Amazon KINDLE Quick Start Guide

quick start guide

getting started

1 Charge your Kindle by plugging your Kindle power

adapter* into an electrical outlet. You can also charge
your Kindle or transfer data to your Kindle by
connecting the USB cord to a computer’s USB port.

USB/POWER PORT

USB CORD

CHARGE
INDICATOR

POWER
SWITCH

PLUG INTO KINDLE
POWER ADAPTER
COMPUTER TO CHARGE

2 A charging icon ( ) in the upper right corner of your

Kindle screen indicates that the battery is charging.
When your battery is fully charged, the charge indicator
light will turn green.

Tip: You can use your Kindle while it charges.

3 Power on your Kindle by quickly sliding and releasing

the power switch. After your Kindle starts up, the Kindle
User’s Guide will open automatically to help familiarize

you with your Kindle’s capabilities.

* not all configurations ship with a power adapter

*

OR

PREVIOUS
PAGE

PREVIOUS

PAGE

NEXT

PAGE

SHIFT

VOLUME UP/DOWN

NEXT
PAGE

5-WAY
CONTROLLER

SYMBOL

TEXT KEY (AA)

MICROPHONE

HEADPHONE JACK

A)

getting around

BUTTON ACTION

POWER SWITCH Powers on, sleeps, or wakes your Kindle

when slid and quickly released.

5-WAY Moves the on-screen cursor up and down
CONTROLLER or side to side. Selects an item or action
when pressed.

HOME Shows the content stored on your Kindle.

MENU Accesses the Kindle Store as well as other

actions based on your current activity.

NEXT PAGE/ Turns to the next or previous page.
PREVIOUS PAGE

BACK Retraces your steps.

TEXT KEY (AA) Adjusts reading preferences, such as the

font size and screen orientation.

SYMBOL (SYM) Allows you to enter numbers and

commonly used symbols such as “@”.

SHIFT ( ) Makes the next key pressed a capital letter.