Preferences No; Use Night Colours; Manage Poi; Hide Poi - TomTom GO 500 Quick Start Manual

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Preferences
The default night colours, designed not to
affect your night vision.
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Preferences
You can change much of the look and feel of
your TomTom system to your own liking by using
the main menu option 'Change preferences'
. Use to cycle through the different
pages of preferences. Here are some of the
most important ones (you'll find the full set in the
manual on CD).
Tip: The icons shown for some preferences will change,
depending on the state the preference is currently in.
For example, choosing 'Turn off sound' disables
the voice instructions. Once disabled, the option and icon
change to 'Turn on sound' , reflecting the action to
take when it is next selected.

Use night colours

Bright colours are normally used in the maps so
that you can see them clearly even in sunlight.
When it is dark outside, you may want to use
the preference 'Use night colours' , to
show the map in (by default) dark and subdued
colours that will not interfere with your night
vision. You can use the preference 'Use day
to revert to the original colour
colours'
scheme.
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Manage POI

POI is an abbreviation you'll see a lot, standing for
'Point Of Interest'. Dozens of categories of POIs
are built-in, from airports to petrol stations, from
restaurants to theatres. Most importantly, POIs can
be used as destinations, can be shown on the
map and can even warn you of their proximity (for
example, looking for a car park or petrol station
while driving in a strange city).
You can choose which Points Of Interest catego-
ries you're interested in by selecting the option
'Enable/Disable POI' , or set up a warning
(you can have as many as you like) with the
option 'Warn when near POI' .

Hide POI

Once you've spent time carefully browsing
through the categories in 'Manage POI' and
have chosen the ones you need, you can hide
all of them from the main navigation view in one
stroke with 'Hide POI' and then show your
preferred set again with 'Show POI' .
Change Home location
You can set or change your 'Home' location
at any time by using 'Change home location'
. You will then be able to select this quickly
later as a departure or destination point.
Preferences
A typical selection of POIs from the categories
selected in the 'Manage POI' preference.
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