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Kindle Fire User’s Guide 2 Contents Contents Chapter 1 About Your Kindle Fire................................................................... 4 Status Bar ............................................................................................. 4 Search .................................................................................................. 5 Content ................................................................................................ 5 Carousel ........
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Kindle Fire User’s Guide 3 Contents Appendix A Product Information.................................................................. 19 Safety and Compliance Information ............................................................. 19 Maintaining Your Kindle Fire ...................................................................... 19 Servicing Your Device ............................................................................... 19 Glass Parts .........................
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Kindle Fire User’s Guide 4 Chapte r1 About Your Kindle Fire Chapter 1 About Your Kindle Fire Status Bar At the top of the screen, you’ll see indicators that inform you about the status of your Kindle Fire. Notifications: Notifications can come from the system, a game, an application such as e-mail, or the music player. Quick Settings: Tap to display settings for commonly performed tasks, including locking and unlocking screen rotation, adjusting volume, setting display br
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Kindle Fire User’s Guide 5 Chapte r1 About Your Kindle Fire Search Tap to activate the Search field. You can search your Content libraries or the web. Content Access the web or one of your Content libraries by tapping the corresponding name at the top of the Home screen: Newsstand, Books, Music, Video, Docs, Apps, or Web. Carousel Recently accessed books, music, videos, newspapers, magazines, web pages, and apps are automatically added to the Carousel. Swipe your finger to advance
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Kindle Fire User’s Guide 6 Chapte r1 About Your Kindle Fire Your Kindle Fire will be partially charged when you receive it. To charge your device, connect it to a power outlet using the included power adapter. The charging indicator light (which encircles the power button) is orange during charging and green when fully charged. When connected to a power source using the included power adapter, your Kindle Fire battery should charge fully in less than four hours. The power from
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Kindle Fire User’s Guide 7 Chapter 2 Shopping Chapter 2 Shopping Amazon offers a wide selection of books, newspapers, magazines, applications, music, movies, and TV shows for your Kindle Fire. To purchase titles, simply tap the “Store >” link in the top right corner of any Content library. To exit the store and return to your Content library, tap “Library >.” Note that the Docs and Web Content libraries do not have Store links. Within each store you can search for a title, b
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Kindle Fire User’s Guide 8 Chapter 3 Kindle Fire Content Chapter 3 Kindle Fire Content Device and cloud storage Content purchased from Amazon is securely stored by Amazon and available in the cloud. If you are preparing to go offline, toggle to Cloud and download to your device content that you want to have available when offline. Options bar The Options bar is located at the bottom of every Content library screen. Options vary depending on the content type. Standard optio
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Kindle Fire User’s Guide 9 Chapter 3 Kindle Fire Content 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 upwards from the bottom of the device. When reading, simply tap the middle of the screen to display the Options bar. Content libraries Newsstand You can view your magazines and newspapers by tapping Newsstand on the Home screen. To switch between grid and list views of your conten
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Kindle Fire User’s Guide 10 Chapter 3 Kindle Fire Content To go to the next page of an article, tap the right side of the screen. To go to the previous page, tap the left side. To determine your progress within an article, tap the middle of the screen. The Progress bar appears and indicates which page of the article you’re on. To go to the next article, tap the Next button on the Progress bar. To go to the previous article, tap the Previous button. To preview all the articles
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Kindle Fire User’s Guide 11 Chapter 3 Kindle Fire Content Your Kindle Fire saves your place in whatever content you’re reading, or you can manually add a bookmark. To add a bookmark, tap the screen, and then tap the bookmark icon at the top right of the screen. To delete a bookmark, tap it. To view your notes, highlights, and bookmarks, tap the screen to bring up the Options bar, and then tap the Menu icon. Your Kindle Fire includes the New Oxford American Dictionary. Simply tap a
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Kindle Fire User’s Guide 12 Chapter 3 Kindle Fire Content Graphic Novels Graphic novels come alive on Kindle Fire with Kindle Panel View. Double-tap on any region to see it magnified. You can also swipe forward or backward to be guided through the panels in the author’s own sequence for an immersive reading experience. To exit Panel View and return to the full-page view, simply double-tap anywhere on the screen. Music You can view your music library by tapping Music on the Home s
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Kindle Fire User’s Guide 13 Chapter 3 Kindle Fire Content You can make music stored in the cloud available offline so you can play it when you don’t have connectivity (for example, on an airplane). Simply tap Cloud in your Music library, then press and hold any playlist, artist, album, or song and select the “Download” option. Your downloaded music will be available in the Device tab of your Music library for playback offline. Video You can watch videos by tapping Video on the Hom
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Kindle Fire User’s Guide 14 Chapter 3 Kindle Fire Content Within the Amazon Appstore for Android, you can tap the Menu icon in the Options bar to view app categories, recommendations, your app subscriptions, app updates, and access settings. Tap Settings to obtain gift card balances, manage Parental Control settings, enable/ disable in-app purchasing, allow automatic updates, define external market link behavior, and view app release notes To launch an application, tap the app’s
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Kindle Fire User’s Guide 15 Chapter 3 Kindle Fire Content Amazon Silk now includes Reading View, a feature that enables you to load the main content of your current web page in a reading optimized, single screen view. To convert your current page to Reading View, look for the Reading View icon in the Options bar. When you tap the icon, Silk displays the main content of the page, including relevant images, in a new, reading-optimized view. The full web page is still availabl
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Kindle Fire User’s Guide 16 Chapter 4 Settings Chapter 4 Settings Tap the Quick Settings icon located on the Status bar to display settings for the most commonly performed tasks and the volume control. If you have music playing from your Music library, a player will appear in Quick Settings. Use it to see what’s currently playing, control playback (play/pause, next, and previous), and tap the currently playing song to view your playback queue. Locked/Unlocked: Select to lock/unl
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Kindle Fire User’s Guide 17 Chapter 4 Settings Applications: Displays a list of the applications installed on your Kindle Fire. You can display all applications, or filter the list by selecting Running Applications or Third Party Applications from the dropdown menu. Tap the application name to view application- related settings. Date & Time: Manually set the time and date or select “Automatic” to allow the Kindle Fire to do it for you. Wireless Network: Select to toggle wireless
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Kindle Fire User’s Guide 18 Chapte r5 Finding Additional Assistance Chapter 5 Finding Additional Assistance For help using your Kindle Fire, tap the Help & Feedback App located in the Apps library. This app contains Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), troubleshooting tips, and a Customer Service portal. Please use the Feedback tab to help us improve and evolve our products. We’d love to hear from you! You can also reach the help pages by tapping the Quick Settings icon on th
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Kindle Fire User’s Guide 19 Appendix A Product Information Appendix A Product Information Safety and Compliance Information Use Responsibly. Read all instructions and safety information before use. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS COULD RESULT IN FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, OR OTHER INJURY OR DAMAGE. Maintaining Your Kindle Fire Do not use your Kindle Fire or its accessories in rain, or near sinks or other wet locations. Take care not to spill any food or
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Kindle Fire User’s Guide 20 Appendix A Product Information Headphone Safety Listening to audio at high volume for extended periods of time can cause hearing damage. To avoid this problem, consider the tips below: • Keep the volume down. • Avoid prolonged, continuous listening. • Wear headphones that isolate the wanted audio from background noise. Other Safety Considerations A small percentage of people may be susceptible to blackouts or seizures (even if they have never had o
