4-653-877-11(1) Chapter 1 What is the Sony CLIE Handheld? Chapter 2 Read This First Personal Entertainment Organizer PEG-N710C © 2001 Sony Corporation Setting up your Sony CLIE Handheld - Basics Chapter 3 Setting up your Sony CLIE Handheld - Advanced
Program © 2001 Sony Corporation, © 2001 Palm, Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Documentation © 2001 Sony Corporation Sony, Memory Stick, the Memory Stick logo, Jog Dial, OpenMG, and PictureGear are trademarks of Sony Corporation. Graffiti, HotSync, Palm Modem, and Palm OS are registered trademarks, and the HotSync logo and Palm are trademarks of Palm, Inc. or its subsidiaries. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
Table of Contents About this manual ........................... 4 Which manual to read? .................... 6 Step 6: Performing a HotSync® operation for the first time .................. 33 Chapter 1 Chapter 3 What is the Sony CLIE Handheld? Setting up your Sony CLIE Handheld – Advanced What can you do with your Sony CLIE Handheld? ....................... 8 System requirements ....................... 9 Sony CLIE Handheld components ....... 10 Locating front panel controls ...........
About this manual Welcome to the Sony Personal Entertainment Organizer (referred to as CLIE handheld or Sony Handheld in this manual). Your CLIE handheld comes with three manuals: ■ Read This First (this guide) ■ Operating Instructions (as a PDF file contained in the CD-ROM) ■ Add-on Application Guide Before using your CLIE handheld, read this guide for overview of features, setup and installation instructions, and other important details.
Operating Instructions The Operating Instructions manual is contained in the supplied CD-ROM as a PDF file, allowing you to view or print it as soon as you need it. The manual describes how to use your CLIE handheld and the Personal Information Management (PIM) applications that come with your CLIE handheld.
Which manual to read? After you set up your CLIE handheld and become familiar with its basic functionality, you can use the rest of the manuals as follows: When you want to: Read: Manage your personal information using your CLIE applications. Operating Instructions Chapter 2 Use your CLIE handheld and your computer in synchronization. Operating Instructions Chapter 3 Exchange and share information with other handheld users. Operating Instructions Chapter 4 Enjoy music on your CLIE handheld.
Chapter 1 This chapter explains the features of your CLIE handheld, its system requirements, its buttons and controls, and the contents of the Installation CD-ROM. Contents What can you do with your Sony CLIE Handheld? ............................ 8 System requirements ........................................................................ 9 Sony CLIE Handheld components ................................................... 10 Locating front panel controls ...................................................
What can you do with your Sony CLIE Handheld? Your CLIE handheld can help you remember appointment and meeting times, people’s names and personal details, and items on your To Do List. Your CLIE handheld can also help you improve your track record in all these areas, both at work and at home.
System requirements Chapter 1 To install and operate the Palm™ Desktop software on your computer, your computer system must meet the following requirements: What is the Sony CLIE Handheld? ■ OS: Microsoft® Windows® 98/Windows® 98 Second Edition/ Windows® 2000 Professional/Windows® Millennium Edition ■ CPU: Pentium processor 233 MHz or greater (MMX™ technology Pentium processor recommended) ■ RAM: 64 MB or more ■ Hard disk drive: 128 MB or more available space ■ Display: High Color or more (640 x 480 pix
Sony CLIE Handheld components Locating front panel controls 1 Headphones jack Plug into the supplied headphones jack with a remote control unit or stereo mini jack. For details, see “Connecting/attaching the supplied headphones” in the Add-on applications manual. 2 Jog Dial™ Navigator Used to select and run applications or items. Depending on the application you use, specific functions are assigned to the navigator. For details, see “Using the Jog Dial™ navigator” in the Operating Instructions manual.
5 POWER Button 6 Screen 7 Graffiti Writing Area The area where you write letters and numbers using the Graffiti® alphabet. See “Using Graffiti® writing to enter data” in the Operating Instructions manual to learn how to write Graffiti characters. 8 Scroll Button Displays text and other information that extends beyond the area of the screen.
Sony CLIE Handheld components Locating back panel components 1 Stylus Used to tap icons and buttons on the screen, or to write characters on the Graffiti writing area. For details, see “Using the stylus” in the Operating Instructions manual. 2 “Memory Stick®” access indicator Lights in orange while your CLIE handheld is reading/writing the data in “Memory Stick” media. 3 “Memory Stick” Slot Insert “Memory Stick” media into this slot.
5 Reset Button Chapter 1 Under normal use, you should not have to use this button. For details, see “Resetting your Sony CLIE Handheld” in the Operating Instructions manual. 6 Interface Connector Removing the supplied protective soft cover from your CLIE handheld On the marked area in the illustration below, lift to remove the protective soft cover. If you attempt to remove the cover forcibly, it may be damaged. Lift here to remove the cover.
Sony CLIE Handheld components Locating cradle components 1 AC Adapter Connector Connect the supplied AC adapter here. 2 Interface Connector Connect your CLIE handheld here. 4 HotSync Button Synchronizes data in your CLIE handheld with the data saved on your computer. For details, see “Exchanging and updating data using a HotSync® operation” in the Operating Instructions manual.
Chapter 1 Elements of the CLIE interface What is the Sony CLIE Handheld? 1 Battery Icon Displays the remaining charge in the battery. While your CLIE handheld is placed in the cradle or operates on the AC power source, the battery charging icon ( ) is displayed. 2 Home Icon Tap this icon and the Application Launcher screen appears, displaying a list of applications. 3 Menu Icon Tap this icon and a menu of current applications appears.
Sony CLIE Handheld components 5 Application Icon Tap an icon to activate the corresponding application. 6 Scroll Bar Drag the slider up or down or tap the scroll arrows v or V on the ends of the bar to scroll the screen. 7 Calculator Icon Tap this icon to display the onscreen Calculator. 8 Find Icon Tap this icon to open the Find screen. 9 Graffiti Writing Area This area is for hand-writing input with the Graffiti alphabet.
What is on the CLIE Installation CD-ROM? Chapter 1 CD-ROM contents The Installation CD-ROM that comes with your CLIE handheld contains the following applications and manuals: ■ PC applications What is the Sony CLIE Handheld? You can install the following PC applications and related online help files from the installer’s main launcher window: – Palm Desktop for CLIE 3.1 including Intellisync Lite 1.0 – OpenMG Jukebox for CLIE – RealJukebox for Sony – PictureGear 4.
What is on the CLIE Installation CD-ROM? ■ Manuals The following manuals are available as PDF files on the CD-ROM: – – – – – – – – Read This First (this guide) Operating Instructions Add-on Application Guide Audio Player manual gMovie manual PictureGear Pocket manual MSGate manual MSAutorun manual Tip You can view the manuals by clicking Manuals in the installation launcher window of the CLIE handheld.
Chapter 2 Setting up your Sony CLIE Handheld – Basics Contents Step 1: Charging your Sony CLIE Handheld .................................... 20 Charging with the cradle .......................................................... 20 Charging directly from the power supply ................................... 21 Step 2: Turning on your Sony CLIE Handheld for the first time ....... 22 Step 3: Entering data into your Sony CLIE Handheld ......................
Step 1: Charging your Sony CLIE Handheld Charging with the cradle Note Before you use your CLIE handheld for the first time, make sure to charge it. Connect the supplied cradle to an AC power source in advance. Charging will start automatically as soon as you place your CLIE handheld on the cradle. The battery icon in the screen changes to the battery charging icon ( ). It takes about 4 hours for your CLIE handheld to be fully charged for the first time.
Chapter 2 Charging directly from the power supply You can also charge your CLIE handheld by connecting the supplied AC adapter directly to your CLIE handheld. The AC adapter operates only on 110–240 V AC power supply. To the wall outlet Chapter 2 Setting up your Sony CLIE Handheld–Basics Connect the AC adapter to the CLIE interface connector. When the AC adapter is connected to your CLIE handheld, charging starts automatically and the battery icon on the screen changes to the battery charging icon ( ).
Step 2: Turning on your Sony CLIE Handheld for the first time The first time you start your CLIE handheld, setup instructions appear onscreen. Follow their instructions to perform initial settings, digitizer calibration, current time, date, and year settings (required for operation). 1 Press the POWER button. Your CLIE handheld turns on, and the Welcome screen appears. After a while, the Setup screen appears. b Press the POWER button. 2 Take out the Stylus.
3 Press lightly on the screen with the stylus. This action is called “tapping.” The digitizer calibration screen appears. Calibration aligns the internal circuitry of the handheld with its touch-sensitive screen so your CLIE handheld can detect the task you want to perform when you tap an element onscreen. Chapter 2 Tap anywhere onscreen. The following screen is displayed. 5 Following the instruction onscreen, tap the center of the displayed mark.
Step 2: Turning on your Sony CLIE Handheld for the first time After calibration completes, a screen for setting time and date appears. 6 Tap the Set Time box. The Set Time screen appears. 7 8 Tap the arrow v or V to set the hour to the current time. Tap each number of the minute, and then tap the arrow v or V to set the minutes to the current time. 9 Tap AM or PM. 10 Tap OK. The Set Time screen closes. 11 Tap the Set Date box. The Set Date screen appears.
12 Tap the arrow b or B next to the year to select the current year. 13 Tap the current month, and then tap the current date. The Set Date screen closes. 14 Tap Next. The Setup Complete screen appears. Chapter 2 15 Tap Next. The Enter Data screen appears. Setting up your Sony CLIE Handheld–Basics 16 Tap Done. The initial settings are complete, and the Application Launcher screen (Home screen) appears.
Step 3: Entering data into your Sony CLIE Handheld There are three ways to enter data into your CLIE handheld: – Using Graffiti® writing – Using the onscreen keyboard – Using your computer keyboard Graffiti writing Your CLIE handheld includes Graffiti writing software as the primary system for entering text and numbers. With Graffiti writing, you write simple strokes with the stylus and they are instantly recognized as letters or numbers.
After a keyboard is open, you can tap to open any of the other keyboards, including the international keyboard. For details, see “Using the onscreen keyboard” in the Operating Instructions manual. Note You cannot enter Graffiti characters while using the onscreen keyboard.
Step 4: Installing the Palm™ Desktop for CLIE software onto your computer The Palm™ Desktop for CLIE software extends many of the functions of your CLIE handheld to your computer, featuring the same main applications as those on your CLIE handheld: Address Book, Date Book, To Do List, Memo Pad, Expense, and desktop e-mail connectivity. You can use the HotSync® Manager feature of this software to back up and exchange data between your CLIE handheld and your computer.
3 Click Install Palm Desktop for CLIE. The setup program starts and the Welcome window is displayed. Chapter 2 Click Next. The Palm Desktop for CLIE 3.1 software installation begins. Follow the instructions onscreen. On Intellisync Lite installation The Intellisync Lite software is also installed during the Palm Desktop for CLIE installation process.
Step 4: Installing the Palm™ Desktop for CLIE software onto your computer 5 Fill in the customer registration following the instructions shown onscreen. You need Internet access for the online customer registration. You can take advantage of Sony’s commitment to quality customer support and nine months of the extended limited warranty for a total of 12 months from the original date of purchase when you register your CLIE handheld.
5 Copy the user folders of the previous version of the Palm Desktop software onto a temporary folder. 6 Delete the Palm Desktop software folder of the previous version. Note Follow the procedures on pages 28-30 to install the Palm Desktop for CLIE software onto your computer’s hard disk. 8 Copy the user folders in the temporary folder to the new Palm Desktop for CLIE folder (by default, “C:\Program Files\Sony Handheld”).
Step 5: Connecting your Sony CLIE Handheld and your computer via the cradle The cradle that comes with your CLIE handheld enables you to synchronize the information on your CLIE handheld with the Palm™ Desktop for CLIE software on your computer using HotSync® technology. 1 Connect the USB connector of the cradle to a USB connector on your computer. To the wall outlet 2 Place your CLIE handheld on the cradle. Insert your CLIE handheld at an angle to the cradle and lay it back to fit it into place.
Step 6: Performing a HotSync® operation for the first time What is a HotSync operation? HotSync, a technology particular to a Palm OS® platform device, is the one-step operation that allows you to synchronize data between your CLIE handheld and your computer, and backup the CLIE data on your computer. For details, see “Exchanging and updating data using a HotSync® operation” in the Operating Instructions manual. 1 Press the HotSync button on the cradle.
Step 6: Performing a HotSync® operation for the first time Notes • Even if the HotSync operation is performed via a USB connector and the cradle, “Serial” is indicated. • Do not remove or move your CLIE handheld from the cradle during a HotSync operation. • Do not push the HotSync button during a HotSync operation. It might cause errors and force termination of the operation. • Do not enter power saving mode during a HotSync operation.
Chapter 3 Setting up your Sony CLIE Handheld – Advanced This chapter explains advanced software setup procedures for your CLIE handheld and your computer: checking the bundled applications on your CLIE handheld, installing applications from the Installation CD-ROM onto your computer, and installing add-on applications onto your CLIE handheld. Contents Overview of basic Palm OS® applications ............................... 37 Overview of Sony applications ................................................
Checking the bundled applications on your Sony CLIE Handheld After you make your CLIE handheld ready for use, start the Application Launcher to display all the available applications on your CLIE handheld. Check the basic and other applications. To open an application from the Application Launcher screen 1 Tap the Home icon. The Application Launcher screen appears. Tap the Home icon 2 b Do either of the following: •Tap the desired application icon in the Application Launcher screen.
Overview of basic Palm OS® applications Your CLIE handheld comes with the following Palm OS basic applications: Date Book, Address Book, To Do List, Memo Pad, Expense, and Calculator applications. This section gives an overview of these basic applications. Date Book Date Book lets you quickly and easily schedule appointments or any kind of activity associated with a time and date.
Checking the bundled applications on your Sony CLIE Handheld ■ Define which phone number appears in the Address List for each Address Book entry. ■ Attach a note to each Address Book entry, in which you can enter additional information about the entry. ■ Assign Address Book entries to categories so that you can organize and view them in logical groups. ■ Paste a PictureGear™ Pocket image to an address entry.
Calculator Calculator enables you to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. In Calculator, you can do the following: ■ Perform basic calculations. ■ Store and retrieve values. ■ Display the last series of calculations, which is useful for confirming a series of “chain” calculations. Expense Expense lets you keep track of your expenses and then transfer the information to a spreadsheet on your computer.
Checking the bundled applications on your Sony CLIE Handheld Overview of Sony applications In addition to the basic Palm OS applications, your CLIE handheld also contains original Sony applications: Audio Player, PictureGear™ Pocket, MS Gate, gMovie player, and MS Autorun. This section gives an overview of these original Sony applications. Audio Player Ver. 1.
MS Gate Memory Stick Gate (MS Gate) is used to exchange “Memory Stick” data to and from your CLIE handheld. In MS Gate, you can do the following: ■ Copy or move data to and from your CLIE handheld and “Memory Stick” media. ■ Delete data in “Memory Stick” media and in your CLIE handheld. ■ Format “Memory Stick” media. gMovie player gMovie player is used to play a movie clip created using the PictureGear 4.3Lite software.
Installing the supplied applications onto your computer From the installation launcher window of the supplied CLIE Installation CD-ROM, you can install the following image, audio, and other applications onto your computer’s hard disk.
Installing RealJukebox® for Sony RealJukebox for Sony allows you to create MP3 files from audio CD. You can use Audio Player to listen to a transferred MP3 file on your CLIE handheld. 1 Insert the Installation CD-ROM into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. The installation launcher window is displayed. 2 Click Install CLIE Audio Software. The Audio Software installation window is displayed. 3 Click Install RealJukebox for Sony. OpenMG installer is displayed. Chapter 3 4 Click Next.
Installing the supplied applications onto your computer Installing PictureGear™ 4.3Lite PictureGear 4.3Lite allows you to transfer image or movie files to and from your CLIE handheld and your computer. You can use PictureGear Pocket or gMovie player to view the transferred movie or image files on your CLIE handheld. 1 Insert the Installation CD-ROM into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. The installation launcher window is displayed. 2 Click Install CLIE Image Software.
3 Click Install QuickTime. The QuickTime 4 software installation starts. Follow the instructions onscreen to finish installation. Installing DirectX® 6 DirectX 6, a set of graphics and sound drivers, is necessary for PictureGear Lite to function properly. You need not install DirectX 6, if you have already installed DirectX 6.0 or later. 1 Insert the Installation CD-ROM into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. The installation launcher window is displayed. Click Install CLIE Image Software.
Installing the supplied applications onto your computer 2 Click Install FREE Entertainment Software. The FREE Entertainment Software installation window is displayed. 3 Click AvantGo. The AvantGo software installation starts. Follow the instructions onscreen to finish the installation. Installing Acrobat Reader® 4.05 Acrobat Reader 4.05 allows you to view, navigate, and print documents in the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF).
Uninstalling the supplied applications In the event that you no longer need an application you installed, you can remove an application from your computer’s hard disk as follows: 1 Click Start from the task bar, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window is displayed. 2 Double-click Add/Remove Programs. The Add/Remove Programs Properties window is displayed. In the Install/Uninstall tab, select the software that you want to remove in the list box. 4 Click Add/Remove.
Installing add-on applications onto your Sony CLIE Handheld Your CLIE handheld comes with various applications such as Date Book, Address Book, To Do List, Memo Pad, Expense, Calculator, and e-mail software. In addition to these applications, you can install additional applications called “add-on applications” from the Installation CDROM onto your CLIE handheld. A variety of third-party applications are also available for your CLIE handheld, such as games and other software that run on the Palm OS®.
2 Double-click the Palm Desktop for CLIE software icon on the Windows® desktop or click Start on the task tray, point to Programs, Sony Handheld, and then click Palm Desktop for CLIE. The Palm Desktop for CLIE software starts. Chapter 3 3 Click Install. The Install Tool dialog box appears. From the User drop-down list, select a user name to use. Click Add. The Open File dialog box appears. The supplied add-on applications are stored in the Add-on folder.
Installing add-on applications onto your Sony CLIE Handheld 6 Select the application(s) you want to install on your CLIE handheld, and then click Open. In the Install Tool dialog box, the list of applications you selected is displayed. If you do not want to install an application, select it, and then click Delete. (The application is deleted from the list but remains on your computer’s hard disk.) 7 8 Click Done. Perform a HotSync operation.
Installing add-on applications from “Memory Stick®” media The supplied “Memory Stick” media contains the following add-on applications and data. • PictureGear™ Pocket (with samples of image files) • gMovie player (with samples of movie files) • Audio Player (with samples of audio files) MS Gate lets you install these applications and data to your CLIE handheld. 1 Insert the supplied “Memory Stick” media into the “Memory Stick” slot of your CLIE handheld.
Installing add-on applications onto your Sony CLIE Handheld Installing add-on applications by beaming them from another Palm OS® device Your CLIE handheld is equipped with an IR (infrared) port that you can use to beam an application 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 CLIE handheld, behind the small dark shield. IR port 1 Tap the Home icon. The Application Launcher screen appears. 2 Tap the Menu icon.
4 Tap the application you want to transfer. Note Some applications are copy-protected and cannot be beamed. These are listed with the lock icon next to them. 5 Tap Beam. 6 When the Beam dialog box appears, point the IR port directly at the IR port of the receiving handheld. Chapter 3 For best results, the handhelds should be 4 to 8 inches (approximately 10 to 20 centimeters) apart, and the path between the two handhelds must be clear of obstacles.
Installing add-on applications onto your Sony CLIE Handheld Removing add-on applications In the event that you run out of memory or decide that you no longer need an add-on application you installed, you can remove an application from your CLIE handheld. Note You can remove only add-on applications, patches, and extensions that you have installed. You cannot remove the standard applications provided with your CLIE handheld, such as Address Book or Memo Pad. 1 Tap the Home icon.
Recommendation for installing the Up-date file Before you start using your CLIE handheld, we recommend you follow the procedures in this section to install the Up-date file contained in the CLIE installation CD-ROM into your CLIE handheld. The software in your CLIE handheld will be updated. Installation is not necessary, however, when you have finished the preparations in Chapter 2 and did not delete the Up-date file in the Install Tool dialog box in step 6 of Step 4 (page 30).
Customer registration If you do not fill in the customer registration soon after installing the Palm™ Desktop for CLIE software, follow the instructions in this section to complete the registration. 1 Double-click the Sony CLIE Registration icon on the Windows® desktop or click Start on the task tray, point to Programs, Sony Handheld, and then click Sony CLIE Registration. The Sony CLIE Handheld Registration screen appears. 2 Click http://www.sony.com/clie/register/.
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