Amazon WP63GW User Manual

User's Guide

Model No.: WP63GW

Device User’s Guide

Contents

Chapter 1 Getting Started

Using the controls
Charging the battery
Status indicators

Wi-Fi and WAN status indicators
Battery status indicators
Activity indicator

Setting up your Device

Chapter 2 Acquiring & Managing Device Books

Shop the Device Store anytime, anywhere
Managing your Device library

Creating collections
Removing content

Chapter 3 Reading Device Documents

Understanding Device display technology
Customizing your text display
Zooming in on images
Interacting with your documents
Viewing page numbers and progress

When you’re finished reading

Chapter 4 Getting More From Your Device

Customizing your Device settings
The Settings Menu
Viewing other types of files
Reading Device documents on other devices
Loaning Device books
Using Devic

e with your computer

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APPENDIX A

LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE INFORMATION

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Chapter 1
Getting Started

Using the controls

You need to learn only a few simple controls to navigate around your Device to download
and read books, magazines, and newspapers.

Power button: To turn your Device on, press the power button. To put your Device in sleep
mode, press and release the power button; the screensaver appears on the display. To wake
up your Device, press the power button. To turn off your Device, press and hold the power
button for seven seconds until the screen goes blank. If your Device does not power on or
is unresponsive during use, you can restart your device by pressing and holding the power
button for 20 seconds.

Micro-USB/power port: You can use the supplied USB cable to connect your Device to a
computer for charging the battery and transferring files, including personal documents, to
your Device.

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Charging the battery

Charge your Device by plugging the supplied USB cable into a power source, such as a
computer or an AC adaptor (sold separately). A lightning bolt should appear on the battery
icon at the top of the Home screen.

The indicator light on the bottom edge of the device will turn amber while charging and green
when the battery is fully charged.

Charging should take less than three hours. You can use your Device while it is connected via
USB and charging from your computer, by un-mounting or ejecting it so that Device exits
USB drive mode.

· Window s Vista and 7: Click the Start button, select “Computer” from the options, right-click
on the Device drive icon, and select “Eject” from the pop-up menu.

·

Window s XP:

corner of the task bar and follow the on-screen instructions to remove Device.

· Mac OS: Ctrl-click on the Device icon and choose “Eject.”
Your Device will then exit USB drive mode and display the Home screen. You’ll see a lightning

bolt on the battery status icon that indicates your Device is still charging. If the charge
indicator light does not come on, make sure that the USB cable is fully inserted into your
Device and into the USB port.

Right-click on the “Safely remove hardware”

icon in the lower right-hand

Status indicators

At the top of every screen, you’ll see indicators that inform you about the status of various
device services.

Wi-Fi a n d W AN status indicators

Your Device has a strong Wi-Fi signal and the Data network service is active. The more bars

that are filled in with black, the stronger the Wi-Fi signal.
Your Device is checking for available Wi-Fi network, or WAN network

Battery status indicators

The Device battery indicator shows the various states of the battery as it discharges.

Note that subscribing to multiple blogs that update frequently may increase power
consumption and decrease the battery life. A weak Wi-Fi signal can also increase power
consumption.

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Activity Indicator

This indicator appears in the top left corner of your Device screen when the device is busy
downloading new content, checking for new items, searching for an item.

Setting up your Device

If you’re reading this guide, you’ve probably completed the Device setup process, which
includes connecting to a Wi-Fi network and registering your Device to an account. If you
haven’t done these steps yet, go to the Home screen now, select Set Up Your Device,
follow the onscreen prompts. Once you have completed the setup process, Set Up Your
Device will no longer appear on your Home screen.

About registration:

gone through the Device setup process, the device is registered and ready to use. To verify
this, press the Home button and check whether your user name is in the upper left corner
of the Home screen. If it says “My Device”

If you bought your Device online using your account, or you’ve already

your device is not registered.

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Chapter 2
Acquiring & Managing Device Books

Shop the Device Store anytime, anywhere

The Device Store offers a wide selection of reading material including books, newspapers,
research docs, blogs, and magazines. To access the store, select Shop in Device Store

from any menu (make sure you have turned wireless on). Use the Navigator controller to
navigate through the store. You can search for a title, browse by category, check out the
latest bestsellers or view recommendations personalized just for you. The Device Store
lets you see details about titles, read customer reviews, and even download book
samples. When you decide to make a purchase, the Device Store uses the secure 1-Click
payment method. To learn more about setting up your 1-Click payment met

Manage
After you order, the Book Store delivers the item directly to your Device via your Wi-Fi or WAN

connection, depending on your location and coverage of serves. Books are downloaded to

your Device immediately, generally in less than 60 seconds. Newspapers and magazines are

sent to your device as soon as they’re published—often even before they’re available in print.
If your Device had wireless on prior to going to sleep, it will continue to receive your regularly
scheduled subscriptions while in sleep mode. If your Device is not connected to a wireless

network when a new issue of a periodical becomes available, that issue will be delivered
automatically the next time you connect.

Managing your Device library

Device can store thousands of digital books, personal documents, newspapers, blogs, and
magazines, which are referred to collectively as “content” throughout this guide. To display a list
of content on your Device, press the Home button. Pressing Menu from the Home screen
displays how much free space you have available for storing the content.

Creating collections
You’ll probably reach a point where you want to group items for easier access. The Collections

feature lets you do this. Create a new collection by pressing the Menu button while on the
Home screen. Select Create New Collection, then use the onscreen keyboard to type a name

for the collection. You can add as many items as you like to each collection, and you can add
an item to more than one collection.

Removing content
To delete an item from your Device, underline its name on the Home screen and press the

Left Arrow on the Navigator controller. When a warning displays, press the center button of the
Navigator to confirm the deletion.

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Copies of all your books, recent issues of newspapers and magazines, and personal
documents are archived servers. If you wish to retrieve content that you’ve removed, select
Archived Items from the Home screen, then choose the item(s) you want to restore to your
Device. Use this same method to download previously purchased content to a new Device.

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Chapter 3
Reading Device Documents

Understanding Device display technology

Device 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. This is part of
the process of updating the electronic ink that Device uses to display text and graphics.

Customizing your text display

Device provides a quick way to adjust the appearance of books and periodicals. To access
those settings, press the Menu button when you’re reading a document and select Change
Font Size. Font selection is also available to allow better or comfortable reading experience. A dialog box will
appear that lets you change the font size, typeface, line spacing, number of words per line,

and orientation of the content on the Device screen. You can also change the orientation
when you aren’t reading a document, such as on the Home screen. Simply press the Menu

button and select Screen Rotation.

Zooming in on images

You can increase the size of an image in a Device book for easier viewing. First, use the
Navigator controller to position the cursor over the image. A magnifying glass with a plus sign
will appear on top of it. Press the Navigator controller to zoom in. To return to your content,
press the Navigator controller or any key or button except the Home button.

Interacting with your documents

Your Device gives you access to features that aren’t available with printed materials, such as
instantly viewing word definitions and searching for specific content. Just as with a traditional
book, you can also highlight favorite passages, add notes, and create bookmarks.

Dictionary:

default) and The Oxford Dictionary of English. Simply place the cursor in front of any word
you want defined. To see a longer definition, press the center button of the Navigator
controller and select “full definition”
center button
of the navigator controller. To change the default dictionary, use the menu on the Settings
page. Your dictionaries may differ depending upon the language you select.

Search: Press the Keyboard button to display the keyboard and type the text you want to
search for, then press the keyboard button to dismiss the keyboard. Right click the Navigator
controller to select the find option, then press the center select button of the Navigator

controller to display the search results. You can also search other content on your Device, the
Device Store, Google, Wikipedia, or the built-in dictionary by using the Right Arrow on the
Navigator controller to scroll past “find” and choosing the type of search you want.

Highlights: Place the cursor where you want to start the highlight. Press the center of the
Navigator controller and select the “start highlight” option. Scroll the cursor to the end of
the text you want to highlight and press the center button again and select the
highlight” option. The highlighted text is underlined. It is also added to a file on the Home
screen called My Clippings. If several other Device users have highlighted a particular
passage in the

Your Device includes two dictionaries: The New Oxford American Dictionary (the

from the displayed options and press the

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book you’re reading, you’ll see that passage underlined with a note giving the number of
highlighters. You can view these popular highlights by pressing the Menu button and selecting
View Popular Highlights. You can also hide the display of Popular Highlights.

Notes: You can add notes to any content on Device. Place the cursor where you want to add
your thoughts and press the center select button of the Navigator controller and select
“create note”. Press the keyboard button and begin typing your note. When you highlight the
“save note” option and press the Navigator to select it. Notes are added to the My
Clippings file on your Home screen. Notes appear as superscripted numbers within the text.
To view a note, use the Navigator controller to move the cursor over the notation number.

Bookmarks: De vi c e automatically saves your place in whatever content you’re reading. You
can add a permanent bookmark by pressing the Menu button and selecting Add a Bookmark.
The upper right corner of the page will appear folded down.

You can view and delete your highlights, notes, and bookmarks at any time by pressing the
Menu button from the book you’re reading and selecting View Notes & Marks. They are also
archived at so they won’t be lost.

Viewing page numbers and progress

To view page numbers when reading books that have them, press the Menu button. The
current page and total number of pages will be displayed above the progress bar at the
bottom of the screen. Note that not all Device books include page numbers. On the
Home screen, a series of dots display below the book title indicating how long the book
is, with bold dots showing how far you have read. In a book with chapters, the tick marks
in the progress bar indicate the start of each chapter.

When you’re finished reading

Your Device will automatically go into sleep mode after 10 minutes of inactivity. You can
further conserve its battery life by turning off the wireless connection when you aren’t using
it. When your Device is asleep, you’ll see an image on the screen; this static screensaver uses
no battery power. To wake your Device up, press the power button.

If you need to turn off the Device completely, such as when traveling on an airplane, press
and hold the power button for several seconds until the screen goes blank, then release the
button. When the Device is turned off, the screen will be blank.

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Chapter 4
Getting More From Your Device

Customizing your Device settings

The available settings on your device are:

Registration: Indicates the account name to which your Device is registered. Use this
option to register and deregister the device.

Device Name: Lets you change the name displayed at the top of the Home screen.
Wi-Fi and WAN Networks: The number of detected Wi-Fi networks and the name of the Wi-

Fi network you’re currently connected to, if any. WAN network symbol is also available,
depending on your location.

Device Info:

device.

Device Language:

allows you to change to a different language.

Device Password:

subsequently be prompted to enter the password whenever you turn on the device or wake it
from sleep. If you forget your password, try looking at the hint you entered when you created
it. If you still don’t remember your password, you must contact Device Customer Service.

Device Time:

Menu button from any Device screen will display the time at the top of the screen.

Dictionaries: Lets you choose which of the installed dictionaries to use for word lookups.
Popular Highlights: Allows you to enable or disable the display of passages highlighted by

others.
Public Notes: Allows you to toggle the display of notes and highlights made by people you

follow on Device.com.

Annotations Backup:

annotations, last page read, and collections. Disable this feature if you do not want your
annotations backed up or shared in Popular Highlights.

Personal Info: Lets you enter contact information such as an address or phone number, in
case you lose your Device.

The Wi-Fi MAC Address, device serial number, and network capability of your

Shows the current language for menus, alerts, and dialog boxes, and

Allows you to restrict access to your Device by setting a password. You’ll

Lets you set the current local time to be displayed on your Device. Pressing the

Allows you to toggle the automatic backup on ’s servers of your

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The Settings Menu

When you’re on the Settings page, the menu offers some important functions that aren’t
available from the Home screen or book menus.

Update Your Device:

Installs the latest software for your Device. If there are currently

no software updates available on your Device, this option is grayed out.

Restart:

Restarts your Device. You will not lose the books, clippings, or other files stored

on the device. In the event your Device freezes up, you can do a hard reset by pressing
the power button for 20 seconds.

Reset to Factory Defaults: Resets your Device to its original factory settings and restarts it.
Before you reset your Device to factory defaults, you must back up any personal documents
as well as older issues of periodicals that you’d like to keep. Once your Device restarts, you
will need to download those items (and your Device dictionaries) from Archived Items on
’s servers. If you

want to continue to password-protect your Device, you must also set

up a password again.
Legal: Provides trademark, copyright, and other notices about the software installed on your

Device.

Viewing other types of files

Device can display several types of files, including PDF and TXT documents. You can even
highlight and annotate PDF files just like a Device book. To add a file to your Device, simply
drag the file from your computer to the “documents” folder on your Device via a USB
connection, or e-mail it to your dedicated Device e-mail address. Your converted documents
will display on the Home screen.

can convert certain other types of files into a Device-compatible format and e-mail them

to your Device.

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Using Device with your computer

By connecting your Device to your computer via the supplied USB cable, you can add content
to the Device without a Wi-Fi or WAN connection.

When you first connect the Device to a computer’s USB port, it will appear as an external
storage drive or volume on the computer’s desktop. You’ll see a directory or folder called
“documents.” You can add Device-compatible files to this directory, and you can copy,
move, or delete the files that are already there. Device is not usable as a reading device
while in USB drive mode. To read a book while charging the battery, you must eject the
Device

from your computer’s desktop. The battery icon on the Device will have a lightning

bolt to indicate that its battery is still being charged.

Product Specifications

Display – 6’’ diagonal display, 600*800 pixel resolution, 16-level gray scale.
Power – AC power adaptor (sold s
Connectivity – USB2.0 (micro-B connector). 802.11b/g/n wireless modem.

eparately) and rechargeable lithium polymer battery.

Operating temperature – 32oF to 95oF (0oC to 35oC).
Storage t

Wi-

emperature – 14oF to 113oF (-10oC to 45oC).

Fi – 802.11b/g/n.

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Appendix A

Legal and Compliance Information

FCC Compliance Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

-This device may not cause harmful interference.

-This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause
undesired operation.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant
to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection. This equipment
generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with
the instructions, may cause interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to
radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is
encouraged to try to correct the interference by one

-Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

-Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

-Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is
connected.

-Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Changes or modification not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the
user’s authority to operate the equipment.

The Devices meet the FCC Radio Frequency Emission Guidelines and are certified with the FCC as the FCC ID
number found on the back of the Device.

Information Regarding Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy Your Device is designed and manufactured not to exceed the emission limits for exposure to RF energy set by the

Federal Communications Commission of the United States (FCC). Information on your Device is on file with the FCC
and can be found under t he Display Grant section of http://transition.fcc.gov/oet/ea/ after searching on the FCC ID for
your Device, which can be found on the back of the Device.

Canadian Compliance Statement This device complies with the Canadian ICES-003 Class B specifications. CAN ICES-3 (B)/NMB-3(B)

Cet appareil numérique de la Classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.
This device complies with RSS 210 of Industry Canada. This Class B device meets all the requirements of the

Canadian interference-causing equipment regulations.
Cet appareil numérique de la Classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le matériel brouilleur du

Canada.

or more of the following measures:

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This device complies with Industry Canada license exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two
conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, including
interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.

Cet appareil est conforme aux normes CNR exemptes de licence d’Industrie Canada. Le fonctionnement est soumis
aux deux conditions suivantes : (1) cet appareil ne doit pas provoquer d’interférences et (2) cet appareil doit accepter
toute interference, y compris celles susceptibles de provoquer un fonctionnement non souhaité de l’appareil.

This device is compliant with general population/uncontrolled RF exposure limits in IC RSS-102
Cet appareil est conciliant avec les limites d'exposition de RF population/non contenu générales dans IC RSS-102