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T ABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME CHAPTER 1 Getting Started with Y our Kindle 1.1 V iews of Kindle Front V iew Back V iew Bottom V iew 1.2 Getting Around Using the Buttons Using the Menus Using the Special Keys 1.3 Entering T ext Lowercase and Uppercase Letters Numbers, Punctuation, and Symbols 1.
Home Screen Features Show and Sort Options The Home Screen Menu 2.2 Content Manager Moving or Removing Kindle Items The Content Manager Menu The Show and Sort Menu More about Managing Items CHAPTER 3 Reading on Kindle 3.1 T ypes of Content Books Newspapers Magazines Blogs Personal Documents Audiobooks Background Music 3.
Using Bookmarks Using Highlights Using Notes Using Clippings 3.6 Listening to Audio Materials Audiobooks Playing Music CHAPTER 4 Searching on Kindle 4.1 Introduction to Sear ch T ypes of Searches Performing a Search 4.2 The Search Results Page Showing a Specific Instance Dictionary Results 4.
5.2 Kindle Store Pages The Kindle Storefront Browsing the Store Getting the Details Saving Items for Later 5.3 Recommendations, Reviews, and Ratings Y our Recommendations Looking Up Reviews W riting Y our Own Ratings and Reviews 5.4 Making Purchases T rying a Sample Book Buying Y our Selections Returning an Item CHAPTER 6 Accessing the W eb 6.
CHAPTER 7 Settings and Experimental 7.1 Adjusting Y our Kindle Settings Registering or Deregistering Kindle Personalizing Y our Kindle Changing Annotations Backup V iewing A vailable Memory The Settings Menu 7.2 Experimental CHAPTER 8 Kindle and Y our Computer 8.
CHAPTER 9 Y our Kindle and Amazon.com 9.1 Shopping for Kindle Content on Amazon.com Browsing the Kindle Store Searching the Kindle Store Getting the Details Ordering Content 9.2 Managing Y our Kindle on Amazon.com Managing Y our Device Managing Y our Orders Y our Media Library 9.
Thank you for purchasing Amazon Kindle. Y ou are reading the W elcome section of the Kindle User's Guide . This guide provides an overview of Kindle and highlights a few basic features so you can start reading as quickly as possible. Y ou can leave this guide at any time by pressing the Home key on the keyboard.
T o choose a particular item such as a menu choice or a line of text in what you are reading, roll the select wheel to move the silver cursor up and down the cursor bar and then press and release the select wheel to make your choice. T ry rolling the select wheel now .
If you would like to try it now , simply press the text key , roll the select wheel to move the cursor next to the size you prefer from the menu, and press the select wheel. The text is now shown in the new size. Repeat the same steps to change the text size back or to change it to a different size that is most comfortable for you to read.
The search feature can be used anywhere on Kindle; press the Search key on the keyboard, and the Search line appears. T ype in what you are looking for and select "Go". Kindle will automatically search for the phrase in your books, newspapers, blogs, personal documents, and annotations.
selecting "T able of Contents" from the menu. An underlined word or words like the line above are another way to navigate. They indicate a link to somewhere else in the material you are reading like a footnote, a chapter , or a web site.
CHAPTER 1 Getting Started with Y our Kindle In the W elcome 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.
you have read the footnote. Keyboard — use the keyboard to enter search terms, notes in your content, URLs for W eb sites, etc. There are also some special keys on the keyboard that are described later in this chapter . Previous page button — takes you to the previous page in your reading material.
T o remove the cover, follow these steps: T urn your Kindle over so that the back cover is facing you. 1. Slide the power switch to the off position. 2. Slide the back cover off by pressing the cover firmly while sliding the cover to the right with your thumbs.
T urn your Kindle back on. 6. T ypically , you should not have to reset your Kindle. In the unlikely event that you need to reset your Kindle, use a paper clip or other small object to press the Reset button on the left side of the back of the Kindle.
T o get around on your Kindle, you use the buttons, menus, and the keyboard—all of which are explained here. Using the Buttons In the W elcome section you learned about the navigation buttons (Previous page, Next page, and Back). For an explanation of what each button does, see Front V iew of Kindle .
Other Menus In addition to the application menus, you will see menus that appear at the top right of the screen like the Show and Sort menu on the Home screen and the Annotation menu in the Reader screen that appears when you select a line of text. The sample screen below shows the Reader screen with the Annotation menu showing.
Home key — takes you to the Home s creen which lists all of the reading material you have on your Kindle. T ext key — allows you to change the size of the text while you are reading. Press the text key and use the select wheel to choose a different text size.
Lowercase and Upper case Letters T o enter lowercase letters press the appropriate letter key . T o 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 .
1.4 Status Indicators At the bottom of every screen, you also see two 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.
CHAPTER 2 Getting to Know Kindle Content The Kindle Home screen gives you an overall picture of what you currently have on your Kindle. It shows you what has arrived recently , what you are reading, and where you are in your reading. The Content Manager allows you to move content from Y our Media Library on Amazon.
regular books, they have a progress indicator that shows where you are in the audiobook. Home Screen Featur es What you see on your Home screen varies depending on what reading materials you have purchased, and how you choose to show and sort this list.
multi-item content you have on your Kindle. Unread title — the "new" label indicates the item has never been opened and is less than 24 hours old. Once you open a "new" document or more than 24 hours has passed since the item arrived on your Kindle, the "new" label is automatically removed.
The Show and Sort Menu The screen below shows the Show and Sort menu and the definition list following explains each of the options. The first half of the menu contains options for displaying your content. The second half lists options for sorting the titles.
Sort by Author — sorts your content alphabetically by the author ’ s las t name or publisher ’ s name. Show and Sort Options T o make it easier to find particular content, you can decide to show only certain types of content, or to sort the content in a different order .
Shop in Kindle Store — takes you to the Kindle Storefront. Sync & Check for Items — connects to Amazon.com to download any newly available items and sync the furthest page read and bookmarks for all the books on your device. Settings — takes you to the Settings screen.
on your Kindle. Use the Content Manager to move items to and from the Kindle memory , an SD memory card, or Y our Media Library on Amazon.com. Where the item is stored is indicated by the location lab.
T ip: Y ou can select items from multiple pages before acting on them. J ust select the items you want to move, remove, or download on the page you are on. Then use the Next/Prev Page buttons to see more pages and make further selections on any of those items.
Move to Kindle Memory — moves the selected items from an inserted SD memory card to your Kindle memory . Remove Selected Items — removes the selected items from your Kindle or SD memory card. Note that items stored on Y our Media Library on Amazon are permanently backed up and are not removable.
Most Recent First — sorts your content by the most recently added or recently opened items first. Oldest First — sorts your content by the oldest added or opened items first. Sort by Title — sorts your content alphabetically by title of the item.
be lost. Y our My Clippings file will still remain as a separate file containing all the clippings you added regardless of whether the content is a book, subscription, or blog or was purchased from Amazon or not.
CHAPTER 3 Reading on Kindle Kindle retains the best qualities of printed books, but adds many features that are only available through digital technologies such as word look up, changeable text size, and clippings. This chapter explains more about Kindle's reading features.
necessary and send them back to your computer for free or wirelessly to your Kindle for a small fee, whichever you prefer . For more information on transferring, converting, and e-mailing your personal documents, see Chapter 8 . Audiobooks Y ou can download and enjoy thousands of audiobooks from Audible.
Changing the T ext Size Y ou can adjust the size of the text to suit your preference. Y ou have a choice of six sizes for reading content on Kindle. (Y ou cannot change the text size on menus or on Kindle screens, such as the Home screen or the Kindle Store.
Press the text key in the lower right-hand corner of the keyboard. 1. The text size menu will be displayed. Note that the small black triangle indicates your current size. 2. Scroll up or down to the new text size that you want to use, and press the select wheel.
If you are reading a Kindle book, the menu will contain the following selections: Home — takes you to your Home screen. Shop in Kindle Store — takes you to the Kindle Storefront. Go to Cover — takes you to the cover page of the item you are reading.
If you are reading a periodical or blog instead of a book, you will see the following different menu selections: Go to Articles List — takes you to the list of all the articles in the item you are reading and allows you to jump to any one of them. Go to First Article — takes you to the first article in the blog you are reading.
direction, pressing the page turn buttons or pressing any key on the keyboard unzooms the image. Reading Across Multiple Kindles If you read the same Kindle Store book across multiple Kindles, you'll find Whispersync makes it easy for you to switch back and forth.
Lookup — searches the primary dictionary and displays definitions of the significant words in the selected line. Add/Delete Highlight — adds or deletes a highlight to the text. The menu text will change depending on whether or not a highlight already exists.
3.5 Bookmarks, Annotations, and Clippings Y ou can add annotations to all of your books and periodicals. All of your annotations will appear in the "My Clippings" file in your Home screen and include: Bookmarks — allows you to mark an entire page for later reference.
Go to the page that you want to bookmark. 1. Scroll to "Menu" at the bottom of the page. 2. Press the select wheel. 3. Scroll to "Add Bookmark." 4. Press the select wheel. 5. The page is now bookmarked; notice that the dog ear icon looks as if the corner of the page has been turned down.
Y ou can highlight text in Kindle like you would use a highlighter pen on paper . Everything you highlight is also added to your "My Clippings" book. Highlighting a Passage T o highlight one or more lines, follow these steps: Scroll to the start of the passage you want to highlight.
you want to change an existing note, or the "Delete Note" selection if you want to delete an existing note. Press the select wheel. 4. Use the keyboard to enter a new note or to edit an existing one. 5. When you have finished, scroll to "Done," and press the select wheel.
On your Home screen, your audiobooks list the title and author , but they also have a small speaker icon to indicate that they are audiobooks. T o listen to one of your audiobooks, select it from your Home screen. Y ou will see a page similar to the one shown below .
Playing Background Music T o play background music (MP3 files) that you have transferred to your Kindle, follow the steps below: If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home key . 1. Scroll to the Menu selection, and press the select wheel.
CHAPTER 4 Sear ching on Kindle Kindle allows you to take advantage of powerful search capabilities. Y ou can search locally on Kindle or remotely at the Kindle Store, W ikipedia, or the W eb.
255 characters. In the example below , the user has entered the word politics in the Search line. T o perform a search, follow these steps: If the bottom of your screen is not displaying the Search line, press the Search key (shown above). 1. T ype in your search criteria.
The features on the Search Results page are explained below . Instances — shows the title of the items that contain your search term and indicates how many times the term occurs. If the item is currently stored in Y our Media Library and not on your Kindle, an Amazon label is shown next to the title.
Showing a Specific Instance If you select one of the titles from the Search Results page, you will see a page that shows all instances of the search term in that particular title. Each occurrence lists its location number in the title and is shown in context so you can see how the search term is used.
T o display a complete definition of a particular entry if there is more than one definition, select the desired definition abstract using the select wheel. 4.3 Performing Remote Sear ches T o search remotely , you must have Whispernet switched on.
T ip: Y ou can also search any of the remote locations directly by typing s hortcuts into the Search line. The format for the shortcuts is to type the @ character followed by the remote destination and then the search term. For instance, to search the Kindle Store for tr ees , enter @store tr ees in the Search line.
screen for easy reference. Y ou will also receive duplicate e-mails of the answers at your Amazon registered e-mail address for easy sharing with others.
CHAPTER 5 The Kindle Stor e The Kindle Store is the place to purchase your Kindle books, newspapers, magazines, and blogs. Find an item in the store, select "Buy", and you will receive your item wirelessly in under a minute.
Browse the Kindle Stor e — displays the currently available content by type in the Kindle Store. Kindle T op Sellers — displays a list of Kindle bestselling titles. New & Noteworthy Books — displays a list of new or noteworthy books on the Kindle Store.
Home — takes you to your Home screen. Kindle Storefr ont — takes you to the Kindle Storefront. T op Sellers — displays a list of Amazon best sellers.
The example below shows you the type of listings you will see on the Books browse page. Browse path — shows the steps on the path you used to get to the current page. Y ou can select the path and retrace your steps to any step by selecting the particular place you want to go to.
Search author — searches the Kindle Store for other books by the author . If more than one author wrote the book, selecting this item will show a menu of the authors from which to choose. Description — the introduction to the description of the item.
The product detail page for newspapers, magazines, and blogs is similar to the product detail page for books, but it contains different purchasing options: Subscribe now with 14-day Free T rial — select this to start your subscription.
Writing Y our Own Ratings and Reviews Y ou can share your opinions with other readers by rating and reviewing the materials that you have read. T o get to this page, select "W rite a Review" from the product detail page for the item you want to critique.
Entering a Rating and Review Indicate the rating you think this item deserves by selecting the line with the appropriate number of stars and pressing the select wheel. 1. Select "Edit" for the T itle field and enter a title for your review .
for the item you want. Y our item will be auto-delivered wirelessly to your Kindle and also added to Y our Media Library on Amazon.com. Y ou will see an "items downloaded" message at the bottom of the screen when your item has arrived on your Kindle.
CHAPTER 6 Accessing the W eb Y our Kindle comes with an Experimental application called Basic W eb which is a W eb browser that is optimized to read text-centric W eb s ites. It supports JavaScript, SSL and cookies but does not support media plug-ins (Flash, Shockwave, etc.
The "Enter URL" text entry box retains the last URL you entered in case you want to quickly edit the same address and submit it again. If you want to enter a secure site with an "https" address, use the backspace key to delete the automatically entered "://" and type the address you want.
Selecting Links, Buttons and Boxes Y ou can navigate the links on a W eb page by using the select wheel. Links in Basic W eb are shown as underlined words, just like in the Reader .
Some selections, such as text entry fields and other forms, may present you with another step, such as a list of multiple choice buttons or a blank field for entering text. In general, these selections are provided by the W eb page its elf. For example: <Input Field> — means you have chosen an area containing a text entry field.
Kindle Home — takes you to your device's Home screen. Shop in Kindle Store — takes you to the Kindle Storefront. Back — navigates back one page in your history . Forward — navigates forward one page in your history . Stop — stops loading the current page you are browsing.
Default Mode — optimized for viewing most pages. Advanced Mode — for complex W eb s ites; this mode squeezes pages down to fit the width of the Kindle screen. In this mode, JavaScript can also be enabled. Basic W eb Settings Basic W eb Settings allow you to modify the default browser behaviors and perform simple maintenance procedures.
CHAPTER 7 Settings and Experimental The Settings page is a centralized location which lets you personalize items on Kindle such as the name of your Kindle, automatic backup, personal information, etc., as well as gives you informational items such as storage space available or the software version of your Kindle.
Annotations — turns on or off automatic backup of your last location read, all of your notes, and bookmarks on all of your purchased content. Storage — shows the free storage space available on your Kindle and any inserted SD memory card. If you do not have an SD memory card inserted, the second bar will be gray .
change to None. Y ou will not be able to buy or download samples from the store, use Basic W eb or use Kindle NowNow if your Kindle is not registered. Y ou can also deregister your Kindle from the Manage Y our Kindle page on Amazon.com. Personalizing Y ou r Kindle Y our Kindle acquires a default name when it is first registered.
Select "Settings" from the menu. 3. At the bottom of the screen, you will see the total amount of free memory shown in megabytes on both your Kindle memory and SD memory card. 4. Additionally , the bars show the amount of free memory available in gray and the amount of filled memory in black as a relative reference.
7.2 Experimental The Experimental page is a place for you to try out and experiment with some of the concepts we have under development. W e encourage you to s end us your feedback to help us decide how to improve the concepts and whether or not you think we should make them part of the Kindle product.
CHAPTER 8 Kindle and Y our Computer Y ou can download and read text-based content to your Kindle without using your computer . However, if you want to access audiobooks and MP3 files, you need to transfer them by connecting Kindle to your computer over USB or use an SD memory card.
connected but returns right to where you were when you disconnect the USB cable. Before you disconnect the cable, make sure there is no USB activity by checking the USB activity indicator on the bottom of the Kindle cursor bar . If the cursor is showing, there is activity occurring and you should not unplug the cable.
Supported Formats for Conversion In addition to the file formats listed above, you can also convert other personal documents to read on your Kindle. The supported file formats are listed below: • Microsoft W ord (.DOC) • Structured HTML (.HTML, .
Y ou can add the addresses of your friends, co-workers, or anyone else you would like to enable to send you files. The conversion service on Y our Kindle is meant for the receipt of personal, non-commercial documents only . Y ou may not authorize the sending of documents from automated distribution services.
the "Audible" folder on your Kindle. Once on your Kindle, an Audible file will be displayed on your Home screen with your other documents. The file will have a small speaker icon at the end of the title to indicate that it is an audiobook.
CHAPTER 9 Y our Kindle and Amazon.com In addition to shopping directly from your device, you can acquire the same books, magazines, newspaper subscriptions and other content you find on the Kindle Store using a W eb browser on your computer . Y ou can also go to the Manage Y our Kindle page on Amazon.
The following describes the "buy box" actions: Buy now with 1-Click: — click this button to purchase a Kindle book or current periodical issue.
Changes made to your default 1-Click method will apply to your future Amazon.com 1-Click transactions, but will not change your current active Kindle subscriptions. V iew and manage your active Kindle subscriptions — view which subscriptions are currently active, change payment information, and see billing details.
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APPENDIX Safety Information Use Responsibly . Read all instructions and safety information before use to avoid injury . CAUTION! F AILURE TO FOLLOW THESE SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS COULD RESUL T IN FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, OR OTHER INJUR Y OR DAMAGE. Battery Safety Do not attempt to disassemble or short-circuit the battery .
personal medical devices (such as pacemakers and hearing aids) to determine if they are adequately shielded from external RF signals. W atch for Signs There are some places where radio signals could constitute a hazard, such as health care facilities and construction sites.
Device, and you follow the instructions for returning the Device, we will, at our option, either (i) repair the Device using either new or refurbished parts, (ii) replace the Device with a new or refurbished Device, or (iii) refund the purchase price of the Device.
Government Standards for Radio Fr equency Signals In 1991-92, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) joined in updating ANSI’ s 1982 standard for safety levels with respect to human exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) signals.
reported to the FCC when held at least 0.60 inches (1.5 cm) from the body is 0.96 W/kg. The FCC has granted an Equipment Authorization for this model device with all reported SAR levels evaluated as in compliance with the FCC RF exposure guidelines.
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