Kindle Paperwhite for Dummies (7 page)

1X:
The Kindle Paperwhite 3G is connected to a network through EDGE/GPRS (the predecessor to 3G in cellular network delivery). The 1X icon applies only to the Kindle Paperwhite 3G. As cellular networks become more widespread, you will rarely — if ever — see this icon.

Your final step is to register your device. Read on.

Registering Your Kindle Paperwhite

If you bought your Kindle Paperwhite through Amazon, it’s delivered to you already registered. However, if you bought the Kindle Paperwhite from a store (such as Target, Staples, or Best Buy) or received it as a gift, you need to register it.

If you need to register your device, you’ll see the screen shown in Figure 2-4 after you’ve set up Wi-Fi (see the preceding section).

Tap the Use an Existing Amazon Account option. Enter your Amazon account e-mail and password. (The Kindle Paperwhite inputs its own serial number, so you don’t need to enter it.) Tap Submit.

That’s it! You can now buy books and other content from Amazon and have them delivered wirelessly to your Kindle Paperwhite. If you’ve purchased content while waiting for your Kindle Paperwhite to arrive, those e-books will appear on the Home screen after the wireless is turned on and the device registers itself.

Figure 2-4:
Register your Kindle Paperwhite at Amazon.

After the registration process is complete a short tutorial will begin, showing you the basics of navigating the touchscreen. Don’t worry if you forget some of the details they present — we cover the same information and much more in the following pages.

When the tutorial finishes, you see the Home screen, which lists a welcome letter, the Kindle User’s Guide, and two built-in dictionaries: the
New Oxford American Dictionary
and the
Oxford Dictionary of English
. (For details on changing dictionaries, see Chapter 9.) Any content you have purchased will also be displayed.

If you ever need to de-register and then re-register your device, the following steps will guide you through the process.

1. Make sure the wireless is turned on.

2. Tap Menu
⇒
Settings
⇒
Registration.

When you tap Registration, if your Kindle Paperwhite is already registered, you will see a warning that you are about to deregister your Kindle Paperwhite. Tap Cancel to stop this process.

3. Choose to register using an existing Amazon account.

4. Enter your Amazon login credentials (your account e-mail and password), and tap Submit.

Changing Your Paperwhite’s Name

By default, your Kindle Paperwhite is named
Your Name
’s 1
st
Kindle, where
Your Name
is your first name. This name appears in the upper-left corner of the Home screen. You can change this name, if you want, to something more interesting or fun. For example, we know people who name their Kindles after famous literary characters or authors. Others choose meaningful words, such as Catalyst — the Paperwhite is a
catalyst
for reading. You can change the name from the device itself or from your computer.

To change your Kindle Paperwhite’s name from the device, follow these steps:

1. Tap Menu
⇒
Settings
⇒
Device Options.

2. Tap Personalize Your Kindle
⇒
Device Name.

3. Using the onscreen keyboard, enter a new name for your Kindle Paperwhite.

Some Kindle Paperwhite owners use their name and phone number as their Kindle Paperwhite’s name. That way, if they misplace their Kindle Paperwhite, their contact information is prominently displayed on the Home screen for some kindhearted soul who finds the device and wants to return it to its rightful owner.

4. Tap the Save button to complete the process.

To change the device name through your Amazon account on your computer, follow these steps:

1. Go to
www.amazon.com/myk
.

2. If prompted, enter your e-mail address and password.

3. Click the Sign In Using Our Secure Server button.

4. Click Manage Your Devices, which appears on the left side of the screen.

Your Kindle Paperwhite appears in the list of registered devices.

5. Click Edit next to the Kindle’s name.

6. In the dialog box that appears, type a new name and then click the Update button.

You can also add personal information or a message, such as “This Kindle Paperwhite belongs to
your name
. If found, please call
xxx-xxx-xxx
” to the Personal Info section of the Settings menu. To do so, follow these steps:

1. On the Kindle Paperwhite, tap the Menu icon.

2. Tap Settings
⇒
Personalize Your Kindle
⇒
Personal Info.

3. Use the onscreen keyboard to enter the desired information.

4. Tap Save.

Note that this information appears only in the Personal Info section — not on the Home screen — and won’t be readily apparent to anyone who happens to be looking at your Kindle Paperwhite.

Power Modes: On, Sleep, and Off

The Kindle Paperwhite has three modes for those times when you are not reading it:

On:
To turn on the Kindle Paperwhite, press and release the power button. On a device without special offers, you see the page that you last viewed before the device went into sleep mode or was turned off. On a Kindle Paperwhite with special offers, you see the swipe-screen version of the current special offer. Swipe the screen to go to the page you were on when the device went into sleep mode or was turned off.

Sleep:
To put the Kindle Paperwhite in sleep mode
,
press and release the power button. A screensaver appears on the display.