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Kindle Fire HD 8.9" Tablet User Guide
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| Contents | 2 Contents Features...................................................................................................................... 3 The Cloud.................................................................................................................. 4 Digital Publication File Formats.............................................................................6 Connecting to Wi-Fi..........................................................................................
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| Features | 3 Features The Kindle Fire HD is a multimedia, Internet-accessible tablet comparable to Apple's popular iPad. To compete with the iPad, the Kindle Fire HD offers features to enhance the user's experience at a price much lower than that of an iPad. High-Definition Display and HDMI Output The Kindle Fire HD has a high-definition touchscreen and is able to display video content at 1080p, which is the same resolution quality of movies and TV shows released on Blu-ray Discs. The display
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| The Cloud | 4 The Cloud Storing data in the cloud is like renting a self-storage unit: Someone else owns the facility, but you own the stuff in your unit. Unlike most self-storage facilities, you can access your stuff at any time and from any location so long as you have an Internet connection. Cloud computing is the remote storage of digital data in data centers often shared by many users. Users can retrieve their data over a network—usually the Internet—at any time using a computer, tablet,
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| The Cloud | 5 Amazon Cloud Products and Services Amazon.com as well as digital music you have uploaded (up to 250 songs for free) to the Amazon Cloud. Amazon Cloud Drive This cloud storage service allows you to upload your own digital documents, music and video files as well as photos to your personal cloud space hosted by Amazon. You can manage this content by installing the Amazon Cloud Drive computer-based software or mobile device app. Note: Content you sideload to your Kindle Fire HD is
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| Digital Publication File Formats | 6 Digital Publication File Formats Digital books, magazines and newspapers are published in a variety of file formats, but the Kindle Fire HD does not support all of them. Much fuss has been made over the fact that one of the world's top booksellers sells e-books in only its proprietary AZW or KF8 (Kindle Format 8) file formats that can only be read using its Kindle e-reader computer software or mobile device app. Amazon's failure to adopt the widely used EP
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| Connecting to Wi-Fi | 7 Connecting to Wi-Fi Your Kindle Fire HD must be connected to a Wi-Fi access point, such as a wireless network at your home or office or a Wi-Fi hot spot at a business, for you to use many of the device's features. • Your Kindle Fire HD must be within range of a Wi-Fi access point. • You must know the password if you plan to connect to a secured Wi-Fi access point. To connect your Kindle Fire HD to a Wi-Fi access point, follow these steps: 1. Navigate to the Home screen
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| Connecting to Wi-Fi | 8 Figure 1: A listing of available Wi-Fi access points 5. Tap the name of the Wi-Fi access point to which you want to connect your device. 6. If you select a secured Wi-Fi access point, you must enter the password into the Password text field that appears in the pop-up window.
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| Connecting to Wi-Fi | 9 Figure 2: The Wi-Fi security password pop-up window and onscreen keyboard a) Tap the Password field to activate it. b) Enter the password using the onscreen keyboard. c) To maintain the security of the Wi-Fi access point password, tap to select the Hide Password option. 7. Tap the Connect button to complete the connection process. Note: If the password is incorrect, you will be prompted to enter it again. The Kindle Fire HD stores in its memory Wi-Fi access points you
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| Buying Books From Your Device | 10 Buying Books From Your Device The Kindle Fire HD evolved from the Kindle e-reader, so one of its many uses is storing and displaying digital books. You can buy and download new reading material directly from your device. • Your Kindle Fire HD must be connected to a Wi-Fi access point. • Your Kindle Fire HD's battery must be adequately charged. • You must have a valid customer account with Amazon.com. The Kindle Fire HD's interface is designed specifically fo
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| Buying Books From Your Device | 11 Figure 3: Amazon's Digital Books storefront 4. Find a book you want to purchase by one of two methods: Option Description Search by book title or author name If you already know which book you want to buy, tap the Search text field and enter the book's title or author's name using the onscreen keyboard, and then tap the orange Search button to execute your search. Browse recommendations If you don't have specific book in mind, browse the books
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| Buying Books From Your Device | 12 After you tap the Buy button, the area where the button was located changes to show a progress bar that first indicates the processing of your payment information and then indicates the downloading of your new book to your Kindle Fire HD. Once the download is complete, the message changes again to display a note acknowledge your purchase along with a Read Now button so you can dive in to your new reading material. Figure 4: The Read Now button If you choose
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| Buying Apps From Your Device | 13 Buying Apps From Your Device Like most tablets and smartphones, you can buy and download an array of applications, or apps, to your Kindle Fire HD. Some apps are designed specifically to make use of the device's high-definition technologies. • Your Kindle Fire HD must be connected to a Wi-Fi access point. • Your Kindle Fire HD's battery must be adequately charged. • You must have a valid customer account with Amazon.com. Although the Kindle Fire HD uses the A
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| Buying Apps From Your Device | 14 Figure 5: Amazon's Appstore 4. Find the app you want to put onto your device by one of these methods: Option Description Search by title If you know the title (or part of it) of the app you want, use the Search Appstore text field and the onscreen keyboard to enter this information, and then either tap the orange button on the keyboard with the magnifying glass icon or tap the gray button with the magnifying glass icon located beside the Search Appstore field
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| Buying Apps From Your Device | 15 Option Description located beside the Search Appstore field to initaiate the search. Browse recommendations Swipe both horizontally and vertically to view recommended apps by category based on your previous searches and purchases and on their popularity. If you don't see the app you want listed, tap the See All option that appears alongside each category heading to see all the apps in a category. 5. Scroll through the listing of apps that results from your ac
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| Buying Apps From Your Device | 16 Figure 6: The Open button If you choose not to launch your new app after it has been downloaded to your device, you can access it either from the Carousel display on the Home screen or from the Apps screen.
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| Sideloading a Digital Publication Bought From Amazon.com | 17 Sideloading a Digital Publication Bought From Amazon.com If you bought a digital book or periodical from Amazon's website but weren't able to download it to your Kindle Fire HD, you can transfer, or sideload, it from a computer to your device. • Your computer must be running Mac OS X 10.2 or later or Windows Vista or later. • If you are using a Mac, you must install the Android File Transfer app available at www.android.com/filetra
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| Sideloading a Digital Publication Bought From Amazon.com | 18 Note: If you have set a security password on your Kindle Fire HD, you may need to enter it on the device before you can access it from the computer. 7. Navigate to the Kindle external USB drive icon on the computer, double-click the icon to open the drive, and then double-click the Internal Storage icon to view the various folders of content stored on your Kindle Fire HD. Figure 8: The Internal Storage folder directory as seen on
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| Removing a Book | 19 Removing a Book Because the Kindle Fire HD has limited onboard memory capacity, you may want to remove books you've read or plan to read later to make space for other content. Because digital books take up no real physical space and can be easily acquired, you may find you have more books on your Kindle Fire HD than you need. This situation can become a problem since the Kindle Fire HD is not designed to let users upgrade its onboard memory. Fortunately, removing content
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| Removing a Book | 20 Option Description On the Books screen Navigate to the Books screen, and scroll through the bookshelves to find the book cover icon. Figure 10: The Books screen 2. Tap and hold on the book cover icon to bring up the options pop-up window. 3. Tap the Remove from Device option. The book is removed from your Kindle Fire HD and will no longer appear in the Carousel and/or on the Books screen. It remains in your Amazon Cloud storage account.
