Viewing Route Information - TomTom 4EN42 User Manual

Check a route for someone who is coming to visit you and then explain the route to them in
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detail.
To plan a route in advance, follow these steps:
1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main menu.
2. Tap the arrow button to move to the next menu screen and tap Plan route.
This button is shown while there is no planned route on your TomTom device.
3. Select the starting point for your journey in the same way that you would select your
destination.
4. Set the destination for your journey.
5. If Route planning settings are set to Ask me every time I plan, select the type of route you
want to plan:
Fastest route - the route which takes the least time.
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Eco route - the most fuel-efficient route for your journey.
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Shortest route - the shortest distance between the locations you set. This may not be the
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quickest route, especially if the shortest route is through a town or city.
Avoid motorways - a route which avoids motorways.
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Walking route - a route designed for making the journey on foot.
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Bicycle route - a route designed for making the journey on a bicycle.
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6. Choose the date and time that you will make the journey you are planning.
Your device uses IQ Routes to work out the best possible route at that time. This is useful to see
how long a journey takes at different times of the day or on different days of the week.
Your navigation device plans the route between the two locations you selected.

Viewing route information

You can access these options for the route you last planned by tapping View route in the Main Menu
or the Details button on the route summary screen.
You can then select from the following options:
Show instructions
Show map of route
Show route demo
Tap this button for a list of all the turn instructions on the route.
This is very useful if you need to explain a route to someone else.
Tap this button to see an overview of the route using the map browser.
Tap this button to watch a demo of the journey. You can interrupt the
demo at any time by tapping the screen.
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