Status Bar
At the top of the screen, you'll see indicators that inform you about the status of your Kindle Fire.
Notifications: Notifications can come from the system, a game, an application such as e-mail, or the music player.
Quick Settings: Tap to display settings for commonly performed tasks, including locking and unlocking screen rotation, adjusting volume, setting display brightness, accessing Wi-Fi settings, syncing, and controlling the playback of music, if a song is currently playing. Tap More to access additional Kindle Fire settings.
Wi-Fi indicator: The more bands that are filled in with white, the stronger the Wi-Fi signal. An X next to the Wi-Fi icon indicates that you have a Wi-Fi connection but are not connected to the Internet. This can occur if you are at a Wi-Fi hotspot, such as an airport or hotel. Open your web browser to view access options that may be available.
Battery indicator: This icon shows how much your battery is charged. When fully charged, the charging indicator light will turn green and the battery indicator will appear filled.
Search
Tap to activate the Search field. You can search your Content libraries or the web.
Content
Access the web or one of your Content libraries by tapping the corresponding name at the top of the Home screen: Newsstand, Books, Music, Video, Docs, Apps, or Web.
Carousel
Recently accessed books, music, videos, newspapers, magazines, web pages, and apps are automatically added to the Carousel. Swipe your finger to advance through the Carousel to view items in chronological order, with the most recent appearing first.
Favorites
To add a book, magazine, newspaper, album, playlist, video, website, or app to Favorites, press and hold on the item to display the contextual menu, then select Add to Favorites. Favorites will still appear in the library for that content type. To remove an item from Favorites, press and hold on the item to display the contextual menu, then select Remove from Favorites.
Kindle Fire hardware
To turn on your Kindle Fire, press and release the power button.
To put it in sleep mode, press and release the power button. To turn off your Kindle Fire, press and hold the power button until a message displays asking if you want to shut it down. If your device becomes unresponsive during use, you can shut it down by pressing and holding the power button for 20 seconds. You can then press the power button to restart it.
Your Kindle Fire will be partially charged when you receive it. To charge your device, connect it to a power outlet using the included power adapter. The charging indicator light (which encircles the power button) is orange during charging and green when fully charged. Charging may take up to four hours.
Registering your Kindle Fire
To fully use all of the features of your Kindle Fire, you must register it to your Amazon account. If you have not yet registered, please do so now. Prior to registering, connect to a Wi-Fi network by tapping the Quick Settings icon 
at the top of the screen, then selecting Wi-Fi. Choose the network you want to use. Once you're connected, tap the Quick Settings icon, then tap More and select the My Account option to register.
Amazon offers a wide selection of books, newspapers, magazines, applications, music, movies, and TV shows for your Kindle Fire. To purchase titles, simply tap the "Store >" link in the top right corner of any Content library. To exit the store and return to your Content library, tap "Library >."
Within each store you can search for a title, browse by category, check out best sellers, or view recommendations. You can try before you buy with free book samples, song previews, and movie trailers. All newspaper and magazine subscriptions start with a risk-free trial.
After your order, Amazon delivers the title directly to your Kindle Fire via your Wi-Fi connection. Newspapers and magazines are sent to your device as soon as they are published—often before they're available in print. If your Kindle Fire is not connected to a Wi-Fi network when a new issue of a subscription becomes available, that issue will be delivered automatically the next time you connect.
Device and cloud storage
Content purchased from Amazon is securely stored by Amazon and available in the cloud. If you are preparing to go offline, toggle to Cloud and download to your device content that you want to have available when offline.
Options bar
The Options bar is located at the bottom of every Content library screen. Options vary depending on the content type. 
Standard options include:
Home: Tap the Home button from anywhere on your Kindle Fire to return to the Home screen.
Back: Use this button to retrace your steps.
Menu: Select Menu to view additional options related to the content type.
Search: Tap this button to search your Content library.
The Options bar may be hidden when some applications are running. 
It can be expanded by tapping the arrow at the bottom of the screen or by swiping upwards from the bottom of the device.
Content libraries
Newsstand
You can view your magazines and newspapers by tapping Newsstand on the Home screen. To switch between grid and list views of your content, tap the Menu icon in the Options bar.
Back issues are grouped to keep your Newsstand organized. Note that for most periodicals, Kindle Fire automatically deletes issues that are more than seven issues old to free up space for new content. To keep an issue that has been downloaded to your device, press and hold on the item to display the contextual menu and select Keep. If you add any issue to your Favorites, it will also be kept on your Kindle Fire until you delete it.
Your Kindle Fire displays magazines in several formats. Magazines and newspapers that are purchased from the Newsstand store will be stored in your Newsstand library. Some magazines and newspapers are available as interactive apps. You can purchase these interactive periodicals from the Appstore and view them in your Apps library.
Magazines
Most magazines on Kindle Fire include two views for reading.
Using Page view. To turn pages of a magazine in Page view, swipe your fingers or tap the right side of the screen to go the next page. To go to the previous page, tap the left side of the screen.
To navigate through the magazine, tap the center of the screen and use thumbnail images in lower half of the screen. To view a page, tap the thumbnail of the page you want to see, then tap the center of the screen to hide the thumbnails.
Kindle Fire also provides a quick way to preview all the articles in a magazine. To access this list, tap the center of the screen to bring up the Options bar at the bottom of the screen, then tap the Contents icon .
Page view is not available for all magazines. Some magazine publishers choose to make their content available only in Text view. Magazines that support Page view are marked with "Includes Page View" in the Newsstand store, and will open in that view automatically. You can switch to Text View by tapping the Text view button at the top right of the screen.
Using Text view. To read an article in Text view, simply tap on the Text view button on the top right screen area of the magazine. Note that the Text view button is only available on pages with articles, not advertisements.
Kindle Fire provides a quick way to adjust the appearance of Text view by changing the font style, typeface, line spacing, margins, and color mode. To access these settings, tap the middle of the screen to bring up the Options bar, then tap the Text icon Aa.
To go to the next page of an article, tap the right side of the screen. To go to the previous page, tap the left side. To determine your progress within an article, tap the middle of the screen. The Progress bar appears and indicates which page of the article you're on. To go to the next article, tap the Next button on the Progress bar. To go to the previous article, tap the Previous button.
To preview all the articles in a magazine, tap the Contents icon in the Options bar.
Newspapers
You can view your newspapers by tapping Newsstand on the Home screen. To open a newspaper, tap on its cover. When you first open a newspaper, it displays a list of all the articles in it. You can swipe up and down to move through the article list, then tap on the article you want to read.
Kindle Fire provides a quick way to adjust the appearance of newspapers by changing the font style, typeface, line spacing, margins, and color mode. To access these settings, tap the middle of the screen to bring up the Options bar, then tap the Text icon Aa.
To go to the next page of the article, tap the right side of the screen. To go to the previous page, tap the left side. To determine your progress within an article, tap the middle of the screen. The Progress bar appears and indicates which page of the article you are on. To skip to the next article, tap the Next button on the Progress bar. To go to the previous article, tap the Previous button.
To search inside the issue, tap on the search icon in the Options bar, type in the text to search, and tap Go.
Books
You can view your books by tapping Books on the Home screen. Tap a book on the shelf to read it. To go to the next page in a book, tap the right side of the screen. To go to the previous page, tap the left side of the screen.
Kindle Fire provides a quick way to adjust the appearance of books and periodicals by changing the font style, typeface, line spacing, margins, and color mode. To access these settings, tap the middle of the screen to bring up the Options bar and tap the Text icon Aa.
To determine your progress within a book, tap the middle of the screen. A progress bar indicates the location and what percentage of the book you have read. To navigate a book, tap the Menu icon on the Options bar to go to the cover, Table of Contents, beginning, or a specific location, or to sync to the furthest page.
To add a note, press and hold on a word, or press and drag to select multiple words. When the contextual menu appears, tap Note and use the onscreen keyboard to type your note. To highlight a passage, press and hold until the magnifying box appears, then drag your finger to the last word you want to highlight and release. When the contextual menu appears, tap Highlight. Your Kindle Fire saves your place in whatever content you're reading, or you can manually add a bookmark. To add a bookmark, tap the screen, then tap the bookmark icon at the top right of the screen. To delete a bookmark, tap it. To view your notes, highlights, and bookmarks, tap the screen to bring up the Options bar, then tap the Menu icon .
Your Kindle Fire includes the New Oxford American Dictionary. Simply tap and hold to highlight any word you want defined. To see a longer definition, tap Full Definition from the displayed options.
You can synchronize your Kindle Fire books with other supported devices you own. Amazon's Whispersync technology keeps track of the last reading location in each book, bookmarks, and notes. For example, you can read a few pages using the Kindle application on your iPhone or Android device, then pick up right where you left off when you return to your Kindle Fire.
Children's Books
Children's books on Kindle Fire now feature Kindle Text Pop-Up for reading text over vivid, full-color images. Just double-tap any text region and it will expand for easy reading.
You can navigate between Text Pop-Up sections by swiping or tapping the right side (forward) and left side (back) of the screen. To exit Text Pop-Up and return to normal reading, simply double-tap anywhere on the screen.
Graphic Novels
Graphic novels come alive on Kindle Fire with Kindle Panel View. Double-tap on any region to see it magnified.
You can also swipe forward or backward to be guided through the panels in the author's own sequence for an immersive reading experience. To exit Panel View and return to the full-page view, simply double-tap anywhere on the screen.
Music
You can view your music library by tapping Music on the Home screen. Once you've chosen the music you want to listen to, tap the name of the song to play it. You can create a playlist from the Playlists tab.
To play a group of songs—such as an album, all songs by an artist, or a playlist—tap any song in the group. The entire group will begin playing from the song name you selected.
While listening to music, view the music you have queued to play by tapping the music player control at the bottom of the Music library or store, then tapping the list view icon in the upper right of the Now Playing screen. You can adjust the volume by using the music player controls or by tapping the Quick Settings icon in the Status bar.
You can add music to your Music library in three ways:
You can make music stored in the cloud available offline so you can play it when you don't have connectivity (for example, on an airplane). Simply tap Cloud in your Music library, then press and hold any playlist, artist, album, or song and select the "Download" option. Your downloaded music will be available in the Device tab of your Music library for playback offline.
Video
You can watch videos by tapping Video on the Home screen. The Video store on your Kindle Fire provides access to more than 100,000 movies and TV shows. Amazon Prime members get streaming access to over 10,000 movies and TV shows at no additional cost (restrictions apply).
To rent or purchase a movie or TV show, from within the Video store either browse or enter a title in the search bar. Upon purchase, tap Watch Now for instant playback, or tap Download to save the video to your device to watch later. Instant playback and downloading require a Wi-Fi connection, while downloaded videos can be watched offline. To watch a movie or TV show you've already purchased or rented, tap Library and select a title.
To find a Prime instant video, you can browse the Prime titles on the home page of the Video store, apply the Prime filter while browsing a video category, or search for videos that have a Prime logo. Although Prime instant videos cannot be downloaded, the same videos are generally available for rental and/or purchase and can then be downloaded for viewing offline. For eligibility details and more information, go to: www.amazon.com/help/primevideo
During video playback, you can tap the screen to access movie controls such as volume and pause. Amazon's Whispersync technology keeps track of your location in the video, so you can resume watching where you left off on your Kindle Fire, PC, Mac, or any of hundreds of compatible TVs, Blu-ray players, and other devices.
Docs
You can view your personal documents by tapping Docs on the Home screen. You and your approved contacts can send documents to your Kindle Fire by using your Send-to-Kindle e-mail address, which can be found in your Docs library under the sort options. To edit the address or add addresses to your approved list of senders, go to www.amazon.com/myk. The Send-to-Kindle e-mail address is only used for sending documents to your Kindle. To set up your personal e-mail, go to the Apps library and tap the E-mail icon. For more information, see Setting up E-mail.
To access personal documents that you transfer to your Kindle Fire, tap Docs on the Home screen. You can send Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX), PDF, HTML, TXT, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, PRC, and MOBI files to your Kindle and read them in Kindle format. You can also read documents in PDF format natively. See Transferring content to your Kindle Fire for instructions on loading documents to your Kindle directly from your computer. Please note that personal content transferred to your Kindle Fire is only stored on your device and not archived in the cloud. For more information, see the Kindle Personal Documents website at www.amazon.com/kindlepersonaldocuments.
Apps
You can view your applications by tapping Apps on the Home screen. Apps can be purchased directly from your Kindle Fire by tapping "Store >" in the top right corner of the Apps library screen to go to the Amazon Appstore. Here, you can get a great paid app for free every day, browse the top paid and free apps, search for apps, or explore content categories such as New, Games, Entertainment, and Lifestyle. Once you've chosen an app, tap the orange price button and confirm your purchase by pressing the green Get/Buy App button. The app will be downloaded, installed, and placed in your Apps library.
To launch an application, tap the app's icon in the Apps library, Carousel, or Favorites, or tap the Open button on a product page in the Store. Tap the Menu icon on the Options bar to display the app-specific menu. Tap the display to hide it when you're done.
To add an app to Favorites, press and hold the app's icon in the Apps library and select Add to Favorites. To see a list of apps currently installed on your device, tap Device at the top of the Apps library.
If you want to uninstall an app, press and hold its icon, select Remove from Device, and follow the directions on the screen. If you want to install it again at a later time, you can find it in your Apps library under Cloud.
Setting up E-mail
Your Kindle Fire contains an e-mail app that allows you to view multiple e-mail accounts from one unified Inbox or view one account at a time. To launch the app, tap the E-mail icon in the Apps library. Kindle Fire e-mail supports Google Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail, and AOL along with most industry-standard IMAP and POP e-mail systems. Simply tap the E-mail icon in the Apps library to launch the setup wizard and configure your account.
With the provided Quickoffice® document viewer, you can easily view Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations that are sent to you as attachments. Tap the Open button next to the attachment you want to view. If the attached file does not automatically open, then select Quickoffice.
Note that documents sent to your personal e-mail address do not go through the Kindle Personal Documents service for conversion and will not be stored in your Docs library.
The integrated e-mail application on your Kindle Fire does not support corporate e-mail from Microsoft Exchange Server®. Applications that support corporate e-mail are available in the Amazon Appstore.
Web
Your Kindle Fire features Amazon Silk, an all-new web browser powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Silk overcomes the performance limitations of typical mobile browsers by residing on both your Kindle Fire and on the AWS cloud-computing platform. In short, Silk couples the capabilities and interactivity of your Kindle Fire with the massive computing power, memory, and network connectivity of Amazon's cloud.
To access Amazon Silk, tap Web on the Home screen. Silk supports bookmarks, history, and searches. When you open a new tab, a list of your most visited pages will display as thumbnails. Simply tap a thumbnail to return to that page. To visit a new page, type the URL in the field at the top of the page and tap the Go button. You can clear your visited pages at any time by opening the Settings menu and choosing the "clear history" option. To search, type in your search criteria and tap Go. To open another browser tab, tap the "+" symbol in the upper right of the browser.
The Options bar at the bottom of the screen contains the Home button, forward and back arrows, a menu icon, and a bookmark icon.
To view or add bookmarks, tap the Bookmark icon in the Options bar. You can display your bookmarks in a list or grid view by clicking the sort icons at the top of the screen.
Managing your content
The Manage Your Kindle page on Amazon.com (accessible from www.amazon.com/myk) offers a handy way to manage your Kindle devices, books and periodical purchases and more.
Transferring content to your Kindle Fire
You can transfer a variety of content types to your Kindle Fire via its micro-USB connector, including music, videos, photos, and documents. Please note that personal content transferred to your Kindle Fire is only stored on your device and not archived in the cloud.
To transfer content from your computer to your Kindle Fire, do the following:
Removing content from your Kindle Fire
To remove content, press and hold on an item to display the contextual menu, then select Remove from Device. Content purchased from Amazon will remain stored in the Amazon Cloud in case you want to download it again at a later date.
Tap the Quick Settings icon located on the Status bar to display settings for the most commonly performed tasks and the volume control. 
If you have music playing from your Music library, a player will appear in Quick Settings. Use it to see what's currently playing, control playback (play/pause, next, and previous), and tap the currently playing song to view your playback queue.
Locked/Unlocked: Select to lock/unlock screen rotation.
Volume: Lets you adjust the volume.
Brightness: Use the slider to adjust the screen brightness.
Wi-Fi: Select to toggle wireless on or off, display a list of detected Wi-Fi networks, or add a network.
Sync: Tap to sync your device with your cloud content. You must have a network connection to sync.
Tap More to access additional settings:
Help & Feedback: Includes Kindle Fire help topics, Customer Service contact information, and a form for sending feedback.
My Account: Displays the Amazon account name to which your Kindle Fire is registered. There is also a button for registering/deregistering your device. You can change your device name and your device e-mail at Manage Your Kindle: www.amazon.com/myk
Sounds: Lets you adjust the volume and choose a sound to alert you of incoming notifications.
Display: Allows you to adjust screen brightness, and specify the number of minutes of inactivity before your Kindle Fire goes to sleep.
Security: Lets you set a device password to restrict access to your Kindle Fire.
Applications: Displays a list of the applications installed on your Kindle Fire. You can display all applications, or filter the list by selecting Running Applications or Third Party Applications from the dropdown menu. Tap the application name to view applicationrelated settings.
Date & Time: Manually set the time and date or select "Automatic" to allow the Kindle Fire to do it for you.
Wireless Network: Select to toggle wireless on or off, display a list of detected Wi-Fi networks, add a network, and access advanced wireless settings.
Kindle Keyboard: Use to customize the keyboard behavior of your Kindle Fire. Options include sound on keypress, auto capitalization, and quick fixes.
Device: Displays available storage space, your device's serial number, its Wi-Fi MAC address, its system version, and an option to reset to factory defaults. Please note that resetting your Kindle Fire to its original factory settings removes all personal data, Amazon account information, downloaded content, and applications from your device. Your Amazon content will be backed up in the cloud.
Legal Notices: Provides trademark, copyright, and other notices about the software installed on your Kindle.
Terms of Use: Directs you to the Kindle License Agreement and Terms of Use.
For help using your Kindle Fire, tap the Help & Feedback App located in the Apps library.
This app contains Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), troubleshooting tips, and a Customer Service portal. Please use the Feedback tab to help us improve and evolve our products. We'd love to hear from you!
You can also reach the help pages by tapping the Quick Settings icon on the Status bar, then More , and select Help & Feedback.
Additional help is available on the Kindle Fire Support website at:
www.amazon.com/kindlesupport
Here you can download full pdf version of manual, it may contain additional safety instructions, warranty information, FCC rules, etc.
