The Complete 2012 User's Guide to the Amazing Amazon Kindle: Covers All Current Kindles Including the Kindle Fire, Kindle Touch, Kindle Keyboard, and Kindle by Bruce Grubbs, Stephen Windwalker
Authors: Bruce Grubbs, Stephen Windwalker
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as you have a wireless or Internet connection.
Music on your Fire is available anywhere and can be played when you don't have a Wi-Fi connection, such as on an airplane.
To play music from either the Cloud or the Fire, tap Cloud or Device on the music bar.
Music Playback
While playing music, a “Now Playing” pop-up shows the music that is currently playing and provides you with playback controls. Control the volume by dragging the Volume slider at the bottom. Buttons just above the Volume slider let you play and pause your music and skip forward or backward. To change the Shuffle mode, tap the Shuffle icon at the left, and to change the Repeat mode, tap the Repeat icon at the right side.
If you leave this screen to browse your Music library, shop in the Music Store, or do anything else, a small set of playback controls remains at the bottom of the screen. These allow you to play/pause and skip forward and back a track. To adjust the volume, tap the Settings icon near the right side of the Status bar at the top of the screen.
Your music will continue to play even if you tap the Home icon and go to the Home screen, but the playback controls will disappear. Press Settings to pop up the music controls.
Playing Music in the Background
Your music will continue to play while you shop in the Music Store, or browse your libraries, including Newsstand, Books, Music, Video, Docs, Apps, and web, unless you do something that requires audio. Listening to an Audible Audiobook or watching a video will stop music playback. Sounds from most web pages will interrupt music playback.
If you don't touch the Fire screen while listening to music, it will first dim, and then switch off. You music will continue to play. To regain access to the Fire's screen, including playback controls, turn the Fire on by pressing the Power button.
Playlists
As with most dedicated music players, the most convenient way to manage and play your music is by creating playlists.
Creating Playlists
On the Fire, you can create a new playlist by tapping Library, then Playlists, and selecting “Create New Playlist.” Type a name for your playlist and tap Save. You can add music by tapping the orange + button, or by browsing or searching for music. When you're finished adding music, tap “Done”.
Editing Playlists
Select the playlist you wish to edit and tap “Edit”. You can drag the Drag and Drop buttons on the left side of each song to rearrange the playlist. Tap the Minus button on the right to remove a song from the playlist.
Deleting Playlists
You can delete a playlist by pressing and holding a playlist and selecting “Delete Playlist.”
Note that deleting songs from playlists and deleting playlists does not remove the music from the Cloud or the Fire.
Playing Music Offline
Tap Cloud while in your music library, then long-press any song, artist, album, or playlist, then select “Download.” The music will download and become available in the Device tab of the music library, so you can play it without a Wi-Fi connection.
Other Music Library Options
Long-press a playlist, album title, artist, or song to see a pop-up list of options for that item, such as adding to Now Playing or playlist, removing, and shopping in the Music Store, viewing artist or album. The options change depending on the item that you long-press.
Shopping in the Music Store
You can press Store at any time while in your Music library to go to the Amazon Music Store, if you are connected via Wi-Fi. If you are not connected, you'll be asked if you want to connect and walked through the connection process.
Once the storefront loads, the top of the screen has a Search bar. Below is a list of featured albums and songs which you can browse by swiping left or right. Next is a browsing bar where you can tap to browse Featured, Best Sellers, New Releases, and Genres. The
Music on your Fire is available anywhere and can be played when you don't have a Wi-Fi connection, such as on an airplane.
To play music from either the Cloud or the Fire, tap Cloud or Device on the music bar.
Music Playback
While playing music, a “Now Playing” pop-up shows the music that is currently playing and provides you with playback controls. Control the volume by dragging the Volume slider at the bottom. Buttons just above the Volume slider let you play and pause your music and skip forward or backward. To change the Shuffle mode, tap the Shuffle icon at the left, and to change the Repeat mode, tap the Repeat icon at the right side.
If you leave this screen to browse your Music library, shop in the Music Store, or do anything else, a small set of playback controls remains at the bottom of the screen. These allow you to play/pause and skip forward and back a track. To adjust the volume, tap the Settings icon near the right side of the Status bar at the top of the screen.
Your music will continue to play even if you tap the Home icon and go to the Home screen, but the playback controls will disappear. Press Settings to pop up the music controls.
Playing Music in the Background
Your music will continue to play while you shop in the Music Store, or browse your libraries, including Newsstand, Books, Music, Video, Docs, Apps, and web, unless you do something that requires audio. Listening to an Audible Audiobook or watching a video will stop music playback. Sounds from most web pages will interrupt music playback.
If you don't touch the Fire screen while listening to music, it will first dim, and then switch off. You music will continue to play. To regain access to the Fire's screen, including playback controls, turn the Fire on by pressing the Power button.
Playlists
As with most dedicated music players, the most convenient way to manage and play your music is by creating playlists.
Creating Playlists
On the Fire, you can create a new playlist by tapping Library, then Playlists, and selecting “Create New Playlist.” Type a name for your playlist and tap Save. You can add music by tapping the orange + button, or by browsing or searching for music. When you're finished adding music, tap “Done”.
Editing Playlists
Select the playlist you wish to edit and tap “Edit”. You can drag the Drag and Drop buttons on the left side of each song to rearrange the playlist. Tap the Minus button on the right to remove a song from the playlist.
Deleting Playlists
You can delete a playlist by pressing and holding a playlist and selecting “Delete Playlist.”
Note that deleting songs from playlists and deleting playlists does not remove the music from the Cloud or the Fire.
Playing Music Offline
Tap Cloud while in your music library, then long-press any song, artist, album, or playlist, then select “Download.” The music will download and become available in the Device tab of the music library, so you can play it without a Wi-Fi connection.
Other Music Library Options
Long-press a playlist, album title, artist, or song to see a pop-up list of options for that item, such as adding to Now Playing or playlist, removing, and shopping in the Music Store, viewing artist or album. The options change depending on the item that you long-press.
Shopping in the Music Store
You can press Store at any time while in your Music library to go to the Amazon Music Store, if you are connected via Wi-Fi. If you are not connected, you'll be asked if you want to connect and walked through the connection process.
Once the storefront loads, the top of the screen has a Search bar. Below is a list of featured albums and songs which you can browse by swiping left or right. Next is a browsing bar where you can tap to browse Featured, Best Sellers, New Releases, and Genres. The
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