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Kindle Fire Class

Why has Kindle disappeared off of some store shelves?

• Show rooming

Scanning UPC barcodes off of store shelves from smartphones and ordering items directly through Amazon if the price is lower than the store sells it for.(Walmart and Target)

Located in Docs under devices

Benefits of Kindle Fire

• Electronic books, magazines, and newspapers

• MP3 downloads

• Video downloads

• Can use Android applications (available on Amazon App Store)

• View television shows and movies through Hulu+ and Netflix

• Export personal pictures, music, and video files for playback

• Internet browser

• Doesn’t require a separate wireless data account to use.

• Inexpensive tablet computer

Kindle 101 Class

Chapter 1 About your Kindle Fire

Chapter 2 Kindle shoppingAmazon PrimeAmazon CloudAmazon appsFree e-book checkout

Chapter 3 Kindle Fire ContentFile Transfer(Photos, music, documents, videos)

Chapter 4 Settings

Chapter 5 Finding Additional Assistance

Applications

Classroom material available at timbabcock.net

Chapter 1 About Your Kindle Fire


Kindle registration?


Hold down power button for 20 seconds to reboot Kindle Fire


Status Bar(Kindle name, date, settings, notices, wi-fi signal,

battery life)

SearchTap on the field box to activate keyboard

Content(Newstand, Books, Music, Video, Docs, Apps, Web)

CarouselDisplays content previously viewed or used

FavoritesApplications, books, magazines, or newspapers that can be easily accessible


Settings (gear icon)

SecurityLock Screen Password

Wi-fi settings (never set static IP)

Options Bar

Chapter 2 Kindle Shopping


Bookspurchased or borrowed

Musicpurchasedwill link to iTunes

VideosRentOwnSD or HD

Applications (apps)Can be transferred to Android device (if compatible)

All electronic content purchase from Amazon is stored on the cloud


Benefits Amazon Prime:

• Free second day shipping on all purchases.

• Borrow one book per month.

• Free viewing of selected TV shows and movies.

• $77.00 is a monthly cable bill.

College students can pay $39.00 for the service once you register through Amazon Student.


Books purchased or rented can be read from any device connected to your Amazon account:

PC (Apple or Windows), Smartphone (iPhone or Android), and Kindle(Requires additional applications for PC and smartphone)

Music purchased from Amazon can be played from:

Computer, smartphone, and Kindle Fire(Requires additional applications for PC and smartphone)

Music is compatible with iTunesVideos purchased from Amazon can be played from:

Computer, smartphone, and Kindle Fire(Requires additional applications for PC and smartphone)

Tivo, Smart TVs, Blueray Devices (with subscriber services), PS3, Xbox, and Wii


All devices used for playback should be linked to your amazon account

All purchases will be stored on Amazon Cloud for retrieval

Videos and MP3s have a limited number of downloads to devices but unrestricted playback once purchased (using Amazon Cloud).

Video playback can resume from where you left off on any device linked to your Amazon account.

Borrowing e-books

Albany and Lebanon public libraries:

Log onto Library 2 Go website:http://library2go.lib.overdrive.com

Select Library

Enter Library Card Number

Enter Pin Number

Select 2Go cart

Before selecting book, check format information (use Kindle Book)

Proceed to checkout

Must have Over Drive Media program installed from Amazon Store for media file playback

http://library2go.lib.overdrive.com/

http://library2go.lib.overdrive.com/

Select borrowing period

Press checkout

Press accept to continue

Amazon.com service will appear on browser

Select Kindle before pressing “get library book”

Once you are finished reading the book, you can return early.

Free memberships are available through Bookshare.com(students & documented disabilities)

Borrowing e-books

Other applications for Amazon use:

(Smartphones)Amazon Price CheckAmazon AppstoreAmazon MP3Amazon KindleAmazon MobileAmazon StudentAmazon Cloud Drive

(PC)Amazon KindleAmazon MP3 DownloaderAmazon Unbox VideoAmazon Send to Kindle (printer device)

Chapter 3Kindle Fire Content

Chapter 3 Kindle Fire content

Content purchased from Amazon remains on Amazon’s cloud servers

Options bar (bottom of the screen)

Home, back, menu, share, search

Hidden


Content Libraries

Newsstand (magazines and newspapers)

Major newspapers are available(The Oregonian, The Seattle Times)

Major magazines available

Page view

Text view


Content Libraries

Books

Text icon (options for reading)

Percentage will tell you how much you have read in the book

Highlight

Provides dictionary lookup

Share

Can add a manual bookmark


Children’s Books

Full color images with pop-up text

Graphic Novels

Kindle panel viewDouble tap on photo to see it magnified


MusicPress store to purchase music

Music can be transferred to your Kindle Fire using a micro-USB cable

Supports MP3 (.mp3) and AAC (.m4a) formats (unprotected)

Can upload music to the cloud for playback

Device and Cloud buttonsDevice is files stored in your Kindle Fire

Clouse is files stored in your cloud file area

Music is stored in the Music folder


VideoPress store to purchase music

Video can be transferred to your Kindle Fire using a micro-USB cable

Supports MP4 (.MP4), and Flash (with additional software).

Playback of videos can be resumed from Kindle or any device connected to your Amazon account (smart tv, blueray player, dvr, or video game machine).

Video is stored in the Video folder


Documents

Supports Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX)

Adobe Acrobat (PDF)

Web (HTML)

Text (TXT)

Rich Text Format (RTF)

Documents can’t be saved on the cloud

Quickoffice document viewer is included to view Word documents, Power Point presentations, and Excel

spreadsheets (not able to create or edit with this version).

Documents are stored in the Documents folder


Pictures

Supports (JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, PRC, and MOBI)

Pictures are stored in the Picture folder

Content can be transferred directly to your Kindle Fire using the Kindle email address:

@kindle.com


E-mail setup

Supports Gmail (Google)Yahoo!HotmailAOL

Most IMAP and POP e-mail systems (may require server setting information).

E-mail is located in the app section

E-mail from Microsoft Exchange Server isn’t supported (requires an additional application).


To transfer content:

• Insert Micro USB cable into Kindle

• Insert USB cable into computer

• Unlock Kindle (finger slide)

• Screen should appear on Kindle indication connection

(Windows)

• Under computer a drive letter will be assigned to the Kindle with the name Kindle after the assigned letter

name.

• Once the drive letter is clicked, you will see all folders available for use on the Kindle

• Press disconnect button on Kindle when finished.


To remove content on your Kindle Fire

Press and hold the icon

Menu should appear (add to favorites, remove from device)

Select remove from device

If file is an application, it will be uninstalled from the Kindle.

Chapter 4 Settings

Chapter 4 Settings

Tapping the gear icon on the status bar, brings up this screen

Chapter 4 Settings

UnlockedLocks and unlocks screen rotation

VolumeAdjusts the volume

BrightnessAdjusts screen brightness

Wi-FiTurns Wi-Fi signal on or off

SyncSyncs cloud content with the Kindle

Chapter 4 Settings

MoreHelp & Feedback

FAQ & TroubleshootingContact Customer ServiceFeedback

My AccountDisplays registration information(Name & e-mail address of registered user)

Parental ControlsPassword protects Wi-Fi connection

SoundsDefault volume (limiter)Notification Sounds

Chapter 4 SettingsMore

DisplayBrightnessScreen Timeout

SecurityLock Screen PasswordCredential Storage (credential certificates)Device Administrators

ApplicationsDisplays all installed applicationsCan be filtered by displaying running applications, third party applications, all applications

Chapter 4 Settings

MoreDate & Time

AutomaticSelect Time Zone

Wireless NetworkShows active and inactive networks

Kindle KeyboardSound on key pressAuto-capitalizationQuick fixes

Chapter 4 Settings

More

DeviceStorage available (applications and internal)Battery life remainingSystem VersionSerial NumberWi-Fi MAC AddressAllow Installation of Applications Reset to Factory Defaults

Legal NoticesSoftware license

Terms of Use

Questions?

Additional customer support is available at:

www.amazon.com/kindlesupport