Amazon Kindle Fire User manual

Navigate Kindle Fire (1st
Generation)
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Contents
Touchscreen Actions
Status Bar
Options Bar
The Onscreen Keyboard
Carousel, Favorites, and Content Libraries
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Navigate Kindle Fire 1st Generation
Learn how to navigate your Kindle Fire, including the onscreen keyboard.
Speakers: The top edge of your device contains stereo speakers to listen to music, movies,
audiobooks, and more.
Headphone jack: Plug in headphones to listen to audio content on your device.
USB/power port: Used to charge your device and transfer content between your computer and your
device via USB.
Power button: Press the power button to turn on the device. Press and swipe the orange ribbon to the
left to start using your Kindle Fire.
To put your device in sleep mode, press and release the power button. If you need to turn off the device
completely, press and hold the power button for seven seconds until the screen goes blank.
The power button has an orange charge indicator light that turns off when the battery is fully charged.
Touchscreen Actions
Swipe: Swipe your finger across the screen to turn pages, or scroll up or down within a screen.
Tap: Tap to select buttons or text, and to enter your selections using the onscreen keyboard.
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Turn pages: Tap the left side of the screen to return to the previous page in your reading material.
Tap the right side of the screen to continue to the next page.
Zoom in on images: Use your thumb and index finger to expand an image, or pinch it to a smaller
size.
Status Bar
The Status Bar is located at the top of the screen and displays notifications, the time, the Quick Settings
icon, Wi-Fi indicator, and battery indicator.
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Description
Notifications: Messages generated by games and apps. You can select a sound to
alert you of incoming notifications in Settings.
Quick Settings: Select to display settings for the most commonly performed tasks
including, locking and unlocking screen rotation, adjusting volume, setting display
brightness, accessing Wi-Fi settings, and syncing.
Wi-Fi Indicator: The number of bands represents the strength of the Wi-Fi signal
at your current location.
Battery Indicator: The degree to which the battery is filled represents the remaining
charge in the battery.
Tap the Quick Settings icon for more options.
Locked/Unlocked: Tap to lock or unlock the screen rotation on your Kindle Fire. You can lock the
screen to keep it from rotating when you tilt the device..
Volume: Tap to adjust main volume for your Kindle Fire.
Brightness: Tap to adjust screen brightness.
Wi-Fi: Tap to connect your Kindle Fire to Wi-Fi and other wireless connection settings.
Sync: Tap to check for new content and sync your current content.
More: Tap the More icon to bring up additional Kindle Fire Settings.
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Options Bar
Additional settings are located in the Options bar at the bottom of the screen and bring up additional
actions or settings, depending upon the content library or application.
Standard options include:
Home: Tap the Home button from anywhere on your Kindle Fire to return to the Home screen.
Back: Use this button to retrace your steps.
Menu: Select Menu to view additional options related to the content type.
Search: Tap this button to search your Content library.
The Options bar may be hidden when some applications are running. It can be expanded by tapping the
arrow at the bottom of the screen or by swiping upward from the bottom of the device.
The Onscreen Keyboard
Kindle Fire uses an onscreen keyboard. When you tap within the search window or begin other actions
that require you to type in information, the onscreen keyboard is displayed on the screen.
Carousel, Favorites, and Content Libraries
Press the Home icon at any time to return to the Home screen.
Carousel
Your Home screen carousel displays your content in a carousel view. To advance the carousel, swipe
your finger across the screen. The most recently accessed items appear first.
Remove an item from your carousel by pressing and holding on the item, then selecting Remove from
Carousel.
Favorites
Swipe down to view your Favorites, located below the carousel. Press and hold to drag an item from
your carousel to your Favorites, or press and hold an item to display the context menu and select Add
to Favorites.
To remove an item from Favorites, press and hold the item to display the context menu and select
Remove from Favorites.
Content libraries
The navigation bar displays available content libraries on your Kindle Fire. Tap the content library
name to see all the available content within your Newsstand, Books, Music, Video, Docs, or Apps
libraries. To select an item, tap it.
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