Amazon 53-005755, 53-005759, 53-005761 Instruction manual

Kindle Fire User’s Guide 2

Contents

Chapter 1 About Your Kindle Fire .... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . . 4

Status Bar .. . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . 4

Search .. . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... 5

Content . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . 5

Carousel ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . 5

Favorites .. . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. 5

Kindle Fire hardware . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . 5

Registering your Kindle Fire .. . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . . 6

Chapter 2 Shopping . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . 7

Chapter 3 Kindle Fire Content . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . 8

Device and cloud storage .. . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . 8

Options bar . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... 8

Content libraries ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . 9

Newsstand .. . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . .. 9

Books .. ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . 10

Music . . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . 12

Video . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . 12

Docs.... . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. 13

Apps.... . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. 13

Web . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 14

Managing your content . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . .. 14

Transferring content to your Kindle Fire . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... 14

Removing content from your Kindle Fire . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . 14

Chapter 4 Settings . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . . 15

Chapter 5 Finding Additional Assistance . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 17

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Contents

Appendix A Product Information . . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... 18

Safety and Compliance Information ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . 18

Maintaining Your Kindle Fire .. . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... 18

Servicing Your Device .. . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . 18

Glass Parts . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . . 18

Battery Safety ...... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . 18

Headphone Safety .. . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... 19

Other Safety Considerations .... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . 19

Wireless Safety and Compliance . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . 19

Turn Off Wireless When Flying .... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... 19

Using Your Kindle Fire Around Other Electronic Devices . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . . 19

Steps to Minimize Interference .. . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . 20

Watch for Signs . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 20

FCC Compliance Statement ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . 20

Information Regarding Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy .... . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . 20

IEEE 1725 Battery Safety Statement . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . . 21

EU Declaration of Conformity .... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... 21

Recycling Kindle Properly .... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . . 21

Product Speciﬁcations .. . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . 21

LEGAL TERMS . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . 21

ONE-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY .... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . 22

Additional Information . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . 23

Patent Notices . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . 23

Copyright and Trademark Notices ..... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . 23

Chapter 1 About Your Kindle Fire

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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.

Quick Settings: Tap to display settings for commonly performed tasks, including locking and unlocking screen rotation, adjusting volume, setting display brightness, accessing Wi-Fi settings, syncing, and controlling the playback of music, if a song is currently playing. Tap More

Wi-Fi indicator: The more bands that are filled in with white, the stronger the Wi-Fi signal. An X next to the Wi-Fi icon indicates that you have a Wi-Fi connection but are not connected to the Internet. This can occur if you are at a Wi-Fi hotspot, such as an airport or hotel. Open your web browser to view access options that may be available.

Battery indicator: This icon shows how much your battery is charged. When fully charged, the charging indicator light will turn green and the battery indicator will appear filled.

to access additional Kindle Fire settings.

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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. Swipe your finger to advance through the Carousel to view items in chronological order, with the most recent appearing first.

Favorites

To add a book, magazine, newspaper, album, playlist, video, website, or app to Favorites, press and hold on the item to display the contextual menu, then select Add to Favorites. Favorites will still appear in the library for that content type. To remove an item from Favorites, press and hold on the item to display the contextual menu, then select Remove from Favorites.

Kindle Fire hardware

To turn on your Kindle Fire, press and release the power button.

To put it in sleep mode, press and release the power button. To turn off your Kindle Fire, press and hold the power button until a message displays asking if you want to shut it down. If your device becomes unresponsive during use, you can shut it down by pressing and holding the power button for 20 seconds. You can then press the power button to restart it.

Your Kindle Fire will be partially charged when you receive it. To charge your device, connect it to a power outlet using the included power adapter. The charging indicator light (which encircles the power button) is orange during charging and green when fully charged. Charging may take up to four hours.

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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. Once you’re connected, tap the Quick Settings icon, then tap More

and select the My Account option to register.

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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. You can try before you buy with free book samples, song previews, and movie trailers. All newspaper and magazine subscriptions start with a risk-free trial.

After your order, Amazon delivers the title directly to your Kindle Fire via your Wi-Fi connection. Newspapers and magazines are sent to your device as soon as they are published—often before they’re available in print. If your Kindle Fire is not connected to a Wi-Fi network when a new issue of a subscription becomes available, that issue will be delivered automatically the next time you connect.

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