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Kindle User’s Guide 12
Chapter 4 Getting More From Your Kindle
Customizing your Kindle settings
To go to the Settings page, select Settings from the Home screen menu. Use the Next page
and Previous Page buttons to view all the options. The available settings are:
Registration: Indicates the Amazon account name to which your Kindle is registered. Use
this option to register and deregister the device.
Device Name: Lets you change the name displayed at the top of the Home screen.
Wi-Fi Networks: The number of detected Wi-Fi networks and the name of the Wi-Fi network
you’re currently connected to, if any.
Device Info: The Wi-Fi MAC Address, device serial number, and network capability of your
device.
Device Language: Shows the current language for menus, alerts, and dialog boxes, and
allows you to change to a different language.
Send-to-Kindle E-mail: You can send documents to your Kindle by using this e-mail address.
Your document will also be added to your Archived Items. To learn more, go to www.kindle.
com/support.
Device Password: Allows you to restrict access to your Kindle by setting a password. You’ll
subsequently be prompted to enter the password whenever you turn on the device or wake it
from sleep. If you forget your password, try looking at the hint you entered when you created
it. If you still don’t remember your password, you must contact Kindle Customer Service.
Device Time: Lets you set the current local time to be displayed on your Kindle. Pressing the
Menu button from any Kindle screen will display the time at the top of the screen.
Dictionaries: Lets you choose which of the installed dictionaries to use for word lookups.
Social Networks: Allows you to link your Kindle to your social network accounts (such as
Twitter and Facebook) so you can share your notes and highlights with your friends.
Popular Highlights: Allows you to enable or disable the display of passages highlighted by
others.
Public Notes: Allows you to toggle the display of notes and highlights made by people you
follow on kindle.amazon.com.
Annotations Backup: Allows you to toggle the automatic backup on Amazon’s servers of
your annotations, last page read, and collections. Disable this feature if you do not want your
annotations backed up or shared in Popular Highlights.
Personal Info: Lets you enter contact information such as an address or phone number, in
case you lose your Kindle.
Chapter 4
Getting More From Your Kindle