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3 T omT om GO Quick Star t Guide EN Contents What’s in the box? 4 Unpacking 4 Y our T omT om GO 5 Remote contr ol 6 Docking shoe 6 Installation 7 Assembly 7 Switching on for the first time 8 Star ting up 8 Using T omT om GO 8 Using the r emote control 9 How to plan your first r oute 10 Helping with your journey 12 What’s on the scr een? 13 Find[...]
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4 EN Unpacking Unpack your T omT om GO box and identify the contents. The model number of your T omT om GO can be found on the bottom of the device itself. Y ou should have: • T omTom GO (1). Its main featur es ar e a touch-sensitive LCD scr een, a power (On/ Of f) button, a release button (for r emoving T omT om GO fr om its cradle) and a Secur [...]
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EN 5 What's in the box? NOTE: Do not expose T omT om GO to high or low temperatures. We r ecommend that you do not leave T omT om GO in dir ect sunlight for long periods or in an unattended car on sunny days. High or low temperatur es can cause per manent damage. Do not attempt to ser vice T omT om GO yourself! Do not open, punctur e or disass[...]
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6 EN What's in the box? Docking Shoe 1. Integrated micr ophone (included with GO 700 and GO 500 models). 2. Charger socket 3. External micr ophone socket Remote control 1. V olume up/down 2. OK button 3. Ar r ow buttons 4. Left and Right soft buttons 5. Keyboar d button 6. Batteries 7. Batter y compar tment [...]
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EN TR 7 Assembly 1. Asse mble the suctio n-mou nt cradl e as shown in the ins talla tion poster . 2. Pl ug the smal l plug end of the DC power lea d into the socket on the back of the crad le. Plug the other end into your vehicle ’ s 12V (ci gar ette lig hter ) socket . 3. Ease T omT om GO onto its cradle by locatin g its front edge first and the[...]
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8 EN Switching on for the first time Star ting up 1. Refer to your installation poster for setup instr uctions. 2. Follow the on-scr een instructions, using your finger on the touchscreen to select your pr eferences. Using TomTom GO Note: Y our T omT om GO does not transmit your location, so others cannot use it to track you while driving. T omT om[...]
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EN 9 Switching on for the first time Using the r emote contr ol The remote contr ol is included with the GO 700 model and is also available as an accessory for GO 700 and GO 500 models. Y ou can use the T omT om remote contr ol instead of the main touchscreen in cir cumstances wher e you’d rather not reach over and tap the scr een dir ectly. The [...]
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10 EN How to plan your first r oute How to plan your first r oute 1. Move outside, if you haven’t already done so, so that the GPS har dwar e can locate your position. This may take some time, and will happen more quickly if you remain stationar y. The screen displays your cur r ent position on its map, repr esented in a ‘3D’ navigation view,[...]
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EN TR 11 How to plan your first r oute 4. The best way to see how your T omT om GO works is to use it for r eal, so think of the addr ess that you want to visit and enter the first few letters of the city, town or village. Be as specific as possible. As you type, the letters are compar ed to the built-in list of pos- sible names and any matches app[...]
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12 EN How to plan your first r oute 7. The fastest r oute fr om your cur rent position to your destination is then calculated. This should only take a few seconds and its pro- gr ess is shown on the scr een. When done, a summar y is shown, on a suitably scaled map. Studying this summar y can be useful for you to get a feel for your jour ney’s sco[...]
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EN 13 What’ s on the scr een? What’s on the scr een? Much of the information on the main navigation view is configurable (see the ‘Pr efer ences’ chapter for details). If you miss a voice instr uction, tap on the tur n instr uction in the bottom left hand cor ner to generate a new one. And if you’d like to view the r oute summary again, t[...]
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14 EN PL TR Finding alternative routes Perhaps a r oute has been planned that you’r e not happy with? Per haps you have been r outed via a busy junction? Perhaps you have spotted r oadworks up ahead? Or per haps you r eally wanted to go ‘via’ one par ticular location? In each of these cases, ‘Find alter native...’ can help you. Again, you[...]
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EN 15 Advanced planning Advanced planning Although navigating from your cur r ent position is the function that you’ll use most often, ther e may be times when you want to plan ahead. Choosing ‘Advanced planning’ on the main menu lets you look at the best route and jour ney time between any two given locations or get directions that will help[...]
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16 EN TR Pr efer ences Pr e fer ences Y ou can change much of the look and feel of your T omT om system to your own liking by using the main menu option ‘Change pr efer ences’ . Use to cycle through the dif fer ent pages of pr efer ences. Her e are some of the most important ones (you’ll find the full set in the manual on CD). T ip: The icons[...]
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EN 17 Pr efer ences Manage POI POI is an abbreviation you’ll see a lot, standing for ‘Point Of Interest’. Dozens of categories of POIs are built-in, fr om airpor ts to petrol stations, fr om r estaurants to theatres. Most importantly , POIs can be used as destinations, can be shown on the map and can even war n you of their pr oximity (for ex[...]
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18 EN Connecting to your phone Using GO 700 or GO 500 If you have a Bluetooth-capable mobile phone then you can use your T omT om GO 700 or GO 500 as a hands-free car kit. Although some functions are dependent on your phone’s capabi- lities, you should usually be able to: • Accept incoming calls on the T omT om GO scr een with a single tap of t[...]
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EN 19 Connecting to your phone 4. When prompted to connect, enter a passcode (passwor d) of ‘0000’ on the phone. 5. Y ou will then be asked to set up a wireless Inter net connection. Do this if you want to use T omT om PLUS ser vices. 6. Finally, you can copy your phone book to the T omT om GO. Y ou cannot use hands-free fea- tur es while this [...]
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20 EN TR Mor e infor mation TomT om PLUS In addition to voice-guided satellite navigation, our optional T omT om PLUS ser vice can give you various additional ser vices like weather , enter taining voices, useful POIs, map colors and our real time information on traf fic congestion, helping you plan ar ound it. Please go to www. tomtom.com to see w[...]
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147 Addendum Impor tant Safety Notices and War nings 1. Global Positioning System The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite- based system that pr ovides location and timing infor ma- tion ar ound the globe. GPS is operated and contr olled under the sole r esponsibility of the Gover nment of the United States of America, who ar e r esponsib[...]
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148 Addendum It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These are designed to provide r easonable protection against har mful interfer ence in a residential installation. However , ther e is no guarantee that inter ference will not occur in a par ticular installation. If[...]
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149 Addendum R&TTE Directive Thi s eq ui pme nt c omp lie s with the ess ent ial r equi r emen ts o f EU Di r ec ti ve 99/ 5/ EC ( de cl ara ti on a va il abl e a t w ww .t om tom .c om ). T omT om tímto pr ohlašuje, že T omT om GO je ve shodû se základními požadavky a dalšími p íslušnými ustanoveními smûr nice 1995/5/ES (NV ![...]
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150 Addendum Saska¿Ç ar ES Dir ekt¥vu 2002/96/EC par elektrisko un elektronisko iekÇr tu atkritumiem (EEIA), šo elektrisko iekÇrtu ir aizliegts nodot kopÇ ar citiem nešÞir otiem sadz¥ves atkri- tumiem. L % dzu nododiet šo iekÇrtu atpaka & tÇs tir dzniec¥bas vietÇ vai J % su tuvÇkajÇ sabiedriskajÇ iekÇr tu savÇkšanas punktÇ[...]