Amazon Fire HDX User manual

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ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-5293-2
ISBN-10: 0-7897-5293-X
Library of Congress Control Number: 2013957468
Printed in the United States of America
First Printing: February 2014
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Contents at a Glance
Introduction .....................................................................................................................................1
Chapter 1 Getting Started with the Kindle Fire....................................................................9
Chapter 2 Accessing Amazon’s Cloud Services................................................................49
Chapter 3 Using Amazon’s Manage Your Kindle Page.............................................83
Chapter 4 Reading on the Kindle Fire......................................................................................103
Chapter 5 Listening to Music on the Kindle Fire.........................................................145
Chapter 6 Watching Video on Your Kindle.........................................................................163
Chapter 7 Installing and Using Apps........................................................................................181
Chapter 8 Using Social Media and Chat ...............................................................................201
Chapter 9 Reading and Sending Email..................................................................................227
Chapter 10 Managing Your Personal Documents and Data.............................247
Chapter 11 Taking Photos with Your Kindle Fire HDX..............................................271
Chapter 12 Browsing the Web with Silk...................................................................................291
Chapter 13 Giving Your Kids a Kindle Fire..............................................................................303
Index..................................................................................................................................................321

Table of Contents
Introduction 1
An Overview of the Various Kindle Fire Models.................................2
What’s New on the Kindle Fire ...........................................................................3
What You’ll Find in This Book...............................................................................4
How to Navigate This Book ...................................................................................5
Let’s Light This Fire........................................................................................................7
1 Getting Started with the Kindle Fire 9
The Hardware..................................................................................................................10
Initial Setup.......................................................................................................................11
Setting Up Your Kindle Fire........................................................................12
Connecting to an Unlisted Wi-Fi Network....................................14
Connecting to Facebook and Twitter ...............................................15
The Home Screen........................................................................................................15
Downloading Items ..........................................................................................17
Removing Downloaded Items from Your Kindle Fire.........18
Adding an Item to Favorites......................................................................18
Removing an Item from Favorites .......................................................19
Rearranging Favorites.....................................................................................20
Navigating the Kindle Fire...................................................................................20
Accessing Content Libraries......................................................................22
Opening Navigation Panels.......................................................................24
Notifications and Options ...................................................................................25
Viewing Notifications......................................................................................26
Using the Options Bar.....................................................................................26
Switching Applications or Content.....................................................27
Settings.................................................................................................................................27
Locking the Screen Orientation.............................................................28
Adjusting Screen Brightness.....................................................................29
Enabling Airplane Mode...............................................................................29
Using Quiet Time to Disable Notifications...................................30
Changing the Screen Timeout................................................................31
Checking Device Information..................................................................33

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Using the Keyboard...................................................................................................35
Entering Text ...........................................................................................................35
Positioning the Cursor....................................................................................36
Selecting and Editing Text..........................................................................36
Copying/Cutting and Pasting Text ......................................................37
Entering Punctuation and Numbers..................................................37
Adding Accent Marks and Diacriticals .............................................38
Splitting the Keyboard...................................................................................38
Connecting to Other Hardware......................................................................39
Adding Bluetooth Accessories................................................................39
Searches...............................................................................................................................41
Searching Your Library...................................................................................41
Searching the Web.............................................................................................42
Searching Amazon Stores ...........................................................................42
Getting Help ....................................................................................................................44
Using the Mayday Button............................................................................44
Accessing the Kindle Fire User Guide...............................................45
2 Accessing Amazon’s Cloud Services 49
Amazon Prime................................................................................................................50
Setting Up Amazon Prime ..........................................................................51
Amazon Cloud Drive................................................................................................52
Accessing Your Cloud Drive.......................................................................53
Creating Folders...................................................................................................54
Deleting Folders...................................................................................................55
Recovering Deleted Items...........................................................................55
Adding Files to Your Cloud Drive..........................................................56
Downloading the Cloud Drive Application.................................57
Accessing Cloud Drive Files from Your Kindle Fire................58
Saving Files to Your Device ........................................................................59
Amazon Cloud Player..............................................................................................60
Launching Cloud Player................................................................................61
Importing Your Music......................................................................................62
Playing Music on Your Computer.........................................................67
Creating Playlists .................................................................................................69
Downloading Songs to Your Kindle Fire ........................................70

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Amazon Instant Video.............................................................................................72
Getting Videos from Amazon Instant Video...............................73
Kindle Reader Applications and Kindle Cloud Reader ..............74
Accessing Kindle Reader Applications.............................................74
Accessing Kindle Cloud Reader..............................................................75
Opening and Downloading Books......................................................76
Reading Books on the Kindle Cloud Reader ..............................77
Transferring Files from Your Computer ...................................................78
Transferring Files from a PC.......................................................................79
Transferring Files from a Mac...................................................................79
3 Using Amazon’s Manage Your Kindle Page 83
Managing Your Books and Documents...................................................83
Accessing Manage Your Kindle...............................................................84
Viewing Books and Docs..............................................................................85
Sending Books and Docs to Your Kindle........................................86
Downloading Books to a Computer..................................................87
Deleting Books and Docs ............................................................................88
Changing Your Kindle Email Address................................................88
Adding an Approved Email for Docs.................................................89
Disabling Doc Archiving...............................................................................90
Managing Subscriptions.......................................................................................91
Changing Where a Subscription Is Delivered............................91
Canceling a Subscription.............................................................................92
Reactivating a Canceled Subscription.............................................93
Changing Subscription Privacy Settings .......................................94
Updating Kindle Payment Information...................................................94
Changing Amazon Purchases Credit Cards.................................95
Changing Current Subscriptions Credit Cards..........................96
Managing Your Kindle Devices.......................................................................97
Deregistering a Kindle or Kindle App...............................................97
Renaming Your Kindle Fire.........................................................................98
Turning Off Special Offers...........................................................................99
Turning Off Whispersync.......................................................................... 100

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4 Reading on the Kindle Fire 103
Finding Content........................................................................................................ 103
Buying Books ...................................................................................................... 104
Using the Kindle Lending Library..................................................... 106
Completing Your Book Collection with MatchBook........ 107
Lending Books to Friends and Family .......................................... 109
Subscribing to Periodicals....................................................................... 110
Organizing Your Books....................................................................................... 111
Browsing Your Library................................................................................. 112
Downloading a Book to Your Device ............................................ 112
Removing a Book from Your Device .............................................. 113
Creating a Collection................................................................................... 114
Editing a Collection....................................................................................... 115
Adding a Book to a Collection............................................................ 116
Removing a Book from a Collection.............................................. 117
Reading on Your Kindle ..................................................................................... 118
Reading a Book................................................................................................. 118
Navigating a Book.......................................................................................... 120
Changing Font Styles .................................................................................. 121
Looking Up Definitions.............................................................................. 122
Working with Notes and Highlights....................................................... 123
Adding a Note.................................................................................................... 124
Viewing an Individual Note ................................................................... 125
Editing a Note..................................................................................................... 125
Deleting a Note................................................................................................. 126
Adding a Highlight........................................................................................ 126
Viewing All Notes and Highlights.................................................... 127
Deleting a Highlight..................................................................................... 127
Working with Bookmarks................................................................................. 128
Adding a Bookmark...................................................................................... 128
Removing a Bookmark............................................................................... 129
Moving to a Bookmark............................................................................... 129
Reading Magazines and Newspapers................................................... 129
Reading Magazines....................................................................................... 130
Reading Newspapers................................................................................... 133
Listening to Audiobooks .................................................................................. 134
Downloading Audiobooks ..................................................................... 134
Listening to Audiobooks.......................................................................... 135

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Immersion Reading....................................................................................... 137
Using Text-to-Speech .................................................................................. 139
Searching Content and Accessing Reference Materials....... 140
Using X-Ray for Books................................................................................. 140
Searching the Current Item................................................................... 141
Searching Wikipedia or Bing from Books.................................. 143
5 Listening to Music on the Kindle Fire 145
Browsing and Downloading Your Music............................................ 145
Browsing Music................................................................................................. 146
Scrolling Through Your Music.............................................................. 149
Monitoring Downloads from an Album..................................... 150
Searching Your Music Collection....................................................... 150
Playing Music.............................................................................................................. 151
Listening to Music.......................................................................................... 151
Viewing Song Lyrics...................................................................................... 153
Accessing Music Controls........................................................................ 154
Managing Playlists.................................................................................................. 155
Creating a Playlist ........................................................................................... 155
Editing a Playlist............................................................................................... 156
Adding Artists or Albums to a Playlist ......................................... 157
Playing a Playlist............................................................................................... 158
Downloading a Playlist.............................................................................. 159
Deleting a Playlist........................................................................................... 160
6 Watching Video on Your Kindle Fire 163
Navigating the Video Store ............................................................................ 163
Browsing the Video Store........................................................................ 164
Viewing Movie Details................................................................................ 165
Renting or Purchasing a Movie.......................................................... 166
Purchasing TV Show Episodes ............................................................ 168
Purchasing Complete TV Show Seasons.................................... 169
Accessing Movies and TV Shows from Prime
Instant Video................................................................................................ 170
Buying a Season TV Pass .......................................................................... 171
Working with Your Video Library .............................................................. 172
Watching a Movie or TV Show............................................................ 172
Using X-Ray for Video.................................................................................. 174

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Adding a Video to Your Watchlist..................................................... 175
Removing a Downloaded Video........................................................ 176
Using Second Screen........................................................................................... 177
Watching Video with Second Screen............................................ 178
7 Installing and Using Apps 181
The Appstore............................................................................................................... 181
Browsing Apps................................................................................................... 183
Viewing and Purchasing Apps ............................................................ 184
Testing Driving an App.............................................................................. 186
Viewing Subscriptions................................................................................ 187
Your Apps Library.................................................................................................... 188
Browsing Your Apps Library.................................................................. 188
Installing a Purchased App..................................................................... 189
Adding an App to Favorites................................................................... 190
Uninstalling an App...................................................................................... 191
Updating an Application.......................................................................... 191
Application Settings............................................................................................. 193
Force-Stopping an Application.......................................................... 193
Clearing Application Data....................................................................... 195
Games for Your Kindle Fire.............................................................................. 196
Accessing Games............................................................................................. 196
8 Using Social Media and Chat 201
Sharing with Social Networks...................................................................... 201
Setting Up Your Social Networks...................................................... 202
Using the Facebook App.......................................................................... 204
Using the Twitter App................................................................................. 206
Talking Books with the Goodreads Community......................... 209
Sharing General Comments About Books ............................... 209
Sharing Highlights from Books .......................................................... 210
Before You Go in Books.............................................................................. 210
Accessing Goodreads from Your Books Library................... 211
Video Chatting Over Skype............................................................................ 214
Setting Up Skype............................................................................................. 214
Adding Skype Contacts............................................................................. 217
Communicating via Skype...................................................................... 218