i finally figured out how to configure the Fn button ....
1. go to menu
2. go to the spanner icon
3. go to MENU DISPLAY
4. turn on MENU DISPLAY
then go backwards and you will suddenly see 2 additional icons
a. 2-meshing gears icon
b. a USB (?) icon
The 2-meshing gear icon leads you to gear- A to gear-J , 10 in total and a whole load of other goodies (function settings)
Essentially these steps above lead you to a whole flood of extra functions and settings
I cannott understand the logic of this .... hiding these 2 critical icons. Olympus said that it is to avoid newbies messing with functions they are not familiar with ..... sorry , this sounds like the iPhone4 epic fail when Apple tried to talk their way out of the reception issue.....
My advise.... just list out and display those 2 hidden Icons
Anyway its no big deal.... either read your manual for that secret handshake and/or hope that the next firmware fixes this ...... after all, we're just at Ver 1.0
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Oops forgot to continue on how to dedicate the Fn button to one's preferred must-have function
So after 'setting free' the other 2 icons
1. go into the gears icon
2. u will see gear-A through gear-J
3. Go into gear-B (Button/Dial)
4. At the top first function is AEL/AFL .... dont be fooled... wrong door
5. Go down to Button Function
6. right at the top you see Fn and AEL/AFL
7. go in and u will see it set at OFF
8. go up and down to see what function you want to dedicate the Fn for... I chose AEL/AFL which is actually AEL ONLY
So ALL this above just to set Fn button (for me, AEL) .... I thought it was unnecessary and painful ....and potentially sales-killing (there are some MUST HAVE functions that are essential to even half serious enthusiasts and hiding the default Fn accessibility like this is not a good idea) ..... potential clients might not even bother to dig any deeper and just look elsewhere
With these 2 icons now visible ......... the EPL2 story becomes MUCH MUCH clearer and very interesting ....