TomTom GO GPS - Manuals

Enhanced Positioning Technology 4. 7 Enhanced Positioning Technology Note : Enhanced Positioning Technology is available on the TomTom GO 920 and 920T. Enhanced Positioning Technology or EPT estimates your location when GPS reception is poor, such as when you drive between tall buildings. Your GO us...

9 For your first trip, we will enter an exact address. 4. Tap Street and house number. Note : When planning a trip for the first time your GO asks you to choose a state or country. Your choice is saved and used for all routes you plan. You can change this setting at any time by tapping the state sym...

10 9. When the route has been calculated, tap Done . Your GO will immediately begin to guide you to your destination, using both spoken instructions and on-screen directions. Arrival times When you plan a route, your TomTom GO asks you if you need to arrive at a particular time. Tap YES to enter a p...

11 What are the other navigation options? When you tap Navigate to... , you can set your destination in many ways, not just by entering the address. The other options are listed below: Home Tap this button to navigate to your Home location. You will probably use this button more than any other. For ...

12 Spoken address Note : Spoken address entry is available for TomTom GO 920 and 920T. Instead of typing addresses, you can now enter an address by speaking to your GO. Note : The speech recognition feature is currently only available for entering addresses and for responding to special notification...

13 • Shortest route - the shortest distance between the locations you set. This may not be the quickest route, especially if the shortest route is through a town or city. • Avoid f reeways - a route which avoids freeways. • Walking route - a route designed for making the trip on foot. • Bicycle rout...

Finding alternative routes 6. 14 Finding alternative routes Once you have planned a route, you may want to change something about the route, without changing your destination. Why change the route? Maybe for one of these reasons:• You can see a roadblock or a line of traffic ahead.• You want to trav...

Sounds and voices 7. 16 Sounds and voices The sound on your TomTom GO is used for features such as:• Spoken instructions• Hands-free calls• Warnings• Music For information on making hands-free calls on your GO, see Hands-free calling (46). For information on playing music on your GO, see Music and M...

17 Selecting a voice How do computer voices work? Your TomTom GO makes use of text-to-speech technology to generate computer voices. A text-to-speech program converts written text, for example an instruction like “Turn right”, into the sound of a human voice. The text-to-speech program looks at the ...

18 • Switch on your car radio.• Tune your car radio to a frequency that is not being used by a radio station.• Tap Change and set the frequency on your GO to the same frequency as your car radio. If you drive into an area where a radio station transmits on the same frequency you are using for the FM...

19 • Bluetooth Hi-Fi device • Line-out (audio cable) • FM to your car radio 6. Select the speaker you want your GO to use for playing music. • Internal speaker • Bluetooth Hi-Fi device • Line-out (audio cable) • FM to your car radio 7. Tap Done . 8. Your GO asks you whether you want to use an extern...

23 4. Say the city name. When you say the city name, you are then shown a list of six names that match what you said. Your GO tells you the name at the top of the list. If the name you hear is correct, then say, "Done" or "OK" or "Yes" or "One" or tap on the name. If ...

24 If the street name is not shown in the list, then say "Back" or "No" or tap the Back button to return to the previous screen. Then say the street name again. 6. Say the house number. Numbers should be pronounced as individual numerals, but without waiting in between each digit. Fo...

Music and Media 9. 26 Music and Media Important : Only select music and media when you are stationary. It is dangerous to select songs and make adjustments while you are driving. Your TomTom GO can play mp3 audio files and Audible® Audiobooks and display HTML and text documents and photos. Putting M...

28 You can then control your iPod from your GO. Sound from your iPod will be played over the internal speaker in your GO, or an external speaker if selected. For more information about using different speakers, see Internal and external speakers (17). To use your iPod with your GO, do the following:...

Help me! 10. 29 Help me! Help me! provides an easy way to navigate to emergency services centers and other specialist services and contact them by phone. For example, if you are involved in a car accident, you could use Help me! to call the nearest hospital and tell them your exact location. Tip : I...

30 Options Phone for help Use your TomTom GO to find the location of a service and the contact details. • Emergency services • Emergency breakdown services • Nearest police station • Nearest doctor • Nearest hospital • Nearest public transport • Nearest car repair services • Nearest dentist • Neares...

Favorites 11. 32 Favorites What are Favorites? Favorites are places that you often visit. You can create Favorites so that you don’t have to enter the address every time you want to navigate there. They don’t have to be places you especially like, just useful addresses. How can I create a Favorite? ...

34 How can I use a Favorite? You will normally use a Favorite as a way of navigating to a place without having to enter the address. To navigate to a Favorite, do the following:1. Tap the screen to bring up the main menu.2. Tap Navigate to... 3. Tap Favorite . 4. Select a Favorite from the list. You...

Browse map 12. 36 Browse map To look at the map in the same way as you might look at a traditional paper map, tap Browse map in the Main Menu. You can move the map by touching the screen and moving your finger across the screen. A The scale bar B Your current position. C GPS button Tap this button t...

Points of Interest 13. 38 Points of Interest Points of Interest or POIs are useful places on the map. Here are some examples:• Restaurants• Hotels• Museums• Parking garages• Gas stations Showing POIs on the map 1. Tap Show POIs on map in the Preferences menu. 2. Select the POI categories to display ...

40 Managing POIs Note : The Manage POIs button is only available when all menu buttons are shown. To show all menu buttons, tap Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu. You can, for example, do the following:• Create your own POI categories and add POIs to them.• Set warnings when you get clos...

42 How can I set warnings for POIs? 1. Tap the screen to bring up the main menu.2. Tap Change preferences . 3. Tap Manage POIs . Note : The Manage POIs button is only available when all menu buttons are shown. To show all menu buttons, tap Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu. 4. Tap Warn w...

Itinerary planning 14. 43 Itinerary planning What is an Itinerary? An Itinerary is a plan for a trip including more locations than your final destination. An Itinerary can include the following items:• Destination - a location on your trip where you want to stop.• Waypoint - a location on your trip ...

44 Note : This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options . For more information, see Hidden buttons and features (49). 3. Tap Add and select a location. Tip: You can add items to your Itinerary in any order and rearrange the order...

Hands-free calling 15. 46 Hands-free calling Hands-free calling If you have a mobile phone with Bluetooth®, you can use your TomTom GO to make phone calls and send and receive messages. Note : Not all phones are supported or compatible with all features. For more information, visit www. TomTom .com/...

47 Note : You can copy your phonebook to your TomTom GO at any time. From the Mobile phone menu, tap Get numbers from phone . Not all phones can transfer their phonebook to your GO. For more information, visit www. TomTom .com/phones Making a Call Once you have established a connection with your pho...

48 3. Tap Find other phone... and follow the instructions on the screen. To switch between phones, tap Connect to your phone and then select your phone from the list. The available buttons are listed below: REDIAL Tap this button to redial a telephone number using your mobile phone. Read/Write messa...

Preferences 16. 49 Preferences You can change the way your TomTom GO looks and behaves. Tap Change preferences in the Main Menu. Hidden buttons and features When you first start using your TomTom GO, all the buttons are shown in the menu. The buttons for the more advanced features can be hidden. Thi...

51 Voice preferences Turn off sound / Turn on sound Can I still use my GO to make hands-free calls when the sound is turned off? Yes. Turning the sound off does not affect hands-free calling, meaning that you will still be able to talk to and hear the caller. Voice preferences Tap Voice preferences ...

53 Manage POIs This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options . For more information, see Hidden buttons and features (49). Change car symbol This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu option...

54 Change 2D/3D display / Turn on 2D display When should I use this? In some situations, it is easier to see the map from above. Perhaps if the road network is complicated or for times when you are walking while using your GO to navigate. Compass preferences This button may only be available if all ...

55 For more information, see Hidden buttons and features (49). Brightness preferences This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options . For more information, see Hidden buttons and features (49). Status bar preferences This button ...

57 Guided tours This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options . For more information, see Hidden buttons and features (49). Name preferences This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu option...

58 Operate left-handed / Operate right-handed This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options . For more information, see Hidden buttons and features (49). Keyboard preferences Planning preferences This button may only be available...

59 Toll road preferences This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options . For more information, see Hidden buttons and features (49). Set owner This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu opti...

60 Speaker preferences This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options . For more information, see Hidden buttons and features (49). Car preferences This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu ...

61 Music preferences This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options . For more information, see Hidden buttons and features (49). Start-up preferences This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all me...

62 Bluetooth preferences This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options . For more information, see Hidden buttons and features (49). Disable wireless data / Enable wireless data This button may only be available if all menu optio...

66 Weather Get weather forecasts for the next 5 days or check the current weather at your destination. Points of Interest Find the places you need quickly with the locations of thousands of Points of Interest (POIs).

TomTom Map Share 18. 67 TomTom Map Share TomTom Map Share TM is a free technology that lets you make updates to your map and if you want to, share those updates with other members of the TomTom Map Share community. If you find a street that has recently been blocked to traffic which was open before,...

68 For more information on showing and hiding updates, see Changing my preferences for map updates (69). • Updates that are reported to TomTom but not shown immediately on your map. These include, missing streets, errors in freeway entrances and exits and missing roundabouts. This type of update is ...

69 change, tap the Report button and your GO will save your current location. You can then send the update to TomTom Map Share when you have finished your journey. For more information see Changing my preferences for map updates (69). Receiving the latest map updates When you connect your TomTom GO ...

70 To make an update to your map, tap Map corrections in the Main Menu then tap Correct a map error . The following types of updates are shown. (Un)block street Tap this button to block or unblock a street. You can block or unblock the street in one or both directions. For example, to correct a stre...

Traffic information 19. 72 Traffic information You can obtain traffic information in two ways: • TomTom Traffic • Traffic Message Channel (TMC) Important : Reliable TMC Traffic reception is highly dependent upon optimal antenna placement, vehicle features such as windshield reflective shielding, the...

TomTom Traffic 20. 73 TomTom Traffic TomTom Traffic is a TomTom Service for receiving up-to-date traffic information. TomTom Traffic requires a Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone and a wireless data connection (GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, CDMA). TomTom Traffic uses the most up-to-date information from the best lo...

74 Tip : Providing you have a connection between your device and mobile phone, You can retrieve the latest traffic information straight away by tapping the Update traffic info button in the Traffic menu. Using TomTom Traffic Traffic information has not been updated for at least 15 minutes. Traffic i...

75 Changing traffic preferences Use the Change Traffic preferences button to choose how traffic information works on your device. 3. Select or clear the check box next to each preference you want to change.4. Tap Done . 5. If you chose to automatically update traffic information while on route (one ...

76 In the example, the Traffic sidebar shows you that there are two incidents ahead. Both incidents are traffic jams, the first is 15 miles ahead and is expected to delay you by at least 51 minutes. To re-plan your route to avoid these incidents, tap the Traffic sidebar to open the TomTom traffic me...

77 To see if there is a quicker way home, you could now tap the Find alternative button and then tap Minimize traffic delays . Tip: You can let your device automatically look for alternative routes by selecting Automatically minimize delays after every traffic update in your Traffic preferences. For...

78 • Symbols shown in a red rectangle are weather related, because of their nature, you cannot use Traffic to avoid them. Traffic incident symbols and their meaning are shown below: Weather related symbols and their meaning are shown below: Traffic menu Either, tap the Traffic sidebar in the Driving...

Traffic information using RDS-TMC 21. 80 Traffic information using RDS-TMC The Traffic Message Channel (TMC) The Traffic Message Channel (TMC) is not a TomTom Service. FM radio stations in several countries broadcast TMC information as part of their programming. TMC is also known as RDS-TMC traffic ...

82 Using RDS-TMC traffic information Changing traffic preferences Use the Change Traffic preferences button to choose how traffic information works on your device. Your device receives traffic information when it is broadcasted. If there are any incidents on your route the Traffic sidebar on the rig...

83 Making commuting to work easier The Home to work or Work to home buttons in the Traffic menu lets you check your route to and from work with one tap of a button. When you use either of these buttons, your device checks the route for possible delays, and if it finds any, provides you with the poss...

86 Traffic menu Tap the Traffic sidebar in the Driving View to open the Traffic menu. The following buttons are available: Wind Note: The incident avoided symbol is shown for any traffic incident that you avoid using TomTom Traffic . Minimize traffic delays Tap this button to re-plan your route base...

87 Show home- work traffic Tap this button to calculate and show the quickest route from your home location to your place of work and back. See Making commuting to work easier (83). Help Tap this button to view the guided tour on how to use TomTom Traffic . Change Traffic preferences Tap this button...

How Does Navigation Work? 22. 88 How Does Navigation Work? Global Positioning System (GPS) In order to navigate you to your destination, your TomTom GO must know where you are now. To find your current position, your GO uses the Global Positioning System (GPS). GPS is available for free and without ...

Using TomTom HOME 23. 89 Using TomTom HOME TomTom HOME is a free software program for your computer that enables you to: • Manage maps, voices, POIs and more. • Transfer music and photos to your TomTom. • Buy TomTom services and manage your subscriptions. • Update your TomTom with the latest softwar...

TomTom Limited Warranty 24. 90 TomTom Limited Warranty WARRANTOR U.S. and Canadian Purchases: If you have made your purchase in the United States or Canada, this Limited Warranty is granted by and this Limitation of Liability is stipulated for the benefit of TomTom Inc., 150 Baker Avenue Extension, ...

91 YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS 4) This Limited Warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state and jurisdiction to jurisdiction. 5) If any part of this Limited Warranty is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of the Limited Warranty sha...

Addendum 25. 92 Addendum Important Safety Notices and Warnings Global Positioning System The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based system that provides location and timing information around the globe. GPS is operated and controlled under the sole responsibility of the Government of t...

93 SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING DRIVING IN CALIFORNIA AND MINNESOTA California Vehicle Code Section 26708 (a) (1) provides that “No persons shall drive any motor vehicle with an object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed or applied upon the windshield or side or rear windows.” Drivers in Cal...

94 Important This equipment was tested for FCC compliance under conditions that included the use of shielded cables and connectors between it and the peripherals. It is important that you use shielded cable and connectors to reduce the possibility of causing radio and television interference. Shield...

95 reproduced in any form without prior written consent from TomTom International B.V. Part numbers TomTom GO: 4M00.000, 4M00.001, 4M00.002, 4M00.900, 4M00.002, 4M00.006