Kindle Fire User’s Guide Contents 2 Contents Chapter 1 About Your Kindle Fire.. ................................................................. 4 Status Bar.. . . . . . . . ..................................................................................... 4 Search.. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................................................................................... 5 Content.. . . . . . . . . . . .....................................................................................
Kindle Fire User’s Guide Contents 3 Appendix A Product Information.................................................................. 18 Safety and Compliance Information.............................................................. 18 Maintaining Your Kindle Fire....................................................................... 18 Servicing Your Device.. .............................................................................. 18 Glass Parts.. . . . . . . ........................................
Kindle Fire User’s Guide Chapter 1 About Your Kindle Fire 4 Chapter 1 About Your Kindle Fire Status Bar At the top of the screen, you’ll see indicators that inform you about the status of your Kindle Fire. Notifications: Notifications can come from the system, a game, an application such as e-mail, or the music player.
Kindle Fire User’s Guide Chapter 1 About Your Kindle Fire 5 Search Tap to activate the Search field. You can search your Content libraries or the web. Content Access the web or one of your Content libraries by tapping the corresponding name at the top of the Home screen: Newsstand, Books, Music, Video, Docs, Apps, or Web. Carousel Recently accessed books, music, videos, newspapers, magazines, web pages, and apps are automatically added to the Carousel.
Kindle Fire User’s Guide Chapter 1 About Your Kindle Fire 6 Registering your Kindle Fire To fully use all of the features of your Kindle Fire, you must register it to your Amazon account. If you have not yet registered, please do so now. Prior to registering, connect to a Wi-Fi network by tapping the Quick Settings icon at the top of the screen, then selecting Wi-Fi. Choose the network you want to use.
Kindle Fire User’s Guide Chapter 2 Shopping 7 Chapter 2 Shopping Amazon offers a wide selection of books, newspapers, magazines, applications, music, movies, and TV shows for your Kindle Fire. To purchase titles, simply tap the “Store >” link in the top right corner of any Content library. To exit the store and return to your Content library, tap “Library >.” Within each store you can search for a title, browse by category, check out best sellers, or view recommendations.
Kindle Fire User’s Guide Chapter 3 Kindle Fire Content 8 Chapter 3 Kindle Fire Content Device and cloud storage Content purchased from Amazon is securely stored by Amazon and available in the cloud. If you are preparing to go offline, toggle to Cloud and download to your device content that you want to have available when offline. Options bar The Options bar is located at the bottom of every Content library screen. Options vary depending on the content type.
Kindle Fire User’s Guide Chapter 3 Kindle Fire Content 9 The Options bar may be hidden when some applications are running. It can be expanded by tapping the arrow at the bottom of the screen or by swiping upwards from the bottom of the device. Content libraries Newsstand You can view your magazines and newspapers by tapping Newsstand on the Home screen. To switch between grid and list views of your content, tap the Menu icon in the Options bar. Back issues are grouped to keep your Newsstand organized.
Kindle Fire User’s Guide Chapter 3 Kindle Fire Content 10 To go to the next page of an article, tap the right side of the screen. To go to the previous page, tap the left side. To determine your progress within an article, tap the middle of the screen. The Progress bar appears and indicates which page of the article you’re on. To go to the next article, tap the Next button on the Progress bar. To go to the previous article, tap the Previous button.
Kindle Fire User’s Guide Chapter 3 Kindle Fire Content 11 Children’s Books Children’s books on Kindle Fire now feature Kindle Text Pop-Up for reading text over vivid, full-color images. Just double-tap any text region and it will expand for easy reading. You can navigate between Text Pop-Up sections by swiping or tapping the right side (forward) and left side (back) of the screen. To exit Text Pop-Up and return to normal reading, simply double-tap anywhere on the screen.
Kindle Fire User’s Guide Chapter 3 Kindle Fire Content 12 Music You can view your music library by tapping Music on the Home screen. Once you’ve chosen the music you want to listen to, tap the name of the song to play it. You can create a playlist from the Playlists tab. To play a group of songs—such as an album, all songs by an artist, or a playlist—tap any song in the group. The entire group will begin playing from the song name you selected.
Kindle Fire User’s Guide Chapter 3 Kindle Fire Content 13 Docs You can view your personal documents by tapping Docs on the Home screen. You and your approved contacts can send documents to your Kindle Fire by using your Send-to-Kindle e-mail address, which can be found in your Docs library under the sort options. To edit the address or add addresses to your approved list of senders, go to www.amazon.com/myk. The Send-to-Kindle e-mail address is only used for sending documents to your Kindle.
Kindle Fire User’s Guide Chapter 3 Kindle Fire Content 14 Web Your Kindle Fire features Amazon Silk, an all-new web browser powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Silk overcomes the performance limitations of typical mobile browsers by residing on both your Kindle Fire and on the AWS cloud-computing platform. In short, Silk couples the capabilities and interactivity of your Kindle Fire with the massive computing power, memory, and network connectivity of Amazon’s cloud.
Kindle Fire User’s Guide Chapter 4 Settings 15 Chapter 4 Settings Tap the Quick Settings icon located on the Status bar to display settings for the most commonly performed tasks and the volume control. If you have music playing from your Music library, a player will appear in Quick Settings. Use it to see what’s currently playing, control playback (play/pause, next, and previous), and tap the currently playing song to view your playback queue. Locked/Unlocked: Select to lock/unlock screen rotation.
Kindle Fire User’s Guide Chapter 4 Settings 16 Kindle Keyboard: Use to customize the keyboard behavior of your Kindle Fire. Options include sound on keypress, auto capitalization, and quick fixes. Device: Displays available storage space, your device’s serial number, its Wi-Fi MAC address, its system version, and an option to reset to factory defaults.
Kindle Fire User’s Guide Chapter 5 Finding Additional Assistance 17 Chapter 5 Finding Additional Assistance For help using your Kindle Fire, tap the Help & Feedback App located in the Apps library. This app contains Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), troubleshooting tips, and a Customer Service portal. Please use the Feedback tab to help us improve and evolve our products.
Kindle Fire User’s Guide Appendix A Product Information 18 Appendix A Product Information Safety and Compliance Information Use Responsibly. Read all instructions and safety information before use. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS COULD RESULT IN FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, OR OTHER INJURY OR DAMAGE. Maintaining Your Kindle Fire Do not use your Kindle Fire or its accessories in rain, or near sinks or other wet locations. Take care not to spill any food or liquid in your Kindle Fire.
Kindle Fire User’s Guide Appendix A Product Information 19 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: • Keep the volume down. • Avoid prolonged, continuous listening. • Wear headphones that isolate the wanted audio from background noise.
Kindle Fire User’s Guide Appendix A Product Information 20 While most modern electronic equipment is shielded from external RF signals, if in doubt, check with the manufacturer. For personal medical devices (such as pacemakers and hearing aids), consult with your physician or the manufacturer to determine if they are adequately shielded from external RF signals.
Kindle Fire User’s Guide Appendix A Product Information 21 IEEE 1725 Battery Safety Statement • Do not disassemble or open, crush, bend or deform, puncture or shred. • Do not modify or remanufacture, attempt to insert foreign objects into the battery, immerse or expose to water or other liquids, expose to fire, explosion or other hazard. • Only use the battery for the system for which it is specified. • Only use the battery with a charging system that has been qualified with the system per this standard.
Kindle Fire User’s Guide Appendix A Product Information 22 ONE-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY This Warranty for the Kindle Device (the “Device“) is provided by Amazon Fulfillment Services, Inc., 410 Terry Ave. North, Seattle, WA 98109-5210, United States. However, if this Device was sold by Amazon EU S.à r.l. or an authorized reseller of Amazon EU S.à r.l. then this Warranty is provided by Amazon EU S.à r.l.
Kindle Fire User’s Guide Appendix A Product Information 23 Additional Information You can find the Kindle License Agreement and Terms of Use, One-Year Limited Warranty, User’s Guide, and other limited warranty and Kindle information at www.www.amazon.com/ kindlesupport Patent Notices The Kindle Fire device and/or methods used in association with the Kindle Fire device may be covered by one or more patents or pending patent applications.
