TomTom GO 520 User Manual
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- Page 1 TOMTOM GO 520/720 New features...
- Page 2 The TomTom team would like to introduce you to the world’s smartest navigator. TomTom has been top of the reviewers’ charts for a long time, but we still listen to our customers and we still love to innovate. We are now proud to present the new TomTom GO, with all these...
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Page 3: Technical Specification
Technical Specification • 4.3” widescreen 16:9 format LCD (WQVGA: 480*272 pixels) • CPU 400 MHz, 64MB RAM • 512MB, 1GB (TomTom GO 520) or 2GB internal flash memory (TomTom GO 720) • SD card socket • High sensitivity GPS receiver •... - Page 4 Even easier to use The new generation of TomTom GO takes usability to a new, and even higher level. New design and extra large 4.3 inch, high resolution screen • Small device - large display. New 4.3 inch widescreen gives better situational overview and easier text input with larger buttons.
- Page 5 New look & feel The look & feel of the interface is new, fresh and modern: all-new graphics with rounded, 3D buttons and enhanced graphic details. New: Improved Map display Provides you with a better-than-ever overview. Map display now has rounded status bars, shading, grass paths, and building footprints too, to help give you an even better feel for where you are.
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Page 6: Speech Recognition
“A new message was received; shall I read keyboard is displayed: it aloud?” and if you say “Yes” - all without touching the TomTom screen at all - TomTom reads you the message, using text-to-speech technology. In case of a traffic delay, You can say “yes” or “no”... - Page 7 New: Battery saving options New power-saving options mean you’ll always find TomTom GO ready to go when you are. New: You can turn off the display between instructions (for example when you are driving on a highway for the next 50 kilometres)
- Page 8 TomTom by the “TomTom HOME” software. TomTom will then check the issue with the map provider, and approved changes will find their way into future map updates.
- Page 9 Map corrections: TomTom community: Blocking or unblocking a street Occasionally a street gets blocked, for example because of road works. Tell this to TomTom GO, and routing will then avoid that street.
- Page 10 Similarly, if new roads are named, or old roads Occasionally, with changes in one-way renamed, or a name is missing. systems, the direction of traffic on a road can change. It’s simple to tell your TomTom GO of such a change:...
- Page 11 Map corrections: Adding a missing POI Map corrections: Editing a POI Select the category and the location of the Select a POI, then edit the information linked to it: missing POI:...
- Page 12 Map corrections: Reporting other errors You can report a range of errors to an existing street. You can now report, direct from your TomTom device, the most common type of map errors that TomTom has come across over the past eight years.
- Page 13 Reporting an incorrect POI: Reporting an incorrect post code: Reporting a new or removed roundabout: Reporting an incorrect motorway exit/entry:...
- Page 14 It receives standard “TMC” traffic updates, which are broadcast at regular intervals “over the air”, rather like the traffic reports you hear on your car radio. Just plug it into your TomTom GO and traffic information is automatically shown and incorporated into your routing as it arrives. Your TomTom GO will calculate your new journey time and suggest alternative routes.
- Page 15 TomTom takes your safety as seriously as you do. The new TomTom GO is designed to be best in class for driver safety. Super-clear visual and spoken instructions mean that navigation is a...
- Page 16 There is a “Phone for help” button on the “Help Me” menu, as well as on the “Where am I” screen: And while you are on the phone, TomTom GO shows your current location, in case you need to give it, and can navigate you from there to the...
- Page 17 Help Me: First Aid Information TomTom navigates you to a police station, to the hospital, to the garage or the pharmacy. Choose the service you need, and TomTom GO navigates you there This extensive First Aid information, complete with pictures, is provided by the British Red Cross.
- Page 18 Help Me: Other Information This gives extensive information about car maintenance and repair, plus a range of information about the country you’re in, such as: • Country information General information Money (accepted credit cards, export allowances…) Opening times (banks, shops, postal offices…) Accommodation, camping rules Special holidays...
- Page 19 TomTom GO makes driving easier, quicker and safer than ever. The following new features also make driving even more fun: If you wish, TomTom GO will warn you as you approach a school or place of worship, where extra traffic or pedestrians can be expected.
- Page 20 TomTom GO): Other new improvements New: Send position or destination via SMS You can send your position or destination via SMS to any mobile phone (or to another TomTom GO). Use predefined template messages, or write your own:...
- Page 21 Finally, the blue arrow has some new friends. Show your position on the map with your own choice of icon - you can even download your own icons if you wish via TomTom Home. A car icon needs to be a 80x80 BMP file. See example:...