Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum

General Topics => Computer Problems & Questions, Virus/Scam Warnings => Topic started by: ringo on May 31, 2011, 05:39:47 AM

Title: kindle
Post by: ringo on May 31, 2011, 05:39:47 AM

Hi i brought my wife  a amazon kindle while we were in the uk. however now we are back in turkey we cant get it to work.we regestered it with amazon in england.any help would be very much appreciated.thank you in anticipation

Title: kindle
Post by: philrose on May 31, 2011, 07:20:38 AM

Can you elaborate a little more on what doesn't work?
 I have one and it works fine in Turkey.

Title: kindle
Post by: ringo on May 31, 2011, 08:10:50 AM

thanks for reply when you go into kindle store and enter books we get no items found.could it be that we have to reregister it in turkey?

Title: kindle
Post by: philrose on May 31, 2011, 09:13:39 AM

No registration required. Are you accessing via the 3g connection or wi-fi?

Title: kindle
Post by: stoop on May 31, 2011, 09:27:45 AM

If it's only a wifi Kindle (cost about £109- £111) then you will need to get an internet connection for it to download books and open the Amazon Store. I think the 3G version costs about £145.

Just go to a free wifi spot and try it there.

Title: kindle
Post by: ringo on May 31, 2011, 11:30:37 AM

Hi have the wifi version seems to be ok until i go to books then on to say fiction and all i get is no items found

Title: kindle
Post by: philrose on May 31, 2011, 13:12:43 PM

Is the wi-fi showing as being connected?
Can you use the experimental web browser on the Kindle to browse the internet?
If this is the case it may be worthwhile reseting the kindle by holding the power slide switch for 15 seconds.

Title: kindle
Post by: ringo on May 31, 2011, 14:00:28 PM

yes the wi-fi seems to be connected however not sure how to use experimental web browser .I did try holding power slide switch but no joy but thanks anyway.

Title: kindle
Post by: stoop on May 31, 2011, 17:00:56 PM

Are you sure it's the wifi you are looking at and not the battery power? I've got them mixed up before no our Kindle.

If you know how to turn the wifi off then do that - then switch it back on again.

Are you using your own internet connection or someone else's?

Title: kindle
Post by: ringo on May 31, 2011, 19:43:03 PM

top left hand corner has a flashing circle and the words wireless connecting  have switched offwi-fi using menu and switched  it back on.and yes i am using my own internet connection.again thanks for trying to help.but still i get no items found

Title: kindle
Post by: Steve (redding43) on May 31, 2011, 20:22:47 PM

I don't have a Kindle but when you switch the wifi on does that status change from connecting to connected?

If not then your problem is with the kindle connecting to you wifi and not the amazon store itself

Title: kindle
Post by: stoop on May 31, 2011, 20:35:43 PM

Sounds like you have a connection problem The wifi sign ,when connected, should be top right - next to the battery sign. When you turn it off their should be the word 'off' next to the battery sign.

If you have a password protected wifi connection you will need to put the password in - otherwise you will not be allowed to connect. my guess is it's either this or the Kindle is not working correctly.

Title: kindle
Post by: Rindaloo on May 31, 2011, 21:07:31 PM

Oh blimey, I didn't realise you were still having problems.  Did you deregister and reregister as we suggested??  If you aren't having any success, we'll come round and see if we can help.  No problems  :)

Title: kindle
Post by: TheBruces187 on June 02, 2011, 20:07:06 PM

When we were in Calis last month, we bought a Turkcell 3G dongle and it worked fine for everything except the Kindle. With wi-fi on the Kindle, it didn't list the Turkcell network after the search and not knowing the network name, I couldn't set it up manually. Anybody know how to overcome this issue?. Thanks