Safety Warnings; Language And Units - TomTom GO Reference Manual

Safety warnings

Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Sounds & Warnings.
Select Safety warnings. You can then set how you want to be warned for the different types of
danger zones and safety hazards. You can change settings for advance warning time and whether
you want to be warned, never warned or warned only if you are speeding.
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Danger zones
This type of warning is only given in France where you are only warned about danger zones.
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Accident hotspots
This type of warning is given for a place where road traffic accidents have historically been con-
centrated.
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Risk zones
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This type of warning is only given in France where you are only warned about danger zones.
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Traffic jams
To receive warnings in the route bar for traffic jams, you must have a TomTom Traffic subscrip-
tion. You can choose never to be warned or to be warned when approaching a jam too quickly.
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When speeding
This warning is given as soon as you exceed the speed limit by more than 5km/h or 3 mph. When
you are speeding, the speed panel also turns red in the guidance view.

Language and Units

Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Language & Units.
On this screen, you can change the following settings:
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Language
You can see your currently selected language on this screen. Select this setting to change the
language used for all buttons and messages that you see on your device.
When you change the language setting, the voice automatically changes and units are set to au-
tomatic.
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Country
You can see your currently selected country on this screen. Select this setting to change the
country. When you change the country, the time/date format, distance units and voice are
changed automatically. The list includes the countries from the maps currently installed on your
device.
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Keyboards
Select this setting to choose from a list of available keyboards.
You use the keyboard to enter names and addresses, such as when you plan a route or search for
the name of a town or a local restaurant.
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Units
Select this setting to choose the units used on your device for features such as route planning. If
you want the units to be set by the GPS, select Automatic.
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Time and date
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