The Route Bar; Rotating Your Device - TomTom GO Mobile Reference Manual

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Note: If your device cannot find your location using GPS or other methods, the symbol appears
grey.
8. Route bar. The route bar is shown when you have planned a route.

The route bar

The route bar is shown when you have planned a route. It has an arrival information panel at the top,
and a bar with symbols underneath.
Note: The distance ahead shown by the route bar depends on the overall length of your route.
Note: To make the route bar more readable some incidents may not be shown. These incidents will
always be of minor importance and only cause short delays.
The route bar also shows status messages, for example Finding fastest route or Playing route
preview.

Rotating your device

You can use your device in a landscape or a portrait position. You might find it easier to search for
something with the device in the portrait position, but drive to your destination with the device in the
landscape position.
When you turn your device to a portrait position, some parts of the screen appear in a different place.
Here are some examples:
The route bar stays on the right, but the arrival information panel is shown in a bar across the top
of the screen.
The arrival information panel shows the following information:
The estimated time that you will arrive at your destination.
The length of time to drive to the destination from your current location.
A parking button is shown near the destination flag when parking is
available near your destination.
Tip: If your destination is in a different time zone, you see a plus (+)
or a minus (-) sign and the time difference in hours and half hours in
the
arrival information
time at your destination.
If you have
stops
on your route, select this panel to change between
information about the next stop and your final destination.
You can
choose the information you see
The bar uses symbols to show the following information:
The next two
stops
Petrol stations
that are directly on your route.
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Traffic.
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Speed Cameras
The symbols are in the order that they occur on your route. For traffic
incidents, the symbol for each incident alternates between showing the
type of incident and the delay in minutes. Select a symbol to see more
information about a stop, an incident or a speed camera.
The total time delay due to traffic jams and other incidents on your route,
including information provided by IQ Routes, is shown above the symbols.
For a complete list of incident types, see
The bottom of the route bar represents your current location and shows
the distance to the next incident on your route.
panel. The estimated time of arrival is the local
on the arrival information panel.
on your route.
and
Danger
Zones.
Traffic
18
incidents.

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