TomTom NAVIGATOR - Manual

7 Your arrival time is constantly recalculated during your journey. The status bar shows whether you will arrive on time or late, as shown below: 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 othe...

8 Planning in advance You can also use your NAVIGATOR to plan journeys in advance by selecting both your starting point and your destination. You could, for example, do the following:• Find out how long a journey is going to take before you start.• Check the route of a journey you are planning.• Che...

9 More information about a route To find out about your route in detail, tap the Details button on the route summary screen. You can then select from the following options: Browse as text Tap this button for a list of all the turn instructions on the route. This is particularly useful if you need to...

Chapter 3Driving View 10 Driving View A Buttons to zoom in and zoom out on your position (touchscreen devices only). To zoom in and out on your position on devices without a touchscreen, push the joystick up to zoom in, and push the joystick down to zoom out. B Your current position. C The name of t...

Chapter 4Menus 11 Menus Main menu Tap the screen at any time when TomTom NAVIGATOR displays the Driving View to open the Main Menu. • Navigate to... Tap this button to start planning a route. • Find alternative... Tap this button if you want to avoid part of your route, travel via a specific locatio...

Chapter 5Finding alternative routes 12 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 t...

Chapter 6Using the map 14 Using the map Every time you use your TomTom NAVIGATOR to plan a route, you are using the map. However, you can use the map in many other ways. To open the map, tap Browse map in the Main Menu . Place your finger on the screen and drag it across the screen to move the map. ...

15 in the map browser: the Find button and the Cursor button. You can also set what is shown on the map and centre the map on your GPS position. E The cursor F The Find buttonTap this button to find specific addresses and Points of Interest on the map. G The Cursor buttonTap this button to navigate ...

16 Add as POI Tap this button to create a POI at the cursor position. For more information about POIs, see Points of Interest on page 21. Travel via... Tap this button to travel via the cursor position. This button is only available if you are currently navigating to a destination.

Chapter 7Favourites 17 Favourites What are Favourites? Favourites are places that you go often. You can create Favourites 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 like, just useful addresses. How can I create a Favourite? Fro...

19 How can I use a Favourite? You will normally use a Favourite as a way of navigating to a place without having to enter the address. To navigate to a Favourite, do the following: 1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu. 2. Tap Navigate to... 3. Tap Favourite . 4. Select a Favourite from the li...

20 2. Tap Change preferences to open the Preferences menu. 3. Tap Manage Favourites . 4. Tap the Favourite you want to rename. 5. Tap Rename . Tip : Tap the arrow to move to the next page buttons.

Chapter 8Points of Interest 21 Points of Interest Points of Interest or POIs are useful places on the map. Here are some examples:• Restaurants• Hotels• Museums• Parking garages• Petrol stations Showing POIs on the map 1. Tap Enable/disable POIs in the Preferences menu. 2. Select the POI categories ...

22 You can select one of these options:• POI near you - to search from a list of POIs near your current position. • POI in city - to choose a POI in a particular town or city. You have to specify a town or city. • POI near Home - to search from a list of POIs near your Home location. If you are curr...

23 For example, you could create a category of POIs called ‘Favourite restaurants’. With each POI, save their phone number so that you can call them from your NAVIGATOR to reserve a table. How can I create my own POIs? 1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu. 2. Tap Change preferences . 3. Tap M...

24 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 . 4. Tap Warn when near POI . 5. Select the category of POI you want to be warned about. Select the category from the list or start to type the name of the category and sel...

25 7. Choose the warning sound for the category of POI you selected.

Chapter 9Itinerary planning 26 Itinerary planning What is an Itinerary? An Itinerary is a plan for a journey with more stops than just your final destination. An Itinerary is made up of the following items:• Destinations - the end of a particular journey, the place where you want to stop.• Waypoints...

27 Creating an Itinerary 1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu. 2. Tap Itinerary planning . The Itinerary planning screen opens. At first, there are no items on the Itinerary. 3. Tap Add and select a location. Following an Itinerary When you use an Itinerary to navigate, the route will be calc...

28 Start using an Itinerary Tap Options , then tap Start navigation . Once you have created an Itinerary, it’s a good idea to save it. To save an Itinerary, tap Save Itinerary . To load a saved Itinerary, tap Load Itinerary . To create a new Itinerary, tap New Itinerary and to delete one, tap Delete...

Chapter 10Preferences 29 Preferences You can change many things about the way your TomTom NAVIGATOR looks and behaves. Tap Change preferences in the Main Menu. Use night colours / Use day colours Tap this button to reduce the brightness the of the screen and use darker colours on the map. When shoul...

30 The Main Menu shows only a few buttons that may be needed while you are driving. As soon as your car stops moving, you will be able to access all of the buttons and features again. Turn off map display When you turn off the map display, instead of seeing your position on a map in the Driving View...

33 Don’t delete a map unless you have already made a backup of the map. If you delete a map before you make a backup, you won’t be able to put the map back on your NAVIGATOR. For more information about making a backup, see Using TomTom HOME on page 40. You can also download, add and delete maps usin...

Chapter 11TomTom Traffic 36 TomTom Traffic TomTom Traffic TomTom Traffic is a TomTom PLUS service that sends up-to-date traffic information to your NAVIGATOR. To use TomTom Traffic you must have a mobile phone with Bluetooth and a wireless data connection, for example, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, CDMA. TomTom...

Chapter 12TomTom PLUS 38 TomTom PLUS TomTom PLUS is a collection of services that keep you informed and entertained while you’re on the road. You can subscribe to a range of extras and download them either directly to your NAVIGATOR, or to your computer from where you can transfer them to your NAVIG...

39 Points of Interest Find the places you need quickly with the locations of thousands of Points of Interest (POIs).

Chapter 13Using TomTom HOME 40 Using TomTom HOME Using TomTom HOME, you can, for example, do the following:• Make and restore backups of your TomTom NAVIGATOR.• Manage the maps, voices, POIs and other extras on your NAVIGATOR.• Read the full version of the user manual, available in 21 languages.• Bu...

41 Restoring a backup If you ever have a problem with your NAVIGATOR, you can restore the backup. Follow steps 1 and 2 above, then select the latest backup and click Restore . The latest backup will be restored to your NAVIGATOR. For more information, see the Help included with TomTom HOME.

Chapter 14How does navigation work? 42 How does navigation work? Global Positioning System (GPS) In order to navigate you to your destination, your TomTom NAVIGATOR must know where you are now. To find your current position, your TomTom NAVIGATOR uses the Global Positioning System (GPS). GPS is avai...

Chapter 15TomTom limited warranty 43 TomTom limited warranty WARRANTOR Non-U.S. and non-Canadian purchases: If you have made your purchase outside the United States and Canada, this Limited Warranty is granted by and this Limitation of Liability is stipulated for the benefit of TomTom International ...

44 5) This Limited Warranty is the only express warranty made to you and is provided in lieu of any other express warranties or similar obligations (if any) created by any advertising, documentation, packaging, or other communications. 6) Except for the Limited Warranty and to the maximum extent per...

Chapter 16Addendum 45 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 Governmen...