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- Page 1 TomTom NAVIGATOR...
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Page 2: Installation
5. Launch TomTom NAVIGATOR by tapping or selecting the TomTom button in your device menu. You have to answer a few questions to set up TomTom NAVIGATOR. Answer the questions by tapping the screen or by using the joystick. Note: TomTom GPS receivers connect automatically when you start TomTom NAVIGATOR. -
Page 3: Locating Your Current Position
Your GPS receiver must be outdoors to locate your current position. The first time you start NAVIGATOR, it can take up to 5 minutes to find your current position. If it takes longer than 5 minutes, make sure that you are in an open place without tall buildings or trees around you. -
Page 4: Chapter 2 Making Your First Journey
Chapter 2 Making your first journey Planning a route with TomTom NAVIGATOR is very simple. To plan your first route, Making your first journey follow the steps below. Note: You should always plan your journeys before you start driving. It is dangerous to plan routes when you are already moving. - Page 5 As with the name of the town, the names of the streets that match what you have typed are shown. 7. Now enter the house number of your destination and then tap Done. 8. NAVIGATOR asks you whether you need to arrive at a particular time.
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Page 6: Arrival Times
Tap YES to enter an arrival time. NAVIGATOR shows you whether you will arrive on time. For more information, see Arrival times on page 6. The route is then calculated by your TomTom NAVIGATOR. 9. When the route has been calculated, tap Done. -
Page 7: What Are The Other Navigation Options
Your arrival time is constantly recalculated during your journey. The status bar shows whether you will arrive on time or late, as shown below: You will arrive 55 minutes before the arrival time you entered. If the estimated arrival time is more than five minutes before the time you entered, it is shown in green. -
Page 8: Planning In Advance
Contact Planning in advance You can also use your NAVIGATOR to plan journeys in advance by selecting both your starting point and your destination. You could, for example, do the following: • Find out how long a journey is going to take before you start. -
Page 9: More Information About A Route
More information about a route To find out about your route in detail, tap the Details button on the route summary screen. You can then select from the following options: Tap this button for a list of all the turn instructions on the route. This is particularly useful if you need to explain a route to someone else. -
Page 10: Chapter 3 Driving View
Chapter 3 Driving View Driving View Buttons to zoom in and zoom out on your position (touchscreen devices only). To zoom in and out on your position on devices without a touchscreen, push the joystick up to zoom in, and push the joystick down to zoom out. Your current position. -
Page 11: Main Menu
Chapter 4 Menus Menus Main menu Tap the screen at any time when TomTom NAVIGATOR displays the Driving View to open the Main Menu. • Navigate to... Tap this button to start planning a route. • Find alternative... Tap this button if you want to avoid part of your route, travel via a specific location or calculate an alternative route. -
Page 12: Chapter 5 Finding Alternative Routes
Then tap one of the options below. Find alternative... Tap this button to calculate an alternative to the route already planned. Your NAVIGATOR will look for another route from your current location to your destination. Calculate alternative If you decide you would prefer to use the original route after all, tap Recalculate original. - Page 13 So you can select from all the same options: for example, Address, Favourite, Point of Interest and Point on map. Your NAVIGATOR will calculate a new route to your destination that passes the location you chose. Using this button, you can only travel via one location. If you want to pass more than one, use an Itinerary.
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Page 14: Chapter 6 Using The Map
Chapter 6 Using the map Every time you use your TomTom NAVIGATOR to plan a route, you are using the Using the map map. However, you can use the map in many other ways. To open the map, tap Browse map in the Main Menu. -
Page 15: Using The Cursor Button
With the Cursor button, you can use what you have found. Tap the cursor button to open the page of buttons shown below: Tap this button to navigate to the cursor position. Your NAVIGATOR will calculate the route there. Navigate there Tap this button to find a POI near the cursor position. - Page 16 Tap this button to create a POI at the cursor position. For more information about POIs, see Points of Interest on page 21. Add as POI Tap this button to travel via the cursor position. This button is only available if you are currently navigating to a destination.
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Page 17: What Are Favourites
You can then select the location of the Favourite from the list below. Give your Favourite a name that is easy to remember. Your NAVIGATOR will always suggest a name, usually the address of the Favourite. To enter the name, just start typing. - Page 18 You can add a Point of Interest (POI) as a Favourite. Does it make sense to do this? Point of If you visit a POI you particularly like, for example a restaurant, you can add Interest it as a Favourite. To add a POI as a Favourite, tap this button, then do the following: 1.
- Page 19 Tap this button to create a Favourite by entering latitude and longitude values. Latitude Longitude Tap this button to make a Favourite of the current position of a TomTom Buddy. For more information about TomTom Buddies, see TomTom PLUS on TomTom page 38.
- Page 20 2. Tap Change preferences to open the Preferences menu. 3. Tap Manage Favourites. Tip: Tap the arrow to move to the next page buttons. 4. Tap the Favourite you want to rename. 5. Tap Rename.
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Page 21: Chapter 8 Points Of Interest
Chapter 8 Points of Interest Points of Interest or POIs are useful places on the map. Here are some examples: Points of Interest • Restaurants • Hotels • Museums • Parking garages • Petrol stations Showing POIs on the map 1. -
Page 22: Managing Pois
Once you have selected a POI, the route to the POI is calculated by your TomTom NAVIGATOR. Managing POIs Tap Manage POIs from the Preferences menu. -
Page 23: How Can I Create My Own Pois
For example, you could create a category of POIs called ‘Favourite restaurants’. With each POI, save their phone number so that you can call them from your NAVIGATOR to reserve a table. How can I create my own POIs? 1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu. -
Page 24: How Can I Set Warnings For Pois
Tap this button to create a POI by entering latitude and longitude values. Latitude Longitude Tap this button to make a POI of the current position of a TomTom Buddy. For more information about TomTom Buddies, see TomTom PLUS on page 38. - Page 25 7. Choose the warning sound for the category of POI you selected.
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Page 26: Chapter 9 Itinerary Planning
Chapter 9 Itinerary planning Itinerary planning What is an Itinerary? An Itinerary is a plan for a journey with more stops than just your final destination. An Itinerary is made up of the following items: • Destinations - the end of a particular journey, the place where you want to stop. •... -
Page 27: Creating An Itinerary
When you have passed a waypoint or reached a destination, it is marked as visited. Waypoints are shown on the map but your NAVIGATOR will not warn you when you are approaching a waypoint, or tell you when you reach the waypoint. -
Page 28: Start Using An Itinerary
Tap this button to move the item up the Itinerary. This button is unavailable if the item is at the top of the Itinerary. Move item up Tap this button to move the item down the Itinerary. This button is unavailable if the item is at the bottom of the Itinerary. Move item down Tap this button to see the location of the item on the map. -
Page 29: Safety Preferences
When should I use this? Use Night colours When it’s dark outside, it’s easier to see the screen of your NAVIGATOR if it isn’t so bright. To change back to a brighter screen and brighter colours on the map, tap the button Use day colours. -
Page 30: Turn Off Map Display
The Main Menu shows only a few buttons that may be needed while you are driving. As soon as your car stops moving, you will be able to access all of the buttons and features again. Turn off map display When you turn off the map display, instead of seeing your position on a map in the Driving View, you will only see information about the next instruction. -
Page 31: Volume Preferences
Turn off sound / Turn on sound Tap this button to turn the spoken instructions off. The button changes to Turn on sound. If you turn the sound off, warnings for upcoming POIs are also turned off. Turn off sound To change the volume, tap Volume preferences in the Preferences menu. -
Page 32: Change Language
Using TomTom HOME on page 40. Manage maps • Switch map - tap this button to change the map you are using. • Delete a map - tap this button to create more space on your NAVIGATOR by deleting a map. -
Page 33: Manage Pois
Manage POIs Tap this button to do the following: • Set alerts for when you are near POIs. For example, your NAVIGATOR can tell you when there is a petrol station Manage POIs nearby. • Create your own POI categories and add POIs to them. -
Page 34: Planning Preferences
Toll road preferences If you set that your NAVIGATOR should ask you when there is a toll road on the route, you are asked whether you want to avoid the toll road as soon as you plan the route. -
Page 35: Reset Factory Settings
Hide tips Do not ask arrival time / Ask arrival time Tap this button to stop your NAVIGATOR from asking you if you want to arrive by a particular time whenever you plan a route. To turn this option on again, tap Ask arrival time. -
Page 36: Chapter 11 Tomtom Traffic
TomTom NAVIGATOR. Then do the following: 1. Tap TomTom Traffic in the Main Menu. 2. Tap Enable Traffic. Using Traffic When TomTom Traffic is enabled the Traffic bar is shown on the right-hand side of the Driving View, as shown below:... -
Page 37: Updating Traffic Information
You are then asked if you want to limit how often Traffic is updated. If you choose not to limit how often Traffic is updated, then TomTom will send updated traffic information to your NAVIGATOR as soon as it is available. -
Page 38: Tomtom Plus
TomTom PLUS while you’re on the road. You can subscribe to a range of extras and download them either directly to your NAVIGATOR, or to your computer from where you can transfer them to your NAVIGATOR. Tips • New services are being added regularly. Use TomTom HOME or visit www.tomtom.com/plus to find out what’s available. - Page 39 Points of Interest Find the places you need quickly with the locations of thousands of Points of Interest (POIs).
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Page 40: Installing Tomtom Home
• Buy TomTom PLUS services and manage your subscriptions. Installing TomTom HOME To install TomTom HOME, put the CD which came with your NAVIGATOR into your computer. If the installation does not start, browse to the CD on your computer and double- click the file Install TomTom HOME. -
Page 41: Restoring A Backup
Restoring a backup If you ever have a problem with your NAVIGATOR, you can restore the backup. Follow steps 1 and 2 above, then select the latest backup and click Restore. The latest backup will be restored to your NAVIGATOR. -
Page 42: Global Positioning System (Gps)
TomTom Buddies. For more information, visit www.tomtom.com/plus Maps Once your NAVIGATOR knows where you are and you have told it where you want to go, it uses the digital map on the memory card to work out the best route to your destination. -
Page 43: Chapter 15 Tomtom Limited Warranty
Hardware. HOW TO MAKE A WARRANTY CLAIM 3) In order to make a claim of a Defect, you must contact TomTom by email during the Warranty Period via www.tomtom.com to explain the Defect and to obtain an RMA number (Return Materials Authorization) if necessary. - Page 44 8) This Limited Warranty cannot be transferred to any other person. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 9) Neither TomTom nor its suppliers shall be liable to you or to any third party for any damages either direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or otherwise...
- Page 45 TomTom NAVIGATOR. TomTom International B.V. and TomTom, Inc. cannot accept any liability for the availability and accuracy of GPS. Use with Care Use of TomTom NAVIGATOR for navigation still means that you need to drive with due care and attention. SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING DRIVING IN CALIFORNIA California Vehicle Code Section 26708 (a) (1) provides that "No persons shall drive...
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Page 46: Chapter 17 Copyright Notices
© 2006 TomTom International B.V., The Netherlands. Patents Pending. All rights reserved. TomTom and the TomTom logo are registered trademarks of TomTom International B.V., The Netherlands. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Our end user license agreement and a limited warranty apply to this product; they are included in this package.
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