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  • Page 1 TomTom GO...

  • Page 2: What's In The Box

    What’s in the box What’s in the box TomTom GO A On/Off button B Microphone C Light sensor D Speaker E Memory card (micro SD card) slot Active Dock USB car charger Home dock Documentation pack...

  • Page 3: Before You Start

    Install your TomTom GO in your car following the instructions on the installation poster at the start of the User Guide. To switch on your TomTom GO, press and hold the On/Off button until you see the start-up screen. The first time you switch on your device, it may take a short while to start.

  • Page 4: Gps Reception

    • Do not open the casing of your GO under any circumstances. Doing so may be dangerous and will invalidate the warranty. • Wipe or dry the screen of your GO using a soft cloth. Do not use any liquid cleaners.
  • Page 5 • Any of the controls in your car • Any of your mirrors • The airbag You should be able to reach your GO easily when it is in the Active Dock without leaning or stretching. The diagrams show where you can safely attach the Active Dock.

  • Page 6: Safety Preferences

    The safety preferences include, for example, the following options: • Hide most menu options when driving • Show safety reminders • Warn when driving faster than allowed You can also drive more safely by using voice commands to control your TomTom GO.

  • Page 7: Making Your First Journey

    Making your first journey Planning a route with your TomTom GO is easy. To plan your first route, follow Making your first journey the steps below. Important: For safety reasons, you should always plan a route before you start your journey and not when you are driving.
  • Page 8 7. Now enter the house number of your destination and then tap Done. 8. Your GO asks if you need to arrive at a particular time. For this exercise, tap The route is calculated by your GO using IQ Routes...

  • Page 9: Using Your Voice To Plan A Route

    For information about the different ways you can plan a route using your voice, see the chapter Voice control. Arrival times When you plan a route, your TomTom GO asks you if you need to arrive at a particular time. Tap YES to enter a preferred arrival time.
  • Page 10 Tap this button to enter a destination using latitude and longitude values. Latitude Longitude Tap this button to navigate to the last known position of a TomTom Buddy. Don’t forget that the Buddy may move before you reach him. TomTom...

  • Page 11: Planning A Route In Advance

    Position of last stop Planning a route in advance You can use your GO 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.

  • Page 12: More Information About A Route

    7. Your TomTom GO plans the route between the two locations you selected. More information about a route You can access these options for the route you last planned by tapping View route in the Main Menu or the Details button on the route summary screen.

  • Page 13: Using Voice Control

    Voice control Instead of tapping the screen to control your TomTom GO, you can now give Voice control instructions to your GO using your voice. For example, to increase the volume on your GO, you can say, "Increase volume." Important: To use voice control, you must have a computer voice installed on your TomTom GO.

  • Page 14: Planning A Journey Using Your Voice

    • Voice control switches off after a few seconds if you don’t say anything. For example, if your GO asks you to confirm the last command you gave and you don’t say anything, voice control switches off after a few seconds.
  • Page 15 When you say the city name, you are then shown a list of six names that match what you said. Your GO tells you the name at the top of the list. If the name you hear is correct, then say, "Done" or "OK" or "Yes" or "One" or tap on the name.
  • Page 16 Note: You need to say numbers in the same language that is used for menu buttons. 6. Your GO asks if you need to arrive at a particular time. For this exercise, tap The route is calculated by your GO.
  • Page 17 Note: Postcode address entry is not possible using speech. Your GO recognises place and street names spoken using the local language and pronunciation. It is not possible to use voice address input to say place and street names in...

  • Page 18: Driving View

    Tap the centre of the screen at any time to open the Main Menu. Note: The Driving View is shown in black and white until your GO locates your current position. A Tap + and - to zoom in and out.

  • Page 19: Advanced Lane Guidance

    To turn the images off, tap Hide lane images in the Preferences menu. For other exits and junctions, your GO shows the lane you should take in the Status bar. To turn this guidance off, tap Change preferences in the Main Menu, then tap Status bar preferences.

  • Page 20: Finding Alternative Routes

    Find alterna- after you plan a route. tive... Tap this button to calculate an alternative to the route already planned. Your GO 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 21 Tap this button to recalculate your route so that it avoids traffic problems as much as possible. Your GO will check if there are any traffic problems on your route and work out the best route to avoid the problems.

  • Page 22: Browse Map

    Browse Map To look at the map in the same way as you might look at a traditional paper Browse Map map, tap Browse map in the Main Menu. You can move the map by touching the screen and moving your finger across the screen.
  • Page 23 • Traffic • Images • Names • Coordinates...

  • Page 24: Tomtom Map Share

    TomTom Map Share With TomTom Map Share, you can correct errors on your map and share TomTom Map Share those corrections with other people in the TomTom Map Share community, as well as receiving corrections made by others. If you find a street that has recently been blocked to traffic which was open before, you can use Map Share to correct your map and then share the correction with other Map Share members.

  • Page 25: Making A Map Correction

    6. Enter correction or confirmation of correction now. Receiving the latest map updates When you connect your TomTom GO to your computer, TomTom HOME automatically downloads any available map corrections and sends any changes you have made, to the Map Share community.

  • Page 26: Tomtom Map Share Community

    To report the change, tap the Report button and your GO will save your current location. You can then send the correction to TomTom Map Share when you have finished your journey.

  • Page 27: Types Of Map Correction

    There are four levels of trust that you can choose: • Strict - accept changes made by TomTom. • High - accept changes made by trusted users who are verified by TomTom as well as changes made by TomTom. • Medium - accept changes made by a high number of Map Share community members as well as changes made by TomTom and by trusted users.
  • Page 28 5. Tap one of the direction buttons to block or unblock the flow of traffic in that direction. 6. Tap Done. The next time you connect your device to TomTom HOME, your corrections 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 • Move the POI on the map. Tap this button to report other types of corrections. These corrections are not immediately applied to your map. Your TomTom GO 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: Sounds And Voices

    Sounds and voices Your TomTom GO plays the following kinds of sound: Sounds and voices • Spoken instructions • Hands-free calls • Warnings • Music Changing the volume level You can change the volume in three ways: • Tap the bottom left hand area of the Driving View. The last spoken instruction is repeated and the volume level is shown.

  • Page 32: Selecting A Voice

    Internal and external speakers Your TomTom GO contains a high quality speaker. This is used to play all the sounds on your GO unless you select to play some sounds through external speakers.

  • Page 33: Using Bluetooth® Hi-Fi Speakers

    FM transmitter There is an FM Transmitter inside your GO that works like a radio station. This means you can use your GO to play MP3 files through your car radio speakers. Note: The FM transmitter is not available in all models.
  • Page 34 5. Your GO asks you to confirm that you want to use an external Bluetooth® Hi-Fi speaker. Tap YES. Your GO will start searching for Bluetooth® Hi-Fi devices. 6. Select your Bluetooth® Hi-Fi device from the list of devices found by your Your GO will try to establish a Bluetooth®...

  • Page 35: Hidden Buttons And Features

    When should I use this? Use Night colours When it’s dark, it is easier to see the screen if the display on your GO is not brightly lit. To change back to a brighter screen showing brighter colours on the map, tap Use day colours.

  • Page 36: Show Poi On Map

    If you select one or more of the warnings, you will also be asked to select a sound to be played whenever a warning is displayed. Select whether or not your TomTom GO should warn you about which side of the road you should be driving on.

  • Page 37: Voice Preferences

    You can still listen to music even if you have turned off voice instructions. Can I still use my GO to make hands-free calls when the sound is turned off? Yes. Turning the sound off does not affect hands-free calling, meaning that you will still be able to talk to and hear the caller.

  • Page 38: Volume Preferences

    Select Link volume to noise level and your GO will change the volume according to the background noise. The noise level is constantly monitored by the microphone on your GO. If there is a lot of noise in the car, your GO will automatically increase the volume.

  • Page 39: Manage Maps

    • Set alerts for when you are near POIs. Manage POIs For example, your GO can tell you when there is a petrol station nearby. • Create your own POI categories and add POIs to them. For example, you could create a category of POIs called “Friends”, and add all your friends’...

  • Page 40: Change Car Symbol

    When should I use this? In some situations, it is easier to see the map from above. Perhaps if the road network is complicated or for times when you are walking while using your GO to navigate. Show/Hide lane images This button may only be available if all menu options are shown.

  • Page 41: Brightness Preferences

    GO reduces the brightness of the screen so that it is not distracting. • Switch to night view when dark - your GO uses a light sensor to detect the background light level. If this option is selected, when it gets dark, your GO uses night colours for the Driving View.

  • Page 42: Status Bar Preferences

    • Show lane guidance • Show current street name • Show leeway to arrival time - your GO shows how late or early you will be compared with the preferred arrival time that is set during the planning of a route.

  • Page 43: Quick Menu Preferences

    Important: To use Voice Control, a computer voice must be installed on preferences your GO. You can use TomTom HOME to install computer voices if they are not already installed. • Disable Voice Control - Tap this button to enable or disable Voice Control •...

  • Page 44: Set Units

    Street name preferences This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu. Tap this button to set the information that is shown on the map in the Driving View.

  • Page 45: Keyboard Preferences

    Then set how your GO should handle the following when planning a route: • Toll roads on the route • Ferry crossings on the route •...

  • Page 46: Set Owner

    This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu. Tap this button to enter your name and address as the owner of your GO and to change or delete a 4-digit password for your GO.

  • Page 47: Music Preferences

    You are then asked if you want to change the picture that is shown whenever you start your GO. Tap No to finish or tap Yes to see the photos stored on your GO and tap on a photo to select that photo for use as your start-up picture.

  • Page 48: Bluetooth Preferences

    Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu. Tap this button to log in to your TomTom account. If you have more than one TomTom account or if several people are sharing the same TomTom GO, you can switch to another TomTom account.

  • Page 49: Change Language

    Set clock Tap this button to select the type of clock that is shown and set the time. The easiest way to set the time is by tapping the Sync button. Your GO will then take the time from GPS information.

  • Page 50: Reset Factory Settings

    This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu. Tap this button to restore the factory settings to your TomTom GO. All your settings, including Favourites, your Home location, warnings for POIs and any Itineraries you have created are deleted.

  • Page 51: Points Of Interest

    Points of Interest Points of Interest or POIs are useful places on the map. Here are some Points of Interest examples: • Restaurants • Hotels • Museums • Parking garages • Petrol stations Note: You can report missing POIs or edit existing POIs using Map Share and share your corrections with the Map Share community.
  • Page 52 9. Select the location of your POI from the list below. Tap this button to use TomTom Local Search with Google search to help you find shops and businesses in and around your current location. Local search You can choose to search for shops and businesses near you, near your destination or near any other destination.

  • Page 53: Navigating To A Poi

    TomTom Buddy Tap this button to select your last recorded position as your destination. This may be useful if your GO is unable to maintain a strong GPS signal, for example, when you drive through a long tunnel. Position of...

  • Page 54: Showing Pois On The Map

    The POIs you have selected are shown as symbols on the map. Calling a POI Your TomTom GO knows the phone numbers for many POIs. You can, for example, call a restaurant to book a table. To call a POI, do the following: 1.

  • Page 55: How Can I Set Warnings For Pois

    Your TomTom GO dial the phone number using your mobile phone. How can I set warnings for POIs? 1. Tap the screen to bring up the main menu. 2. Tap Change preferences. 3. Tap Manage POIs. Note: The Manage POIs button is only available when all menu buttons are shown.
  • Page 56 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 to reserve a table. Note: You can report missing POIs or edit existing POIs using Map Share and share your corrections with the Map Share community.

  • Page 57: Itinerary Planning

    Itinerary Planning Itinerary Planning What is an Itinerary? An Itinerary is a plan for a journey including more locations than your final destination. An Itinerary can include the following items: • Destination - a location on your journey where you want to stop. •...

  • Page 58: Following An Itinerary

    When you have passed a waypoint or reached a destination, it is marked as visited. Waypoints are shown on the map. Your GO will not warn you, when you are approaching a waypoint or when you arrive at a waypoint.

  • Page 59: Start Using An Itinerary

    Tap this button to repeat part of your Itinerary. Your GO 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 60 How do I use Help me to phone a local service? You can use Help me to find and make contact with a service centre. If your phone is connected to your GO, your GO automatically dials the phone number.
  • Page 61 Options Use your TomTom GO to find the location of a service, and the contact details. • Emergency services Phone for help • Emergency breakdown services • Nearest police station • Nearest doctor • Nearest hospital • Nearest public transport •...
  • Page 62 Tap this button to read a selection of useful guides. Other guides...

  • Page 63: Handsfree Calling

    Hands-free calling Hands-free calling If you have a mobile phone with Bluetooth®, you can use your TomTom GO to make phone calls and send and receive messages. Note: Not all phones are supported or compatible with all features. For more information, go to tomtom.com/phones...

  • Page 64: Auto Answer

    • Tap Number to enter a number to call. • Tap Point of Interest to choose a Point of Interest (POI) to call. If your GO knows the phone number of a POI, this is shown next to the POI.

  • Page 65: Mobile Phone Menu

    Tap this button to load the contacts and phone numbers from your mobile phone onto your TomTom GO. Get numbers from phone Tap this button to manage the mobile phones that will be connected to your TomTom GO. You can add a profile for up to five different mobile phones. Manage phones...

  • Page 66: What Are Favourites

    You can then select the location of the Favourite from the list below. Give your Favourite a name that is easy to remember. Your GO will always suggest a name, usually the address of the Favourite. To enter the name, just start typing.
  • Page 67 Select the location of the Favourite using the cursor, then tap Done. Point on map Tap this button to create a Favourite by entering latitude and longitude values. Latitude Longitude Tap this button to create a Favourite of the current position of a TomTom Buddy. TomTom Buddy...

  • Page 68: How Can I Use A Favourite

    Your GO calculates the route for you. 5. When the route is calculated, tap Done. Your GO will immediately start guiding you to your destination with spoken instructions and visual instructions on the screen. How can I change the name of a Favourite? 1.

  • Page 69: Music And Media

    • Artist - tap this button to select a song by a particular singer or group. • Album - tap this button to select from a list of all the albums on your GO. • Song - tap this button to select from all the songs on your GO.
  • Page 70 D Go to the previous or next song. E Play or Pause the selected song. F Tap the Back button to go back to the TomTom Jukebox player. The music continues to play. Tap Playing... in the Jukebox to open the Jukebox and control the music.

  • Page 71: Using Your Ipod® With Your Tomtom Go

    You can also control your iPod using your GO. An Active Dock that enables you to connect you iPod to your GO is available is a an accessory. Sound from your iPod is played through the internal speaker in your GO, or an external speaker if selected.

  • Page 72: Live Services

    GO. In the Main Menu, tap TomTom Services and then tap My Services. Your GO will warn you when your LIVE Services subscription is approaching the renewal date. For more information about LIVE Services subscription and payment terms, go to tomtom.com/services.

  • Page 73: Search For The Best Fuel Prices

    Fuel Prices The Fuel Prices service sends up-to-date information about fuel prices directly to your TomTom GO or via TomTom HOME when your GO is connected to your computer. Search for the best fuel prices To search for the cheapest fuel prices, do the following. In this example, you will plan a route to the cheapest nearby fuel station.

  • Page 74: Using Local Search

    The latest updates for fuel pricing information are downloaded directly to your device. If for any reason your GO is unable to make a direct connection, you can update your device when you connect to TomTom HOME.

  • Page 75: Other Services

    My Services. Your TomTom GO informs you when your LIVE Services subscription is due for renewal. You can use your GO to inform TomTom that you wish to renew your current subscription. You then have two weeks to complete the payment online.

  • Page 76: Tomtom Hd Traffic

    Safety Notice Your TomTom GO contains a GSM/GPRS module which can interfere with electrical devices such as cardiac pacemakers, hearing aids and aviation equipment.
  • Page 77 You can re-plan the route to avoid all delays, but this new route will take longer than the quickest route already shown. 3. Tap Done. Tip: You can let your TomTom device automatically minimise traffic delays for you. Automatically minimise delays You can set HD Traffic to automatically minimise any delays for you whenever new traffic information becomes available.

  • Page 78: Making Commuting To Work Easier

    38 minutes. To re-plan your route to avoid these incidents, tap the sidebar to open the TomTom traffic menu, then tap Minimise traffic delays. Note: To make the Traffic sidebar more readable some incidents may not be shown.

  • Page 79: Checking Traffic Incidents In Your Area

    1. Tap TomTom Traffic in the Main Menu. 2. Tap Show home-work traffic. 3. Tap Work to home. The driving view is shown. If the Traffic sidebar shows any delays on your route, tap the Traffic sidebar and then Minimise traffic delays to see your fastest route to home.

  • Page 80: Traffic Incidents

    To open the Traffic menu, tap the HD Traffic sidebar in the Driving View or tap TomTom Traffic in the Main Menu. The following buttons are available: Tap this button to re-plan your route based on the latest traffic information.
  • Page 81 Tap this button to browse the map and see the traffic information displayed on the map. Browse map Tap this button to change your preferences for how TomTom HD Traffic works on your device. Change Traffic preferences...

  • Page 82: Tomtom Safety Alerts

    TomTom Safety Alerts The TomTom Safety Alerts service warns you about a variety of locations TomTom Safety Alerts including: • Safety camera locations. • Accident blackspot locations. • Mobile safety camera locations. • Average speed camera locations. • Toll road camera locations.

  • Page 83: Changing The Way You Are Warned

    Changing the way you are warned To change the way your TomTom GO warns you about safety cameras, tap the Change warning preferences button. You can then set how close you want to be to a safety camera before you Change warning are warned and what type of sound will be played.

  • Page 84: Reporting Incorrect Camera Alerts

    3. Tap Advanced if you want to report a specific type of camera, otherwise go to step 5. 4. Tap the type of camera you want to report. Note: If the type of camera you choose has a speed restriction, you can also enter the speed.
  • Page 85 All other types of camera that do not fall into any of the above categories. Other camera TomTom Safety Camera menu To open the Safety Cameras menu, tap the TomTom Services in the Main Menu and then tap TomTom Safety Cameras. Tap this button to report a new safety camera location.
  • Page 86 Tap this button to enable automatic updates for your list of mobile safety camera locations. The list of fixed safety cameras is not updated automatically as they don’t change as often as mobile cameras. Enable automatic updates Tap this button to enable the report button. The report button is shown in the Driving View or in the quick menu.

  • Page 87: Introducing Tomtom Home

    TomTom HOME is a free application for your computer that helps you manage Introducing TomTom HOME the contents of your TomTom navigation device. It is a good idea to frequently connect to TomTom HOME, to ensire you always have the latest updates on your device.

  • Page 88: 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 89: Special Note Regarding Driving In California And Minnesota

    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 restrictions, TomTom recommends the use of the...

  • Page 90: Fcc Declaration Of Conformity

    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 91: Connected Networks

    This equipment may be operated in these countries: AT, CH, CZ, DE, DK, EE, FI, GB, LI, LU, NO, PT, SE GO 540, GO 740 and GO 940 devices should not be used for FM transmission while connected to a computer with a USB cable.
  • Page 92 No part of this document may be photocopied or reproduced in any form without prior written consent from TomTom International B.V.

  • Page 93: Copyright Notices

    © 2008 TomTom International BV, The Netherlands. TomTom™ e il logo delle "due mani" fanno parte dei marchi, delle applicazioni e dei marchi registrati di proprietà di TomTom International B.V. La nostra garanzia limitata e il contratto di licenza per l'utente finale vengono applicati a questo prodotto, è...
  • Page 94 © 2008 TomTom International BV, Holland. TomTom™ og logoet med "de to hænder" er blandt de varemærker, produkter og registrerede varemærker, der tilhører TomTom International B.V. Vores begrænsede garanti og slutbrugerlicensaftale for indlejret software gælder for dette produkt;...
  • Page 95 ürün içindir; www.tomtom.com/legal adresinden ikisine de göz atabilirsiniz © 2008 TomTom International BV, Holanda. TomTom™ e o logotipo de "duas mãos" estão entre as marcas comerciais, aplicativos ou marcas registradas possuídas pela TomTom International B.V. Nossa garantia limitada e acordo de licenciamento do usuário final para o software incluído se aplicam para...
  • Page 96 Text to Speech technology, © 2008 Loquendo TTS. All rights reserved. Loquendo is a registered trademark. www.loquendo.com MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson. Supply of this product does not convey a license nor imply any right to distribute content created with this product in revenue-generating broadcast systems (terrestrial, satellite, cable and/or other distribution channels), streaming applications (via Internet, intranets and/or other networks), other...

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