Planning A Route In Advance - TomTom Blue&Me- Owner's Manual

Tap this button to select your last recorded position, as your destina-
tion.
Position of last
stop

Planning a route in advance

You can use your Blue&Me-TomTom to plan a route in advance, selecting your starting
point and your destination.
Here are some more reasons to plan a route in advance:
• Find out how long a journey is going to take before you start.
You can also compare journey times for the same route at different times of the day or
on different days of the week. Your Blue&Me-TomTom uses IQ Routes when planning
a route. IQ Routes calculates routes based on the real average speeds measured on
roads.
• Study the route of a journey you are planning.
• Check a route for someone who is coming to visit you and then explain the route to
them in detail.
To plan a route in advance, follow these steps:
1. Tap the screen to bring up the main menu.
2. Tap the arrow button to move to the next menu screen and tap Prepare route.
Prepare route
3. Select the starting point for your journey in the same way that you would select your
destination.
4. Set the destination for your journey.
5. Choose the type of route that should be planned.
• Fastest route - the route which takes the least time.
• Eco route - the most fuel-efficient route for your journey.
• Shortest route - the shortest distance between the locations you set. This may not
be the quickest route, especially if the shortest route is through a town or city.
• Avoid motorways - a route which avoids motorways.
• Walking route - a route designed for making the journey on foot.
• Bicycle route - a route designed for making the journey on a bicycle.
• Limited speed - a route for a vehicle which can only be driven at a limited speed. You
have to specify the maximum speed.
6. Choose when you will make the journey you are planning. There are three options:
• Now
• Specific date and time - you will be asked to enter the date and time.
• No specific date and time
If you select either Now or Specific date and time, your Blue&Me-TomTom uses IQ
Routes to work out the best possible route at that time, using the real average speeds
measured on roads. In this way you can compare how long a journey takes at different
times of day, or on different days of the week.
7. Your Blue&Me-TomTom plans the route between the two locations you selected.
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