TomTom 1B00050 manual

TomTom NAVIGATOR[...]

Chapter 1 Before You Start... 2 Before You Start. .. Installation If you have purchased TomTom NAVI GATOR on a TomTom memory card, insert the memory card in your device. Then go to step 4 below. If you are installing TomTom N AVIGATOR from a DVD do the f ollowing: 1. Connect your device to your computer, or insert the memory car d you are using int[...]

3 Tap Automatic , then enter your product code. The product code is printed on the product code card that is included with your pr oduct. TomTom NAVIGATOR will connect to TomTom using the wireless data connection and activate the map. • Manually To activate a map manually, do the following: 1. Tap Manual . 2. Go to this website: www.ttcode.com 3.[...]

Chapter 2 Making your first trip 4 Making your first trip Planning a route with T omT om NA VI GA T OR is very si mple. T o plan your first route, follow the steps be low . 1. T ap the screen to bring up the main menu. 2. T ap Navigate to... F or yo ur first journey , we will navigate to an addres s. 3. T ap Address . When you enter an address, you[...]

5 • Po s t c o de - tap this button to enter a postcode as your destination. • Crossing or inters ection - tap this button to set yo ur destination as the point where two streets meet. F or yo ur first trip, we w i ll enter an exact address. 4. T ap Street and house nu mber . 5. Start to type the name of th e tow n where you want to go. As you [...]

6 Ta p YES to enter an arrival time. NA VIGA T OR shows you whether you will arrive on time. F or more information, see Arrival times on page 6. The route is then calculated by your T omT om NA VIGA T OR. 9. When the route has been calculated, tap Done . T omT om NA VIGA T OR will imm ediat ely start g uiding you to your d estinatio n with spoken i[...]

7 Y our arrival time is constantly recal culated during your trip. The status bar shows whether you will arrive on ti me or late, as sho wn belo w: 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 l isted below: Y ou will arrive 55[...]

8 Planning in advance Y ou can also use your NA VIGA T OR to plan trips in advance by selecting both your starting point and your dest ination. Y ou could, for example, do the following: • Find out how long a trip is go ing to take before you s tart. • Check the route of a trip you are planning. • Check a route for someone who is coming to yo[...]

9 More information about a route T o find out about your route in detail, tap the Details button on the route summary screen. Y ou can then select from the following options: Browse as text T ap this button for a list of all the turn instructions on the route. This is particularly useful if you n eed to explain a route to someone else. Browse as im[...]

Chapter 3 Driving View 10 Driving View A Buttons to zoom in and zoom out on your position (to uchscreen devices only). T o z oom in and out on your positi on on devices without a touchscreen, push t he joystick up to zoom i n, and push the joystick down to zoom out. B Yo u r c u r r e n t p o s i t i o n . C The name of the next m ajor road or road[...]

Chapter 4 Menus 11 Menus Main menu T ap the scr een at any time when T omT om NA VIGA T OR displays the Dr iving View to open the Main Menu. • Navigate to... T ap this button to start planning a route. • Find alterna tive... T ap this button if you want to avoid part of your route, travel vi a a specific location or calculate an alternative rou[...]

Chapter 5 Finding alternative routes 12 Finding alte rnative route s Once you have planned a route, you may want to change something about the route, without changing your destinati on. Why chang e the route ? Maybe for one of these reasons: • Y ou can see a roadblock or a line of traf fic ahead. • Y ou want to travel via a particular loca tion[...]

13 Tr a v e l v i a . . . T ap this button to change your route so that it passes a particular locat ion, perhaps to pick someone up on the way . Y ou choose the location you want to pass in the same way as you choose a destination. So you can select from all the same options: for example, Address , Favorite , P oint of Intere st and P oint on map [...]

Chapter 6 Using the Map 14 Using the Map Every time you use your T omT om NA VIGA T OR to plan a route, you are usi ng the map. However , you can use the map in many other ways. T o 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. Alternatively , you can also move around [...]

15 in the map browser: the F ind button an d the Cu rsor button . Y ou can also set what is shown on the m ap and center the map on your GPS p osition. E The cursor F The Find button T ap this butto n to find specific addresses and P oints of Interest on the map. G The Cursor button T ap this button to navigate to the cursor position, make a F avor[...]

16 Add as POI T ap this button to create a POI at the cursor position. F or more information about POIs, see Points of Interest on page 21. Tr a v e l v i a . . . T ap this button to travel via the curs or position. This bu tton is only available if you are currently navigating to a destination.[...]

Chapter 7 Favorites 17 Favo rit es What are Favorites? F avorites are places that you go often. Y o u can create F avorites so that you don ’t have to enter the address ever y time you want to navigate there. They don ’t have to be places you li ke, just useful addresses. How can I create a Favorite? Fr om the M ain M en u, tap Add favorite . Y[...]

18 Po i n t o f Interest Y ou can add a P oint of Interest (POI) a s a F avorite. Does it make sense to do this? If you visit a POI you particularly like, for example a r estaurant, you can add it as a Favorite. T o add a POI as a Favorite, tap this button, then do the foll owing: 1. Narrow your choice of POIs by selecting the ar ea where the POI i[...]

19 How can I use a Favorite? Y ou will normally use a Favorite as a way of navigating to a place without having to enter the address. T o navigate to a F avorite, do the following: 1. T ap the scr een to bring up the main menu. 2. T ap Navigate to... 3. T ap Fav o ri t e . 4. Select a F avorite from the list. Y our NA VIGA T OR calculates the route[...]

20 2. T ap Change prefer ences to open the Preferences menu. 3. T ap Manage F avorites . 4. T ap the Favorite you want to rename. 5. T ap Rename . Tip : T ap the arrow to move to the next page buttons.[...]

Chapter 8 Points of Interest 21 Points of Interest P oints of Inter est or POIs are useful places on the map. Here are some examples: • Restaurants •H o t e l s •M u s e u m s •P a r k i n g g a r a g e s • Gas stations Showing POIs on the map 1. T ap Enable/disabl e POIs in the Preferences menu. 2. Select the POI categ ories to display o[...]

22 Y ou can select one of these options: • POI near you - to search from a list o f POIs n ear your cu rrent pos ition. • POI in city - to choose a POI in a particular town or city . Y ou have to s pecify a town or city . • POI near Home - to search from a list of POIs near your H ome location. If you are currently navigating to a destination[...]

23 F or ex ample, you could create a category of POIs calle d ‘F avourite restaurants’. With each POI, save th eir phone numbe r so that y ou can call th em fro m your NA VIGA T OR to reserve a table. How can I create my own POIs? 1. T ap the scr een to bring up the main menu. 2. T ap Change prefer ences . 3. T ap Manage POIs . 4. Before you ca[...]

24 How can I set warnings for POIs? 1. T ap the scr een to bring up the main menu. 2. T ap Change prefer ences . 3. T ap Manage POIs . 4. T ap W arn when near POI . 5. Select the c ategor y of POI y ou wan t to be w arned about. Select the ca tegory from the list or start to type th e name of the ca tegory and select it when it is shown in the list[...]

25 7. Choose the warning so un d for the c ateg ory of P OI you selected .[...]

Chapter 9 Itinerary planning 26 Itinerary planning What is an Itinerary? An Itinerary is a plan for a trip with more stops than just your final destination. An Itiner ary is m ade u p of th e follo wing items: • Destinations - the end of a particular journey , the place where you want to stop. • W aypoints - points on your jour ney that you wan[...]

27 Creati ng an Itinera ry 1. T ap the scr een to bring up the main menu. 2. T ap Itinerary planning . The Itinerary planning screen opens. At first, the re are no items on the Itinerar y . 3. T ap Add and select a location. Followin g an Itinerary When you use an Itinerary to navigate, the route wi ll be calculated to the first destination on the [...]

28 Start Using an Itinerary Ta p Options , then tap Start navigat ion . Once you have created an Itinerary , it ’s a g o o d i d e a t o s a v e i t . T o s a v e a n I t in e r a r y , tap Save Itinera ry . T o load a saved Iti nerary , tap Load Itinerary . T o creat e a new Itinerary , tap New Itinerary and to delete one, tap Delete Itinerary .[...]

Chapter 10 Preferences 29 Preferences Y ou can change many things about the way your T omT om NA VIGA T OR looks and behaves. T ap Change prefer ences in the M ain Me nu. Use night colors / Use day colors T ap thi s button to reduce the br ightness the of the screen and use darker color s on the m ap. When shou ld I use th is? When it ’s dark out[...]

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. T urn off map display When you turn off the map displ ay , i nstead of seeing your posi tion on a map i n the Driving View , you will only see information about the [...]

31 T urn off sound / T urn on sound T ap this button to turn the spoken instructions off. The button changes to Tu r n o n sound . If you turn the so und o ff , war nings for u pcomin g POIs are also turned off . V olume preferences T ap this button to change the volu me of the spoken instructions. Manage F avorites T ap this button to rename or de[...]

32 Change language T ap this button t o change the language us ed for all the buttons and messages you see on your NA VI GA T OR. Y ou can choose from a wide range of languages. When you change the language, you are also given the opportunity to change the voice. Backlight preferences T a p this button to set when the backlight is dimmed on your de[...]

33 Don ’t delete a map unless you have alr eady 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 NA VIGA T OR. F or more information about making a backup, see Using TomTom HOME on page 40. Y ou can also download, add and delete maps usi ng T omT om HOME. Manage POIs T ap thi[...]

34 Planning preferences T ap this button to set the kind of route pl anned when you select a desti nation. The following options are availabl e: • Ask me every time I plan • Always plan fastest routes • Always plan shortest routes • Always avoid fre eways • Always plan walkin g routes • Always plan bicycle routes • Always plan for lim[...]

35 •T e m p e r a t u r e •A i r p r e s s u r e Operate left-handed / Ope rate right-handed T ap this button to move import ant buttons, for exam ple, the Done and Cancel buttons as w ell as the zo om ba r , to the lef t hand sid e of the screen. This make s it easier to tap the buttons with your le ft hand without blocking the screen. T o mov[...]

Chapter 11 TomTom Traffic 36 To m To m Tr a f f i c T omT om T r affic T omT om T raffic is a T omT om PL US service that sends up-to- date traffic information to your NA VIGA T OR. T o use T omT om T raffic you must have a mobile phone with Bluetooth and a wireless data connect ion, for example, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS , CDMA. T omT om T raffic takes the[...]

37 T omT om T raffic will im med iately try to re trieve the latest traffic information. Updating traffic information With T omT om T raffic, there are two wa ys to update the traffic inform ation: •T a p Update traffic info in the T raffic menu. • Set T raffic to be updated auto matically at regular intervals. T o do this, tap Change T raffic [...]

Chapter 12 TomTom PLUS 38 To m To m P L U S T omT om PL US is a collection of services that keep you informed and enter tained while you ’re on the road. Y ou can subscribe to a range of extras and download them either directl y to your NA VIGA T OR or to your computer and th en transfer th em to y our N A VIGA T OR. Tip s • New services are be[...]

39 P oints of Interest Find the places you need quickl y with the locations of thousands of P oints of Interest (POIs).[...]

Chapter 13 Using TomTom HOME 40 Using T omTom HOME Using T omT om HOME, you can, for example , do the follow ing: • Make and restore backups of your T omT om NA VIGA T OR. • Manage the maps, voices, POIs and other extras on your NA VIGA T OR. • Read the full version of the user manual, available in 21 languages. • Buy T omT om PL US service[...]

41 Restoring a Backup If you ever have a problem with your NA VIGA T OR, you can restore the backup. F ollow steps 1 and 2 above, then select the latest backup and click Restore . The latest back up will be restored to your NAVIGA T OR. F or more information, see the Help included with T omT om HOME.[...]

Chapter 14 How Does Navigation Work? 42 How Does Navigation Wor k? Global P ositioning System (GPS) In order to navigate you to your destinat ion, your T omT om NA VIGA T OR must know where you are now . T o fi nd your current position, your T omT om NAVIGA T OR uses the Global P osi tion ing System (GPS). GPS is available for free and without subs[...]

Chapter 15 TomTom Limited Warranty 43 TomTom Limited Warr anty WARRANTOR U.S. and Canadian Purchases: If you ha ve 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, Concord Massachusetts 01742 (United State[...]

44 5) If any part of this Limited Warranty is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of the Limited Warranty shall nonetheless r emain in full force and effect. 6) This Li mited Warr anty is the only express warranty made to you and is provided in lieu of any other express warr anti es or similar obligat ions (if any) created by any adv[...]

Chapter 16 Addendum 45 Addendum Important Safety Notices an d W arnings Global Positioning Syste m The Globa l P ositioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based s ystem that provi des location and timing infor mation around th e globe. GPS is operated and controlled under the sole responsibili ty of the Government of the United States of America which[...]

Chapter 17 Copyright notices 46 Copyright notices © 2006 T o mT om Intern ational B.V ., The N etherlands. P atents P end ing. All rights reserved. T omT om and the T omT om logo are registered trade marks of T omT om International B.V ., Th e Netherlands. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Our end user license agre [...]