Units; Run In Background; Mytomtom Account - TomTom GO Mobile Reference Manual

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Accident blackspots
This type of warning is given for a place where road traffic accidents have historically been con-
centrated.
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Risk zones
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This type of warning is only given in France where you are only warned about danger zones.
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Traffic jams
Traffic jam warnings in the route bar are part of
warned or to be warned when approaching a jam too quickly.
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When speeding
This warning is given as soon as you exceed the speed limit by more than 5 km/h or 3 mph. When
you are speeding, the speed panel also turns red in the guidance view.

Units

Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Language & Units.
On this screen, you can change the following settings:
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Distance
Select this setting to choose the units used on your device for features such as route planning. If
you want the units to be set by the GPS, select Automatic.

Run in background

Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Run in Background.
Select Run GO Mobile app in the background to put the app in the background but still receive
spoken instructions when your are driving a planned route.
Important: You will still use your free miles or kilometres when the app is running in the background.

MyTomTom account

Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select MyTomTom Account.
You need a MyTomTom account to purchase upgrades. You can create a new account or log-in using
an existing account.
Select Create account to create an account from your device.
Important: Take care when choosing a country during account creation. The correct country is
needed if you make a purchase from TomTom and it cannot be changed after the account has been
created.
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