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TomTom Rider User Manual

TomTom Rider User Manual

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  • Page 1 TomTom RIDER...

  • Page 2: What's In The Box

    What’s in the box What’s in the box A Your TomTom RIDER B Your product code card D Cardo scala-rider™ headset F Holder and security strap Touchscreen On/Off button Memory card (SD card) slot USB connector Charging connector Reset button C A memory card (SD card) E RAM Mount™...
  • Page 3 H Home charger J Battery cable I Documentation pack K USB cable...
  • Page 4 3. Press and hold the On/Off button for 2 seconds, or until your TomTom RIDER starts. The first time you switch on your TomTom RIDER, it may take up to 20 seconds to start. To switch off your TomTom RIDER, press and hold the On/ Off button for 2 seconds.

  • Page 5: Using Your Headset

    LED flashes red 3 times. A descending alert tone is played. If you did not establish a Bluetooth connection between your Bluetooth headset module and your TomTom RIDER when you first turned your RIDER on, you can establish the connection at any time.
  • Page 6 Locating your current position Your TomTom RIDER must be outside to be able to locate your current position. The first time you start your RIDER, it takes up to 5 minutes for the device to find your current position. In future, your position will be found much faster, normally within a few seconds.
  • Page 7 Take care of your TomTom RIDER It is important to take care of your RIDER and to clean it correctly. • Use a soft cloth to wipe the screen of your RIDER; do not use any liquid cleaners. • If your RIDER gets wet, dry it with a soft cloth.

  • Page 8: Making Your First Trip

    Making your first trip Planning a route with TomTom RIDER is very simple. To plan your first route, Making your first trip 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 9 When your destination is shown in the list, tap the name of the street to set the destination. 7. Now enter the house number of your destination and then tap Done. 8. Your RIDER asks you whether you need to arrive at a particular time.

  • Page 10: Arrival Times

    Note: Before you can plan a route in this way, TomTom RIDER must first locate your current position. Arrival times When you plan a route, your RIDER asks you if you need to arrive by a particular time: Tap YES to enter an arrival time.

  • Page 11: What Are The Other Navigation Options

    Tap this button to enter a destination with latitude and longitude values. Latitude Longitude Tap this button to navigate to the current position of a TomTom Buddy. Don’t forget that the Buddy may move before you reach him. For more information about TomTom Buddies, see TomTom PLUS on TomTom page 50.

  • Page 12: Planning In Advance

    Planning in advance You can also use your RIDER to plan trips in advance by selecting both your starting point and your destination. You could, for example, do the following: • Find out how long a trip is going to take before you start.
  • Page 13 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. Browse as text Tap this button to see each turn in the trip. Tap the right and left arrows to move forwards and backwards through the trip.

  • Page 14: Driving View

    Normally this area shows the remaining trip time, remaining distance, and arrival time. To set which information is displayed, tap Status bar preferences in the Preferences menu. G Indicator of the strength of the GPS signal. For more information about GPS, see How Does Navigation Work? on page 54.

  • Page 15: Main Menu

    Preferences on page 36. Hidden buttons and features When you first start using your TomTom RIDER, not all of the buttons will be displayed in the menu. Many buttons and some more advanced features are hidden because you will...
  • Page 16 TomTom RIDER. Why can't I open the main menu while I am driving? • Safety – it would be dangerous to operate your TomTom RIDER with all the available menu buttons while driving. • Gloves – when you are wearing gloves, the buttons in the normal menu are too small to use easily.

  • Page 17: Finding Alternative Routes

    Then tap one of the options below. Find alterna- tive... Tap this button to calculate an alternative to the route already planned. Your RIDER 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 18 Tap this button to recalculate your route so that it avoids traffic problems as much as possible. Your RIDER will check if there are any traffic problems on your route and work out the best route to avoid the problems.

  • Page 19: Using The Map

    Using the Map Every time you use your TomTom RIDER 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 20: Using The Cursor Button

    Tap this button to call the cursor position. This button is only available if your RIDER has the phone number for the cursor postion. The phone numbers of many POIs are stored in your RIDER. If you entered Call phone numbers for POIs you have created, you can also call them.

  • Page 21: What Are Favorites

    You can then select the location of the Favorite from the list below. Give your Favorite a name that is easy to remember. Your RIDER will always suggest a name, usually the address of the Favorite. To enter the name, just start typing.
  • Page 22 For more information about POIs, see Points of Interest on page 25. Tap this button to add your current postion as a Favorite. For example, if you see stop somewhere you like, while you are there you can tap this button to create the Favorite. GPS postion...
  • Page 23 Tap this button to create a Favorite by entering latitude and longitude values. Latitude Longitude Tap this button to make a Favorite of the current position of a TomTom Buddy. For more information about TomTom Buddies, see TomTom PLUS on TomTom page 50.
  • Page 24 3. Tap Manage Favorites. Tip: Tap the arrow to move to the next page buttons. 4. Tap the Favorite you want to rename. 5. Tap Rename.

  • Page 25: Points Of Interest

    The POIs you selected are shown on the map as symbols. Calling a POI Your TomTom RIDER knows the phone numbers for many POIs. You can, for example, call a restaurant to book a table or a cinema to book tickets.

  • Page 26: Navigating To A Poi

    Navigating to a POI 1. Tap the screen to bring up the main menu. 2. Tap Navigate to... in the Main Menu. 3. Tap Point of Interest. 4. Narrow your choice of POIs by selecting the area where the POI is. You can select one of these options: •...

  • Page 27: Managing 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 RIDER to reserve a table. How can I create my own POIs? 1. Tap the screen to bring up the main menu.
  • Page 28 For example, if you stop somewhere you like, while you are there you can tap this button to create the POI. GPS postion Tap this button to create a POI using the map browser. Select the location of the POI using the cursor, then tap Done.

  • Page 29: How Can I Set Warnings For Pois

    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 50. TomTom Buddy How can I set warnings for POIs? 1. Tap the screen to bring up the main menu.

  • Page 30: Itinerary Planning

    Itinerary planning Itinerary planning What is an Itinerary? An Itinerary is a plan for a trip 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 31: Following 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 RIDER will not warn you when you are approaching a waypoint, or tell you when you reach the waypoint.

  • Page 32: Start Using An Itinerary

    Tap this button to repeat part of your Itinerary. Your RIDER will navigate you to this item followed by the rest of the items in the Itinerary. This button is only shown if you have already visited this item. Mark ‘to visit’...

  • Page 33: Handsfree Calling

    See your phone’s user guide for information about Bluetooth® settings. Your Phone Book You can copy your phonebook from your mobile phone to your TomTom RIDER so that you can make calls with just a few taps on the screen. This is the safest way to make hands-free calls.

  • Page 34: Making A Call

    • Tap Point of Interest to choose a Point of Interest (POI) to call. If your RIDER knows the phone number of a POI, this is shown next to the POI: • Tap Phonebook entry to select a contact from your phonebook.

  • Page 35: Auto Answer

    RIDER. • Tap Recent caller to select from a list of people or numbers who called you recently. Only calls you have received on your RIDER are saved in this list. For information about POIs, see Points of Interest on page 25.

  • Page 36: Hidden Buttons And Features

    When should I use this? When it’s dark outside, it’s easier to see the screen of your RIDER if it isn’t so bright. Use day colors To change back to a brighter screen and brighter colors on the map, tap the...

  • Page 37: Turn Off Map Display

    Turn on 3D display In some situations, it is easier to see the map from above. Perhaps if the roads are very complicated or if you are walking and using your RIDER to navigate. 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 38: Turn Off Sound / Turn On Sound

    Turn on sound. If you turn the sound off, warnings for upcoming POIs are also turned off. Turn off sound Can I still use my RIDER to make hands-free calls when the sound is turned off? Turning the sound off does not affect hands-free calling. You will still be able to hear the caller.

  • Page 39: Change Home Location

    Tap this button to set the time and to change the way the time is displayed. The easiest way to set the time is by tapping the Sync button. Your RIDER will then take the time from the GPS information it receives.

  • Page 40: Switch Map

    Switch map When do I need to switch map? You have to tell your RIDER which map you want to use. If there is more than one map on the memory card in your RIDER, you can switch to another map.

  • Page 41: Manage Pois

    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 RIDER by deleting a map. Don’t delete a map unless you have already made a backup of the map.

  • Page 42: Change Map Colors

    If the speed limit for road you are on is available, it is shown next to your speed. If you drive faster than the speed limit, your speed is shown in red. When you first start your TomTom RIDER, the remaining time, remaining distance, arrival time and the street name are shown. Change map colors This button may only be available if all menu options are shown.

  • Page 43: Toll Road Preferences

    If you set that your RIDER 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 44: Set Units

    Tap this button to select whether a compass is shown and what the compass shows. The following options are available: • One with arrow pointing north - the arrow always points north and the direction you are moving is at the top of the compass. Compass preferences •...

  • Page 45: Name Preferences

    For more information, see Hidden buttons and features on page 36. Tap this button to stop your RIDER from giving you tips from time to time. After you hide the tips, the button changes to Show tips. Tap this button to turn tips on again.
  • Page 46 5. Click Set Owner. You can now set a 4-digit password for your RIDER so that only you can use it. You can only create a 4-digit password using TomTom HOME. You can only change or delete a 4-digit password on your TomTom RIDER.

  • Page 47: Reset Factory Settings

    Show ALL menu options. For more information, see Hidden buttons and features on page 36. Tap this button to stop your RIDER from asking you if you want to arrive by a particular time whenever you plan a route.

  • Page 48: Tomtom Traffic

    TomTom Traffic TomTom Traffic is a TomTom PLUS service that sends up-to-date traffic information to your RIDER. To use TomTom Traffic you must have a mobile phone with Bluetooth and a wireless data connection, for example, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, CDMA.

  • Page 49: 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 RIDER as soon as it is available.

  • Page 50: Tomtom Plus

    You can subscribe to a range of extras and download them either directly to your RIDER or to your computer and then transfer them to your RIDER. Tips • New services are being added regularly. Use TomTom HOME or visit www.tomtom.com/plus to find out what’s available.
  • Page 51 Points of Interest Find the places you need quickly with the locations of thousands of Points of Interest (POIs).

  • Page 52: Using Tomtom Home

    Connect your RIDER to your computer and switch it on. Making a Backup One of the most important things you can do with TomTom HOME is make a backup of your TomTom RIDER. 1. Connect your RIDER to your computer using the USB cable and switch your RIDER on.

  • Page 53: Restoring A Backup

    Restoring a Backup If you ever have a problem with your RIDER, 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 RIDER.

  • Page 54: How Does Navigation Work

    TomTom Buddies. For more information, visit www.tomtom.com/plus Maps Once your RIDER 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...

  • Page 55: Tomtom Limited Warranty

    Hardware or any costs related herewith. HOW TO MAKE A WARRANTY CLAIM 3) In order to make a claim of a Defect, you must contact TomTom during the Warranty Period at: 1-978-287-9555 or per email via www.tomtom.com to explain the Defect and to obtain an RMA number (Return Materials Authorization) if necessary.

  • Page 56: Limitation Of Liability

    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 indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages (including in each case, but not limited to, damages for the inability to use the...

  • Page 57: Battery Notes

    Note: Your TomTom RIDER uses a small amount of battery power to maintain its state when you switch it off. If you do not charge it for a prolonged period of time then you will lose this state and your TomTom RIDER will re-start. Your settings will, however, be kept.

  • Page 58: Important Safety Notices And Warnings

    TomTom RIDER. TomTom does not accept any liability for the availability and accuracy of GPS. Use with Care Use of TomTom RIDER for navigation still means that you need to drive with due care and attention. Aircraft and Hospitals Use of devices with an antenna is prohibited on most aircraft, in many hospitals and in many other locations.

  • Page 59: Fcc Information For The User

    If the user modifies the equipment or its peripherals in any way, and these modifications are not approved by TomTom, the FCC may withdraw the user’s right to operate the equipment. For customers in the USA, the following booklet prepared by the Federal Communications Commission may be of help: “How to Identify and...

  • Page 60: Fcc Declaration Of Conformity

    FCC Declaration of Conformity Tested to Comply with FCC Standards for Home or Office Use TomTom RIDER has been tested to – and complies with – part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1.
  • Page 61 © 2007 TomTom International B.V., The Netherlands. Copyright notices 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;...

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