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1st edition

Table of Contents

WELCOME 8

CHAPTER 1: Getting Started with Your Kindle 18

1.1 Views of Kindle DX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Top View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

1.2 Getting Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Using the Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Using the Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

The Application Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

1.3 Entering Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Lowercase and Uppercase Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Numbers, Punctuation, and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

1.4 Screen Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

1.5 Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Whispernet Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Battery Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Activity Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

CHAPTER 2: Getting to Know Kindle Content 31

2.1 The Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Home Screen Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Show Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Sort Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

The Home Screen Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

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2.2 Managing Your Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Removing Kindle Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

More about Managing Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

CHAPTER 3: Reading on Kindle 42

3.1 Types of Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Newspapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Magazines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Blogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Personal Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Audiobooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Background Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

3.2 Content Formatting on Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Progress Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Changing the Text Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Adjusting the Number of Words per Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

3.3 Moving from Place to Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Using the Menu to Get Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Navigating within a Periodical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Selecting Internal Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Viewing a Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Reading Across Multiple Kindles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

3.4 Looking Up Deﬁnitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

The Lookup Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

3.5 Annotations and Clippings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Using Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Using Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Using Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Using Clippings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

3.6 Reading PDF ﬁles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Using the PDF Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

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3.7 Listening to Audio Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Audiobooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Background Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Text-to-Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

CHAPTER 4: Searching on Kindle 72

4.1 Introduction to Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Types of Searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Performing a Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

4.2 Search Results Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Search Results for a Speciﬁc Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Search Results for a Deﬁnition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

4.3 Performing Remote Searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Searching Wikipedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Searching the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Searching the Kindle Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

CHAPTER 5: The Kindle Store 80

5.1 Getting Started at the Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Connecting to the Kindle Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

5.2 Kindle Store Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

The Kindle Storefront . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

The Store Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Browsing the Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Getting the Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Saving Items for Later . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

5.3 Recommendations, Reviews, and Ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Recommended for You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Looking Up Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Writing Your Own Ratings and Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Entering a Rating and Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

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5.4 Making Purchases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Trying a Sample Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Buying Your Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Returning an Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

CHAPTER 6: Accessing the Web 92

6.1 Using Basic Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

Entering a URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Using Bookmarks and Adding Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Using Next Page and Previous Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Selecting Links, Buttons, and Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Using History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

The Basic Web Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

6.2 Other Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Text Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Downloading Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Basic Web Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

CHAPTER 7: Settings and Experimental 99

7.1 Adjusting Your Kindle Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Registering or Deregistering Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Personalizing Your Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Choosing Your Primary Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Changing Automatic Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

The Settings Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

7.2 Experimental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

CHAPTER 8: Kindle and Your Computer 106

8.1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Making the Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

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8.2 Handling Files through USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Managing Your Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Transferring Your Clippings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

8.3 Converting and Transferring Your Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Supported Formats for Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Sending Your Documents for Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

8.4 Audiobooks and MP3s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Audiobooks from Audible.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Transferring MP3s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

CHAPTER 9: Your Kindle and Amazon.com 112

9.1 Shopping for Kindle Content on Amazon.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Browsing the Kindle Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Searching the Kindle Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Getting the Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Ordering Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

9.2 Managing Your Kindle on Amazon.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Managing Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Managing Your Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Downloading Content from Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

9.3 Contacting Kindle Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Kindle Support Web Address: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Kindle Support Phone Numbers: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

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CHAPTER 10: Migrating Content to Your New Kindle 117

10.1 Transferring Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

10.2 Transferring Periodical Subscriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

10.3 Transferring Personal Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

10.4 Transferring Audiobooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

10.5 Transferring MP3s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

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Safety and Compliance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Maintaining Your Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Product Speciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

ONE-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Patent Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

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Welcome to

Thank you for purchasing Amazon Kindle DX. You are reading the Welcome section of the Kindle DX User’s Guide. This section provides an overview of Kindle DX 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 on the Next Page button.

If your Kindle was a gift, you will need to register your device. Please look at the Getting Started instructions that came with your Kindle for information on registering your device.

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Congratulations!

You are reading on your new Kindle DX.

If you haven’t done so already, please follow the Getting Started instructions that came with your Kindle and plug in your Kindle 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.

Tip: The charge indicator light will turn green when the battery is fully charged.

If you prefer to read the Kindle DX User’s Guide side-by-side with the device, you can download and print a PDF copy from Amazon.com at:

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Getting Around

You navigate Kindle using the 5-way controller; the Home, Menu, Back, and

Next/Previous Page buttons; and the keyboard:

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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 button 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. You can also use the keyboard to create notes while reading. All of these are covered in more detail later in this guide.

Easy-to-Read Display

Kindle uses a high-resolution display technology called electronic paper. It works using ink just like books and newspapers, but it displays the ink particles electronically.

The page ﬂash you see when you turn the page is part of the ink placement process.

The electronic paper display is reﬂective, which means unlike most displays, you can

read it clearly even in bright sunlight. Also, electronic paper does not need power to hold the ink in place, which extends your Kindle’s battery life.

Wireless Access with Whispernet

Using the wireless Amazon Whispernet service, Amazon delivers content to your Kindle whenever and wherever you want it, within the wireless coverage area, using the same technology as a cell phone. By default, your Kindle ships with Whispernet

already turned on. To turn Whispernet on or off, press the Menu button, move the

5-way controller up to underline “Turn Wireless On/Off,” and then press the 5-way.

Your Choice of Text Size

To optimize your reading experience, Kindle provides a quick way to adjust the size of

the reading text among six sizes.

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In a book or periodical you are currently reading, you can change the text size by pressing the Text key , and moving the 5-way controller to choose the size you prefer; then 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.

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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.

Adjust Screen Rotation

The Kindle DX screen image can also auto-rotate to match the way you are holding

your Kindle so you can see the entire width of a web page or magnify the page of a PDF ﬁle. The screen changes automatically when you rotate your Kindle from portrait to landscape or vice versa. Or, you can lock your screen to a particular orientation to ﬁt your reading position. Press the Text key , then move the 5-way controller to select the screen rotation you want. Press the 5-way to select.

Read PDF ﬁles

Kindle DX can display a PDF document without losing the formatting of the original

ﬁle. Just drag PDF ﬁles over USB or e-mail them to your dedicated Kindle e-mail address (found on the Settings page on Kindle or the Manage Your Kindle page on Amazon.com). We will wirelessly deliver the original ﬁle directly to your Kindle for a

fee. For details, see the “Your orders and individual charges” section of your Manage Your Kindle page for your Kindle DX on Amazon.com.

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Let Kindle Read to You

You can also choose to turn on the experimental application, Text-to-Speech, which

will read aloud your books (where allowed by the rights holder), newspapers, blogs, and personal documents. You can either listen through your Kindle’s external speakers or plug in earphones into the headphone jack. While Text-to-Speech is playing, the

screen will turn the pages automatically so you can follow along while the audio is

playing. You have the choice of hearing your content spoken with a male or female

voice and can also further optimize the listening experience by slowing down or

increasing the rate of speech.

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.

Take It All with You

Kindle DX can store over 3500 digital books, personal documents, newspapers, blogs, and magazines, which are referred to collectively as “content” throughout this guide. A copy of all your books and recent issues of newspapers and magazines purchased

from the Kindle Store are kept on Amazon.com.

To open content on your Kindle, press the Home button. This displays a list of the

content on your Kindle. Move the 5-way controller up or down to underline the item

you want to open and then press the 5-way to open the item. To delete content on

your Kindle, move the 5-way controller up or down to underline the item you want to delete. Move the 5-way to the left and then press the 5-way to complete the removal of the item.

To move previously deleted content from Amazon.com back to your Kindle,

Whispernet must be on. From Home, select “Archived Items.” This shows all of the

content stored at Amazon.com. Underline the item you want to move back to your

Kindle and move the 5-way to the right and then press the 5-way to start the transfer.

In under a minute, the item re-downloads into your Kindle and appears in the list of

content in Home.

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Shop Anytime, Anywhere

If you have Whispernet on and you select “Shop in Kindle Store” from any menu,

Kindle connects you to a broad offering of reading material including books,

newspapers, blogs, and magazines. You can browse by category or check out the

latest bestsellers, new and noteworthy items, or your personalized recommendations. You can see details about an item, read customer reviews, and even download free

samples of books you are interested in. If you want to buy an item, Kindle uses

secure Amazon 1-Click and then Whispernet delivers the item to your Kindle generally

in under a minute with no wireless delivery charges to you. Terms and conditions applicable to use of the wireless connectivity of the Kindle DX can be found in the Kindle DX Quick Start Guide.

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. Also, you pay only for your

subscriptions; Amazon.com covers the wireless delivery cost.

Peruse Your Periodicals

Just as you would thumb through a physical newspaper or magazine to locate an article of interest, your Kindle supplies you with navigation shortcuts so that you can

quickly zero in on an article of interest. By moving the 5-way controller right or left

you can advance to the next or previous article and pushing the 5-way brings up the

periodical’s section list.

Search Your World

While you are in Home, the Kindle Store, or reading content, you can use your

Kindle’s search feature. From the keyboard, begin typing what you’d like to search for and then using the 5-way controller, select the range of your search. If you begin your

search while in Home or with open content, you have the option to search for that

item in your books, newspapers, blogs, personal documents, and annotations. You also have the option to focus your search to the built-in dictionary, the Kindle Store,

Wikipedia, and the Web.

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Clip Your Favorite Passages

Have you ever been reading a book or a newspaper and 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. This is a great way to capture

your favorite quotations to share with others.

Bookmark Your Reading

Kindle automatically saves your place in whatever book you are reading, but you can also add a bookmark to any page by pressing the Menu button and selecting “Add a Bookmark.” You can see that the upper right corner of the page is dog-eared. Kindle

stores all your bookmarks for the current content in your annotations. You can view

them at any time by pressing the Menu button and selecting “My Notes & Marks.”

Add Your Own Notes

Do you like to take notes and make comments while reading? You can add notes

to Kindle content. 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. Using the 5-way controller,

move the cursor over the notation number to see the note. To add your own note,

move the cursor to the word where you want to add your thoughts, and begin typing

your note. Then use the 5-way again to highlight the “save note” button onscreen and press the 5-way to select. You can later view, edit, or remove a note, or see all of

your annotations by pressing the Menu button and selecting “My Notes & Marks.”

Stay in Sync

Whispersync technology saves and synchronizes your reading location across your

Kindle(s) and your iPhone. Now you can read a few pages on your iPhone and pick

up right where you left off when you return to your Kindle.

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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, RTF, HTML 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). We will convert the document into

Kindle format and wirelessly deliver it directly to your Kindle for a fee or back to your

computer for free. If you e-mail a PDF to your Kindle DX, it will be sent to your device

with no conversion.

Learning More

This ends your brief introduction to just some of the capabilities on Kindle. The

chapters that follow give a more complete overview of these and other features.

Remember, you can always search on a particular feature or learn more about

how to do a particular task by opening this guide and typing on the keyboard to activate Search.

The Table of Contents for the Kindle DX User’s Guide shows you all of the topics

covered in this guide. You can get to the table of contents by pressing the Menu

button from any page. Move the 5-way down until you underline “Table of Contents” and press the 5-way to go to it.

You can also navigate by clicking an underlined word or words like the “Table of

Contents” above. Underlined words indicate a link to somewhere else in the material

you are reading, like a footnote, a chapter, or a web site. In the example above, when

you navigate the 5-way controller over one of the underlined words, a hand icon

will appear. Pressing the 5-way will take you to the beginning of the table of contents.

Press the Back button to go back to where you were reading.

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. Select

“Settings” and then select “register” on the page that appears to enter your Amazon

user name and password. If your Amazon user name or password contains characters

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not present on the Kindle keyboard, press the Symbol key on the bottom of

the keyboard to see a menu of the extended characters and use the 5-way to select

the character you require. Alternatively, you can register your Kindle by visiting the

Manage Your Kindle page on Amazon.com at:

http://www.amazon.com/manageyourkindle

You can leave the Kindle DX User’s Guide, or any item you are reading, at any time by

pressing the Home button. If you are done reading, you can put your Kindle to sleep

by sliding and releasing the power button located at the top of your Kindle (you wake

up Kindle the same way). Sleeping your Kindle will extend battery life and also lock all of the keys and buttons so you don’t inadvertently press one while not using your

Kindle. When your Kindle is asleep, you will see an image on the screen. To turn off

your Kindle completely, slide and hold the power switch for four seconds, then release. The Kindle screen will blank and the device will turn off. If you ever need assistance,

you can use the Web or your telephone to contact us. See Chapter 9 for all of the

Kindle Support contact options.

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CHAPTER 1:

Getting Started with Your Kindle

In the Welcome chapter of the Kindle DX 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 DX

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.

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Volume controls — controls the headphone or speaker volume for audiobooks,

background music, and text-to-speech.

Home button — shows content stored on your Kindle as well as content archived at Amazon.

Previous Page button — takes you to the previous page in your reading material.

Next Page button — takes you to the next page in your reading material.

Menu button — displays application and navigation choices that are related to the

screen you are viewing.

5-way controller — selects an item or action when pressed down. Moves the on-

screen highlight or cursor up and down when moved up and down. Moves the on-

screen highlight or cursor side-to-side when moved left or right. Holding the 5-way

controller up or down without releasing it accelerates the cursor movement, making

it faster to navigate through lists or text.

Back button — retraces your steps on Kindle just like the back button on a web

browser. For example, you can follow a link in a book and then press the Back button

to return to your place.

Keyboard — use to enter search terms, notes in your content, URLs for Web sites, etc.

Symbol key — presents a menu of punctuation marks and symbols. Move the

5-way controller to select the desired symbol and press the 5-way to select.

ALT key — provides a way to enter numbers. Hold down the ALT key and press

the appropriate letter in the top row of the keyboard to enter the number you want.

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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 and to change the screen

rotation settings.

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TOP VIEW

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. To wake up or turn on your Kindle, slide and release the power switch again.

If your Kindle does not power on or is unresponsive during use, try resetting the device by disconnecting your Kindle from any power source or USB port, and then

sliding and holding the power switch for 15 seconds before releasing.

Tip: Your Kindle will also go to sleep by itself after ten minutes if you are not using

it. If your Kindle had wireless on prior to going to sleep, it will continue to receive your regularly scheduled subscriptions while in sleep.

Headphone jack — plug in headphones to listen to an audiobook, background music,

or content read aloud through text-to-speech. Attaching headphones turns off the

built-in speakers.

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BOTTOM VIEW

The bottom of your Kindle contains the charge indicator light, a micro-USB port and

two speakers.

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 power outlet to charge the Kindle battery. The charging status light will turn yellow,

indicating that the battery is charging; you can continue to use your Kindle while it charges. A green light indicates that the battery is fully charged.

Check to make sure the power adapter is not covered by anything that could cause it to overheat. If the charge indicator light does not light up, make sure that the USB cable is fully inserted into your Kindle and the power adapter. If Kindle still is not charging, try another electrical outlet.

Tip: The Kindle power adapter is a universal power adapter and will work

worldwide. If you are traveling outside the United States, and want to recharge your Kindle, connect the power adapter to a country-approved physical plug adapter (not included) for the country that you are in.

To transfer content between your computer and your Kindle, connect the provided

USB cable to the Kindle and to the computer’s USB port. If your computer’s USB port

or powered USB hub provides power, your Kindle will charge over USB.

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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

of Kindle.

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.

You use the 5-way controller to navigate within the menu and press the 5-way to

select an item.

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The illustration below shows the Home menu; the bold line under “Shop in Kindle

Store” indicates that it is ready to be selected.

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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.

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1.3 Entering Text

To use the Kindle keyboard, most people ﬁnd it easiest to place the device ﬂat on a

table and use the tips of their ﬁngers to press the keys.

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. Alternatively, you can press and release the Shift key

and then press the desired letter. Only the next letter will be capitalized.

NUMBERS, PUNCTUATION, AND SYMBOLS

To enter a number, hold down the ALT key and press the appropriate letter in

the top row of the keyboard to select the desired number. If you need a punctuation mark or a symbol that is not shown, press the Symbol key on the bottom row

of the keyboard. You will see a menu of punctuation marks and symbols.

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Use the 5-way controller to choose the character you want and it will appear in your text entry box.

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1.4 Screen Rotation

The Kindle DX screen image can rotate to match the way you are holding your Kindle. The display changes accordingly from portrait to landscape. So you can now magnify

the page of a PDF or see the entire width of a web page using only your movements.

The buttons work the same in either rotation, but the 5-way controller movements are

switched to match the rotation.

By default, the Kindle DX auto-rotates the screen image based on your orientation.

To lock your screen into portrait or landscape mode, follow these steps:

1. Press the Text key located on the bottom row of the keyboard.

Screen Rotation is displayed at the bottom of the menu.

2. Move the 5-way down to underline the Screen Rotation options, if not already underlined.

3. Move the 5-way left or right to “auto,” which automatically adjusts the display

based on your motion. Or, select one of the four options to lock the display in a set orientation: portrait, landscape with the turn page buttons at the bottom, portrait with the keyboard at the top and the turn page buttons to the left, and Landscape with the turn page buttons at the top.

4. Press the 5-way to conﬁrm your choice.

Note – You can view Kindle Store pages only in portrait mode.

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Tip: Want the Next and Prev Page buttons on the left? Simply rotate the device

180 degrees so that the buttons are on the left side.

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. The more bars that are ﬁlled in with black, the stronger the wireless signal. Note that a weak signal can increase power consumption.

None of the bars are ﬁlled in. This means the wireless signal strength is too low to connect. You will not be able to connect to the Kindle Store, Basic Web, register your device, retrieve content from Archived Items, sync your devices, or receive your subscriptions.

The bars are outlined in grey. This means Whispernet is checking for signal

strength. This usually lasts less than 30 seconds.

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The Whispernet service is turned off. You can turn on the wireless by pressing

the Menu button, and using the 5-way controller to navigate to “Turn Wireless On.”

When you activate a menu, a 1X or 3G icon appears to the left side of the signal bars that indicates the speed of your Whispernet service. The 1X icon indicates that your Kindle is connected to the 1XRTT wireless network, which is slower than the 3G Whispernet service. Kindle will automatically switch back to the faster 3G EVDO network when available.

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 show the various states of the battery as it

discharges. As you deplete the battery, less of the battery indicator will be ﬁlled in.

The battery is too low to power the Whispernet service. You must charge your Kindle battery to restore wireless service.

Keep in mind that subscribing to multiple blogs that update frequently may increase power consumption and decrease the battery life. Weak signal coverage can also increase power consumption.

ACTIVITY INDICATOR

Appears in the top left corner of your Kindle screen when the device is busy downloading new content, checking for new items, searching for an item, or loading a web page.

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