How to Load Music to a Kindle

Reading to the Kindle's background music can be relaxing.

The Amazon Kindle is a popular e-reader. You can use it to read books, magazines and newspapers, and you can even get online with its Web browser. The Kindle also supports background music as a feature, and you can load in music files to listen to as you enjoy your e-books. The Kindle only supports MP3 files. Transferring them onto your Kindle only takes a few minutes.

Things You'll Need

• MP3 files

Instructions

1. Locate the music on your computer that you want to transfer to your Kindle. Navigate to the music files. If you don't know where to find them, locate them using most media players, like Windows Media Player. Right-click the audio file and select the option to view or open the file location.

2. Connect your Amazon Kindle to your computer using the USB cable provided with your Kindle. The Kindle's port is along its lower edge below the screen, just beside the power switch.

3. Click the "Start" button on the lower-left corner of your computer's screen and select "Computer." Once your PC has recognized your Kindle device, you will see your Kindle appear as a drive in the "Computer" window.

4. Double-click the "Kindle" drive.

5. Double-click the "music" folder.

6. Drag and drop the MP3 files you want to transfer into the "music" folder.

7. Click the "Back" button twice in the top-left corner of the Kindle's music window to return to viewing the Kindle drive.

8. Right-click the "Kindle" drive and select "Eject." Once the drive disappears, you can safely remove the USB cord from the Kindle and your computer.

Tips & Warnings

• The Kindle plays music files based on the order they were moved to the Kindle. If you want the Kindle to play the music in a certain order, you'll need to drag and drop each MP3 file individually in the order you prefer.

• You can play music on your Kindle by pressing and holding the "Alt" key and then pressing the space bar. If you press and hold the "Alt" key and then press the "F" key, the Kindle will skip to the next MP3 file. Also, the Kindle 3's volume control is on the bottom edge of the Kindle, next to the headphone jack.

Resources

• Amazon.com Help: Amazon Kindle User's Guide (PDF)