Sony PEG-S300 - Manual (Page 119)

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Handy Functions
Locking your Sony handheld by
passwords
You can lock your Sony handheld with a password to protect information.
You must then enter the password when you rotate on your device to gain
access to the information on it.
Notes
• When your Sony handheld had been locked, you must enter the correct password to
restart.
• If you forgot the password, you must perform a hard reset to resume using your Sony
handheld. Performing a hard reset deletes all records in your Sony handheld. (You can
restore all data that was backed up in the computer using HotSync.)
1
Back up the data in your Sony handheld using the HotSync.
See “Exchanging and Updating Data using Hot Sync Operations” for
more information.
2
Assign a password, as described in “Assigning a password”
(124 page).
3
Tap icon and select System from the dropdown list in
the upper right corner.
The System screen appears.