Amazon Kindle Fire User manual

Press the Menu button.
Use the 5-way controller to highlight “Shop in Kindle Store” and press the
5-way controller to select it. The Kindle Storefront will appear.
Use the 5-way controller to select a content categor y such as Books or
Kindle Top Sellers, or begin typing on the keyboard and select “search store”
to search for a specific book.
Select a book to view its product detail page. Use the 5-way controller
to highlight and select “Buy,” and when the book has arrived on your Kindle,
an "items downloaded" message will appear at the top of the screen.
Press the Home button, locate the downloaded book at the top of the
display, and use the 5-way controller to select the book.
Your book will open to the location the publisher considers the beginning
(usually the first chapter), and you can begin reading.
The Kindle Store is the place to purchase your Kindle books, newspapers, magazines,
and blogs. To access the Kindle Store, follow these steps:
Enter the e-mail address and password associated with your Amazon account
into the text entry box. To enter a number, hold down the ALT key and press the
appropriate letter at the top of the keyboard to select the desired number.
Move the 5-way controller down to highlight “submit,” then press the 5-way
controller to complete your registration. Your registration information will
appear on your Kindle.
Press the Home button to exit this page.
Press the Home button and then press the Menu button.
Navigate down to “Settings” by moving the 5-way controller down, then press
the 5-way controller to select.
Select “register” using the 5-way controller.
If your Kindle was a gift or is not preregistered, you will need to register your device
to make purchases on the Kindle Store and take advantage of other Amazon services
such as e-mailing personal documents to your Kindle. If you purchased this Kindle for
yourself, you do not need to register and may skip this section.
Adjusts the font size and number of words per line to suit your
reading preference. Also allows you to turn on/off Text-to-Speech
and to change the screen rotation behavior.
Retraces your steps on your Kindle.
Goes back one page in your reading material.
Turns the page in your reading material.
Accesses the Kindle Store as well as actions such as turning the
wireless on/off or adding a highlight within a book .
Shows content stored on your Kindle as well as content
archived at Amazon.
Moves the on-screen cursor up and down or side to side.
Selects an item or action when pressed.
Powers on, sleeps, or wakes the device when quickly slid and
released. Turns off the device when slid and held for 4 seconds.
Power on the device by sliding and releasing the power switch. After the Kindle
start s up, the Kin dle DX User’s Guide will open automatically to help familiarize you
with your Kindle’s capabilities.
*not all confi gurations s hip with a powe r adapter
The charge indicator 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.
Charge your Kindle by plugging it into a U.S.-compatible electrical outlet.You can
also detach the USB cord from the power adapter*and connect it to a computer to
charge your Kindle or to transfer data.
If your Kindle does not power on or is unresponsive, try resetting the device by
disconnecting your Kindle from any power source, and then sliding and holding the
power switch for 15 seconds before releasing. If you continue to have problems with
your Kindle, please contact customer ser vice:
e-mail: [email protected]
phone: within the U.S.: 1-866-321-8851 (toll free)
outside the U.S.: 1-206-266-0927 (charges will apply)
web: amazon.com/kindlesupport
Additional information for Kindle users outside the U.S. and translations of Kindle
documentation are available at: www.amazon.com/kindledocuments
Press the Home button.
Use the 5-way controller to highlight the Kindle DX User ’s Guide. Press the 5-way
controller to selec t and open the guide.
Type the term you’d like to search for; a search box will automatically appear at the
bottom of the display and your search term will be shown. Move the 5 -way controller
to the right to highlight “find.” Press the 5-way controller to activate the search.
Use the 5-way controller to select the results which are of most interest to you.
The Kindle DX User ’s Guide on your Kindle provides more detailed information on all
of the device’s features. You can search this guide for “how to” information:
For safety, compl iance, recycling and o ther important
information re garding your Kindle, ple ase refer to the
Kindle DX User’s Gu ide which is ac cessible on your Kindle a s
described i n the Additional Infor mation section on th e
reverse side of thi s guide.
Kindle DX User’s Gu ide is also av ailable online at:
www.ama zon.com/kindle documents
Kindle: Licen se Agreement and Terms of Use
THIS IS AN AGR EEMENT BETW EEN YOU AND AMAZON
DIGITAL SERVI CES, INC. (W ITH ITS AFFILIATE S,
“AMAZON” OR “ WE”). PLEASE R EAD THIS LICEN SE
AGREEMENT A ND TERMS OF USE, AN D ALL RULES AND
POLICIE S FOR THE KINDLE D EVICE AND SERVI CES
RELATED TO THE D EVICE (INCLUD ING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, AN Y RULES OR USAGE PROVIS IONS
SPECIFIED O N THE AMAZON.CO M WEBSITE OR THE
KINDLE STO RE, AND THE AMA ZON.COM PRIVACY
NOTICELOCATED ATW WW.AM AZON.CO M/PRIVACY)
(COLLECTI VELY,TH IS “AGREEMENT”) BEFO RE USING
THE KIND LE DEVICE. BY USI NG THE KINDLE D EVICE,
YOU AGREE TO BE BOUN D BY THE TERMS OF
THIS AGREEM ENT.
IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT T HE TERMS OF THIS
AGREEMENT, YOU MAY RET URN THE KINDL E DEVICE
AND ASSOC IATED SOFTWARE ( WITH ALL ORIGI NAL
PACKAGING , MANUALS, AND ACC ESSORIES) WITH IN
THIRT Y (30) DAYSO F PURCHASE FOR A REF UND OF ITS
PURCHASE PR ICE IN ACCORDANCE WI TH THE KINDLE
RETURN P OLICY.
The Device a nd Related Servi ces. The Kindle D evice (the
“Device”) is a p ortable electron ic reading device that uti lizes
wireless conn ectivity to enable u sers to shop for, download,
browse, and rea d books, newspape rs, magazines, blog s,
and other mater ials, all subject to th e terms and condition s
of this Agreem ent. The “Serv ice” means the wireless
connectiv ity, provision of digital co ntent, software an d
support , and other service s and support that A mazon
provides Devi ce users.
Wireless Conn ectivity
General . Amazon provides w ireless connectiv ity free
of charge to you for cer tain content shopp ing and
downloading s ervices on your Dev ice. You may be charged
a fee for wireless c onnectivity for yo ur use of other
wireless ser vices on your Device , such as Web browsing
and downloadi ng of personal files, sh ould you elect to use
those serv ices. We will maintain a li st of current fees for
such serv ices in the Kindle Store. A mazon reserves th e
right to disconti nue wireless connec tivity at any time or to
otherwis e change the terms for wir eless connectivit y at
any time, includ ing, but not limited to (a) limiti ng the
number and si ze of data files that may be tra nsferred using
wireless conn ectivity and (b) cha nging the amount and
terms applic able for wireless conne ctivity charges .
Coverage and Se rvice Interr uptions. You acknow ledge
that if your Devic e is located in any area witho ut applicable
wireless conn ectivity, you may not be a ble to use some or
all element s of the wireless serv ices. We are not
responsible fo r the unavailabilit y of wireless servi ce or any
interruptio ns of wireless connec tivity.
Your Conduct . You agree you will use the wire less
connectiv ity provided by Amazo n only in connection w ith
Service s Amazon provides for th e Device. You may not use
the wireless co nnectivity for an y other purpose.
Digital Content
The Kindle Store.T he KindleStore enables you to download,
displayand use on your Device a variety of digitized electronic
content,such as books, subscriptions to magazines,
newspapers, journalsand other periodicals, blogs, RSS feeds,
and other digitalcontent, as determined by Amazon from
time to time(individually and collectively,“Digital Content”).
Use of Digita l Content. Upon you r payment of the
applicable fe es set by Amazon, Ama zon grants you the
non-exclu sive right to keep a perman ent copy of the
applicable D igital Content and to view, use, a nd display
such Digital Co ntent an unlimited numb er of times, solely
on the Device or a s authorized by Amazo n as part of the
Service an d solely for your person al, non-commer cial
use. Digital Co ntent will be deemed lice nsed to you by
Amazon unde r this Agreement unl ess otherwise ex pressly
provided by Ama zon.
Restricti ons. Unless spec ifically indicated oth erwise, you
may not sell, ren t, lease, distribute, b roadcast, sublice nse
or otherwi se assign any rights to th e Digital Content
or any porti on of it to any third party, an d you may not
remove any propr ietary notices or l abels on the Digital
Content. In ad dition, you may not, and you w ill not
encourage, as sist or authorize any ot her person to, bypass ,
modify, defeat o r circumvent security f eatures that protect
the Digital Con tent.
Subscrip tions. The followin g applies with respec t to
Digital Conten t made available to you on a subs cription
basis, includ ing, but not limited to, ele ctronic newspape rs,
magazines, j ournals and other p eriodicals (collec tively,
“Periodic als”): (i) you may reques t cancellation of your
subscriptio n by following the cancell ation instructio ns
in the Kindle Store ; (ii) we may terminate a subscr iption at
our discretio n without notice, for exa mple, if a Periodical
is no longer avail able; (iii) if we terminate a subs cription in
advance of the e nd of its term, we will give yo u a prorated
refund; (iv) we rese rve the right to change s ubscription
terms and fees f rom time to time, effec tive as of the
beginning of th e next term; and (v) taxes m ay apply to
subscriptio n fees and will be added if a pplicable.
Software
Definitio ns. The following ter ms apply to the Device and to
(a) all software (and t he media on which such s oftware is
distributed ) of Amazon or third par ties that is pre-ins talled
on the Device at ti me of purchase or that Am azon provides
as updates/upg rades to the pre-ins talled software
(collectively, the “ Device Software” ), unless you agree to
other terms as p art of an update/upgra de process; and (b)
any printed, on -line or other elec tronic documentati on for
such softw are (the “Documenta tion”). As used in this
Agreement , “Software” mean s, collectively, the Devi ce
Software a nd Documentation .
Use of the Devi ce Software. You may use t he Device
Software o nly on the Device. You may not sep arate any
individual co mponent of the Device S oftware for use on
another devi ce or computer, may not transfe r it for use
on another dev ice or use it, or any por tion of it, over a
network an d may not sell, rent, lease , lend, distribute or
sublicense or o therwise assign a ny rights to the Soft ware
in whole or in par t.
No Reverse Eng ineering, De compilation, D isassembly
or Circumven tion. You may not, and you wi ll not
encourage, as sist or authorize any ot her person to, modif y,
reverse engine er,d ecompile or disasse mble the Device
or the Soft ware, whether in who le or in part, create
any derivati ve works from or of the Sof tware, or bypass ,
modify, defeat o r tamper with or circumve nt any of the
functions o r protections of the Devi ce or Software or any
mechanisms o peratively linked to the S oftware, includi ng,
but not limited to, au gmenting or substitu ting any digital
rights mana gement functiona lity of the Device or Sof tware.
Automatic U pdates. In order to kee p your Software
up-to-d ate, Amazon may automati cally provide your
Device with upd ates/upgrades to the Sof tware.
Export Re gulations. You agree to c omply with all expor t
and re-ex port restrict ions and regulations of t he
Departm ent of Commerce and othe r United States
agencies and a uthorities, and not to t ransfer, or encourage,
assist or auth orize the transfer of th e Software to a
prohibited cou ntry or otherwi se in violation of any such
restricti ons or regulations.
Governme nt End Users. The S oftware is a “Comme rcial
item” as that term is d efined at 48 C.F.R . § 2.101, consisting
of “Commercial Co mputer Software” a nd “Commercial
Computer Sof tware Documenta tion,” as such terms are
used in 48 C. F.R. §12.212 or 48 C .F.R. § 227.7202, as
applicable . Consistent with these p rovisions, the Soft ware
is being licens ed to U.S. Governme nt end users (a) only as
a Commercial ite m and (b) with only those righ ts as are
granted to all othe r end users pursuant to t he terms and
conditions of th is Agreement.
General
No Illegal Use a nd Reservatio n of Rights. You may not
use the Device, t he Service or the Di gital Content for any
illegal purpos e. You acknowledge that the s ale of the
Device to you does n ot transfer to you title to or ow nership
of any intellectu al property righ ts of Amazon or its
suppliers . All of the Software is l icensed, not sold, and s uch
license is non -exclusive.
Informati on Received. The D evice Software wi ll provide
Amazon with d ata about your Device an d its interaction
with the Ser vice (such as available me mory, up-time, log
files and signal s trength) and informa tion related to the
content on your De vice and your use of it (such as
automatic boo kmarking of the last p age read and content
deletions fro m the Device). An notations, bookma rks,
notes, highlig hts, or similar mar kings you make in your
Device are backe d up by the Service and I nformation we
receive is subjec t to the Amazon.com Pr ivacy Notice.
Patents. T he Device and/or method s used in association
with the Device m ay be covered by one or more pate nts
or pending pate nt applications.
Changes to Ser vice. Amazon r eserves the right to
modify, suspe nd, or discontinue th e Service at any time,
and Amazon w ill not be liable to you should it e xercise
such right.
Termination.Your rights under this Agreement will
automaticallyterminate without noticefrom Amazon if you
fail t o complywith any term of this Agreement. In case
of such termination,you must cease all use of the Software
and Amazon may immediatelyrevoke your accessto the
Service or to DigitalContent without notice to youand
without refundof any fees. Amazon’s failureto insist upon or
enforceyour strict compliance with this Agreement willnot
constitutea waiver of any of its rights.
Disclaim er of Warranties . YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWL-
EDGE AND AGR EE THAT USE OF THE SERVIC E, DEVICE,
DIGITAL CONT ENT AND SOFT WARE IS AT YOUR SOLE
RISK. EXC EPT FOR THE ONE-YEA R LIMITED WARR ANTY,
THE SERVIC E, DEVICE, DIG ITAL CONTENT AND
SOFT WARE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WI TH ALL FAULTS
AND WITH OUT WARRANT Y OF ANY KIND AND
AMAZON AN D ITS SUPPLIERS AN D LICENSORS DIS CLAIM
ALL WARRA NTIES, EXPRE SS OR IMPLIED, INCLU DING,
BUT NOT LIMI TED TO, THE IMPLIED WAR RANTIES OF
MERCHANTAB ILITY, FITNESS FO R A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, ACCU RACY, QUIET ENJOYM ENT AND
NON-I NFRINGEMENT O F THIRD-PART Y RIGHTS. NO
ORAL OR W RITTEN INFO RMATION OR ADVICE G IVEN
BY AMAZON OR A N AUTHORIZED REPRE SENTATIVE
OF AMAZON S HALL CREATE A WARR ANTY. THE LAWS
OF CERTAIN JURI SDICTIONS D O NOT ALLOW THE
DISCLA IMER OF IMPLIED WAR RANTIES. I F THESE
LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR A LL OF THE ABOVE
DISCLA IMERS, EXCLUSI ONS OR LIMITATIONS
MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MAY HAVE
ADDITI ONAL RIGHTS.
Limitation of Liability.TO THE EX TENT NOTPROHIBITED
BY LAW,NEITHER AMA ZONNOR ITS SUPPLIERS OR
LICENSORS SHALL BE LIABLE TO YOUFOR AN Y
INCIDENTALO R CONSEQUENTIALDAMAGES FOR
BREACH OF ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY,
BREACH OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE,ST RICT LIABILITY
OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORYREL ATEDTO THE
SERVICE, DEVICE, DIGITALCONTENT OR SOF TWARE,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,A NY DAMAGES
ARISING OUT OF LOSS OF PROFITS,REVENUE, DATA
OR USE OF THE DEVICE OR SOFTWARE OR ANY
ASSOCIATEDPRODUCT, EVEN IF A MAZON HAS BEEN
ADVISED O F THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN
ANY CASE, AMAZON’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY UNDER
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT
ACTUALLYPAID FOR THE DEVICE. THE L AWSOF CERTAIN
JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION
OR LIMITATIONOF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLYTO YOU, SOME
OR ALL OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS
MAYNOT APPLY TO YOU,AND YOU MAY HAVE
ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
Washingto n Law Applies. T he laws of the state of
Washington, w ithout regard to princi ples of conflict
of laws, will gover n this Agreement an d any dispute
of any sort tha t might arise between y ou and Amazon.
Disputes . ANY DISPUTE AR ISING OUT OF OR
RELATING I N ANYWAY TO THIS AGREEME NT SHALL BE
SUBMIT TED TO CONFIDENT IAL ARBITR ATION IN
SEATTLE , WASHINGTON, EXC EPT THAT, TO THE
EXTEN T YOU HAVE IN ANY MANNE R VIOLATED OR
THREATENE D TOV IOLATE AMAZO N’S INTELLEC TUAL
PROPERTY RI GHTS, AMAZON M AYSE EK INJUNCTIV E
OR OTHER APPRO PRIATE RELIEF IN ANY S TATE OR
FEDERAL CO URT IN THE STATE OF WASHIN GTON,
AND YOU CONSEN T TO EXCLUSIVE JURI SDICTION
AND VENU E IN SUCH COURTS. Th e arbitrator’s award
shall be bindin g and may be entered as a judgm ent in any
court of comp etent jurisdiction . Toth e fullest extent
permitted by a pplicable law, no arbit ration under this
Agreement shall b e joinedto an arbitrationinvolvingany
otherpartysubjectto this Agreement,whetherthroughclass
arbitrationproceedingsor otherwise.
Severabili ty. If any term or conditio n of this Agreement
shall be deem ed invalid, void, or for any re ason
unenforceable , that part shall be de emed severable and
shall not affec t the validity and en forceability of any
remaining ter m or condition.
Amendme nt. Amazon rese rves the right to amen d any
of the terms of this A greement at its sole d iscretion by
posting the rev ised terms on the Kind le Store or the
Amazon.co m website. Your continued use of t he Device
and Softw are after the effect ive date of any such
amendment s hall be deemed your agr eement to be bound
by such amendm ent.
Contact Info rmation. For co mmunications conce rning
this Agreem ent, you may contact Am azon by writing to
Amazon.co m, Attn: Legal Depar tment, 1200 12th Ave nue
South, Suite 120 0, Seattle, WA, 9814 4-2734.
ONE-YEAR LI MITED WARRANT Y
This Warrant y is provided by Amazo n Fulfillment Servi ces,
Inc., 1200 12 th Ave South, Suite 1200, S eattle, WA
98144-2 734, United States, for t he Kindle Device
(the “Device”).
We warrant the D evice against defect s in materials and
workmansh ip under ordinary co nsumer use for one year
from the date of ori ginal retail purchase . During this
warrant y period, if a defect ari ses in the Device, and you
follow the instr uctions for returnin g the Device, we will, at
our option and to t he extent permit ted by law, either (i)
repair the Dev ice using either new or ref urbished part s, (ii)
replace the De vice with a new or refurbis hed Device, or (iii)
refund to you all or p art of the purchase pr ice of the Device.
This limited wa rranty applies to a ny repair, replacement
part or repl acement Device for the r emainder of the
original war ranty period or fo r ninety days, whiche ver
period is longe r.All r eplaced parts a nd Devices for which
a refund is given sh all become our proper ty. This li mited
warrant y applies only to hardwar e components of the
Device that are n ot subject to accident, m isuse, neglect,
fire or other ex ternal causes, alte rations, repair, or
commercial us e.
Instruc tions. Please conta ct Customer Serv ice for specific
instructi ons about how to obtain wa rranty servi ce for
your Device:
e-mail:
kindle-c s-suppor t@amaz on.com
phone:
within the U. S.: 1-866-3 21-8851 (toll free)
outside the U .S.: 1-206- 266-0927 (char ges will apply)
In general, y ou will need to deliver you r Device in either its
original pac kaging or in equally protec tive packaging to the
address spe cified by Customer Ser vice. Before you deliv er
your Device for wa rranty serv ice, it is your responsibi lity to
back up any data , software, or othe r materials you may
have stored or pre served on your Devi ce. It is possib le that
such data, sof tware or other mater ials will be lost or
reformatted d uring service, an d we will not be responsib le
for any such dama ge or loss.
Limitations.TO THEEXTENT PERMITTEDBY LAW,THE
WARRANTYAND REMEDIESSETFORTH ABOVEARE
EXCLUSIVEAND IN LIEUOF ALL OTHERWARRANTIESAND
REMEDIES,AND WE SPECIFICALLYDISCLAIMALL STATUTORY
ORIMPLIEDWARRANTIES,INCLUDING,BUT NOTLIMITED TO,
WARRANTIESOF MERCHANTABILITY,FITNESSFOR A
PARTICULARPURPOSEAND AGAINSTHIDDENOR LATENT
DEFECTS.IF WE CANNOT LAWFULLYDISCLAIM STATUTORY
ORIMPLIEDWARRANTIES,THEN TO THEEXTENT PERMITTED
BYLAW,ALL SUCH WARRANTIESSHALLBE LIMITEDIN
DURATIONTOTHE DURATIONOF THIS EXPRESSLIMITED
WARRANTYAND TOREPAIROR REPLACEMENTSERVICE AS
DETERMINEDBY US IN OUR SOLEDISCRETION.SOME
JURISDICTIONSDO NOT ALLOWLIMITATIONSON HOW
LONGA STATUTORYOR IMPLIEDWARRANTYLASTS,
SOTHE ABOVELIMITATIONMAYNOT APPLYTO YOU.
WE ARE NOT RES PONSIBLE FOR DI RECT, SPECIAL,
INCIDEN TALO R CONSEQUENTIA L DAMAGES
RESULTING FRO M ANY BREACH OF WARR ANTY
OR UNDER AN Y OTHER LEGAL THEO RY.IN SO ME
JURISDI CTIONS THE FO REGOING LIMITATION D OES
NOT APPLY TO DEATH OR PERSO NAL INJURY CLA IMS,
OR ANY STATUTORY LIA BILITY FOR IN TENTIONAL
AND GROSS NEGL IGENT ACTS AND/OR O MMISSIONS,
SO THE ABOVE E XCLUSION OR LIMI TATION MAY
NOT APPLY TO YOU. SOME JUR ISDICTIONS D O NOT
ALLOW THE EXC LUSION OR LIMITATION O F DIRECT,
INCIDEN TALO R CONSEQUENTIA L DAMAGES, SO THE
ABOVE EXCLUS ION OR LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY
TO YOU.
This limited wa rranty gives you sp ecific legal rights . You
may have addition al rights which var y from jurisdicti on
to jurisdicti on, and this limited wa rranty does not af fect
those right s.
Other Lang uage Versions
For a versionof the Kindle License Agreement and Terms
of Use, One-YearLimited Warranty and other Kindle
informationin other languages go to
www.amazon.com/kindleterms.
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