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Chapter 4 Searching on Kindle Chapter 5 The Kindle Store KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Contents •...
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Chapter 6 Accessing the Web Chapter 7 Settings and Experimental KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Contents •...
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Chapter 8 Kindle and Your Computer Chapter 9 Your Kindle and Amazon KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Contents •...
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Chapter 10 Transferring Content to Your New Kindle Appendix A Troubleshooting Appendix B Product Information KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Contents •...
Congratulations! Getting Started Tip: The charge indicator light will turn green when the battery is fully charged. Kindle DX User’s Guide Getting Around KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Welcome •...
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To go forward or back one page at a time: To go to the next or previous chapter: To go to the beginning of this guide, or to go to the Table of Contents: To retrace your steps: Getting Registered KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Welcome •...
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Easy-to-Read Display Wireless Access with Amazon Whispernet Your Choice of Text Size KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Welcome •...
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Your Choice of Number of Words per Line Adjust Screen Rotation KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Welcome •...
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Read PDF Files Let Kindle Read to You KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Welcome •...
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Look It Up The New Oxford American Dictionary Take It All with You KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Welcome •...
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Shop Anytime, Anywhere Automatic Delivery The New York Times Peruse Your Periodicals Search Your World KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Welcome •...
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Collections Clip Your Favorite Passages Bookmark Your Reading KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Welcome •...
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Add Your Own Notes Stay in Sync Convert Your Own Documents KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Welcome •...
Your Kindle will also go to sleep by itself after twenty minutes if you are not using it. If your Kindle had wireless on prior to going to sleep, it will continue to receive your regularly scheduled subscriptions while in sleep. Headphone jack Bottom View Micro-USB/Power port KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 1 •...
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Note Tip: Want the Next and Prev Page buttons on the left? Simply rotate the device 180 degrees so that the buttons are on the left. KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 1 •...
Collections Blogs Audible Audiobooks PDF files Personal Documents KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 2 •...
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Home Screen Features Device name Sort options KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 2 •...
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New title Title Progress indicator PDF title Collection Sample title Audiobook title Author or Date Periodicals: Back Issues Archived Items Pages Sort Options KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 2 •...
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Most Recent First Title Author Collections KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 2 •...
If your Home page is sorted alphabetically by either Title or Author, press a letter key and then press the 5-way to go to the first item starting with that letter. The Home Screen Menu KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 2...
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Turn Wireless Off/On Shop in Kindle Store View Archived Items Search Create New Collection KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 2 •...
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Progress Indicator Changing the Text Size KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 3 •...
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Adjusting the Number of Words per Line KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 3 •...
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Note: Increasing the Size of a Picture KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 3 •...
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3.3 Moving from Place to Place Using the Menu to Get Around KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 3 •...
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Turn Wireless Off Shop in Kindle Store Buy This Book Now Go to... cover table of contents beginning location Sync to Furthest Page Read Book Description KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 3 •...
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Search This Book Add a Bookmark Add a Note or Highlight View My Notes & Marks View Popular Highlights KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 3 •...
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Clip This Article Keep This Issue KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 3 •...
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Navigating within a Periodical Previous Article View Sections List View Articles List KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 3 •...
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If you want to expand your search beyond the dictionary on your device, you can use the Search feature to look for the word on Wikipedia or the Web. See Chapter 4 for more information. KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 3...
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All of your annotations and bookmarks on a Kindle book are backed up on Amazon servers in case you transfer your Kindle to another person or lose or break the device. When you download a previously annotated book from Amazon, your annotations and last location read will come down with it.
You can quickly create a bookmark by either holding down the Alt key pressing the "B" key, or by moving the 5-way up or down to go into cursor mode and then pressing the 5-way controller twice. KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 3...
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Viewing Your Bookmarks Removing a Bookmark KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 3 •...
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Using Highlights Highlighting a Passage Deleting a Highlight KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 3 •...
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Displaying Popular Highlights in Your Books KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 3 •...
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Viewing Popular Highlights in a Book Tip: If Popular Highlights are turned on, you can press the Return key to hide or show the number of highlighters. KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 3 •...
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Updating Popular Highlights in a Book Using Notes KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 3 •...
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Tip: You can also view the notes and highlights you've created for each of your Kindle books at http://kindle.amazon.com. Viewing Your Annotations KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 3 •...
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Zooming into PDF Files KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 3 •...
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150% 200% 300% actual size Tip: To pan in small increments, hold down the Shift key while using the 5-way. KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 3 •...
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Using the PDF Menu KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 3 •...
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Go to … cover table of contents KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 3 •...
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Search This Document Add a Bookmark My Bookmarks KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 3 •...
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You can also play or stop background audio by holding down the Alt key and pressing the space bar. You can forward to the next track by holding down the Alt and pressing the F key. Text-to-Speech KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 3 •...
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Sleeping your Kindle while Text-to-Speech is playing allows you to continue listening but locks all of the keys and buttons so you don't inadvertently press one. KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 3...
CHAPTER 4 Searching on Kindle 4.1 Introduction to Search Types of Searches Searching What You are Currently Reading Searching All Your Content Searching Remotely KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 4 •...
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Searching for Definitions Performing a Search KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 4 •...
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4.3 Performing Remote Searches Searching Wikipedia Searching the Web Searching the Kindle Store KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 4 •...
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"@author" followed by the author's name. For example, to search the Kindle Store for books by Agatha Christie, enter "@author Agatha Christie" in the Search line. This will narrow your Kindle Store search to find only books written by Agatha Christie. KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 4...
CHAPTER 5 The Kindle Store 5.1 Getting Started at the Store Connecting to the Kindle Store KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 5 •...
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5.2 Kindle Store Pages Note: The Kindle Storefront KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 5 •...
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Search Store The Store Menu Turn Wireless Off KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 5 •...
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Kindle Storefront Books Newspapers Magazines Blogs Top Sellers New & Noteworthy Recommended for You Your Wish List Browsing the Store Browse Listings Sample KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 5 •...
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Browse path Number of titles in the category Categories Getting the Details KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 5 •...
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Product Detail Page Example Author Try a Sample Add to Wish List KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 5 •...
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Description Reviews Text-to-Speech Customers who bought this book also bought Additional Details for Periodicals Subscribe now with 14-day Free Trial Buy Current Issue Adding Items to Your Wish List KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 5 •...
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5.3 Recommendations, Reviews, and Ratings Recommended for You Looking Up Reviews KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 5 •...
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Writing Your Own Ratings and Reviews KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 5 •...
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Entering a Rating and Review KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 5 •...
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5.4 Making Purchases Trying a Sample Book Buying Your Selections Tip: Once your item has been downloaded, the original is retained in the Manage Your Kindle page at Amazon. Returning an Item KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 5 •...
CHAPTER 6 Accessing the Web KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 6 •...
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6.1 Using Basic Web Entering a URL KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 6 •...
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Tip: To reload a web page, press the Return key Using Bookmarks and Adding Your Own KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 6 •...
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Using Next Page and Previous Page Selecting Links, Buttons, and Boxes KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 6 •...
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Using History The Basic Web Menu KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 6 •...
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Turn Wireless Off Shop in Kindle Store Enter URL Go to Top Bookmarks Bookmark This Page History KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 6 •...
Device Password Device Name Device E-mail Personal Info Device Info Registering or Deregistering Kindle Registering Your Kindle KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 7 •...
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Deregistering Your Kindle Personalizing Your Kindle KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 7 •...
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5-way so that "edit" next to Personal Info is underlined, and then press the 5-way. Use the keyboard to add your information, then select "ok" when you have finished. Password Protecting Your Kindle KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 7...
The Settings Menu KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 7 •...
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Turn Wireless Off Shop in Kindle Store Change Primary Dictionary The New Oxford American Dictionary Update Your Kindle Restart KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 7 •...
CHAPTER 8 Kindle and Your Computer 8.1 Getting Started System Requirements Making the Connection KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 8 •...
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If you'd like to continue reading your Kindle while its battery is being charged by the computer, you will need to release it from USB drive mode by ejecting the Kindle from the computer. KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 8...
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Kindle. If you purchased a Mobipocket file from a Mobipocket retailer, you will not be able to open the file on your Kindle. Transferring Your Clippings KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 8...
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ZIP files are automatically opened up by the conversion service if you choose to compress your documents. Any enclosed files listed above inside the ZIP file will be converted and sent to your Kindle or computer as specified. KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 8...
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Sending Your Documents for Conversion KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 8 •...
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Kindle e-mail address is @free.kindle.com. After sending to the @free.kindle.com address, a link to the converted file will be e-mailed to your Amazon e-mail address. You can then download the file to your Kindle's documents folder via USB using your computer.
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8.4 Audiobooks and MP3s Audiobooks from Audible.com Audiobook Formats for Kindle Activation, Purchase, Download, and Transfer Transferring Audiobooks KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 8 •...
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Tip: To pause the playing of an audio book, press the space bar on the keyboard and press the spacebar again to resume. Transferring MP3s KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 8 •...
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While there is no limit to the number of MP3 files and audiobooks that you can transfer to your Kindle, keep in mind that these files are larger, and space may become a consideration. KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 8...
CHAPTER 9 Your Kindle and Amazon 9.1 Shopping for Kindle Content on Amazon Browsing the Kindle Store Searching the Kindle Store KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 9 •...
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Getting the Details Ordering Content Buy now with 1-Click: Subscribe now with 1-Click Send sample now KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 9 •...
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9.2 Managing Your Kindle on Amazon KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 9 •...
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Downloading Content from Your Computer KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 9 •...
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9.3 Contacting Kindle Support Kindle Support Web Address Kindle Support E-mail Address Kindle Support Phone Numbers KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 9 •...
CHAPTER 10 Transferring Content to Your New Kindle Tip: You can download and share Kindle books with all the Kindles registered to your Amazon account. 10.1 Transferring Books KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Chapter 10 •...
"My Kindle doesn't charge when using the power adapter." • "I can't open any of my books and receive an error message instead." "None of my problems are listed above. What should I do?" KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Appendix A •...
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My Kindle won't turn on/My Kindle is unresponsive or appears frozen. My wireless isn't working. KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Appendix A •...
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I only received a partial download of my Kindle Content or my Kindle Content seems to be corrupted. I'm having problems transferring content from my computer to my Kindle. KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Appendix A •...
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Text-to-speech sounds distorted. My Kindle doesn't charge when using the power adapter. KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Appendix A •...
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I can't open any of my books and receive an error message instead. None of my problems are listed above. What should I do? KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Appendix A •...
Appendix B Product Information Safety and Compliance Information Use Responsibly. CAUTION! FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS COULD RESULT IN FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, OR OTHER INJURY OR DAMAGE. KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Appendix B •...
Maintaining Your Kindle Servicing Your Device Battery Safety KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Appendix B •...
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Headphone Safety Wireless Safety and Compliance Turn Off Wireless When Flying Be Careful Around Other Electronic Devices KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Appendix B •...
Steps to Minimize Interference Watch for Signs FCC Compliance Statement for Model Number D00801,FCC ID: XDZ-1013 KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Appendix B •...
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Information regarding Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy for Model Number D00801, FCC ID: XDZ-1013 Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy Compliance Information for Kindle Users Outside the U.S. Recycling Kindle Properly UL Certification Number KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Appendix B •...
Product Specifications Model Number Display Size Weight Storage Audio Power Connectivity Operating temperature Storage temperature KINDLE LICENSE AGREEMENT AND TERMS OF USE KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Appendix B •...
The Device and Related Services. Wireless Connectivity General. Coverage and Service Interruptions. Your Conduct. KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Appendix B •...
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Digital Content The Kindle Store. Use of Digital Content. Restrictions. Subscriptions. KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Appendix B •...
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Software Definitions. Use of the Device Software. No Reverse Engineering, Decompilation, Disassembly or Circumvention. Automatic Updates. Export Regulations. KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Appendix B •...
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Government End Users. General No Illegal Use and Reservation of Rights. Information Received. Information Provided To Others. KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Appendix B •...
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Patents. Changes to Service. Termination. Disclaimer of Warranties. Limitation of Liability. KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Appendix B •...
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Washington Law Applies. Disputes. Severability. Amendment. KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Appendix B •...
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WARRANTY INFORMATION FOR MODEL NUMBER D00801 ONE-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY FOR MODEL NUMBER D00801 Instructions. KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Appendix B •...
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WARRANTY OR UNDER ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 4 EDITION Appendix B •...