Kindle

[whiskeryron]

I have recently bought the £89 Kindle from Amazon & had it delivered to a friend's address, he has emailed me to say that in order to use it he needs to submit a wi-fi password. The problem is he does not have wi-fi enabled
( he's with Virgin Media Cable & has Broadband via ethernet connected router). Does this mean that he cannot use the Kindle?.

W Ron.

[boxtops]

I would say Yes. Why is he using your Kindle?

[VHG]

If he has a fairly recent broadband router from Virgin it will have wi fi built in to it.

He just needs to make sure the wi fi is on in the router, and that he knows his router wi fi broadcast name and password.

He would have been told these by Virgin when he got the router (may be on printed documentation or in an email).

[whiskeryron]

Thanks VHG I will let him know.

W Ron.

[RATTER15]

The password/key will be written on the router usually.

[rojash]

You don't need wifi to download to the kindle. You can download to your PC and transfer by the included USB cable.

[whiskeryron]

Thanks guys I emailed Amazon today & have already had an excellent reply telling me what rojash stated. I'm afraid my mate is not very techie but I'm hoping he'll cope.

W Ron.