan cause of the color that I didn't find in Switzerland. Now my preffered color is also available here. How ever, the user menu was only in Japanese and English. I did first the new update v1.04. After them I did the way that you described via Debug Mode by using the PK Tether. It works and I'm really happy with them. I've to say that I got a Mac. That means PK Tether works only with Windows. So I did it with Parallels Desktop.
Greez from Zurich
RiceHigh 110p · 624 weeks ago
Yozz · 599 weeks ago
After using the PK-Tether debug mode, I could see the french mode in the menu options ! Many thanks for this trick ! ;-)
RiceHigh 110p · 599 weeks ago
Mac · 556 weeks ago
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