Amazon Kindle DX (Free 3G) Graphite User Guide
user’s guide
4th edition
Table of Contents
WELCOME 11
Congratulations! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Getting Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Navigating this Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Getting Registered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Easy-to-Read Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Wireless Access with Amazon Whispernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Your Choice of Text Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Your Choice of Number of Words per Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Adjust Screen Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Read PDF Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Let Kindle Read to You. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Look It Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Take It All with You. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Shop Anytime, Anywhere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Automatic Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Peruse Your Periodicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Search Your World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Collections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Clip Your Favorite Passages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Bookmark Your Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Add Your Own Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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Stay in Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Convert Your Own Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Social Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Popular Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Learning More. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Getting Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter 1
Getting Started with Your Kindle 24
1.1 Views of Kindle DX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Top View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
1.2 Getting Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using the Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using the Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
The Application Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
1.3 Entering Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Lowercase and Uppercase Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Numbers, Punctuation, and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
1.4 Screen Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
1.5 Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Whispernet Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Battery Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Activity Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
International Wireless Delivery (Kindle DX with international wireless only) . . . 39
Chapter 2
Getting to Know Kindle Content 40
2.1 The Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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Kindle Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Periodicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Blogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Audible Audiobooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Personal Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Home Screen Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Sort Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Changing How the Home Screen is Sorted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
The Home Screen Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
2.2 Organizing With Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Creating a Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Adding an Item to a Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Adding Multiple Items to a Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Viewing Collection Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Renaming a Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Deleting a Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Adding Collections from Another Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
2.3 Managing Your Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Removing Kindle Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
More about Managing Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
International Wireless Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Chapter 3
Reading on Kindle 55
3.1 Types of Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Newspapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Magazines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Blogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Personal Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Audiobooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Background Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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3.2 Content Formatting on Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
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Progress Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Changing the Text Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Adjusting the Number of Words per Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Increasing the Size of a Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
3.3 Moving from Place to Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Using the Menu to Get Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Navigating within a Periodical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Selecting Internal Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Viewing a Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Reading Across Multiple Kindles or Supported Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
3.4 Looking Up Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
The Lookup Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
3.5 Annotations and Clippings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Using Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Placing a Bookmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Viewing Your Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Removing a Bookmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Using Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Highlighting a Passage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Deleting a Highlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Displaying Popular Highlights in Your Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Viewing Popular Highlights in a Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Updating Popular Highlights in a Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Using Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Viewing Your Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Using Clippings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
More about My Clippings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
3.6 Sharing Notes and Highlights with Your Social Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Sharing Your Notes and Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
3.7 Reading PDF Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Zooming into PDF Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Using the PDF Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
3.8 Listening to Audio Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Audiobooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
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Background Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Text-to-Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Chapter 4
Searching on Kindle 97
4.1 Introduction to Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Types of Searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Searching What You are Currently Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Searching All Your Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Searching Remotely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Searching for Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Performing a Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
4.2 Search Results Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Search Results for a Specific Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Search Results for a Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
4.3 Performing Remote Searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Searching Wikipedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Searching the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Searching the Kindle Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Chapter 5
The Kindle Store 105
5.1 Getting Started at the Store. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Connecting to the Kindle Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
5.2 Kindle Store Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
The Kindle Storefront . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
The Store Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Browsing the Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Browse Listings Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Getting the Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Product Detail Page Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Additional Details for Periodicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Adding Items to Your Wish List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
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5.3 Recommendations, Reviews, and Ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Recommended for You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Looking Up Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Writing Your Own Ratings and Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Entering a Rating and Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
5.4 Making Purchases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Trying a Sample Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Buying Your Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Returning an Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Chapter 6
Accessing the Web 118
6.1 Using Basic Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Entering a URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Using Bookmarks and Adding Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Using Next Page and Previous Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Selecting Links, Buttons, and Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Using History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
The Basic Web Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
6.2 Other Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Text Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Downloading Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Basic Web Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Chapter 7
Settings and Experimental 128
7.1 Adjusting Your Kindle Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Registering or Deregistering Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Registering Your Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Deregistering Your Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Personalizing Your Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Password Protecting Your Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Choosing Your Primary Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Changing Annotations Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Linking Your Kindle to Your Social Network Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
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The Settings Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
7.2 Experimental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Chapter 8
Kindle and Your Computer 140
8.1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Making the Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
8.2 Transferring Files from Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Managing Your Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Transferring Your Clippings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
8.3 Converting and Transferring Your Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Supported Formats for Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Sending Your Documents for Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
8.4 Audiobooks and MP3s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Audiobooks from Audible.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Audiobook Formats for Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Activation, Purchase, Download, and Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Transferring Audiobooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Transferring MP3s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Chapter 9
Your Kindle and Amazon 150
9.1 Shopping for Kindle Content on Amazon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Browsing the Kindle Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Searching the Kindle Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Getting the Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Ordering Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
9.2 Managing Your Kindle on Amazon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Downloading Content from Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
9.3 Contacting Kindle Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Kindle Support Web Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
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Kindle Support E-mail Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Kindle Support Phone Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Chapter 10
Transferring Content to Your New Kindle 155
10.1 Transferring Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
10.2 Transferring Periodical Subscriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
10.3 Transferring Personal Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
10.4 Transferring Audiobooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
10.5 Transferring MP3s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Appendix A
Troubleshooting 161
My Kindle won't turn on/My Kindle is unresponsive or appears frozen.. . . . . . . . . . 162
My wireless isn't working. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
I'm unable to download a book even though I see strong wireless signal strength. 163
I only received a partial download of my Kindle Content or my Kindle Content seems
to be corrupted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
I'm having problems transferring content from my computer to my Kindle. . . . . . . 163
Text-to-speech sounds distorted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
My Kindle doesn't charge when using the power adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
I can't open any of my books and receive an error message instead.. . . . . . . . . . . . 165
None of my problems are listed above. What should I do? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Appendix B
Product Information 167
Safety and Compliance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
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Maintaining Your Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Servicing Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Battery Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Headphone Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Wireless Safety and Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Turn Off Wireless When Flying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Be Careful Around Other Electronic Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Steps to Minimize Interference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Watch for Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
FCC Compliance Statement for Model Number D00801,FCC ID: XDZ-1013 . . . . 170
Information regarding Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy for Model Number
D00801, FCC ID: XDZ-1013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Compliance Information for Kindle Users Outside the U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Recycling Kindle Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
UL Certification Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Product Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
KINDLE LICENSE AGREEMENT AND TERMS OF USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Wireless Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Digital Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
WARRANTY INFORMATION FOR MODEL NUMBER D00801 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
ONE-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY FOR MODEL NUMBER D00801 . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Patent Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Copyright and Trademark Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Other Language Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
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WELCOME
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 the Next Page button
If your Kindle was a gift, you will need to register it to your Amaz
shop in the Kindle Store. Please look at the Getting Started instructions that came with
your Kindle for information on registering your device.
.
on account in order to
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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 your Kindle into a power source 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 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, mo
ve the 5-way controller up, down, left, or right to highlight your choice and
then press to confirm your choice.
You can press the Next Page 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.
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Navigating this Guide
You navigate the Kindle DX User’s Guide just like any other book on your Kindle. To
navigate, follow these steps:
• To go forward or back one page at a time: use the Next Page and Previous
Page buttons.
• To go to the next or previous chapter: move the 5-way controller right or left.
• To go to the beginning of this guide, or to go to the Table of Contents:
press Menu and select “Go to”, and then select “table of contents” or “beginning”.
• To retrace your steps: press the Back button.
For more details on navigating your books and other content, see "Moving from Place
to Place" in Chapter 3.
Getting Registered
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) 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
the 5-way to select the character you require. Alternatively, you can register your Kindle
by visiting the Manage Your Kindle page on Amazon at:
http://www.amazon.com/manageyourkindle
to see a menu of characters and use
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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 Amazon 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 eight 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 using 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.
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 , use 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 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.
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Read PDF Files
Kindle DX can display a PDF document without losing the formatting of the original file.
Just drag PDF files over USB to your Kindle 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). If you e-mail a PDF document to your Kindle’s e-mail address, we will
wirelessly deliver the PDF file directly to your Kindle via Whispernet, for a fee.
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. While reading a book or periodical, press the Text key
then use the 5-way controller to underline “turn on” for "Text-to-Speech". Press the
5-way to select "turn on". 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 a built-in dictionary, 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 bottomof 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. To choose a different dictionary, see "Choosing Your Primary Dictionary"
in Chapter 7.
Take It All with You
Kindle DX can store over 3600 digital books, personal documents, newspapers, blogs,
magazines, and audiobooks, 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.
To display the list of content on your Kindle, press the Home button. Use the 5-way
controller to underline the item you want to open and then press the 5-way to open the
item. To delete content on your Kindle, use the 5-way controller to underline the item
you want to delete. Move the 5-way to the left to select “remove from device” and then
press the 5-way to complete the removal of the item.
To transfer previously deleted content from Amaz
Whispernet service must be on. From Home, select "Archived Items." This shows all of
the content stored at Amazon. 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.
on back to your Kindle, the wireless
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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.
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, 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
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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, Google, and the Web.
Collections
To personalize and organize items, you can add your books, personal documents, and
audiobooks to collections on your Home screen. Create a new collection from the
Home screen by pressing the Menu button and selecting "Create New Collection", and
then type a name for the collection. You can add as many items as you wish to each
collection, and you can even add an item to more than one collection for more flexible
organization.
Clip Your Favorite Passages
While reading a book or a newspaper, have you ever 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 in a book or PDF document 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 from the book
you're reading and selecting "View My Notes & Marks."
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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 at Amazon 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 "View My Notes & Marks."
Stay in Sync
Whispersync technology saves and synchronizes your reading location across your
Kindle(s) and other supported devices. For example, you can read a few pages on your
iPhone or Blackberry device and pick up right where you left off when you return to your
Kindle. For a complete list of supported devices, visit the Kindle Support page on
Amazon at:
http://www.amazon.com/kindlesupport
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). 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
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computer for free. If you e-mail a PDF to your Kindle DX, it will be sent to your device
with no conversion.
Social Networks
Share your notes and highlights with friends using social networks like Twitter and
Facebook. Whenever you create a note or a highlight, press the Alt+ENTER +
keys to share it to your social network.
To set up your social network accounts on your Kindle, go to the S
select "manage" next to Social Networks. The browser will launch and allow you to link
your Kindle to your social network accounts.
ettings screen and
Popular Highlights
See what the Kindle community thinks are the most interesting passages in the books
you are reading. If several other readers have highlighted a particular passage, then
that passage will be highlighted in your book along with the total number of people
who have highlighted it.
You can also view a list of all the Popular Highlights in the book you're reading by
pressing the Menu button and selecting "View Popular Highlights". For more
information, see "Displaying Popular Highlights in Your Books" in Chapter 3.
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.
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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, selecting "Go to...", then selecting 'table of contents' and pressing the
5-way again.
You can also navigate by clicking an underlined word or words like "Learning More".
Underlined words indicate a link to somewhere else in the material you are reading,
like a footnote, a chapter, or a website. 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.
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 seven seconds, then release. The
Kindle screen will go blank and the device will turn off.
Getting Assistance
If you ever need assistance, you can use the Web or your telephone to contact us. See
"Contacting Kindle Support" in 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 speak
er volume for audiobooks,
background music, and text-to-speech.
Home button— shows content stored on your Kindle as well as content arc
hived at
Amazon.
Previous Page button— tak
es 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 navig
ation choices that are related to the
screen you are viewing.
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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 websites, 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.
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, zoom into PDF documents,
and to change the screen rotation settings.
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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.
Alternatively, you can press and release the Alt key and then press the desired letter.
Shift key — makes the next key pressed a capital letter.
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
you have set up a device password, you will be prompted to enter the password after
turning on your Kindle or waking it from sleep.
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.
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Tip: Your Kindle will also go to sleep by itself after twenty 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.
Bottom View
The bottom of your Kindle contains the charge indicator light, a micro-USB Power 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*. The micro-USB/Power port
is located just to the right of the headphone jack. 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 co
overheat. If the charge indicator light does not light up, make sure that the USB cable
vered by anything that could cause it to
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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.
Charge indicator light — indicates the battery status while your Kindle is charging.
The charge indicator light turns from yellow to green when the battery is fully charged.
The charge indicator light surrounds the power switch, on the bottom right edge of
your Kindle.
* 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".
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.
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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