Amazon D00701, D00511 User Manual

Table of Contents

WELCOME				8
CHAPTER 1:
Getting Started with Your Kindle				18
1.1 Views of Kindle . . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	.	.	18
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	.	.	18
Top View. . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	.	.	22
Bottom View. . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	.		. 23
1.2 Getting Around . . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	.	.	24
Using the Buttons. . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	.	.	24
Using the Menus. . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	.		. 24
The Application Menu. . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	.		. 26

1.3Entering Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Lowercase and Uppercase Letters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Numbers, Punctuation, and Symbols. .	.	. .	.	.	.	. .	.	.	.	. .	.	.	.	.	27
1.4 Screen Rotation. . . . . . . . . . .	.	. .	.	.	.	. .	.	.	.	. .	.	.	.	.	29

1.5Status Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Whispernet Status Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Battery Status Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Activity Indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

CHAPTER 2:
Getting to Know Kindle Content	32

2.1The Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Home Screen Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Show Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 36
Sort Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 38
The Home Screen Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 40

2.2Managing Your Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Removing Kindle Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 More about Managing Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 International Wireless Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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CHAPTER 3:
Reading on Kindle	43
3.1 Types of Content. . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Newspapers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Magazines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Blogs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Personal Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Audiobooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Background Music. . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

3.2Content Formatting on Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Progress Indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Changing the Text Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Adjusting the Number of Words per Line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Increasing the Size of a Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

3.3Moving from Place to Place. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Using the Menu to Get Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Navigating within a Periodical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Selecting Internal Links. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Viewing a Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Reading Across Multiple Kindles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

3.4	Looking Up Definitions. .	. . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . 58
	The Lookup Feature. . .	. . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . 58
3.5	Annotations and Clippings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
	Using Bookmarks. . . .	. . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . . 59
	Using Highlights . . . .	. . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . . 61
	Using Notes. . . . . .	. . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . . 62
	Using Clippings. . . . .	. . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . 64
3.6	Reading PDF Files. . . .	. . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . 66

3.7Listening to Audio Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Audiobooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Background Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Text-to-Speech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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CHAPTER 4:
Searching on Kindle	74

4.1Introduction to Search. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Types of Searches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Performing a Search. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

4.2Search Results Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Search Results for a Specific Item. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Search Results for a Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

4.3Performing Remote Searches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Searching Wikipedia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Searching the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Searching the Kindle Store. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

CHAPTER 5:
The Kindle Store	82

5.1 Getting Started at the Store. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Connecting to the Kindle Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

5.2 Kindle Store Pages . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 82
The Kindle Storefront. .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 83
The Store Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Browsing the Store. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Getting the Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Saving Items for Later. .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 89

5.3Recommendations, Reviews, and Ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Recommended for You. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Looking Up Reviews. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Writing Your Own Ratings and Reviews. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Entering a Rating and Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

5.4Making Purchases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Trying a Sample Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Buying Your Selections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Returning an Item. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

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CHAPTER 6:
Accessing the Web		93
6.1 Using Basic Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Entering a URL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . . 94
Using Bookmarks and Adding Your Own. . . . . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . . 94
Using Next Page and Previous Page. . . . . . . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . . 95
Selecting Links, Buttons, and Boxes. . . . . . . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . . 95
Using History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . . 97
The Basic Web Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . . 97
6.2 Other Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . 98
Text Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Downloading Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . 98
Basic Web Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
CHAPTER 7:
Settings and Experimental		101

7.1Adjusting Your Kindle Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Registering or Deregistering Kindle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Personalizing Your Kindle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Choosing Your Primary Dictionary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Changing Automatic Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . .	.	. .	.	105
The Settings Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . .	.	. .	.	105
7.2 Experimental. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . .		. .	.	. 107

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CHAPTER 8:
Kindle and Your Computer	108

8.1Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Making the Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

8.2Transferring Files When Whispernet is Unavailable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Managing Your Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Transferring Your Clippings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

8.3Converting and Transferring Your Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Supported Formats for Conversion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Sending Your Documents for Conversion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

8.4Audiobooks and MP3s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Audiobooks from Audible.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Audiobook Formats for Kindle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Transferring MP3s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

CHAPTER 9:
Your Kindle and Amazon.com	115

9.1Shopping for Kindle Content on Amazon.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Browsing the Kindle Store. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Searching the Kindle Store. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Getting the Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Ordering Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

9.2Managing Your Kindle on Amazon.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Managing Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Managing Your Orders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Downloading Content from Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

9.3Contacting Kindle Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

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CHAPTER 10:
Migrating Content to Your New Kindle	120
10.1 Transferring Books . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

10.2Transferring Periodical Subscriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

10.3Transferring Personal Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

10.4	Transferring Audiobooks . .	. . . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . .	. . .	.	123
10.5	Transferring MP3s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		. . . . .	. . .	.	124
CHAPTER 11:
Troubleshooting						125
APPENDIX						130

Safety and compliance Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Servicing Your Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Headphone Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Compliance Information for Kindle Users Outside the US . . . . . . . . . . 134 UL Certification Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Product Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 KINDLE LICENSE AGREEMENT AND TERMS OF USE . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Wireless Connectivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Digital Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Patent Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Copyright and Trademark Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Other Language Versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

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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. 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.

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 User’s Guide side-by-side with the device, you can download and print a PDF copy of the Kindle User’s Guide at:

http://www.amazon.com/kindledocuments

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 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. 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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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.

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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 screen image can be rotated so you can see the entire width of a web page or magnify the page of a PDF file. You can lock your Kindle screen to a portrait or landscape 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 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 via Whispernet for a fee. For details, click on the “Learn more” link on the “Your orders and individual charges” section of your Manage Your Kindle page for your Kindle on Amazon.com.

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.

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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

Although Kindle is about the size of a paperback book, it can store over a thousand digital books, 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.

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.

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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.

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

all of 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.

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.

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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 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. 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.

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). We will convert the document into Kindle format and wirelessly provide it directly to your Kindle via Whispernet for a fee or back to your computer for free. If you e-mail a PDF to your Kindle, it will be sent to your device with no conversion.

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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 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 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

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You can leave the Kindle 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 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

Previous Page

Home Button

Button

Next Page Button

Next Page Button

Menu Button

5-Way Controller

Keyboard

Back Button

Text Key

Symbol Key

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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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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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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BACK VIEW

The back of your Kindle contains stereo speakers for audio content.

Speaker

Speaker

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TOP VIEW

Power				Headphone
Switch				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. 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, 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 and a micro-USB port.

Charge USB/Power

Indicator Port

Light

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. 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 or USB port. If Kindle still is not charging, try another electrical outlet or USB port.

To transfer content between your computer and your Kindle, connect the provided USB cable to the Kindle and to the computer’s USB port.

* Not all configurations ship with a power adapter.

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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 hold the device in both hands, and use the tips of their thumbs to press the keys.

Delete/

Backspace

Return

Shift Key							Symbol 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. 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

The number keys are located at the top of the keyboard. 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 screen image can be rotated so you can see the entire width of a web page or magnify the page of a PDF file. 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.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 to select one of the four options to lock the display in a set orientation: portrait , landscape with the keyboard on the left, portrait with the keyboard at the top, and landscape with the keyboard on the right.

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

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

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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, receive your subscriptions, or sync to furthest page read.

The bars are filled in grey. This means Whispernet is checking for signal strength. This usually lasts less than 30 seconds.

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, icons indicating the speed of your Whispernet service appear to the left side of the signal bars.

Kindle with international wireless

EDGE and GPRS wireless networks are slower than the 3G Whispernet service. Your Kindle World Edition will automatically switch to the faster 3G network when available.

Kindle

The 1X icon indicates that your Kindle is connected to the 1XRTT wireless network. Your Kindle will automatically switch to the faster 3G network when available.

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