KINDLE USER’S GUIDE 5th EDITION
Table of Contents WELCOME CHAPTER 1: Getting Started with Your Kindle 9 20 1.1 Views of Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Top View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Bottom View. . . . . . . . . .
2.2 Organizing With Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Creating a Collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Adding an Item to a Collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Adding Multiple Items to a Collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.4 Looking Up Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 The Lookup Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 3.5 Annotations and Clippings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Using Bookmarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHAPTER 5: The Kindle Store 98 5.1 Getting Started at the Store. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Connecting to the Kindle Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 5.2 Kindle Store Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 The Kindle Storefront . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHAPTER 7: Settings and Experimental 117 7.1 Adjusting Your Kindle Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Registering or Deregistering Kindle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Personalizing Your Kindle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Password - Protecting Your Kindle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHAPTER 9: Your Kindle and Amazon.com 135 9.1 Shopping for Kindle Content on Amazon.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Browsing the Kindle Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Searching the Kindle Store. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Getting the Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
APPENDIX 150 Safety and compliance Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Servicing Your Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Headphone Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy (Model number D00511). . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Welcome to Thank you for purchasing Amazon Kindle. You are reading the Welcome section of the Kindle User’s Guide. This section provides an overview of Kindle and highlights a few basic features so you can start reading as quickly as possible. You can leave this guide at any time by pressing the Home button on your Kindle. To turn to the next page, press one of the Next Page buttons. If your Kindle was a gift, you will need to register your device.
Congratulations! You are reading on your new Kindle. If you haven’t done so already, please follow the Getting Started instructions that came with your Kindle and plug your Kindle into a power source to charge the battery. The charge indicator light on the bottom edge of your Kindle turns yellow and a lightning bolt appears on the battery icon at the top of the display. Charging the battery fully should take less than three hours and you can continue reading while it charges.
To select a particular item such as a menu option or a specific word in your reading material, move the 5-way controller up, down, left, or right to highlight your choice and then press to select. You can press the Next or Previous Page buttons to move forward or backward in your reading material and press the Back button to retrace your steps on your Kindle. Use the keyboard to type words or phrases when searching your reading material or items in the Kindle Store.
To try it now, press the Text key , move the 5-way controller to choose the size you prefer and press the 5-way to select. The text changes to the new size. Repeat the same steps to change the text size back or to change it to a size comfortable for you to read.
Your Choice of Number of Words per Line You can also change the number of words per line in the book or periodical you are currently reading. Press the Text key , move the 5-way controller to choose the number of words per line you prefer and press the 5-way to select. This changes the width of the margins. You may find you read faster with fewer words per line. Experiment to see what works best for you.
Look It Up Your Kindle includes The New Oxford American Dictionary. You can easily look up a particular word without leaving the content. Simply use the 5-way controller to navigate the cursor in front of the word you want defined. A definition of the word appears at the bottom of the screen. To view the full definition, press the Return key on the keyboard. To return to the text you were reading, press the Back button.
Automatic Delivery Since Kindle connects to the Whispernet network, we deliver your favorite periodicals over the air to your device as soon as they are published, often before they are even available in print. For example, if you subscribe to the Kindle edition of The New York Times, the latest edition is wirelessly delivered overnight so you can read it each morning. Your favorite periodicals follow you wherever you go in Whispernet’s broad coverage area, whether you are at home or on the road.
Clip Your Favorite Passages While reading a book or a newspaper, have you ever wanted to clip and save a few words to refer to later? With Kindle, simply select “Add a Note or Highlight” from the menu and use the 5-way to highlight the content you want to clip and then press the 5-way to save your selection. The clipping is added to a file in Home called “My Clippings.” You can review your clippings later, search for words or terms you clipped, and transfer the “My Clippings” file to your computer.
Add Your Own Notes Do you like to take notes and make comments while reading? You can add notes to any of the content on Kindle. Amazon automatically stores all of your book annotations in the “My Clippings” file and backs them up on Amazon servers so they will not be lost. As an example, this sentence is highlighted and has a note attached as indicated by the superscripted number one to the right of this text.1 Using the 5-way controller, move the cursor over the notation number to see the note.
Convert Your Own Documents In addition to all of the great reading material you can get from the Kindle Store, Amazon can also convert your own documents so you can read them on Kindle. You can e-mail Microsoft Word, TXT, HTML, RTF, or image files like JPEGs and GIFs to your dedicated Kindle e-mail address (found on the Settings page on Kindle or the Manage Your Kindle page on Amazon.com).
If you bought your Kindle with your Amazon account, it is already registered with your account information and you are ready to go. When you go to the Home screen, check the top left corner of the screen to see if your Amazon name (the same one you see when you are shopping on Amazon.com) is shown. If it says “My Kindle” instead of your Amazon account name, you need to register your Kindle. To register, first press Home to display the Home screen and then press the Menu button.
CHAPTER 1: Getting Started with Your Kindle In the Welcome chapter of the Kindle User’s Guide, you read about many of the things you can do with your Kindle. This chapter reviews all of the physical features of Kindle and covers the basics of using the Kindle buttons, menus, and keyboard. 1.1 Views of Kindle FRONT VIEW The front of your Kindle contains the screen the keyboard, and the navigation controls. These features are illustrated below and explained in the list that follows.
Volume controls — controls the headphone or speaker volume for audiobooks, background music, and text-to-speech. Previous Page button — takes you to the previous page in your reading material. Press and hold this button to continuously page backward. Home button — shows content stored on your Kindle as well as content archived at Amazon.com. Next Page button — takes you to the next page in your reading material. To accommodate different ways of holding the Kindle, there is a Next Page button on both sides.
Text key — adjusts font size and number of words per line to suit your reading preference. Also allows you to turn on/off Text-to-Speech, zoom into PDF documents, and to change the screen rotation settings.
BACK VIEW The back of your Kindle contains stereo speakers for audio content.
TOP VIEW Power Switch Headphone Jack Power switch — puts your Kindle to sleep, wakes it up, and turns your Kindle on or off. To put your Kindle to sleep, slide and release the power switch; a full screen image appears on the display. While your Kindle is asleep, other keys and buttons are locked so that you don’t accidentally change the place in your reading. To turn your Kindle off, slide and hold the power switch for four seconds until the screen goes blank and then release.
BOTTOM VIEW The bottom of your Kindle contains the charge indicator light and a micro-USB port. Charge Indicator Light USB/Power Port Micro-USB/power port — attach the USB cord that came with your Kindle into the micro-USB/power port and into the Kindle power adapter*. Plug the adapter into a U.S.-compatible electrical outlet to charge the Kindle battery. You can also charge your Kindle by detaching the USB cord from the power adapter and connecting it to a computer’s USB port or powered USB hub.
1.2 Getting Around To get around on your Kindle, you use the buttons, menus, and the keyboard— all of which are explained here. USING THE BUTTONS In the Welcome section you learned about the navigation buttons (Previous Page, Next Page, and Back). For an explanation of what each button does, see “Front View”. USING THE MENUS In addition to the physical buttons, you also navigate Kindle using the menus. Kindle’s menus are context sensitive, but they all work the same way.
The illustration below shows the Home menu; the bold line under “Shop in Kindle Store” indicates that it is ready to be selected.
THE APPLICATION MENU You can display a menu from any screen on your Kindle. When you press the Menu button, it displays choices related to the screen you are viewing. The sample screen below shows you the screen you would typically see when you press the Menu button from within a book.
1.3 Entering Text To use the Kindle keyboard, most people find it easiest to hold the device in both hands, and use the tips of their thumbs to press the keys. Delete/ Backspace Return Symbol Key Shift Key ALT Key Text Key LOWERCASE AND UPPERCASE LETTERS To enter lowercase letters, press the appropriate letter key. To enter uppercase letters, hold down the Shift key , and then press the desired letter key like you do on your computer keyboard.
Use the 5-way controller to choose the character you want and it will appear in your text entry box.
1.4 Screen Rotation The Kindle screen image can be rotated so you can see the entire width of a web page. The buttons work the same in either rotation, but the 5-way controller movements are switched to match the rotation. To lock your screen into portrait or landscape mode, follow these steps: 1. P ress the Text key located on the bottom row of the keyboard. Screen Rotation is displayed at the bottom of the menu. 2.
1.5 Status Indicators At the top of every screen, you also see Whispernet and battery life status indicators to keep you in the know. WHISPERNET STATUS INDICATORS The Whispernet status indicator shows you whether the wireless radio is turned on or off, the signal strength of your Whispernet service, and the connection speed. Here are the possible indicators and their meanings. The Whispernet service is active and your Kindle has a strong signal.
BATTERY STATUS INDICATORS You have your Kindle plugged into power and the battery is charging. The charge indicator light on the bottom of your Kindle also lights up. Note that if your Kindle is plugged into a low powered USB port such as those found on some keyboards or older computers, you will only derive enough charge to avoid depleting the battery but not enough to recharge it. The images above show the various states of the battery as it discharges.
CHAPTER 2: Getting to Know Kindle Content The Kindle Home screen gives you an overall picture of what you currently have on your Kindle. It shows you what has arrived recently, what you are reading, and where you are in your reading. It also allows you to remove content from your Kindle and to move content from Amazon.com to your Kindle. Read below for more details. 2.
COLLECTIONS Collection names appear in an italicized font to differentiate them from books and other items. The number of items in each collection is displayed in parentheses to the right of the collection’s name. BLOGS Blogs are subscription-based and appear on the Home screen as a single entry like books. As additional blog content arrives, it is added to the item and older entries are rolled off, much like a blog works on a computer.
HOME SCREEN FEATURES What you see on your Home screen varies depending on what reading materials you have purchased, and how you choose to sort this list. The screen sample and list below explain the features that you may find on your Home screen.
Device name —the name of your Kindle. You can edit this name on the Settings screen. Sort options — choose the order you want content displayed in Home. Title — the title of the item. Author or Date — for books, the author of the item is listed. For periodicals and blogs, the date is listed. Collection — the title of the collection. The number of items in the collection is displayed in parentheses.
SORT OPTIONS The following screen shows the location of the Sort options and the list below explains each of the options. Moving the 5-way to the right lets you change how to sort these items.
Most Recent First — sorts your content by the most recently added or recently opened items first. Title — sorts your content alphabetically by title of the item. Author — sorts your content alphabetically by the author’s last name or publisher’s name. If you choose this option, periodicals will be sorted by their dates. Collections — sorts your content by first displaying collections that have been most recently used, then by items that have been most recently used but are not assigned to a collection.
THE HOME SCREEN MENU The Home screen menu allows you to navigate to other places in Kindle or to perform specialized tasks. To display the Home screen menu, press the Menu button when your Home screen is displayed. The list below explains the menu.
Turn Wireless Off/On — turns the Whispernet service off or on. Shop in Kindle Store — takes you to the Kindle Storefront. View Archived Items — takes you to Archived Items where you can view and wirelessly re-download content you are storing at Amazon.com. Search — brings up the Search text entry page for submitting a word or phrase to search for. Create New Collection — allows you to enter a name for a new collection of items. Sync & Check for Items — connects to Amazon.
2.2 Organizing With Collections You can create collections to personalize the way you organize your books, personal documents, and Audible books to make it easier to find items. CREATING A COLLECTION You can create as many collections as you need. To create a collection, follow these steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button. Press the Menu button and use the 5-way to select “Create New Collection”. Use the keyboard to enter the name of your collection.
ADDING AN ITEM TO A COLLECTION Collections give you the flexibility to add an item to as many collections as needed. For example, you can add the same book to collections called “History” and “My Favorite Authors”. To add an item to one or more collections, follow these steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button. Use the 5-way to navigate to the item you want to add to a collection. Move the 5-way to the right to view the item’s detail page.
ADDING MULTIPLE ITEMS TO A COLLECTION Collections also let you efficiently add multiple items to a single collection. This is useful for organizing similar types of items into one collection in a single pass. To add multiple items to a collection, follow these steps: 1. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button. 2. Use the 5-way to navigate to the collection you want to add items to. 3. There are two ways to start the process: a.
RENAMING A COLLECTION You can rename your collection if you made a mistake when creating it or if you want to update it. To rename a collection, follow these steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button. Use the 5-way to navigate to the collection. Move the 5-way to the right to view the collection’s detail page. Use the 5-way to select “Rename Collection”. Use the keyboard and 5-way to edit the name of your collection.
ADDING COLLECTIONS FROM ANOTHER KINDLE If you have more than one Kindle associated with your Amazon account, you can add the collections from another Kindle and merge them with collections on your current Kindle. This is useful if you’ve set up an organization system on another Kindle and you want use it on your current Kindle. The new collections will appear in Home on your current Kindle. Kindle books from the other device can be manually downloaded from Archived Items and they will appear in Home.
To merge collections, follow these steps: 1. M anually transfer any books from Archived Items to your current Kindle. See Transferring Books in Chapter 10 for more information. 2. On your current Kindle, if you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button. 3. Use the 5-way to select Archived Items. If you have many items you may need to use the Next Page button to locate Archived Items. 4. When in Archived Items use the 5-way to select the item labeled Add Other Device Collections. 5.
MORE ABOUT MANAGING ITEMS Amazon also stores the seven most recent issues of your newspapers and magazines. If you’d like to keep a copy of an issue indefinitely, open the issue, press the Menu button, and select “Keep this Issue”; you will then see the word “keep” to the left of the issue title in Home. You can download items stored at Amazon.com any time you are within Whispernet coverage.
CHAPTER 3: Reading on Kindle Kindle retains the best qualities of printed books, but adds many features that are available only through digital technologies such as word look up, changeable text size, and clippings. This chapter explains more about Kindle’s reading features. 3.1 Types of Content There are many types of reading material available for your Kindle such as books, newspapers, magazines, and blogs.
BLOGS The Kindle Store offers thousands of Kindle blogs, including up-to-the-minute news feeds and topical blogs. Blog categories include business, technology, sports, politics, culture, entertainment, humor, and science. Kindle blogs are sent to you wirelessly throughout the day, allowing you to keep current. Unlike traditional feeds, which often only provide headlines, Kindle downloads the complete feed onto the device so you can read them even when you are not wirelessly connected.
AUDIOBOOKS You can download and enjoy thousands of audiobooks from Audible.com. Due to their large file size, audiobooks must be downloaded to your PC or Mac over your existing Internet connection and then transferred to Kindle over USB. Listen to audiobooks through Kindle’s speakers or plug in your headphones for private listening. For more information on transferring and listening to audiobooks, see Chapter 8.
3.2 Content Formatting on Kindle When you read a book on Kindle, you will find that the formatting generally follows the printed version of the book. If the book has a table of contents, it will appear in Kindle. If the book has chapters, a preface, an illustrated cover, and so forth, these will be displayed. While you are reading, each page displays a header showing the content title and/or issue date. The top of the page shows the battery and Whispernet status indicators.
PROGRESS INDICATOR At the bottom of every page of your reading material, you can see where you are by glancing at the progress indicator. As you progress further into the content, you will see a solid bar growing longer. The progress indicator also shows structural marks within content such as chapters, articles, bookmarks, notes, or highlights.
To pick the text size that you want to use while reading, follow these steps: 1. P ress the Text key located on the bottom row of the keyboard. The text size choices are displayed as well as controls for Text-to-Speech. 2. Move the 5-way left or right to the new text size that you want to use (you see the new text size immediately). 3. Press the 5-way or the Text key to confirm your choice.
ADJUSTING THE NUMBER OF WORDS PER LINE You can change the number of words per line in the book. periodical, or personal document you are currently reading to suit your reading preference. Adjusting the number of words increases or decreases the size of the margins. You may find you read faster with fewer words per line. Experiment to find what works best for you. To pick the number of words per line you prefer, follow these steps: 1. P ress the Text key located on the bottom row of the keyboard.
3.3 Moving from Place to Place There are several ways for you to get from place to place once you have opened your reading material. Most often you will turn pages using the Next Page and Previous Page buttons (described in Chapter 1). You can also get around inside your book or periodical by selecting locations from the item’s Menu, clicking on links in the content, or by moving the 5-way controller left or right to advance to another article or chapter.
If you are reading a Kindle book, the menu shows the following options: Turn Wireless Off — turns off Whispernet. When Whispernet is off, this option will change to “Turn Wireless On.” Shop in Kindle Store — takes you to the Kindle Storefront. Buy This Book Now — connects to the Kindle Store, purchases, and downloads the full book to your Kindle. Only appears if you are reading a sample from the Kindle Store. Go to… — allows you to move to another location in the item you are reading.
Sync to Furthest Page Read — connects to Amazon.com and compares your current reading location with the one saved at Amazon. If you are further along in your book using another device, Kindle gives you the choice to go to the furthest page read. Book Description — connects to the Kindle Store and displays the book’s detail page. Search This Book — displays the Search line at the bottom of the screen. Additional details on how to conduct a search are provided in Chapter 4.
If you are reading a newspaper or magazine, you will see the following different options: Clip This Article — makes a copy of the entire article and adds it to your “My Clippings” file. Keep This Issue — designates the newspaper or magazine issue as one to be stored in your Kindle until you remove it.
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NAVIGATING WITHIN A PERIODICAL At the bottom of a newspaper or magazine you will see options for quickly navigating within an issue. When viewing a blog, you will see similar options for navigation. Previous Article — takes you to the previous article when you move the 5-way controller to the left. View Sections List — takes you to the sections list of a newspaper or magazine when you press the 5-way. View Articles List —takes you to the articles list of a blog when you press the 5-way.
To navigate to a particular section, use the 5-way controller to underline the section title and then press the 5-way to select. Selecting the number to the right of the section title will take you to a list of articles found within that section. To dismiss this view and return to where you were last reading in the magazine or newspaper, select “Close Sections List” located at the bottom of the screen.
To navigate to a particular article within a section or blog, simply move the 5-way controller to underline the article title and press to select. To dismiss this view, select “Close Articles List” located at the bottom of the screen.
SELECTING INTERNAL LINKS Your reading material may also contain links to other places in the document. For example, in many books, the table of contents is set up to link to the content pages. Links are easy to spot because they are underlined. To select a link: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Move the 5-way over the link. The cursor changes to look like this: Press the 5-way to select the link. Kindle takes you to the linked location. Press the Back button to go back to where you were.
Once you turn synchronization off, your books will still open to the last page read on that device, but Whispersync will no longer sync bookmarks or the furthest page read with other devices. If you would like to sync the book manually, press the Menu button and select “Sync to Furthest Page Read.” 3.4 Looking Up Definitions While reading a book, periodical, or personal document (except PDF), you can see a brief definition of a word using the Lookup feature.
3.5 Annotations and Clippings You can add annotations to all of your books, periodicals, and personal documents (except PDF). Annotations can include notes you have written, highlights you’ve marked, and bookmarks you’ve created. Bookmarks can only be created in books and PDF documents. Annotations are specific to the content you are reading, so each book or periodical has its own annotations. When you view the annotations, you see only those for the content you are currently reading.
USING BOOKMARKS Although Kindle automatically saves your place whenever you stop reading, you may also want to add additional bookmarks to a book or PDF document. You can place a bookmark at any location, and you can have multiple bookmarks in whatever book you are reading. When you add a bookmark, it is associated with the first location on the page. If you change text size, the bookmark will still be associated with that location. You can return to a bookmarked location at any time.
REMOVING A BOOKMARK To remove a bookmark: 1. Go to the bookmarked page. 2. Press the Menu button. 3. Move the 5-way controller down until “Delete Bookmark” is underlined. Press the 5-way to select. The bookmark is removed. Tip: You can also remove a bookmark on the page by holding down the Alt key and pressing the ‘B’ key. To remove several bookmarks at one time: 1. Press the Menu button. 2. Move the 5-way controller down until “View My Notes & Marks” is underlined. Press the 5-way to select it. 3.
HIGHLIGHTING A PASSAGE To highlight one or more lines, follow these steps: 1. Use the 5-way to position the cursor where you want to start highlighting. 2. Press the 5-way. 3. Move the 5-way right (or left) to where you want your highlight to end. You can turn pages if you want to highlight text across multiple pages. 4. Press the 5-way at the place where you want the highlight to end. 5. Notice that the text you highlighted appears with a gray underline.
DISPLAYING POPULAR HIGHLIGHTS IN YOUR BOOKS Popular Highlights help our readers focus on the passages and ideas in a book that are the most meaningful to the greatest number of readers. We collect all the highlights added to a book by Kindle customers and merge them together to identify a book’s most frequently-highlighted passages. If a passage in a book is a Popular Highlight, we will highlight that passage and we will also display the total number of people who have highlighted that passage.
If Popular Highlights are turned on, press the Enter key number of highlighters. to hide or show the To view a list of all Popular Highlights in a book, follow these steps: 1. While reading the book, press the Menu button. 2. Move the 5-way down until “View Popular Highlights” is underlined and press to select. (If this option appears dimmed, you must first enable the Popular Highlights feature in Settings.) 3. A list of the book’s Popular Highlights appears. By default, the list is sorted by location.
UPDATING POPULAR HIGHLIGHTS IN A BOOK Popular Highlights may not be available for the books you already own. If a book you already own does not include them, you can check for Popular Highlights by following these steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Add an annotation to the book, such as a bookmark, highlight, or note. Press the Home button. Press the Menu button. Move the 5-way down to underline “Sync & Check for Items” and press to select.
To edit a note while reading, follow these steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Use the 5-way to move the cursor over the note’s number. The note appears at the bottom of the screen. Press the Return key to edit the note. Use the keyboard to make your changes. Navigate the 5-way over “save note” and press the 5-way. To edit a note while viewing your notes and marks, follow these steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Press the Menu button and select “View My Notes & Marks”. Move the 5-way down to select the note you want to edit.
VIEWING YOUR ANNOTATIONS To view your bookmarks, highlights, and notes, press the Menu button and select “View My Notes & Marks.” Each entry has a location number followed by the bookmark, highlighted passage, or note. Your annotations are listed in the order that they occur in the content. There is no limit to the number of annotations you can have. Use the Next Page and Previous Page buttons to turn the pages just as you would in a book.
USING CLIPPINGS In addition to annotations, you can “clip” an entire periodical article to the “My Clippings” file. The “My Clippings” file contains all of the bookmarks, highlights, notes, and clippings you have made across all your content. Later, you can view the file or copy it to your computer as a text file. Once on your computer, you can edit it or send your clippings to someone else. Clipping and highlighting are a great way to capture your favorite quotes and share them with others.
MORE ABOUT MY CLIPPINGS You cannot edit the “My Clippings” file from within Kindle, but you can edit the file on your computer. To edit the “My Clippings” file: 1. Connect your Kindle to your computer using the USB cable. 2. Your Kindle should appear on your computer in the same location you would normally find an external USB drive. 3. Open your Kindle. You should see a folder entitled Documents. Transfer the “My Clippings” file out of this folder. 4.
3.6 Sharing Notes and Highlights with Your Social Network You can link your Kindle to your social network accounts so that you can share your notes and highlights with others in your social network. Sharing your notes and highlights is a great way to tell others about the books and periodicals you’re reading. While the examples in this section refer to Twitter, this feature works similarly for other social networks.
UNLINKING YOUR KINDLE FROM A SOCIAL NETWORK ACCOUNT Your Kindle remains linked to a social network account until you unlink it. To unlink your Kindle from a social network account, follow these steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button. Press the Menu button. Move the 5-way down until “Settings” is underlined and press to select it. Move the 5-way down to underline “manage” next to the “Social Networks” setting and press to select it.
To share a new highlight, follow these steps: 1. W hile reading a book or periodical, use the 5-way to position the cursor where you want to start highlighting. 2. Press the 5-way. 3. Move the 5-way right (or left) to where you want your highlight to end. 4. Press the ALT+ENTER keys + . 5. Type the message you want to tweet or share. Keep in mind that your message must be no longer than 100 characters. 6. Move the 5-way down to highlight “share” and press to select it.
3.7 Reading PDF Files Your Kindle is able to display most PDF documents. (Note that password-protected PDF files are not supported.) When your Kindle is set to portrait orientation, PDF documents are displayed in their original layout and fit the entire screen of the device. White margins of PDF documents are automatically cropped to maximize the amount of content shown on the screen.
In landscape orientation, Kindle automatically magnifies your document to fit the width of the screen to improve readability. A black outline defines the limit of the page of the PDF document. In both portrait and landscape orientations, the bottom of the screen shows how far you have read in a particular item as a percentage, and displays the current page number, as well as the total number of pages of the current document.
ZOOMING INTO PDF FILES Pressing the Text key will let you choose zoom options for a PDF page. fit-to-screen — displays the PDF by matching the width of the page to the width of your Kindle’s screen; this is the default (normal) size. Pressing the Back button while zoomed in returns the view to normal size. 150% — displays the PDF contents at one and one half times the normal size. 200% — displays the PDF contents at twice the normal size. 300% — displays the PDF contents at three times the normal size.
Once you are zoomed in, you can use the 5-way to pan left, right, up and down within each page. The black bars at the right and bottom of the display indicate which portion of the overall page you are viewing. If you press the Next Page or Prev Page buttons, the page will change and the view will remain zoomed in. Press the Back button to dismiss the zoomed-in view and return to normal size.
USING THE PDF MENU The options available while reading a PDF file are slightly different than when reading a book or a periodical on Kindle. Options that are not available in PDF files are grayed out in the menu.
Go to… — allows you to move to another location in the PDF document.Choose one of these options: cover — takes you to the cover page of the item you are reading. table of contents — this option is not available for PDF documents. beginning — takes you to the beginning of the PDF file. page — type the number of the page you want to jump to and select this option. Search This Document — displays the Search line at the bottom of the screen.
AUDIOBOOKS On your Home screen, your audiobooks list the title and author, but they also have the word “audio” next to the title to indicate that they are audiobooks. To listen to one of your audiobooks, select it from your Home screen. You will see a page similar to the one shown below. Kindle provides a standard set of controls that are explained below.
Progress Indicator — indicates how far you have come in the audiobook, the elapsed time, and the section you are in. Pause/Play — pauses or plays the audiobook (there is no Stop control). Forward 30 Seconds — moves ahead thirty seconds from the current location. Beginning — takes you back to the beginning of the audiobook. Previous Section — moves backwards in the audiobook to the previous section. Back 30 Seconds — moves backwards thirty seconds from the current location.
To turn off background audio: 1. 2. 3. 4. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button. Press the Menu button. Move the 5-way down until “Experimental” is underlined. Press the 5-way to select. Move the 5-way down until “play music” is underlined and press down to select it. Tip: You can also play or stop background audio by holding down the ALT key and pressing the space bar. You can forward to the next track by holding down the ALT key and pressing the ‘F’ key.
2. M ove the 5-way down so that “turn on” is underlined. Press the 5-way to select. In a few moments, you will hear your content spoken aloud. You can either listen to it through the Kindle’s external speakers or plug in earphones into the headphone jack. 3. By default, content is spoken with a male voice, but using the 5-way, you can select a female speaking voice. You can also slow down or increase the rate of speech as well as pause or turn off Text-to-Speech 4.
CHAPTER 4: Searching on Kindle Kindle allows you to take advantage of powerful search capabilities. You can search locally on Kindle or remotely at the Kindle Store, Wikipedia, or the Web. 4.1 Introduction to Search This section describes the types of searches that you can perform using Kindle and how to use search. TYPES OF SEARCHES Kindle supports several types of search as summarized below. SEARCHING WHAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY READING You can limit a search to only what you are currently reading.
SEARCHING FOR DEFINITIONS You can limit a search to the dictionary. Kindle searches your default dictionary for definitions of the word you have entered. PERFORMING A SEARCH To perform a search, follow these steps: 1. T ype in your search term; the Search line will automatically appear. You can use whole words, and no distinction is made between lower and upper case. 2. T o find the word or phrase in the content you are currently reading, move the 5-way to the right to highlight “find.
4.2 Search Results Page When searching all your content, Kindle looks in the reading materials you have on your Kindle and the metadata (like title and author) of the materials you have in Archived Items. This includes purchased items, personal documents, and annotations that you have created. The example below shows a typical Search Results page.
The screen shows the titles of the items that contain your search term and indicates how many times the term occurs. The list is ordered by the number of occurrences of the search term in each item. If the term appears in a title of an archived item, then that item is listed first and does not include the number of occurrences. Use the Next Page and Previous Page buttons if there are more results than fit on the current page.
To go to a specific location in the content where the search term occurs, use the 5-way to underline the location and press the 5-way to select. If the search results encompass multiple pages, then use the Next Page and Previous Page buttons to navigate between pages. To close the Search Results, move the 5-way to highlight “Close Search Results” and press the 5-way.
SEARCH RESULTS FOR A DEFINITION When you want to look up the meaning of a word, you can limit a search to the dictionary. Kindle searches your default dictionary for definitions of the word you enter. To find a definition, follow these steps: 1. Type in the word you want defined. 2. Move the 5-way right to highlight “dictionary.” 3. Press the 5-way to submit your search. You will see a complete definition of the word.
4.3 Performing Remote Searches To search remotely, you must have Whispernet switched on. You can select any of the remote searches described in this section. If Whispernet is not already on, press the Menu button. Move the 5-way controller to underline “Turn Wireless On” and press the 5-way controller to select and turn on Whispernet. SEARCHING WIKIPEDIA To search Wikipedia, enter your term and move the 5-way to select “wikipedia.” This opens Basic Web and displays the Wikipedia page.
You can narrow results by categories by clicking on the drop-down list located in the upper right corner of the Search Results page. Tip: You can also narrow a search in the Kindle Store to an author’s name by typing “@author” followed by the author’s name. For example, to search the Kindle Store for books by Agatha Christie, enter “@author Agatha Christie” in the Search line. This will narrow your Kindle Store search to find only books written by Agatha Christie.
CHAPTER 5: The Kindle Store The Kindle Store is the place to purchase your Kindle books, newspapers, magazines, and blogs. Find an item in the store, select “Buy,” and you will typically receive your item wirelessly in under a minute. All of your Kindle purchases use Amazon 1-Click for easy purchasing and Amazon automatically backs up all of your purchases in case you lose your Kindle or want to download a title again.
THE KINDLE STOREFRONT When you select “Shop in Kindle Store” from any menu, you will be taken to the Kindle Storefront. An example is shown below, the storefront you see may be different as we update it often. Search Store — enter your search criteria here and Amazon will search the entire Kindle Store for matches and return the search results.
THE STORE MENU The menu you see while you are connected to the Kindle Store allows you to go to other places in the store easily and includes the selections listed below.
Turn Wireless Off — turns the Whispernet connection off. If you turn wireless off, you will not be able to access the Kindle Store. Kindle Storefront — takes you to the Kindle Storefront. Books — displays the books currently available in the Kindle Store. Newspapers — displays the newspapers currently available in the Kindle Store. Magazines — displays the magazines currently available in the Kindle Store. Blogs — displays the blogs currently available in the Kindle Store.
BROWSE LISTINGS SAMPLE The example below shows you the type of listings you will see on the Books browse page. Browse path — shows the steps on the path you used to get to the current page. Number of titles in the category — shows the number of items available in the particular category. Categories — groups the content by topics of interest to make browsing easier. Select the category you are interested in to show only items in that particular subject.
GETTING THE DETAILS The product detail page for books and periodicals provides the most pertinent information about an item. To get to the product detail page for a particular item, use the 5-way controller to select it. PRODUCT DETAIL PAGE EXAMPLE The example below shows you a product detail page for a book available at the Kindle Store. The features on this page are explained in the list below.
Author — searches the Kindle Store for other books by the author when selected. Description — describes the item. Select “more” to see the full text. Buy — purchases the item using your default Amazon 1-Click payment method and sends it wirelessly to your Kindle. Reviews — displays the customer reviews for this item. Provides links to editorial reviews and for writing your own review. Try a Sample — downloads the beginning of the book for free so you can sample it before buying.
ADDING ITEMS TO YOUR WISH LIST The Kindle Store lets you add items to your wish list that you want to look at or purchase later. To add an item to your wish list, select “Add to Wish List” from the product detail page for the item. If you have more than one wish list, you will be able to choose the wish list you want to add the item to. To see your wish list, select “Your Wish List” from the Store menu. To remove the item from your wish list, select “Delete” for that item. 5.
WRITING YOUR OWN RATINGS AND REVIEWS You can share your opinions with other readers by rating and reviewing the materials that you have read.
The sample screen below shows you the type of information you can enter. ENTERING A RATING AND REVIEW 1. I ndicate the rating you think this item deserves by selecting the line with the appropriate number of stars. 2. Select “Title” and enter a title for your review. Select “ok” to submit your title. 3. Select “Review” and type your review on the lines provided. Select “ok.” 4. To submit your rating and review, select “Submit.
5.4 Making Purchases This section explains various aspects of purchasing items from the Kindle Store. TRYING A SAMPLE BOOK Most Kindle books allow you to download a sample before you decide to buy the item. The end of the sample book has a link to revisit the product detail page for the item or a link to purchase the item directly. In addition, while reading a sample, the Menu shows “Buy this Book Now” so you can purchase the book at any time during your reading.
CHAPTER 6: Accessing the Web Your Kindle comes with an Experimental application called Basic Web, which is a Web browser optimized to read Web sites that are primarily text-based. It supports JavaScript, SSL and cookies but does not support media plug-ins (Flash, Shockwave, etc.) or Java applets. You can also change your Kindle screen orientation from portrait to landscape to see the entire width of a web page. 6.1 Using Basic Web There are four ways to open the Basic Web browser.
Loading Progress Viewing Mode Location Back and Forward One Page Search Google URL Text Field Reload or Stop Loading ENTERING A URL To enter the URL for a Web site, navigate to the top of the screen or press Menu and select “Enter URL” from the menu options. Begin typing when the cursor is located in the URL text field. When you are done typing, press the 5-way controller to view that Web site.
To add a Web site to the Bookmarks page, simply navigate to the site that you want to bookmark and press the Menu button. Move the cursor to “Bookmark This Page” and press the 5-way controller. Any new bookmarks that you select will be added to the existing list on your Kindle. You can remove a bookmark by going to your Bookmarks lists and moving the 5-way controller until the item you want to delete is underlined. Move the 5-way left to display “delete bookmark.
Using the 5-way controller, highlight the link you want to go to and press the 5-way. The browser will open that page. If you want to enter information in an input field in a Web page to search that site, for example, you should move the cursor to that input field and begin typing. When you finish typing, press down on the nearby Go or Enter or Search button to retrieve the results.
USING HISTORY You can easily return to Web sites you recently viewed by pressing the Menu button and selecting “History.” You will then see a list of recently visited Web sites to select from. As noted above, you can also use this list to add a site to your Bookmarks by moving the 5-way to the right. THE BASIC WEB MENU The Basic Web menu contains other items you can select, many of which also appear in the Browser’s navigation bar.
Turn Wireless Off — turns the Whispernet connection off. If you turn the wireless off, you will not be able to use the browser. Shop in Kindle Store — takes you to the Kindle Storefront. Enter URL — takes you directly to the URL field where you can enter a web address to visit. Go to Top — returns you to the top of the current Web page. Bookmarks — displays your list of Web bookmarks. Bookmark This Page — adds the current page to the bottom of your list of bookmarks.
BASIC WEB SETTINGS You can modify the default browser behaviors and perform simple maintenance procedures using Basic Web Settings. To display the Settings screen, press the Menu button while in the browser and then use the 5-way to select “Settings.
Switch to Advanced Mode — switches between Basic and Advanced modes, when you view Basic Web. Clear Cache — removes temporary Internet files from your Kindle. Move the onscreen highlight to “Clear Cache” and press the 5-way controller to clear the cache. Clear History — removes cached Internet address entries from your Kindle. Move the on-screen highlight to “Clear History” and press the 5-way to clear this list. Clear Cookies — removes cookies from your Kindle.
CHAPTER 7: Settings and Experimental Use the Kindle Settings page to personalize items on Kindle such as the name of your Kindle, annotation backup, device password, personal information, and other settings. The Settings page also provides information about your Kindle, such as the software version number. The Experimental page contains a number of prototype features that you may find useful. 7.
Registration — this is the Amazon.com account name to which your Kindle is registered. All Kindle Store and other charges will be applied to the credit card associated with your 1-Click account. Popular Highlights — allows you to turn on or off the display of popular passages highlighted by others in the books you are reading. Social Networks — allows you to link your Kindle to your social network accounts so that you can share your notes and highlights with others in your social network.
Annotations Backup — allows you to turn on or off the automatic backup of your annotations at Amazon.com. Disable this feature if you do not want your annotations backed up or shared in Popular Highlights. Device Password — Secure your Kindle and restrict access to your content by setting a password. If you set a password, you will be prompted to enter it when you turn your Kindle on or wake it from sleep.
Device Name — you can change the name of your device to anything you want. This name shows at the top of the Home screen. Device E-mail — this is the e-mail address of your Kindle. You and your friends can send documents to this address and they will be converted by Amazon.com and sent to your Kindle. To edit this e-mail address, go to: http://www.amazon.com/manageyourkindle. Personal Info — enter any personal or contact information here such as an address or phone number in case you lose your Kindle.
Once registered, you can make purchases on the Kindle Store, convert personal documents on Amazon.com, use Basic Web, and take advantage of other Amazonsponsored services. If your Kindle has incorrect registration information, deregister the device and then reregister it. DEREGISTERING YOUR KINDLE If you want to transfer ownership of your Kindle or return it for service or recycling, you should deregister it to prevent unauthorized purchases.
PASSWORD - PROTECTING YOUR KINDLE To prevent others from using your Kindle or seeing your content, you can create a password that must be entered whenever your Kindle starts or wakes from sleep. If your Kindle is sleeping when you attach it to a computer using the USB cable, you will also be prompted to enter your password before you can mount your Kindle on your computer. If you forget your password, you must call Kindle Customer Service for help with resetting your device.
To change your password, follow these steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button. Press the Menu button. Move the 5-way to underline “Settings” and press to select. Move the 5-way to underline “edit” next to the “Device Password” setting and press to select. Enter your old password, and select “submit”. Type the new password. The maximum password length is twelve characters. Move the 5-way down and type in your new password again to confirm.
CHANGING ANNOTATIONS BACKUP Annotations Backup will backup your last location read, all of your notes, and bookmarks you make to Amazon.com on any of your purchased content. If you delete an item from your Kindle or if you buy a new Kindle, you can automatically restore an item’s annotations, bookmarks, and the last location you read by downloading the item again from the Manage Your Kindle page on Amazon.com. You can enable or disable annotations backup by following the steps below: 1. 2. 3. 4.
THE SETTINGS MENU The Settings menu allows you to go to other places on your Kindle as well as update your software or restart your device. These menu options are defined below. To display the Settings menu, press the Menu button while you are on the Settings screen.
Turn Wireless Off — turns off Whispernet. When Whispernet is off, this option will change to Turn Wireless On. Shop in Kindle Store — takes you to the storefront of the Kindle Store. Change Primary Dictionary — change the dictionary you are using for the built-in Lookup function. This menu option is only present if you have at least one additional dictionary loaded on your Kindle. Update Your Kindle — installs the latest software for your Kindle.
7.2 Experimental The Experimental page is a place for you to try out and experiment with some of the concepts we have under development. We encourage you to send us your feedback to help us decide how to improve the concepts and whether or not you think we should make them part of the Kindle product. To open Experimental, follow the steps below. 1. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button. 2. Press the Menu button. 3.
CHAPTER 8: Kindle and Your Computer You can download and read text-based content on your Kindle without using your computer. However, if you want to access audiobooks or MP3 files, you need to transfer them by connecting Kindle to your computer over USB. In addition, there are other tasks you can accomplish using your computer as described in this chapter. 8.1 Getting Started This section lists the requirements for connecting Kindle to your computer.
The illustration below shows a Kindle and a laptop computer connected through the USB cable. When you are connected to your PC, your Kindle will go into USB drive mode and its battery will be recharged by the computer. Your Whispernet service is temporarily shut off and you will not receive any of your subscriptions while in this mode. Also, your Kindle is not usable as a reading device while you are in USB drive mode, but will return right to where you were when you eject the device from your computer.
8.2 Transferring Files from Your Computer MANAGING YOUR DOCUMENTS If your Kindle is out of Whispernet coverage, you can still add content to it by connecting it to a computer to mount it as a USB drive. After your Kindle mounts as a USB drive, you will see three default directories or folders. The one called “documents” contains all of your digital reading materials like books, newspapers, your My Clippings file, etc. The “Audible” directory is for your audiobooks, and “music” is for your MP3 files.
8.3 Converting and Transferring Your Documents In addition to reading commercially available materials, you can have Amazon convert your personal documents into a Kindle-compatible format for reading on your Kindle. You can have the converted files sent wirelessly to your Kindle via Whispernet for a fee or to the e-mail address associated with our Amazon account for free.
SENDING YOUR DOCUMENTS FOR CONVERSION Each Kindle has its own unique e-mail address. When you e-mail personal documents to your Kindle, they are automatically converted to a Kindle-friendly format. To set up your Kindle e-mail address, follow the steps below: 1. O n your computer, open your Web browser and go to: http://www.amazon.com/manageyourkindle 2. Sign-in to your Amazon.com account. 3. In the Your Kindle(s) section, select “Edit Info.” 4.
For details on fees, see the topic “Fees for Personal Document Service” on Amazon.com. Tip: If you would like to avoid the fee, address the e-mail so that the second part of your Kindle e-mail address is @free.kindle.com. After sending to the @free.kindle. com address, a link to the converted file will be e-mailed to your Amazon.com e-mail address. You can then download the file to your Kindle’s documents folder via USB using your computer.
To transfer audiobooks to your Kindle, follow these steps: 1. C onnect your Kindle to your computer, using the USB cable that came with the device. 2. Your Kindle should appear on your computer in the same location you would normally find an external USB drive. 3. Open your Kindle. You should see a folder entitled “audible.” Drag any audiobooks you want to play on your Kindle into this folder. 4. Using your computer, eject your Kindle from your computer.
CHAPTER 9: Your Kindle and Amazon.com In addition to shopping directly from your device, you can acquire the same books, magazines, newspaper subscriptions, and other content you find on the Kindle Store using a Web browser on your computer. You can also go to the Manage Your Kindle page on Amazon.com to manage your Kindle account, change or cancel a subscription, or look up a past Kindle order. If you need help, Kindle Support on Amazon.
GETTING THE DETAILS The product detail page for Kindle content provides the most pertinent information to help you make a purchase decision. In addition to cover image, title, author and pricing information, the product detail page gives you insight into the content from other readers. For example, you can read customer reviews and check out “Customers Who Bought This Book Also Bought” to find out what other customers have enjoyed.
9.2 Managing Your Kindle on Amazon.com This section gives you instructions on how to find and use the Manage Your Kindle page on Amazon.com. The Manage Your Kindle page is a versatile online tool you can use to view and manage your Kindle content, personal settings, and account information. It can be found at: http://www.amazon.
MANAGING YOUR ORDERS Delivery status for — view the status of recently ordered books and your subscriptions to determine what content has been recently delivered wirelessly to your Kindle(s). Your Default 1-Click Payment Method — allows you to update the payment method Kindle uses to make purchases on Amazon.com. All Kindle transactions are completed with 1-Click. Changes made to your default 1-Click method will apply to your future Amazon.
DOWNLOADING CONTENT FROM YOUR COMPUTER To transfer content downloaded to your computer, over to your Kindle, follow these steps: 1. C onnect the USB cable (provided with your Kindle) to the Kindle and your computer. 2. Your Kindle should appear on your computer in the same location you would normally find an external USB drive. 3. Open your Kindle. You should see a folder entitled “documents.” 4. Transfer the downloaded files into the “documents” folder of your Kindle. 5.
CHAPTER 10: Transferring Content to Your New Kindle If you already own another Kindle, this section will help you understand how to transfer your content to your new device. Copies of all your books and recent issues of newspapers and magazines purchased from the Kindle Store are kept in your Amazon.com account. Tip: You can download and share Kindle books with multiple Kindles registered to your Amazon account. 10.1 Transferring Books To transfer Kindle books to your new device, follow these steps: 1.
To download and transfer your purchased Kindle content over USB: 1. F rom the “Your Orders” section of the Manage Your Kindle page, select “Transfer via computer” and you will be asked where you want to save the item on your computer. 2. Connect the USB cable (provided with your Kindle) to the Kindle and your computer. 3. Your Kindle should appear on your computer in the same location you would normally find an external USB drive. 4. Open your Kindle. You should see a folder entitled “documents.” 5.
10.3 Transferring Personal Documents To transfer personal documents you have stored on a Kindle to another Kindle, follow these steps: 1. C onnect the Kindle you want to transfer information from to your computer using the USB cable provided for that particular Kindle. 2. Your Kindle should appear on your computer in the same location you would normally find an external USB drive. 3. Open your Kindle. You should see a folder entitled “documents.
10.4 Transferring Audiobooks To transfer audiobooks you have stored on a Kindle to another Kindle, follow these steps: 1. C onnect the Kindle you want to transfer an audiobook from, to your computer using the USB cable provided for that particular Kindle. 2. Your Kindle should appear on your computer in the same location you would normally find an external USB drive. 3. Open your Kindle. You should see a folder entitled “Audible.” Transfer this folder to the computer’s desktop. 4.
10.5 Transferring MP3s To transfer MP3s you have stored on a Kindle to another Kindle, follow these steps: 1. C onnect the Kindle you want to transfer an MP3 from, to your computer using the USB cable provided for that particular Kindle. 2. Your Kindle should appear on your computer in the same location you would normally find an external USB drive. 3. Open your Kindle. You should see a folder entitled “music.” Transfer this folder to the computer’s desktop. 4.
CHAPTER 11: Troubleshooting You can resolve many problems with your Kindle, quickly and easily. If you encounter any of the following problems with your Kindle, click on the issue for help. • My Kindle won’t turn on/My Kindle is unresponsive or appears frozen. • My wireless isn’t working. • I’m unable to download a book even though I see strong wireless signal strength • I only received a partial download of my Kindle Content or my Kindle Content seems to be corrupted.
MY KINDLE WON’T TURN ON/MY KINDLE IS UNRESPONSIVE OR APPEARS FROZEN. Recharge your Kindle using the power adapter that came with the device and plug it into an AC outlet. Make sure that the charging light next to the micro-USB port lights up while you are charging. Allow the device to be charged in this manner for at least 30 minutes. Slide and release the power switch. If your Kindle does not turn on then try resetting it by doing the following: 1. Disconnect your Kindle from any power source. 2.
I ONLY RECEIVED A PARTIAL DOWNLOAD OF MY KINDLE CONTENT OR MY KINDLE CONTENT SEEMS TO BE CORRUPTED. Delete the content and re-download from Archived Items by following these steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. Use the 5-way controller to select the content from Home. Move the 5-way to the left to delete and press the 5-way to confirm. Open Archived Items in Home and select the content. Press the 5-way to re-download the content. I’M HAVING PROBLEMS TRANSFERRING CONTENT FROM MY COMPUTER TO MY KINDLE.
MY KINDLE DOESN’T CHARGE WHEN USING THE POWER ADAPTER. Check to see if the charging light next to your Kindle’s micro-USB port is lit. If not, then try another AC outlet. If the charging light still does not come on, then try restarting your Kindle by doing the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Press the Home button. Press the Menu button. Select “Settings.” Press the Menu button. Select “Restart.” I CAN’T OPEN ANY OF MY BOOKS AND RECEIVE AN ERROR MESSAGE INSTEAD.
NONE OF MY PROBLEMS ARE LISTED ABOVE. WHAT SHOULD I DO? Many issues can be resolved by restarting your Kindle. Try the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Press the Home button. Press the Menu button. Select “Settings.” Press the Menu button. Select “Restart.” If your Kindle is unresponsive, then try resetting it by doing the following: 1. Disconnect your Kindle from any power source. 2. Slide and hold the power switch for 15 seconds before releasing.
APPENDIX SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE INFORMATION Use Responsibly. Read all instructions and safety information before use to avoid injury. CAUTION! FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS COULD RESULT IN FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, OR OTHER INJURY OR DAMAGE. MAINTAINING YOUR KINDLE Do not use your Kindle or its accessories in rain, or near sinks or other wet locations. Take care not to spill any food or liquid in your Kindle.
BATTERY SAFETY The rechargeable battery in your Kindle should be replaced only by an authorized service provider. For more information about batteries, go to: http://www.amazon.com/kindleterms HEADPHONE SAFETY Listening to audio at high volume for extended periods of time can cause hearing damage. To avoid this problem, consider the tips below: 1. Keep the volume down; 2. Avoid prolonged, continuous listening; and 3. Wear headphones that isolate the wanted audio from background noise.
STEPS TO MINIMIZE INTERFERENCE If your Kindle does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception (which you can determine by turning your Kindle off and on), you can try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: reorient or relocate the receiving antenna for the radio or television; increase the separation between the radio or television and your Kindle; connect equipment and receivers to different outlets; or consult the radio or television manufacturer or an exper
INFORMATION REGARDING EXPOSURE TO RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGY FOR MODEL NUMBER D00511, FCC ID: WI5-1210 EXPOSURE TO RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGY (MODEL NUMBER D00511) Your Kindle is designed and manufactured not to exceed the emission limits for exposure to RF energy set by the Federal Communications Commission of the United States (FCC). The exposure standard for wireless devices employs a unit of measurement known as the specific absorption rate, or SAR. The SAR limit set by the FCC is 1.
COMPLIANCE INFORMATION FOR KINDLE USERS OUTSIDE THE US You can see additional information for Kindle users outside the US by clicking on this link: http://www.amazon.com/kindletermsandconditions RECYCLING KINDLE PROPERLY In some areas, the disposal of certain electronic devices is regulated. Make sure you dispose of or recycle Kindle in accordance with your local laws and regulations. For information about recycling Kindle, go to: http://www.amazon.
KINDLE LICENSE AGREEMENT AND TERMS OF USE THIS IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND AMAZON DIGITAL SERVICES, INC. (WITH ITS AFFILIATES, “AMAZON” OR “WE”). PLEASE READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT AND TERMS OF USE, AND ALL RULES AND POLICIES FOR THE KINDLE DEVICE AND SERVICES RELATED TO THE DEVICE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY RULES OR USAGE PROVISIONS SPECIFIED ON THE AMAZON. COM WEBSITE OR THE KINDLE STORE, AND THE AMAZON.COM PRIVACY NOTICE LOCATED AT WWW.AMAZON.
WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY General. Amazon provides wireless connectivity free of charge to you for certain content shopping and downloading services on your Device. You may be charged a fee for your use of other services on your Device, such as Web browsing and downloading of personal files, should you elect to use those services. We will maintain a list of current fees for such services in the Kindle Store.
Restrictions. Unless specifically indicated otherwise, you may not sell, rent, lease, distribute, broadcast, sublicense or otherwise assign any rights to the Digital Content or any portion of it to any third party, and you may not remove any proprietary notices or labels on the Digital Content. In addition, you may not, and you will not encourage, assist or authorize any other person to, bypass, modify, defeat or circumvent security features that protect the Digital Content. Subscriptions.
No Reverse Engineering, Decompilation, Disassembly or Circumvention.
GENERAL No Illegal Use and Reservation of Rights. You may not use the Device, the Service or the Digital Content for any illegal purpose. You acknowledge that the sale of the Device to you does not transfer to you title to or ownership of any intellectual property rights of Amazon or its suppliers. All of the Software is licensed, not sold, and such license is non-exclusive. Information Received.
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Disputes. ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANYWAY TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO CONFIDENTIAL ARBITRATION IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, EXCEPT THAT, TO THE EXTENT YOU HAVE IN ANY MANNER VIOLATED OR THREATENED TO VIOLATE AMAZON’S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, AMAZON MAY SEEK INJUNCTIVE OR OTHER APPROPRIATE RELIEF IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, AND YOU CONSENT TO EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE IN SUCH COURTS.
ONE-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY This Warranty is provided by Amazon Fulfillment Services, Inc., 1200 12th Ave South, Suite 1200, Seattle, WA 98144-2734, United States, for the Kindle Device (the “Device”). We warrant the Device against defects in materials and workmanship under ordinary consumer use for one year from the date of original retail purchase.
LIMITATIONS. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE WARRANTY AND REMEDIES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES AND REMEDIES, AND WE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ALL STATUTORY OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND AGAINST HIDDEN OR LATENT DEFECTS.
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