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  • Page 1 TomTom XL...

  • Page 2: Getting Started

    Get- ting started 1. Push the EasyPort™ Mount on your TomTom XL against the windscreen in your car. 2. Adjust the angle of your device. 3. Lock the EasyPort Mount by twisting the base. 4. Insert the Car Charger into your device.

  • Page 3: Gps Reception

    The Mount comes away from the windscreen. GPS reception When you first start your TomTom XL navigation device, the device may need a few min- utes to determine your GPS position and show your current position on the map. In future, your position will be found much faster, usually within a few seconds.
  • Page 4 First, check that the battery is properly charged. To charge the battery, connect your device to the car charger. It can take up to 2 hours to fully charge the battery. If this does not solve the problem, you can reset the device. First turn your device off and wait for at least 10 seconds.

  • Page 5: Driving View

    Driving View Driving View 1. Your current position. 2. The name of the next major road or road sign information, if applicable. 3. Your speed and the speed limit, if known. Tap this area to repeat the last spoken instruction and to change the volume. 4.

  • Page 6: Advanced Lane Guidance

    Note: Lane guidance is not available for all junctions or in all countries. Your TomTom XL helps you prepare for motorway exits and junctions by showing the cor- rect driving lane for your planned route. As you approach an exit or junction, the lane you need is shown on the screen.

  • Page 7: Main Menu Buttons

    Main Menu The Main Menu is the starting point for planning a route, looking at a map or changing Main Menu your device settings. To open the Main Menu from the Driving View, tap the centre of the screen. To return to the Driving View from the Main Menu, tap done. Main Menu buttons The following buttons are shown on the Main Menu.
  • Page 8 Night /Day night Tap this button to set the night colour scheme, which reduces the brightness of the screen and shows the map using dark colours. This is useful when driving at night or in dark environments such as long tunnels. Tap this button to set the day colour scheme, which increases the brightness of the screen and shows the map using bright colours.

  • Page 9: Browse Map

    Browse Map To look at the map in the same way as you might look at a traditional paper map, tap Browse Browse map in the Main Menu. You can move the map by touching the screen and sliding your finger across the screen. 1.

  • Page 10: Planning A Route

    Planning a route 1. Tap the screen to open the Main Menu. Plan- ning a route 2. Tap Plan route. You can enter an address in various ways, but we will enter the full address. 3. Tap Address. 4. Start to type the name of the town where your journey will begin and tap on the name when it appears in the list.

  • Page 11: Planning A Route With A New Starting Point

    Planning a route with a new starting point To plan a route in advance of travelling or to use a starting point that isn’t your current location, do the following: 1. Tap the screen to open the Main Menu. 2. Tap Plan route. 3.

  • Page 12: Finding Alternative Routes

    Finding alternative routes Once you have planned a route, you may want to change something about the route, with- Find- alterna- tive routes out changing your destination. Reasons for changing a route Maybe for one of these reasons: • You can see a roadblock or a line of traffic ahead. •...
  • Page 13 Tap this button to replan your original route. This button is shown when you have changed your route by calculat- ing an alternative. Recalculate original Tap this button to change your route so that it passes a particular location, perhaps to pick someone up on the way. When you do this, a marker is shown on the map for the location you choose to travel via.

  • Page 14: Set Clock

    Options You can change the way your TomTom XL looks and behaves. Option Tap options in the Main Menu. Change voice Your navigation device is able to provide spoken instructions and warnings using voices which are stored on the device. Some voices have been recorded by actors and other voices are computer-gener- ated.

  • Page 15: Map Corrections

    Tap this button to make a correction to your map. corrections Advanced settings To change the advanced settings on your TomTom XL, tap the Advanced button in the Options menu. Set units Tap this button to set the units used for the following measurements: •...

  • Page 16: Keyboard Preferences

    Important: If you have a subscription to this service, regularly connect your navigation device to TomTom HOME to update the list of locations for all types of safety alerts. The locations of mobile cameras are sent directly to your device.

  • Page 17: Reset Factory Settings

    Reset factory settings Tap this button to restore the factory settings to your TomTom XL. All your settings, including your Home location and any Favourites, are deleted. Reset factory settings...

  • Page 18: About Favourites

    Favourites About Favourites Favour- ites Favourites are places that you often visit. You can create Favourites so that you don’t have to enter the address every time you plan a route. They don’t have to be places you especially like, just useful addresses. Creating a Favourite From the Main Menu, tap options followed by Home and Favourites and then tap Add Favourite.

  • Page 19: Using A Favourite

    You can add a Point of Interest (POI) as a Favourite. Does it make sense to do this? Point of Interest If you visit a POI you particularly like, for example a restaurant, you can add it as a Favourite. To add a POI as a Favourite, tap this button, then do the following: 1.

  • Page 20: Changing The Name Of A Favourite

    Changing the name of a Favourite 1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu. 2. Tap options to open the Options menu. 3. Tap Home and Favourites. 4. Tap Manage Favourites. 5. Tap the Favourite you want to rename. 6.

  • Page 21: Points Of Interest

    Points of Interest Points of Interest or POIs are useful places on the map. Here are some examples: Points of Inter- • Restaurants • Hotels • Museums • Parking garages • Petrol stations Note: Tap Map corrections in the Options menu to report missing POIs or edit existing POIs.
  • Page 22 POI, if available. Tap Select to confirm you want to plan a route to this POI. Once you have selected a POI, the route to the POI is calculated by your TomTom XL.

  • Page 23: Voices And Images

    Set day colour scheme Tap day in the Main Menu to increase the brightness of the screen and show lighter colours on the map. You can download additional colour schemes using TomTom HOME. Set day colour scheme Set night colour scheme Tap night in the Main Menu to reduce the brightness of the screen and show darker colours on the map.

  • Page 24: Change Start-Up Image

    Options menu or in the Voices and images menu. Then select a voice from the list. Computer voices are clearly marked. You can add and remove voices using TomTom HOME. Note: If you select a recorded voice, this will only be able to announce commands, but not street names.

  • Page 25: Tomtom Map Share

    TomTom Map Share™ With TomTom Map Share, you can correct errors on your map and share those correc- TomTo m Map Share™ tions with other people in the TomTom Map Share community, as well as receiving cor- rections made by others.
  • Page 26 6. Enter correction or confirmation of correction now. Receiving the latest map updates When you connect your TomTom XL to your computer, TomTom HOME automatically downloads any available map corrections and sends any changes you have made, to the Map Share community.

  • Page 27: Correction Preferences

    • Trusted sources - accept changes made by TomTom and by trusted users who have been verified by TomTom. • Many users - accept changes made by TomTom, by trusted users who have been ver- ified by TomTom and changes made by a high number of Map Share community mem- bers.
  • Page 28 6. Tap Done. The next time you connect your device to TomTom HOME, your cor- rections are shared with the TomTom Map Share community. Tap this button to correct the traffic direction of a one-way street, where the direction of traffic is different to the direction shown on your map.
  • Page 29 Tap this button to change the name of a street on your map. For example, to rename a street near to your current location: Edit street 1. Tap Edit street name. name 2. Tap Near you. 3. Select the street or section of a street you want to correct by tapping it on the map.
  • Page 30 Tap this button to report other types of corrections. These corrections are not immediately applied to your map. Your TomTom XL sends a special report to TomTom Map Share. Report other error You can report missing streets, errors in motorway entrances and exits and missing roundabouts.
  • Page 31 Help Help provides an easy way to contact and plan a route to locations that provide emer- Help gency services, such as a hospital or to other specialist services. For example, if you are involved in a car accident, you could use Help to call or find the phone number for the nearest hospital and tell them your exact location.

  • Page 32: Introducing Tomtom Home

    • Download for free updates for your device, including Map Share updates and other services included with your product. • Add new items to your device, like maps, voices and POIs, as well as buy TomTom serv- ices and manage your subscriptions.

  • Page 33: Traffic Information Using Rds-Tmc

    Your TomTom navigation device can use TMC traffic information to warn you about traffic delays along your route and how you can avoid them. You can attach the TomTom RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver to your TomTom XL, to view traffic congestion and plan routes that avoid heavy traffic.

  • Page 34: Traffic Incidents

    2. Tap Minimise delays. Your device looks for the quickest route to your destination. The new route may also include traffic delays, or may even be the same route as before. 3. Tap Done. Traffic incidents Traffic incidents and warnings are shown on the map, in the Driving View and on the Traf- fic sidebar.
  • Page 35 Snow Note: The incident avoided symbol is shown for any traffic inci- dent that you avoid using the TomTom Traffic Service.

  • Page 36: Important Safety Notices And Warnings

    TomTom device. TomTom does not accept any liability for the availability and accuracy of GPS. Use with Care Use of a TomTom device 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 37 Note: this Minnesota Stature applies to anyone driving in Minnesota, not just Minnesota residents. TomTom Inc. bears no responsibility for any fines, penalties or damage that may be incurred by disregarding this notice. While driving in any state with windshield mounting...

  • Page 38: 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 Resolve...

  • Page 39: R&Tte Directive

    The information in this document is sub- ject to change without notice. TomTom shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein; nor for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the performance or use of this material.

  • Page 40: Copyright Notices

    Produkt geltenden Garantien und Endnutzerlizenzvereinbarungen finden Sie unter www.tomtom.com/legal. © 2010 TomTom N.V., Pays-Bas. TomTom® et le logo composé de « deux mains », entre autres, font partie des marques commerciales appartenant à TomTom N.V. ou l'une de ses filiales. L'utilisation de ce produit est régie par notre garantie limitée et le contrat de licence utilisateur final, que vous pouvez consulter à...
  • Page 41 © 2010 TomTom NV, Holland. TomTom™ og logoet med "de to hænder" er blandt de var- emærker, produkter og registrerede varemærker, der tilhører TomTom International B.V.
  • Page 42 © 2010 TomTom N.V., Hollanda. TomTom® ve diğer logolar ile birlikte "iki el" logosunun mülkiyeti, TomTom N.V. veya bağlı şirketlerine aittir. Bu ürün için geçerli garanti ve son kullanıcı...

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