Sony Peg S360 Clie Handheld Instructions Manual

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Beaming between your Sony CLIÉ Handheld
and another Palm OS
® PDA
What you can do with beaming
Your CLIÉ handheld is equipped with an IR (infrared) port that you can use
to beam information to another Palm OS® PDA device that’s close by and
also has an IR port. The IR port is located at the top of your CLIÉ handheld,
behind the small dark shield.
You can beam the following information between your CLIÉ handheld and
another Palm OS PDA:
•The record...

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Beaming information
You can beam a record, business card, or category of records between your
CLIÉ handheld and another Palm OS PDA.
1Locate the record, business card, or category you want to
beam.
2Tap the Menu  icon.
3Tap one of the following from the Record menu:
•The Beam command for an individual record
•In Address Book only: Beam Business Card
•Beam Category
4When the Beam dialog box appears, point the IR port directly
at the IR port of the...

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Receiving beamed information
1Turn on your CLIÉ handheld.
2Point the IR port directly at the IR port of the other Palm OS
PDA handheld transmitting the data.
The Beam dialog box is displayed. Beaming data starts.
You can select the category in which you save the data in a dialog box.
3Tap Yes.
The data is saved to the unfiled category.
Note
If Beam Receive in the Preferences menu is set to Off, you cannot receive data using
the beaming feature....

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Using “Memory Stick™” media
What is “Memory Stick™” media?
“Memory Stick™” media is a new compact, portable and versatile Integrated
Circuit recording medium with a data capacity that exceeds a floppy disk.
“Memory Stick” media is specially designed for exchanging and sharing
digital data among “Memory Stick” media compatible products such as a
digital video camera. Because it is removable, “Memory Stick” media can
also be used for external data...

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Pull “Memory Stick” media out. Push “Memory Stick” media in.
Inserting and removing “Memory Stick” media
Insert “Memory Stick” media into the “Memory Stick” slot as illustrated
below. The contents of the “Memory Stick” media is displayed
automatically.
Note
Insert “Memory Stick” media in the right direction. If “Memory Stick” media is forced
in the wrong way, it may be damaged.
To remove “Memory Stick” media
Make sure that your CLIÉ handheld is not...

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Notes on using “Memory Stick” media
When you use “Memory Stick” media, follow these precautions:
•Avoid touching the terminal of “Memory Stick” media or contacting it
with a metal object.
•Do not drop, bend, or submit “Memory Stick” media to external shock.
•Do not disassemble or modify “Memory Stick” media.
•Avoid getting liquids on “Memory Stick” media.
•Avoid using or storing “Memory Stick” media in a location subject to:
–extremely high...

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Protecting the data in “Memory Stick” media 
To prevent accidental erasure of important data, you can use the write
protect tab of “Memory Stick” media.  Slide the tab to the left or right to
enable or disable writing to “Memory Stick” media.
Write enable position
Slide the tab to the left to select the write enable position. You can write and
read the data in “Memory Stick” media.
Write protect position
Slide the tab to the right. You can just view...

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Starting an application in “Memory Stick” media
To open an application in the “Memory Stick” media from the Application
Launcher screen, tap the arrow V in the upper-right corner of the
Application Launcher screen and select Card (or a category with the Card 
icon). Then, tap the icon of the application you want to open.
Note
If the application you are about to open had been installed to the  “Memory Stick”
media through a HotSync operation, some...

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Viewing information of the inserted “Memory Stick”
media (Card Info)
The Card Info gives you the outline (such as the remaining memory space)
of the “Memory Stick” media inserted into your CLIÉ handheld. You can
also give a name to each “Memory Stick” media, which comes in handy
when you have more than one “Memory Stick” media.
1Rotate the Jog Dial™ navigator to select Card Info and press
the Jog Dial navigator. Or tap the Card Info 
 icon on the...

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4Enter a new name for the inserted  “Memory Stick” media.
5Tap Rename.
Formatting “Memory Stick” media
Commercially available “Memory Stick” media is already formatted and
you can use it as soon as you buy it. Follow the procedures below if you
need to format your “Memory Stick” media again:
1Rotate the Jog Dial™ navigator to select MS Gate and press
the Jog Dial navigator. Or tap the MS Gate 
 icon on the
Application Launcher...