Locking Your Clié Handheld With A Password (Data Protection); Turning Off Your Clié Handheld After Locking - Sony CLIE PEG-TG50 Handbook

Locking your CLIÉ handheld with a password
(Data protection)
You can lock your CLIÉ handheld by assigning a password. Your CLIÉ
handheld requires a user to enter the password when it is turned on.
Note
To start your CLIÉ handheld when it is locked, you must enter the correct password. If
you forget the password, you need to perform a hard reset. However, performing a hard
reset deletes all the data on your CLIÉ handheld (by performing a HotSync
you can restore the backup data in your computer).
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For details on how to reset your CLIÉ handheld, refer to "Basic operations of your
Sony CLIÉ™ handheld: Restarting your Sony CLIÉ handheld" of the "Read This
First (Operating Instructions)."
Turning off your CLIÉ handheld after locking
This feature locks and turns off your CLIÉ handheld. To start your CLIÉ
handheld, you must enter the correct password.
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Perform a HotSync
CLIÉ handheld to create backup data of your CLIÉ handheld
in your computer.
For details on the HotSync
computer with a HotSync
Protecting your data with a password
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operation between your computer and
®
feature, refer to "Backing up data to your
®
operation" on page 168.
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operation,
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