Amazon KINDLE DX User manual

kindle DX

Contents · 2KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 3rd EDITION
Table of Contents
WELCOME 9
CHAPTER 1:
Getting Started with Your Kindle 20
1.1 Views of Kindle DX ....................................................20
Front View ...........................................................20
Top View .............................................................23
Bottom View ..........................................................24
1.2 Getting Around .......................................................25
Using the Buttons .....................................................25
Using the Menus ......................................................25
The Application Menu ..................................................27
1.3 Entering Text .........................................................28
Lowercase and Uppercase Letters ........................................28
Numbers, Punctuation, and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
1.4 Screen Rotation .......................................................30
1.5 Status Indicators ......................................................31
Whispernet Status Indicators ............................................31
Battery Status Indicators ................................................32
Activity Indicator ......................................................32
CHAPTER 2:
Getting to Know Kindle Content 33
2.1 The Home Screen .....................................................33
Home Screen Features .................................................35
Sort Options ..........................................................37
The Home Screen Menu ................................................39

Contents · 3KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 3rd EDITION
2.2 Organizing With Collections .............................................40
Creating a Collection ...................................................40
Adding an Item to Collections ...........................................41
Adding Multiple Items to a Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Viewing Collection Details ..............................................43
Renaming a Collection .................................................43
Deleting Collections ....................................................44
Adding Collections from Another Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
2.3 Managing Your Content ................................................46
Removing Kindle Content ...............................................46
More about Managing Items ............................................47
International Wireless Delivery ..........................................47
CHAPTER 3:
Reading on Kindle 48
3.1 Types of Content ......................................................48
Books ...............................................................48
Newspapers ..........................................................48
Magazines ...........................................................48
Blogs ................................................................49
Personal Documents ...................................................49
Audiobooks ..........................................................49
Background Music .....................................................50
3.2 Content Formatting on Kindle ...........................................50
Progress Indicator .....................................................51
Changing the Text Size .................................................52
Adjusting the Number of Words per Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
3.3 Moving from Place to Place .............................................54
Using the Menu to Get Around ..........................................54
Navigating within a Periodical ...........................................60
Selecting Internal Links .................................................63
Viewing a Table .......................................................63
Reading Across Multiple Kindles .........................................63

Contents · 4KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 3rd EDITION
3.4 Looking Up Definitions .................................................64
The Lookup Feature ....................................................64
3.5 Annotations and Clippings ..............................................65
Using Highlights ......................................................67
Viewing Popular Highlights in a Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Updating Popular Highlights in a Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Using Notes ..........................................................71
Using Clippings .......................................................74
3.6 Sharing Notes and Highlights with Your Social Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Unlinking Your Kindle From a Social Network Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Sharing Your Notes and Highlights .......................................77
3.7 Reading PDF Files .....................................................79
Zooming into PDF Files .................................................81
Using the PDF Menu ...................................................83
3.8 Listening to Audio Materials .............................................84
Audiobooks ..........................................................85
Background Audio .....................................................86
Text-to-Speech ........................................................87
CHAPTER 4:
Searching on Kindle 89
4.1 Introduction to Search ..................................................89
Types of Searches .....................................................89
Performing a Search ...................................................90
4.2 Search Results Page ...................................................91
Search Results for a Specific Item ........................................92
Search Results for a Definition ...........................................94
4.3 Performing Remote Searches ............................................95
Searching Wikipedia ...................................................95
Searching the Web ....................................................95
Searching the Kindle Store ..............................................95

Contents · 5KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 3rd EDITION
CHAPTER 5:
The Kindle Store 97
5.1 Getting Started at the Store .............................................97
Connecting to the Kindle Store ..........................................97
5.2 Kindle Store Pages ....................................................97
The Kindle Storefront ..................................................98
The Store Menu .......................................................99
Browsing the Store ...................................................101
Getting the Details ....................................................102
Adding Items to Your Wish List .........................................105
5.3 Recommendations, Reviews, and Ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Recommended for You ................................................105
Looking Up Reviews ..................................................106
Writing Your Own Ratings and Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Entering a Rating and Review ..........................................108
5.4 Making Purchases ....................................................108
Trying a Sample Book .................................................108
Buying Your Selections ................................................108
Returning an Item ....................................................109
CHAPTER 6:
Accessing the Web 110
6.1 Using Basic Web .....................................................110
Entering a URL .......................................................110
Using Bookmarks and Adding Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Using Next Page and Previous Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Selecting Links, Buttons, and Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Using History ........................................................113
The Basic Web Menu ..................................................114
6.2 Other Features .......................................................116
Text Size ............................................................116
Downloading Files ....................................................116
Basic Web Settings ...................................................117

Contents · 6KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 3rd EDITION
CHAPTER 7:
Settings and Experimental 119
7.1 Adjusting Your Kindle Settings ..........................................119
Personalizing Your Kindle ..............................................123
Password - Protecting Your Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Choosing Your Primary Dictionary .......................................125
Changing Annotations Backup ..........................................126
The Settings Menu ...................................................126
7.2 Experimental ........................................................128
CHAPTER 8:
Kindle and Your Computer 129
8.1 Getting Started .......................................................129
System Requirements ................................................129
Making the Connection ................................................129
8.2 Transferring Files from Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Managing Your Documents ............................................131
Transferring Your Clippings ............................................131
8.3 Converting and Transferring Your Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Supported Formats for Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Sending Your Documents for Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
8.4 Audiobooks and MP3s ................................................134
Audiobooks from Audible.com .........................................134
Transferring MP3s ....................................................136

Contents · 7KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 3rd EDITION
CHAPTER 9:
Your Kindle and Amazon.com 137
9.1 Shopping for Kindle Content on Amazon.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Browsing the Kindle Store .............................................137
Searching the Kindle Store .............................................137
Getting the Details ....................................................138
Ordering Content .....................................................138
9.2 Managing Your Kindle on Amazon.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Managing Your Device ................................................139
Managing Your Orders ................................................140
Downloading Content from Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
9.3 Contacting Kindle Support .............................................141
Kindle Support Web Address: ..........................................141
Kindle Support e-mail Address: .........................................141
Kindle Support Phone Numbers: ........................................141
CHAPTER 10:
Transferring Content to Your New Kindle 142
10.1 Transferring Books ..................................................142
10.2 Transferring Periodical Subscriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
10.3 Transferring Personal Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
10.4 Transferring Audiobooks .............................................145
10.5 Transferring MP3s ...................................................146
CHAPTER 11:
Troubleshooting 147

Contents · 8KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 3rd EDITION
APPENDIX 152
Safety and Compliance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Maintaining Your Kindle ...............................................152
Product Specifications .................................................158
KINDLE LICENSE AGREEMENT AND TERMS OF USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
ONE-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY FOR MODEL NUMBER D00611 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
ONE-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY FOR MODEL NUMBER D00801 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Patent Notices .......................................................169
Copyright and Trademark Notices .......................................169
Other Language Versions ..............................................169

Welcome · 9KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 3rd EDITION
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 your device. Please look at the
Getting Started instructions that came with your Kindle for information on registering
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Welcome · 10KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 3rd EDITION
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:
Keyboard
Volume Controls
Home Button
Previous Page Button
Next Page Button
Menu Button
Back Button
5-Way Controller
ALT key Symbol key