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Covers Amazon’s Android tablets, Kindle Fire HD and HDX Using Kindle Fire HD Kevin Wilson www.it-ebooks.info For your convenience Apress has placed some of the front matter material after the index Please use the Bookmarks and Contents at a Glance links to access them www.it-ebooks.info Contents at a Glance About the Author������������������������������������������������������������������������������ ix Preface��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� xi ■■Chapter 1: Introduction������������������������������������������������������������������ ■■Chapter 2: Initial Setup������������������������������������������������������������������� ■■Chapter 3: The Kindle Fire�������������������������������������������������������������� ■■Chapter 4: The Settings Menu������������������������������������������������������ 11 ■■Chapter 5: Using Your Kindle�������������������������������������������������������� 15 ■■Chapter 6: Device and Cloud Storage������������������������������������������� 21 ■■Chapter 7: Games and Apps��������������������������������������������������������� 25 ■■Chapter 8: Books�������������������������������������������������������������������������� 31 ■■Chapter 9: Music�������������������������������������������������������������������������� 37 ■■Chapter 10: Photographs and the Camera������������������������������������ 41 ■■Chapter 11: Browsing the Web����������������������������������������������������� 47 ■■Chapter 12: Setting up E-mail������������������������������������������������������ 53 iii www.it-ebooks.info iv Contents at a Glance ■■Chapter 13: Calendar and Skype�������������������������������������������������� 57 ■■Chapter 14: Watching Videos������������������������������������������������������� 61 ■■Chapter 15: Adding Your Music���������������������������������������������������� 67 ■■Chapter 16: Parental Controls������������������������������������������������������ 71 ■■Chapter 17: Sending Documents to the Kindle����������������������������� 79 Index������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 89 www.it-ebooks.info Chapter Introduction The Kindle Fire is a mini tablet computer from Amazon.com It comes in various different versions and sizes (prices subject to change):  Fire HD 6: 8GB @ $99 with a 6-inch display  Fire HD 6: 16GB @ $199 with a 6-inch display  Fire HD 7: 8GB @ $139 with a 7-inch display  Fire HD 7: 16GB @ $159 with a 7-inch display  Kindle Fire HDX: 16B @ $199; upgradable to FireOS  Fire HDX 8.9: 16GB @ $379; 4G version is $479, with FireOS  Fire HD Kids Edition, which has a quite liberal replacement policy and superior child controls The Kindle Fire models are known for their excellent screen resolution, durability (with Gorilla Glass displays on the HD models), long-lasting batteries, and speedy Wi-Fi connections Their size and weight are well engineered for your hand The sound on the new HDX is significantly louder than on the iPad and is clear, even, and crisp even at max volume Here are just some of the features available:  You can access the Internet using the Silk web browser and check your e-mail using the e-mail app  You can download from a large library of books straight to your Kindle and read them everywhere you go The screens have the clean appearance of the Amazon Kindle devices www.it-ebooks.info CHAPTER 1: Introduction  You can connect with social media such as Facebook and Twitter to engage with your friends, and take photos with the built-in camera and post them directly to your Facebook or Twitter pages  You can download and watch movies and connect your Kindle to your TV and watch them on a big screen  You can choose from a variety of games available in the App Store  You can download your favorite music from the Music Store or off your computer straight to your Kindle  Amazon’s new Family Library feature allows you to share your games, books, videos, and apps with others in your home even if they have different Amazon accounts  Using Amazon Workspaces on your HDX, you can even run Windows from the cloud on your tablet, meaning for instance that you have access to your Windows-based business apps on your Fire HDX  You can even keep your kids safe with the built-in parental controls that allows you to monitor or block content In the rest of this book, you will explore how to use the Fire, its features, and how the significant software works so that you are well equipped to use your Fire successfully www.it-ebooks.info Chapter Initial Setup This chapter will cover the basics of the initial setup Powering On Power on your device by pressing the small button on the bottom of your Kindle Once the device has started up, you will see the lock screen Slide the lock with your finger to open your Kindle The first time you start up your device you will need to register it with Amazon If you purchased your Kindle from Amazon, it will already be registered to you so you will not have to register it again www.it-ebooks.info CHAPTER 2: Initial Setup Connecting to Wi-Fi First, select your Wi-Fi from the list of wireless networks detected Your network name (SSID) and password (network key) is usually printed on a sticker on the back of your router, DSL, or cable modem Enter the network key when prompted Registering Your Kindle Set the time zones to the closest city in your time zone and then tap continue www.it-ebooks.info CHAPTER 2: Initial Setup Enter your Amazon account details If you don’t have an Amazon account, click the Create an account link and follow the instructions to sign up When you are done, tap the Register button This links your Kindle to your Amazon account All Kindle purchases will be paid for using your Amazon account payment details and delivered to your Kindle You can also add your Facebook or Twitter account On the confirmation screen, click the Get started now link Go make yourself a cup of coffee and start using your Kindle www.it-ebooks.info Chapter The Kindle Fire As discussed earlier, the Kindle Fire is an enhanced functionality mini tablet version of the Kindle e-book reader from Amazon and, as of this date, has a color, to 8.9 inch, multi-touch screen and runs an Android operating system called Fire OS www.it-ebooks.info CHAPTER 17: Sending Documents to the Kindle Sending from a Print Dialog To send a document from a Windows program, select Print, and then choose Send to Kindle as your printer from the drop down menu www.it-ebooks.info 83 84 CHAPTER 17: Sending Documents to the Kindle When the Send to Kindle window pops up, you will need to select from the options on the screen shown below and then click the Send button Once you click send, your file will be uploaded to Amazon cloud and you will be able to download it to your Kindle You can find your document in the docs section on the menu www.it-ebooks.info CHAPTER 17: Sending Documents to the Kindle 85 Adding Files Using Explorer If you plug your Kindle into your computer, you can access it using Windows Explorer as shown below (Mac users can find it in the Finder window) Caution  Do not mess with any of the directories here as you can seriously mess up your Kindle I would suggest you keep to the following directories: Documents Music Pictures Videos Leave the rest alone! To get started, Open Windows Explorer by clicking your Explorer icon in the task bar Scroll down to the Computer section in the Windows Explorer window In the left-hand pane you should see Libraries This is where Windows stores all your personal files Note that in the Libraries section you see the four directories in the Caution at the start of this section Further down the left-hand pane, under Computer, you should see Kindle If you open this up, you will see all the directories common to your computer and your Kindle device www.it-ebooks.info 86 CHAPTER 17: Sending Documents to the Kindle Adding a File You can find files in your Libraries section in Windows Explorer For example, click your Music library, and then from the right-hand pane, drag the file you want from your computer’s Music section into the Music folder representing your Kindle It helps to arrange your windows as shown below so that you can see the Kindle directories www.it-ebooks.info CHAPTER 17: Sending Documents to the Kindle 87 Once you are done, you can find the newly added track in the Music library on your device, as shown below www.it-ebooks.info 88 CHAPTER 17: Sending Documents to the Kindle You can the same for pictures and documents www.it-ebooks.info Index ■■A, B ■■G Books, book cover, 31 book store, 33 buying, 34–35 home screen, 31 reading, 32 searching, 33 Games, Apps library, 26 App Store field, 26 home screen, 25 payment details, 29 Gestures artist option, 19 carousel, 17 device option, 19 figure sliding, 15 finger sliding, 16 organization, 19 playlist option, 19 tap and hold, 18 ■■C, D Calendar, 57 Cloud Drive, 22 device security, 23 drag and drop files, 23 installation process, 22 online storage service, 22 Cloud storage Cloud Drive, 22 definition, 21 ■■E E-mail Apps library, 53, 56 Hotmail account, 53–54 premium/plus subscription, 55 ■■F Facebook, photographs, 42 registeration, Fire HD 6: GB, Fire HD 6: 16 GB, Fire HD 7: 8GB, Fire HD 7: 16GB, Fire HDX 8.9:16GB, ■■H HDX, Headphone jack, Home screen books, 31 carousel, content navigation bar, 8, 10 favorites, games, 25 music, 37 parental controls, 71–73 photographs, 41 search field, Silk web browser, 47 ■■I, J Initial setup power on, registration, Wi-Fi connection, 89 www.it-ebooks.info 90 Index ■■K, L ■■S, T, U Kindle Fire HDX\: 16B, Kindle FreeTime adding content, 76 set up, 74–75 time limits, 74, 76–77 Micro HDMI cable, 61 Micro HDMI port, Micro USB port, Music, Amazon Cloud Drive, 67 classical album, 37 home screen, 37 MP3 uploading Cloud Player banner, 67 download, 68 Edit Selections, 68 song capacity, 69 Start upload button, 68 play screen, 38 search field, 38–39, 70 Send to Kindle program e-mailing, 79 installation, 80 Windows Explorer Amazon Cloud, 82 Ctrl key, 82 directories, 85 document and graphic file, 82 libraries, 85 Mac users, 85 music library, 86 pictures and documents, 88 print dialog, 83 Windows/ Mac application, 79 Settings menu, 11 Silk web browser, bookmarks, 51 home screen, 47–48 reader function, 49 tabbed browsing, 48 Skype, 45, 59 ■■O ■■V, W, X ■■M, N Options bar, 10 ■■P, Q, R Parental controls blocking, 73 Kindle FreeTime adding content, 76 set up, 74–75 time limits, 74, 76–77 password protect features, 72–73 setting, 72 Photographs built-in camera, 44 Facebook, 42 home screen, 41 Power button, Videos LoveFilm subscription, 61 Micro HDMI cable, 61 YouTube App Store, 65 big screen, 64 landscape orientation, 63 web browser, 62 Volume control buttons, ■■Y, Z YouTube App Store, 65 big screen, 64 landscape orientation, 63 web browser, 62 www.it-ebooks.info Using Kindle Fire HD Kevin Wilson www.it-ebooks.info Using Kindle Fire HD Copyright © 2014 by Kevin Wilson This work is subject to copyright All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or 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Markham, Matthew Moodie, Jeff Olson, Jeffrey Pepper, Douglas Pundick, Ben Renow-Clarke, Dominic Shakeshaft, Gwenan Spearing, Steve Weiss Coordinating Editor: Melissa Maldonado Copy Editor: Mary Behr Compositor: SPi Global Indexer: SPi Global Artist: SPi Global Cover Designer: Anna Ishchenko Distributed to the book trade worldwide by Springer Science+Business Media New York, 233 Spring Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10013 Phone 1-800-SPRINGER, fax (201) 348-4505, e-mail orders-ny@springer-sbm.com, or visit www.springeronline.com Apress Media, LLC is a California LLC and the sole member (owner) is Springer Science + Business Media Finance Inc (SSBM Finance Inc) SSBM Finance Inc is a Delaware corporation For information on translations, please e-mail rights@apress.com, or visit www.apress.com Apress and friends of ED books may be purchased in bulk for academic, corporate, or promotional use eBook versions and licenses are also available for most titles For more information, reference our Special Bulk Sales–eBook Licensing web page at www.apress.com/bulk-sales Any source code or other supplementary materials referenced by the author in this text is available to readers at www.apress.com For detailed information about how to locate your book’s source code, go to www.apress.com/source-code/ www.it-ebooks.info Contents About the Author������������������������������������������������������������������������������ ix Preface��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� xi ■■Chapter 1: Introduction������������������������������������������������������������������ ■■Chapter 2: Initial Setup������������������������������������������������������������������� Powering On�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Connecting to Wi-Fi��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Registering Your Kindle��������������������������������������������������������������������������� ■■Chapter 3: The Kindle Fire�������������������������������������������������������������� Understanding the Home Screen������������������������������������������������������������ Ports and Buttons������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ The Options Bar������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 10 The Navigation Bar (Libraries)��������������������������������������������������������������� 10 ■■Chapter 4: The Settings Menu������������������������������������������������������ 11 ■■Chapter 5: Using Your Kindle�������������������������������������������������������� 15 Organizing the Home Screen����������������������������������������������������������������� 19 v www.it-ebooks.info vi Contents ■■Chapter 6: Device and Cloud Storage������������������������������������������� 21 Cloud Drive�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 22 Accessing the Cloud Drive from a PC���������������������������������������������������� 22 Securing Your Fire�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 23 ■■Chapter 7: Games and Apps��������������������������������������������������������� 25 ■■Chapter 8: Books�������������������������������������������������������������������������� 31 ■■Chapter 9: Music�������������������������������������������������������������������������� 37 ■■Chapter 10: Photographs and the Camera������������������������������������ 41 Built-in Camera������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 44 ■■Chapter 11: Browsing the Web����������������������������������������������������� 47 ■■Chapter 12: Setting up E-mail������������������������������������������������������ 53 ■■Chapter 13: Calendar and Skype�������������������������������������������������� 57 Keeping Appointments with Calendar��������������������������������������������������� 57 Skype Your Friends�������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 59 ■■Chapter 14: Watching Videos������������������������������������������������������� 61 YouTube������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 62 YouTube App����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 65 ■■Chapter 15: Adding Your Music���������������������������������������������������� 67 Uploading From Your PC������������������������������������������������������������������������ 67 Finding Music on Your Kindle Fire��������������������������������������������������������� 70 ■■Chapter 16: Parental Controls������������������������������������������������������ 71 Kindle FreeTime������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 73 Daily Time Limits���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 74 Setting Up FreeTime and Adding Content��������������������������������������������������������������� 74 Setting the Daily Time Limits���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 76 www.it-ebooks.info Contents vii ■■Chapter 17: Sending Documents to the Kindle����������������������������� 79 Installation��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 80 Sending from Windows Explorer����������������������������������������������������������� 81 Sending from a Print Dialog������������������������������������������������������������������ 83 Adding Files Using Explorer������������������������������������������������������������������� 85 Adding a File����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 86 Index������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 89 www.it-ebooks.info About the Author Kevin Wilson, a practicing computer engineer and tutor, has had a passion for gadgets, cameras, computers and technology for many years After graduating with a masters in computer science, software engineering and multimedia systems, he has worked in the computer industry supporting and working with many different types of computer systems He has also served as an IT Tutor in education running specialist lessons on film making, visual effects and computer literacy for young people He has taught in colleges in South Africa and as a tutor for adult education in England He has produced a number of guides similar to this one designed to give people a quick basic knowledge of the book’s topic ix www.it-ebooks.info Preface The Kindle Fire is a mini tablet computer that offers a unique feature set for those interested in a tablet with excellent color, quite readable screens for books and other documents and an array of other features This book is meant to be a fast introduction to the Fire for those who might want to purchase one or who want to know how to master its features The book proceeds quickly with lots of visuals so that you can learn what you need to know with a minimal investment in time An attempt has been made to answer the basic questions that users may experience while walking you through the generally used tasks The book starts by discussing the features of the Fire, the various formats, the main screen, and setting up the Fire Thereafter, you will learn the basic gestures used to move on the screen to round out your basic knowledge of how to get around on the device You will learn how to work with the cloud to store your movies, books games, pictures and music The book then gives walk throughs so that you know how to use each of these features For those with children, you will learn how to protect your children from unwanted content Thereafter the book shows you how to access the Internet using the Silk browser and how to create “bookmarks” for your favorites It then goes on to discuss loading your email system and using email on the Fire, using Calendar and using Skype for messaging It continues with sections on watching videos and using YouTube on your Fire and concludes with tutorials on different ways of adding files to your device The book is meant to impart the most information in as few words as possible It uses graphics so show every step along the way This book will truly have you running effectively on your Fire in no time xi www.it-ebooks.info ... with a 6-inch display  Fire HD 7: 8GB @ $139 with a 7-inch display  Fire HD 7: 16GB @ $159 with a 7-inch display  Kindle Fire HDX: 16B @ $199; upgradable to FireOS  Fire HDX 8.9: 16GB @ $379;... of coffee and start using your Kindle www.it-ebooks.info Chapter The Kindle Fire As discussed earlier, the Kindle Fire is an enhanced functionality mini tablet version of the Kindle e-book reader... 16GB @ $379; 4G version is $479, with FireOS  Fire HD Kids Edition, which has a quite liberal replacement policy and superior child controls The Kindle Fire models are known for their excellent

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  • Contents at a Glance

  • Contents

  • About the Author

  • Preface

  • Chapter 1: Introduction

  • Chapter 2: Initial Setup

    • Powering On

    • Connecting to Wi- Fi

    • Registering Your Kindle

    • Chapter 3: The Kindle Fire

      • Understanding the Home Screen

      • Ports and Buttons

      • The Options Bar

      • The Navigation Bar (Libraries)

      • Chapter 4: The Settings Menu

      • Chapter 5: Using Your Kindle

        • Organizing the Home Screen

        • Chapter 6: Device and Cloud Storage

          • Cloud Drive

          • Accessing the Cloud Drive from a PC

            • Securing Your Fire

            • Chapter 7: Games and Apps

            • Chapter 8: Books

            • Chapter 9: Music

            • Chapter 10: Photographs and the Camera

              • Built-in Camera

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