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TomTom Golfer Reference Manual

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  • Page 1 TomTom Golfer Reference Guide 1.0.8...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Welcome New features New in this release ....................5 Getting started Your watch About your watch ....................8 Cleaning your watch ....................8 Using the desk dock ....................9 Watch status ......................9 Performing a reset ....................10 Playing a round of golf Quick Start: Playing your first hole ................
  • Page 3 Settings About settings ....................29 Clock ....................... 29 Phone ......................29 Airplane mode ....................31 Options ......................31 Profile ......................32 TomTom MySports account TomTom MySports Connect TomTom MySports mobile app Glossary of Terms Addendum Copyright notices...

  • Page 4: Welcome

    Welcome This Reference Guide explains everything you need to know about your new TomTom Golfer watch. If you want a quick read of the essentials, we recommend that you read Getting started. This covers downloading TomTom MySports Connect and using the desk dock.

  • Page 5: New Features

    New features New in this release Note: To get the most out of your watch we recommend that you reinstall all courses globally. Reinstalling all courses can take up to two hours. Simplified hazards view The hazards view has been simplified to provide at-a-glance distances. To learn more, go to Understanding hazards on your watch.

  • Page 6: Getting Started

    QuickGPSfix information. Important: You can also use any USB wall charger to charge your TomTom Golfer. Place your watch in the desk dock and then connect the USB connector from the desk dock to your USB wall charger.
  • Page 7 Pairing your watch with your phone To learn more, go to Phone in this guide.

  • Page 8: Your Watch

    Your watch About your watch When you use your watch, you start from the clock screen. This screen shows the time and date. The hour number is shown slightly dimmed and the minutes are shown brighter so you can see the precise time more clearly.

  • Page 9: Using The Desk Dock

    Important: You can also use any USB wall charger to charge your TomTom Golfer. Place your watch in the desk dock and then connect the USB connector from the desk dock to your USB wall charger.

  • Page 10: Performing A Reset

    3. Disconnect the USB cable from your computer.* 4. Keep pressing the button until your watch shows a watch connected with a computer and tomtom.com/reset. 5. Release the button and connect the USB cable to your computer. 6. Click Update in MySports Connect.
  • Page 11 2. Expand SETTINGS in MySports Connect. 3. Click FACTORY RESET at the bottom of MySports Connect. MySports Connect downloads the latest version of the software for your watch. 4. Keep your watch connected when the window for MySports Connect closes. MySports Connect installs the software on your watch.

  • Page 12: Playing A Round Of Golf

    Playing a round of golf Quick Start: Playing your first hole To play your first hole, do the following: 1. From the clock screen, move Right. Your watch shows Please wait. When a GPS fix is found, you see a list of nearby golf courses. 2.
  • Page 13 Name of screen Button Action Clock screen Move Left Go to the Watch Status screen. Move Up Go to Scorecard history screen. Move Down Go to the Settings screen. Move Right Please wait while a GPS fix is obtained. When a fix is obtained, go to Golf Course menu.

  • Page 14: Choosing A Course

    To allow your watch to receive incremental updates, we recommend that you reinstall all courses globally. Note: Reinstalling all courses can take up to two hours. To update your Golfer, follow these steps: Connect your watch to your computer. MySports Connect downloads and installs the latest changes to your recently played golf courses.

  • Page 15: Pausing, Stopping And Continuing A Round

    You can update the golf courses on your TomTom Golfer in two ways: TomTom MySports mobile app If you have a compatible phone, you can use the TomTom MySports mobile app to update all recent golf courses and those within a range of 3 kilometres (1.8 miles).

  • Page 16: Doglegs

    You may choose to hit over a dogleg or to lay up instead. See: About doglegs Position of doglegs on the fairway Your TomTom Golfer shows the position of doglegs relative to their position on the actual course.
  • Page 17 For example, the watch below is showing a dogleg right at 230 yards/metres from your current position. The distance to the start of the dogleg is measured along the course centre line.

  • Page 18: Laying Up

    So as you look towards the pin, you can see how far away you currently are from the 200, 150 and 100 yard/metre markers. For example, in the image below, the golfer is 236 yards/metres from the 200 yard/metre layup marker.

  • Page 19: Layup And Green Views

    When you reach a layup marker, the layup marker disappears from the screen. The default distances for the layup markers are 100, 150, 200. Note: Keep moving Up to cycle through the Hazards, Layup or Green view screen, depending on which are applicable for the current hole.

  • Page 20: Approaching The Green

    Sand or water hazards are often placed adjacent to the green, which makes the approach to the pin more challenging and can require the golfer to The location of the hole changes from day to day to promote even wear of the turf on the green.

  • Page 21: Layup And Green Views

    The pin location is shown and reflects the middle value on the range screen. See also: Layup and green views Layup and green views As you approach the green, move Up or Down to swap between the layup screen and the green view as shown below.
  • Page 22 Once you have passed the last layup marker, the watch automatically shows only the view of the green. See also: Approaching the green using your watch...

  • Page 23: Hazards

    Hazards About hazards A hazard is an area of a golf course which provides a difficult obstacle for the golfer to negotiate. A course may include water hazards such as lakes and rivers, man-made hazards such as bunkers, and natural hazards such as trees or thick vegetation.
  • Page 24 293 (back) and 278 (front) as shown below. Position of hazards on the fairway Your TomTom Golfer shows the position of hazards relative to their position on the actual course. For example, the watch below is showing a...
  • Page 25 If there are no hazards on a hole or you have passed them already, you see a tick in the middle of the Hazards screen. Note: When there is no information available about hazards on a hole, you see a message saying No info.

  • Page 26: Scoring

    (the sum of the pars of each round). A golfer's score is compared with the par score. If a course has a par of 72 and a golfer takes 76 strokes to complete the course, the reported score is +4, or four over par, taking four shots more than par to complete the course.

  • Page 27: Viewing Previous Scores

    4. The total number of strokes taken so far for a round. In this example, the golfer has played one hole and taken 5 strokes so the total for the round so far is also 5 strokes. 5. The number of strokes for the hole just played.
  • Page 28 3. Move Right to see the par and total score for the round, split into the front 9 holes and back 9 holes, as shown below. 4. Move Right to see the score for each hole of that previous round. 5.

  • Page 29: Settings

    Phone For information as to why you should want to pair your watch with your phone or mobile device, see TomTom MySports app. To pair your watch with a phone or mobile device, do the following: 1. Make sure that your phone or mobile device is close by.
  • Page 30 Move down, left or right from the clock screen. Synchronising course information You can automatically synchronise golf course information with your TomTom MySports account by using this setting.

  • Page 31: Airplane Mode

    From the clock screen on your watch, move down to open the Settings screen, then select Phone and move right. Select Sync. If automatic uploading is currently switched OFF, move up or down to switch automatic uploading on. Airplane mode From the clock screen on your watch, move Down to open the Settings screen, select Airplane mode and then move Right.

  • Page 32: Profile

    Gender  Gender is used by the TomTom Golfer when playing a hole that may have different par values for men and women. For example, a hole could be a par 5 for women and a par 4 for men.

  • Page 33: Tomtom Mysports Account

    TomTom MySports account Your TomTom MySports account is a central storage location for all your sports information. To create an account, click the button in TomTom MySports Connect, or go directly to the website: mysports.tomtom.com As you can see from the diagram below, you can manage to your MySports account using either TomTom MySports Connect or the TomTom MySports app.

  • Page 34: Tomtom Mysports Connect

    Updates the software on your watch when new versions become available.  Updates golf course information on your watch.  Transfers any settings you make on TomTom MySports to your watch.   Updates the QuickGPSfix information on your watch.

  • Page 35: Tomtom Mysports Mobile App

    Important: Before using the MySports app on your smartphone, you need to link your watch to your MySports account using a computer. This needs to be done only once. You can download the TomTom MySports app for free from your usual app store or by going to tomtom.com/app.

  • Page 36: Glossary Of Terms

    Hazard A hazard is an area of a golf course which provides a difficult obstacle for the golfer to negotiate. A course may include water hazards such as lakes and rivers, man-made hazards such as bunkers, and natural hazards such as trees or thick vegetation.
  • Page 37 (the sum of the pars of each round). A golfer's score is compared with the par score. If a course has a par of 72 and a golfer takes 76 strokes to complete the course, the reported score is +4, or four over par, taking four shots more than par to complete the course.

  • Page 38: Addendum

    Operating temperatures: -20°C (-4°F) to 60°C (140°F). Do not expose to temperatures beyond this. R&TTE directive Hereby, TomTom declares that TomTom products and accessories are in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of the EU Directive 1999/5/EC. The declaration of conformity can be found here: tomtom.com/legal.
  • Page 39 The transmitters within this device must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. Responsible party in North America TomTom, Inc., 24 New England Executive Park, Suite 410, Burlington, MA 01803 Tel: 866 486-6866 option 1 (1-866-4-TomTom) Emissions information for Canada Operation is subject to the following two conditions: ...
  • Page 40 This equipment complies with IC RSS-102 radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncon-  trolled environment. This device and its antenna(s) must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any  other antenna or transmitter. This equipment complies with IC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environ- ment.

  • Page 41: Copyright Notices

    Copyright notices © 2015 TomTom. All rights reserved. TomTom and the "two hands" logo are registered trademarks of TomTom N.V. or one of its subsidiaries. Please see tomtom.com/legal for limited warranty and end user licence agreements applying to this product.

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