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 Page A
Authors: Bruce Grubbs, Stephen Windwalker
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remainder of the screen is mostly occupied by a list of recommended music.
You can search for music by tapping the Search box to bring up the on-screen keyboard. Type your search term, and then tap Search on the lower right side of the keyboard to dismiss the keyboard and run the search.
Background Music on Kindle Keyboard, Touch, and DX
Although the Kindle Keyboard, DX, and Touch are not designed to function as full-featured MP3 players, they can play MP3 audio files in the background while you read. (The Kindle basic cannot play audio.)
To copy MP3 files from your computer to the Kindle, transfer the files to your computer via USB and place them in the "music" folder. To play the music files, press Home then Menu. Select “Experimental” from the pop-up and then navigate to "Play MP3" and select "play music."
Now you can read a book or any other document on your Kindle while the music continues to play. To pause playback, press Alt-Space. To skip to the next music file, press Alt-F.
Note that if you open an Audible audiobook, music playback will stop, even if you don't actually start listening to the audiobook.
You can also listen to podcasts and other audio files that are in MP3 format.
Watching Movies, TV Shows, and Videos
The Kindle Fire gives you access to more than 100,000 movies and TV shows that you can rent or buy from the Amazon Video Store. In addition, Amazon Prime Members can stream more than 10,000 movies and TV shows for free. You can also sideload your own videos to your Fire via USB cable from your computer and watch them using the built-in Gallery app.
To watch a video on the Fire, press the Video icon from the Home screen to go to the Amazon Video Store. You can browse the store or use the Search bar to find a video. After you buy or rent a video (or get it free!), you can either watch it now or download the video to watch later when you're offline.
To find free Prime videos, you can browse the Prime titles or apply the Prime filter. You can also search for Prime videos. Free Prime videos cannot be downloaded for viewing offline, but most Prime videos are available for rental or purchase- and these can be downloaded and watched offline.
Navigating While Watching Video
While watching a movie or TV show, tap the center of the screen to bring up the movie controls:
• Volume: Drag your finger left or right on the volume bar to decrease or increase the volume
• Pause: Tap the play/pause icon at the lower left to pause and to resume play
• 10 second rewind: Tap the rewind icon at the upper right to rewind 10 seconds
• Move backward or forward: Drag your finger on the progress bar left or right
Your location is tracked and synchronized using the Fire's Whispernet connection, so your place is marked in all the videos in your library. You can resume from the same place on your Fire as well as any other device that supports Amazon Video, such as PC, Mac, and Roku.
Watching Personal Video
You can sideload personal videos using a USB cable from your computer to the Video folder and watch them on your Kindle Fire. The Fire supports videos in H.263 (.3gp, .mp4), H264 AVC (.3gp, .mp4), MPEG 4 SP/ASP (.3gp), VP8 (.webm) formats as long as they are not DRM-protected.
Personal videos do not appear in the Video library. You must use the built-in Gallery app to watch them. Of course, if you watch a lot of personal videos, you can add Gallery to your Favorites for quick access from the Home screen.
Tap on any video to start watching it. While watching, tap Menu to see more options, including sharing the video via e-mail.
Viewing Photos
On the Kindle Fire, you can sideload your photos from your computer with a USB cable and view them with the built-in Gallery app. Although this feature isn’t documented in the current Kindle Fire User's
You can search for music by tapping the Search box to bring up the on-screen keyboard. Type your search term, and then tap Search on the lower right side of the keyboard to dismiss the keyboard and run the search.
Background Music on Kindle Keyboard, Touch, and DX
Although the Kindle Keyboard, DX, and Touch are not designed to function as full-featured MP3 players, they can play MP3 audio files in the background while you read. (The Kindle basic cannot play audio.)
To copy MP3 files from your computer to the Kindle, transfer the files to your computer via USB and place them in the "music" folder. To play the music files, press Home then Menu. Select “Experimental” from the pop-up and then navigate to "Play MP3" and select "play music."
Now you can read a book or any other document on your Kindle while the music continues to play. To pause playback, press Alt-Space. To skip to the next music file, press Alt-F.
Note that if you open an Audible audiobook, music playback will stop, even if you don't actually start listening to the audiobook.
You can also listen to podcasts and other audio files that are in MP3 format.
Watching Movies, TV Shows, and Videos
The Kindle Fire gives you access to more than 100,000 movies and TV shows that you can rent or buy from the Amazon Video Store. In addition, Amazon Prime Members can stream more than 10,000 movies and TV shows for free. You can also sideload your own videos to your Fire via USB cable from your computer and watch them using the built-in Gallery app.
To watch a video on the Fire, press the Video icon from the Home screen to go to the Amazon Video Store. You can browse the store or use the Search bar to find a video. After you buy or rent a video (or get it free!), you can either watch it now or download the video to watch later when you're offline.
To find free Prime videos, you can browse the Prime titles or apply the Prime filter. You can also search for Prime videos. Free Prime videos cannot be downloaded for viewing offline, but most Prime videos are available for rental or purchase- and these can be downloaded and watched offline.
Navigating While Watching Video
While watching a movie or TV show, tap the center of the screen to bring up the movie controls:
• Volume: Drag your finger left or right on the volume bar to decrease or increase the volume
• Pause: Tap the play/pause icon at the lower left to pause and to resume play
• 10 second rewind: Tap the rewind icon at the upper right to rewind 10 seconds
• Move backward or forward: Drag your finger on the progress bar left or right
Your location is tracked and synchronized using the Fire's Whispernet connection, so your place is marked in all the videos in your library. You can resume from the same place on your Fire as well as any other device that supports Amazon Video, such as PC, Mac, and Roku.
Watching Personal Video
You can sideload personal videos using a USB cable from your computer to the Video folder and watch them on your Kindle Fire. The Fire supports videos in H.263 (.3gp, .mp4), H264 AVC (.3gp, .mp4), MPEG 4 SP/ASP (.3gp), VP8 (.webm) formats as long as they are not DRM-protected.
Personal videos do not appear in the Video library. You must use the built-in Gallery app to watch them. Of course, if you watch a lot of personal videos, you can add Gallery to your Favorites for quick access from the Home screen.
Tap on any video to start watching it. While watching, tap Menu to see more options, including sharing the video via e-mail.
Viewing Photos
On the Kindle Fire, you can sideload your photos from your computer with a USB cable and view them with the built-in Gallery app. Although this feature isn’t documented in the current Kindle Fire User's
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