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Summary of Contents for Kindle Kindle 2

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Page 2: ...iew 1 2 Getting Around Using the Buttons Using the Menus 1 3 Entering Text Lowercase and Uppercase Letters Numbers Punctuation and Symbols 1 4 Status Indicators Whispernet Status Indicators Battery St...

Page 3: ...ckground Music 3 2 Content Formatting on Kindle Progress Indicator Changing the Text Size Increasing the Size of a Picture 3 3 Moving from Place to Place Using the Menu to Get Around Navigating within...

Page 4: ...tem Search Results for a Definition 4 3 Performing Remote Searches Searching Wikipedia Searching the Web Searching the Kindle Store CHAPTER 5 The Kindle Store 5 1 Getting Started at the Store Connecti...

Page 5: ...lecting Links Buttons and Boxes Using History The Basic Web Menu 6 2 Other Features Text Size Downloading Files Basic Web Settings CHAPTER 7 Settings and Experimental 7 1 Adjusting Your Kindle Setting...

Page 6: ...r Kindle and Amazon com 9 1 Shopping for Kindle Content on Amazon com Browsing the Kindle Store Searching the Kindle Store Getting the Details Ordering Content 9 2 Managing Your Kindle on Amazon com M...

Page 7: ...User s Guide 3rd Edition 7 10 4 Transferring Audiobooks 10 5 Transferring MP3s APPENDIX Safety Information Maintaining Your Kindle One Year Limited Warranty Notices and Certifications Product Specifi...

Page 8: ...for information on registering your device Congratulations You are reading on your new Kindle 2 If you haven t done so already please follow the Getting Started instructions that came with your Kindle...

Page 9: ...controller up down left or right to highlight your choice and then press to select You can press the Next or Previous Page buttons to move forward or backward in your reading material and press the Ba...

Page 10: ...does not need power to hold the ink in place which extends your Kindle s battery life Wireless Access with Whispernet Using the wireless Amazon Whispernet service Amazon delivers content to your Kind...

Page 11: ...ined A definition of the word appears at the bottom of the screen To view the full definition press the Return key on the keyboard To return to the text you were reading press the Back button Take It...

Page 12: ...cals Just as you would thumb through a physical newspaper or magazine to locate an article of interest your Kindle supplies you with navigation shortcuts so that you can quickly zero in on an article...

Page 13: ...move a note or see all of your annotations by pressing the Menu button and selecting My Notes Marks Stay in Sync If you own multiple Kindles Whispersync makes it easy to synchronize the furthest page...

Page 14: ...le To register first press Home to display the Home screen and then press the Menu button Select Settings and then select register on the page that appears to enter your Amazon user name and password...

Page 15: ...dle and covers the basics of using the Kindle buttons menus and keyboard 1 1 Views of Kindle Front View The front of your Kindle contains the screen the keyboard and the navigation controls These feat...

Page 16: ...en moved up and down Moves the on screen highlight or cursor side to side when moved left or right Keyboard use to enter search terms notes in your content URLs for Web sites etc Back button retraces...

Page 17: ...Kindle 2 User s Guide 3rd Edition 17 Back View The back of your Kindle contains stereo speakers for audio content Top View...

Page 18: ...wireless on prior to going to sleep it will continue to receive your regularly scheduled subscriptions while in sleep Headphone jack plug in headphones to listen to an audiobook background music or co...

Page 19: ...ur computer s USB port or powered USB hub provides power your Kindle will charge over USB 1 2 Getting Around To get around on your Kindle you use the buttons menus and the keyboard all of which are ex...

Page 20: ...Kindle 2 User s Guide 3rd Edition 20 The illustration below shows the Home menu the bold line under Shop in Kindle Store indicates that it is ready to be selected...

Page 21: ...u can display a menu from any screen on your Kindle When you press the Menu button it displays choices related to the screen you are viewing The sample screen below shows you the screen you would typi...

Page 22: ...umbs to press the keys Lowercase and Uppercase Letters To enter lowercase letters press the appropriate letter key To enter uppercase letters hold down the Shift key and then press the desired letter...

Page 23: ...at the top of the keyboard If you need a punctuation mark or a symbol that is not shown press the Symbol key on the bottom row of the keyboard You will see a menu of punctuation marks and symbols Use...

Page 24: ...gth This usually lasts less than 30 seconds The Whispernet service is turned off You can turn on the wireless by pressing the Menu button and using the 5 way controller to navigate to Turn Wireless On...

Page 25: ...ttery is too low to power the Whispernet service You must charge your Kindle battery to restore wireless service Activity Indicator Your Kindle is busy downloading new content checking for new items s...

Page 26: ...wn by title and author Below the book title are a series of dots which give you an approximation of how long the book is Bold dots within the series indicate how far along you are in the book based on...

Page 27: ...d list below explain the features that you may find on your Home screen Device name the name of your Kindle You can edit this name on the Settings screen Show options choose which types of content you...

Page 28: ...r device Sample title the sample label indicates the book is a sample If you like it you can purchase the full book from within the sample Progress indicator the series of dots below the item shows ho...

Page 29: ...5 way controller to the left lets you select what items to show in Home Personal Docs shows only the Personal Documents you have stored on your Kindle Subscriptions shows only the periodicals and blo...

Page 30: ...e of content you want to display 5 Press the 5 way to select it The new display option changes immediately Sort Options The following screen shows the location of the Sort options and the list below e...

Page 31: ...are underlined 3 Move the 5 way to the right to see the Sort options 4 Move the 5 way to underline how you want the items sorted 5 Press the 5 way to select it The sort order on the Home screen chang...

Page 32: ...s to be on Removing Kindle Content To remove content follow these steps 1 If you are not already on the Home screen press the Home button 2 In the list of the content already on your device move the 5...

Page 33: ...a subscription issue that is older than seven days a blog of any age or an item you did not get from Amazon any annotations you created on Kindle for those items do not get saved Your My Clippings fil...

Page 34: ...more about this feature in Chapter 5 Newspapers The Kindle Store offers a selection of U S and international newspapers Subscriptions are delivered wirelessly to your Kindle overnight so that the lat...

Page 35: ...f audiobooks from Audible com Due to their large file size audiobooks must be downloaded to your PC or Mac over your existing Internet connection and then transferred to Kindle over USB Listen to audi...

Page 36: ...ontent you will see a solid bar growing longer The progress indicator also shows structural marks within content such as chapters articles or bookmarks In books the progress indicator also shows you t...

Page 37: ...tom row the keyboard The text size choices are displayed as well as controls for Text to Speech 2 Move the 5 way left or right to the new text size that you want to use you see the new text size immed...

Page 38: ...Most often you will turn pages using the Next Page and Previous Page buttons described in Chapter 1 You can also get around inside your book or periodical by selecting locations from the item s Menu c...

Page 39: ...you to specify a location to jump to in the content Sync to Furthest Page Read connects to Amazon com and compares your current reading location with the one saved at Amazon If you are further along i...

Page 40: ...zine issue as one to be stored in your Kindle until you remove it Navigating within a Periodical At the bottom of a newspaper or magazine you will see options for quickly navigating within an issue Wh...

Page 41: ...dvances you to the next article when you move the 5 way controller to the right By default View Sections List for newspapers and magazines is highlighted and when you press the 5 way a list of the sec...

Page 42: ...ctions List located at the bottom of the screen To navigate to a particular article within a section or blog simply move the 5 way controller to underline the article title and press to select To dism...

Page 43: ...Reading Across Multiple Kindles If you read the same Kindle Store book across multiple Kindles you ll find Whispersync makes it easy for you to switch back and forth Whispersync synchronizes the bookm...

Page 44: ...ack button to return to your reading Tip If you want to expand your search beyond the dictionary on your device you can use the Search feature to look for the word on Wikipedia or the Web See Chapter...

Page 45: ...that location You can return to a bookmarked location at any time Kindle stores all your bookmarks for the current content in your annotations You can view them at any time by pressing the Menu button...

Page 46: ...it this view by pressing the Back button Using Highlights You can highlight text in Kindle like you would use a highlighter pen on paper Kindle stores all your highlights for the current content in yo...

Page 47: ...f the word where you want to add your thoughts 2 Type your note 3 Using the 5 way navigate the cursor over save note and press the 5 way Notice the superscripted number where you inserted your note No...

Page 48: ...ious Page buttons to turn the pages just as you would in a book To go to a location move the 5 way up or down to select the bookmark highlighted passage or note and press the 5 way to go there Your an...

Page 49: ...avigate through to the materials referenced in the file More about My Clippings You cannot edit the My Clippings file from within Kindle but you can edit the file on your computer To edit the My Clipp...

Page 50: ...ening to Audio Materials There are three types of audio materials that you can listen to on your Kindle You can purchase transfer and listen to audiobooks from Audible com transfer MP3 files from your...

Page 51: ...ook the elapsed time and the section you are in Pause Play pauses or plays the audiobook there is no Stop control Forward 30 Seconds moves ahead thirty seconds from the current location Beginning take...

Page 52: ...3 Move the 5 way down until Experimental is underlined Press the 5 way to select 4 Move the 5 way down until Play MP3 is underlined Press the 5 way to select Tip You can also play or stop background a...

Page 53: ...Press the Text key for Text to Speech controls By default content is spoken with a male voice but using the 5 way you can select a female speaking voice You can also slow down or increase the rate of...

Page 54: ...Your Content You can alternatively search all the reading material that you have stored on Kindle including books newspapers magazines and other items You enter your search term or phrase and Kindle s...

Page 55: ...lect 3 Or to choose the type of search continue moving the 5 way right You can search all your items the Kindle Store Google Wikipedia the dictionary or your notes if you have any for the current cont...

Page 56: ...es how many times the term occurs The list is ordered by the number of occurrences of the search term in each item Use the Next Page and Previous Page buttons if there are more results than fit on the...

Page 57: ...so you can see how the search term is used To go to a specific location in the content where the search term occurs use the 5 way to underline the location and press the 5 way to select Search Result...

Page 58: ...ches To search remotely you must have Whispernet switched on You can select any of the remote searches described in this section If Whispernet is not already on press the Menu button Turn Wireless On...

Page 59: ...e Kindle Store and displays the search results page for the store sorted by relevance as shown in the example below You can page through the results just like you would content on your Kindle Tip You...

Page 60: ...service To go to the Kindle Store follow these steps 1 If Whispernet is not already on press the Menu button move the 5 way controller up so that Turn Wireless On is underlined and then press the 5 wa...

Page 61: ...of new or noteworthy books on the Kindle Store Kindle Daily Post displays a daily blog from Amazon on content related topics Recommended for You displays items recommended for you by Amazon based on y...

Page 62: ...be able to access the Kindle Store Kindle Storefront takes you to the Kindle Storefront Books displays the books currently available in the Kindle Store Newspapers displays the newspapers currently a...

Page 63: ...nt categories such as books or newspapers Once inside a category you can further refine your browse by topic For example within Books you can refine listings to Fiction Nonfiction Advice How to etc Ea...

Page 64: ...To get to the product detail page for a particular item use the 5 way controller to select it Product Detail Page Example The example below shows you a product detail page for a book available at the...

Page 65: ...ee Trial select this to start your subscription All newspapers magazines and blogs come with a free trial to start your subscription and you can cancel your subscription on the Manage Your Kindle page...

Page 66: ...pes of materials digital and printed you have purchased in the past either on Kindle or on Amazon com To get to this page select Recommended for You from the Kindle Storefront or from the Kindle Store...

Page 67: ...The sample screen below shows you the type of information you can enter Entering a Rating and Review 1 Indicate the rating you think this item deserves by selecting the line with the appropriate numbe...

Page 68: ...product detail page for the item you want Your item will be auto delivered wirelessly to your Kindle and also added to the Manage Your Kindle page on Amazon com You will see an items downloaded messag...

Page 69: ...en to the last Web site you were viewing in your browser One other way of accessing the Basic Web browser is to type in a word anytime from any book blog newspaper or magazine you happen to be reading...

Page 70: ...ss every time When you open Basic Web from the Experimental page for the first time you will see a list of default bookmarks with links to information such as daily news and weather While browsing you...

Page 71: ...controller to move the cursor around the page Links in Basic Web are shown as underlined words just like in the Reader Below is a Web page with multiple selectable links Using the 5 way controller hig...

Page 72: ...ic Web menu contains other items you can select many of which also appear in the Browser s navigation bar To view the menu press the Menu button when the Basic Web browser is on the screen Turn Wirele...

Page 73: ...which optimizes the Kindle s browser for viewing most pages 6 2 Other Features As you become more familiar with the Basic Web browser the following topics may be of interest to you Text Size Just like...

Page 74: ...files from your Kindle Move the on screen highlight to Clear Cache and move the 5 way controller to the right Clear History removes cached Internet address entries from your Kindle Move the on screen...

Page 75: ...Kindle 2 User s Guide 3rd Edition 75 Disable Images select whether you want images to appear when you load a Web page Note that if you do not show images Web pages will load faster...

Page 76: ...ng on 7 1 Adjusting Your Kindle Settings The Settings page is shown below and the features are explained in the list that follows To go to the Settings page press the Menu button while on your Home sc...

Page 77: ...enu button Make sure that Whispernet is turned on 3 Move the 5 way down until Settings is underlined and press to select 4 Press the 5 way to select Register 5 You will see a text entry box at the bot...

Page 78: ...so that Edit personal info is underlined then press the 5 way Use the keyboard to add your information then select Submit when you have finished Choosing Your Primary Dictionary You can choose the dic...

Page 79: ...u to go to other places on your Kindle as well as update your software or restart your device These menu options are defined below To display the Settings menu press the Menu button while you are on t...

Page 80: ...y available items and sync the furthest page read and bookmarks for all the books on your device 7 2 Experimental The Experimental page is a place for you to try out and experiment with some of the co...

Page 81: ...so there is nothing additional to buy System Requirements Both Macintosh and Windows users can manage Kindle files through the USB connection When your Kindle is plugged into your computer your Kindle...

Page 82: ...ecting the Kindle from the computer Note that it is always best to use your computer to unmount or eject your Kindle before disconnecting the USB cable Consult your computer manual for details on how...

Page 83: ...format for reading on your Kindle You can have the converted files sent wirelessly to your Kindle for a small fee or to the e mail address associated with your Amazon account for free Supported Format...

Page 84: ...from http www amazon com manageyourkindle enter the e mail address in the blank box 2 Select Add Address Once you have set up the e mail addresses you can send and convert your personal documents by...

Page 85: ...ed to register your Kindle with Audible Make sure you register with your Audible account name and password not your Amazon account credentials To transfer audiobooks to your Kindle follow these steps...

Page 86: ...find an external USB drive 3 Open your Kindle You should see a folder entitled music Drag any MP3s you d like to play on your Kindle into this folder 4 Using your computer unmount your Kindle from you...

Page 87: ...page shows the path taken so you can easily retrace your steps Searching the Kindle Store When searching the Kindle Store on Amazon com you use the Amazon com search engine to find relevant Kindle co...

Page 88: ...ase directly from your Kindle or return to the Kindle Store on Amazon com if you prefer to purchase from your computer 9 2 Managing Your Kindle on Amazon com This section gives you instructions on how...

Page 89: ...ownload past issues up to seven issues prior You can see all of your active and inactive subscriptions by going to Manage Your Subscriptions which you access from the Your Account or Manage Your Kindl...

Page 90: ...der entitled documents 4 Transfer the downloaded files into the documents folder of your Kindle 5 Using your computer unmount your Kindle from your computer The content you transferred should now appe...

Page 91: ...browser open http www amazon com manageyourkindle Scroll down to the section entitled Your orders and individual charges This lists the Kindle books you have purchased Clicking the sign next to a book...

Page 92: ...3 Open your Kindle You should see a folder entitled documents Transfer your personal documents from this folder to the computer s desktop 4 Using your computer unmount your Kindle from your computer 5...

Page 93: ...indle to another Kindle follow these steps 1 Connect the Kindle you want to transfer an MP3 from to your computer using the USB cable provided for that particular Kindle 2 Your Kindle should appear on...

Page 94: ...evice s wireless service If you have your wireless service turned off you can use your Kindle for reading once a crew member has said it is okay to use electronic devices Be Careful Around Other Elect...

Page 95: ...isolate the wanted audio from background noise Maintaining Your Kindle Avoid exposing your Kindle and its accessories to rain or liquid spills If your device does get wet immediately turn the power of...

Page 96: ...tates 1 206 266 0927 In general you will need to deliver your Device postage paid in either its original packaging or in equally protective packaging to the address specified by Customer Service Befor...

Page 97: ...5 of the FCC rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference...

Page 98: ...p www fcc gov oet ea after searching on FCC ID WI5 1210 This Kindle meets RF exposure guidelines when positioned at least 0 39 of an inch 1 0 cm away from the body Amazon sells Kindle branded accessor...

Page 99: ...rademark or registered trademark of ACCESS Co Ltd in Japan and other countries RealSpeakTM Solo 2008 Nuance Communications Inc Product Specifications Display 6 diagonal electrophoretic display 600 x 8...

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