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- Page 1 Manual -HP EDITION- TomTom Navigator -HP Edition- User Guide Copyright ©1996-2004 TomTom B.V., The Netherlands. TomTom is a trademark of TomTom BV. Data copyright ©2004 Tele Atlas N.V., The Netherlands. Data copyright ©2004 Tele Atlas Inc, U.S.A. http://www.tomtom.com...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Introduction Thank you for purchasing TomTom Navigator -HP Edition- as your navigation system. This User Guide is your reference using TomTom Navigator -HP Edition-. Table of Contents 1. What you see on the screen 1.1. The main screen 1.2. The menu 1.3. -
Page 3: What You See On The Screen
1.1. The main screen The main screen of TomTom Navigator -HP Edition- is used to navigate to your destination. Your position is displayed on the map using your GPS receiver. If your GPS receiver is switched off, or has not (yet) determined a clear position from the GPS satellites, the main screen displays your last known position. - Page 4 The dark red path indicates the calculated route. The route instructions will guide you along this path to reach your destination. Your next driving instruction (presented in your distance units street name you will reach if you follow the current driving instruction. If the "sound off" indicator shown, the displayed instruction will be accompanied by voice instructions.
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Page 5: The Menu
Ignoring the planned route TomTom Navigator -HP Edition- is very flexible. If you take a turn different from the one in the instruction ( by mistake or on purpose) TomTom Navigator -HP Edition- will adjust almost instantly to the new situation. -
Page 6: The Route Summary
When a menu option is not available, the icon is dimmed and cannot be selected. The 10 main menu options are explained in The "change preferences" option gives access to several menu pages with preference options, which are explained in chapter 1.3. - Page 7 The current destination is shown as an address, the name of a favourite or a point of interest. The indicators show battery strength, GPS signal strength, number of GPS satellites and GPS coordinates (if available). Tap this area to see the full hardware.
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Page 8: The Map Browser
1.4. The map browser TomTom Navigator -HP Edition- offers many features that allow you to browse around on a map. You can do so by tapping Browse map On the map, you will find all the items you might find on a normal paper map, such as cities, towns, roads, streets, rivers and lakes, points of interest (such as petrol stations, restaurants and hospitals) etc. - Page 9 The blinking icon represents your cursor. Simply tap the map anywhere to place the cursor at that position. To increase or decrease the scale of the map, move the zoom slider (white square at the side of the screen) up or down. The map will zoom in (or out) relative to your cursor position. To browse around, simply tap the map, keep your finger on the screen and drag it around.
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Page 10: The Schematic View
Some people prefer the simplicity of this "at-a-glance" schematic display. You can switch to the schematic display using the You can also set TomTom Navigator -HP Edition- to hide the map only when you speed. The screen items are described in main screen. -
Page 11: Browsers And Locations
2. Browsers and locations 2.1 Browsers Tap a line to select it; if you change your mind and wish to go back to the previous screen without selecting anything, press the BACK or CANCEL button If there are more lines than fit on the screen, you can browse to the other pages of the list by tapping When a line has too much text to fit on the screen, it will be abbreviated. -
Page 12: Picking Your Home Location
You can select a location by several options: Home - your "home" location Favourite - one of your own favourite locations Recent destination - Point of Interest (POI) - a Address - a city, street and house number GPS position - your current location (as measured by your GPS device) 2.2.1 Picking your HOME location The main advantage of the HOME location is simply that you can select it with a single tap of your finger. -
Page 13: Picking A Recent Destination
dimmed. Otherwise, you will be presented with a browser listing of all your favourite locations in alphabetical order: chapter 2.1 for details about how to browse, search for particular items, etc. You can turn locations into favourites using the "Add favourite"... -
Page 14: Picking Your Gps Position
In order to pick a POI, you first need to pick a POI category. As there are many categories, TomTom Navigator -HP Edition- first presents you with a menu listing the five categories that you have most often and/or most recently used. - Page 15 Once you have picked the POI category you want, TomTom Navigator -HP Edition- will provide a list of POI, in order of proximity. Note:...
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Page 16: Picking An Address
TomTom Navigator -HP Edition- will initially present you with a list of recently used city names. In other words, after you have used TomTom Navigator for a while, you will often be able to pick the city without typing any letters at all. - Page 17 Once you have selected a city, you will be asked for a street name. Once again, a few letters usually suffice. Note that TomTom Navigator -HP Edition- is quite capable of finding streets on the basis of misspelled or incomplete names. This also means that if you are looking for a street such as "Avenue de...
- Page 18 The street browser initially offers recently selected street names in the selected city. In other words, after you have used TomTom Navigator for a while, you will sometimes be able to pick a street without typing any letters at all.
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Page 19: The Menu
Related topic: To learn more about the options to set a destination, see the locations " If you are not happy with the route TomTom Navigator -HP Edition- has calculated you can recalculate a new route. For detailed instructions see Chapter... -
Page 20: Planning From A To B
Related topic: Add favourite To learn more about the options to set a destination, see the locations " TomTom Navigator -HP Edition- has many preferences which set the behaviour to your personal liking. the preference menu in detail. Change preferences To plan a route without a valid GPS signal. - Page 21 For fast selection TomTom Navigator -HP Edition- offers you the option to use your last destination again. If you have not calculated a route before this will not be offered.
- Page 22 If you do not want to use your last destination again, use the locations picker to set any type of location as your destination. The calculated route will be presented in the route summary screen. You can review the route on the map, as written instructions and the summary statistics (total distance and estimated total journey time).
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Page 23: Alternative Routes
Alternative route options are available from the menu by tapping Find alternative Routes are calculated on the basis of the time required to reach the destination. In other words, TomTom Navigator -HP Edition- calculates the quickest way to get you to your destination. -
Page 24: The Preferences
Time of day Estimated time for the next instruction The distance is presented in your 4. The preferences TomTom Navigator -HP Edition- offers many preferences – options that allow you to change the look and feel to your liking. buttons. distance units... -
Page 25: Use Night Colours
4.1. Use night colours / Use day colours Normally, TomTom Navigator -HP Edition- uses bright colours with a lot of contrast, so that you can see the map clearly, even in bright sunlight. When it is dark outside, you may want to switch to night colours. -
Page 26: Turn Off 3D Display
To change the style of the map display, use the 4.2. Turn off 3D display / Turn on 3D display You can use the map in the main screen perspective similar to the view you have while driving a car. The alternative is the 2D display which shows the map from the sky like your paper maps. -
Page 27: Hide Poi
4.4. Hide POI / Show POI main screen can show points of interest (POI) as icons in the map. Every category of POI will be shown using its own icon. This Hide POI/Show POI preference either shows all specified POI categories or no POI's on the map. -
Page 28: Maintain Favourites
Maintain your list of favourite locations by tapping Maintain favourite TomTom Navigator -HP Edition- allows you to maintain a list of favourites – locations that you use a lot, like your work address, your company headquarters, your best friends, your most important customers, your hotel etc. -
Page 29: Gps Status
confirm the renaming. Note: If your favourite list is empty the icon is dimmed and cannot be selected. If the location changes for one of your favourites you should create this as a new location. Deleting a favourite will be executed immediately without a confirmation. Related topics: For an explanation on how to use the browser to select a favourite, see the 4.8. -
Page 30: Switch Map
The schematic representation of the sky showing the positions of the satellites Measuring bars for the signal strength of each visual satellite, locked satellites are shown in blue Configure GPS to browse through the list of supported GPS devices until your GPS device is shown. Specify your GPS device by selecting DONE. -
Page 31: Change Map Colours
Related topics: Whether POI are shown at all is controlled by the For more information about how to use browsers, see the 4.11. Change map colours Change the way maps are coloured by tapping Change map colours All maps are shown using a colour scheme, this determines the colours used for each element shown in the map. -
Page 32: Use Larger Keyboard
Related topics: To switch between day and night colours, use the "Use night colours" preference option. 4.12. Use larger keyboard / Use smaller keyboard This preference lets you select a larger keyboard (which makes it easier to enter letters) or a smaller keyboard (which leaves more room for items in the list). -
Page 33: About Navigator
For more information relating to the use of the keyboard, see the sections about entering an address. 4.13. About Navigator To see the version and copyright details of your TomTom Navigator -HP Edition- software, tap About Navigator 4.14. Set name display Set your name display preferences by tapping Set name display... -
Page 34: Change Home Location
4.15. Change Home location Change your home location by tapping Change home location This preference lets you specify the location that is to be used as your "home". The advantage of the HOME location is simply that you can select it with a single tap of your finger. It is therefore useful to set it to the location that is most central in your travels, such as your home, your parking spot or your office. -
Page 35: Set Metric Units
4.16. Set metric units Set the preferred units by tapping Set units This preference lets you specify how distances are expressed (in kilometres or in miles); how longitudes and latitudes are displayed (using decimals or sexagesimals); and how times are displayed (using 24- hour format, or using the 12-hour am/pm format). -
Page 37: Left-Handed Lay-Out
4.18. Set schematic speed Modify the schematic speed by tapping Set schematic speed You can set TomTom Navigator -HP Edition- to hide the map when you go faster than a certain speed. Instead of the map, a much simpler, schematic design is used to display driving instructions. -
Page 38: Change Voice
Related topics: To turn the schematic view on/off regardless of speed, use the "Turn on/off map display" preference option. For more information about the schematic view, see the schematic view description. 4.19. Change voice Change the voice used for driving instructions by tapping Change voice This preference lets you change the voice used for driving instructions. -
Page 39: Switch Language
"Turn off sound" preference option. 4.20. Switch Language Set the language used by TomTom Navigator -HP Edition- by tapping Switch language This preference will set the language in which the menus and screens are shown. Simply tap the language of your choice. -
Page 40: Poi Appendix
TomTom Navigator -HP Edition- comes with a powerful POI management tool. Not only you can enable and disable the available POI categories, you can also add new categories of POI's and your own POI's! TomTom Navigator -HP Edition- can even warn you when you are near POI in a chosen category. -
Page 41: Installation
After choosing your preferred language, carefully read the license agreement. Next you will be presented with the main Setup Menu. You can use this menu to install TomTom Navigator -HP Edition-, to load extra maps, to change voices and to access further product information. -
Page 42: Re-)Installing Tomtom Navigator -Hp Edition-, Voices And Maps
5.4. (Re-)Installing TomTom Navigator -HP Edition-, voices and maps From the main Setup Menu choose the appropriate option. You will be guided through a number of screens to refine your choices. Note: Maps can be installed directly to a memory card that is inserted into a PC Memory Card Reader...