Tomtom app for iPhone Reference Guide

TomTom app

Getting started1.

Get-

ting

started To start the TomTom app, tap the icon in your iPhone.

The language used for buttons and menus in the TomTom app is the same as the language
you selected in the iPhone settings.

Note: There are some languages that are not supported by the TomTom app. In this case,
US English is used for buttons and menus in the application.

Updating

If you have a previous version of the TomTom app on your iPhone or iPod touch, you need
to update it. To do this, go to the Apple App Store and download your free update before
continuing to read this guide.

GPS reception

The iPod touch and some models of the iPhone do not include a GPS receiver. To use
these devices for navigation, you need to use them with a GPS accessory, such as the
TomTom car kit.

The car kit includes a GPS receiver, a speaker for playing navigation instructions, and a
microphone for making hands-free calls while you are driving. We recommend using the
TomTom car kit with all iPhones and the iPod touch.

For more information, go to tomtom.com/iphone.
When you first start the TomTom app, it may need a few minutes to determine your GPS

position and show your current position on the map.
To make sure you have good GPS reception, you should use your device outdoors. Large

objects such as tall buildings can sometimes interfere with reception.

Note: If your device has no GPS reception, TomTom app uses position information from
WiFi networks or mobile phone towers. This information is used to find your approximate
position and for route planning. TomTom app cannot give you route instructions until it
has GPS reception.

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Planning a route2.

Plan-

ning a

route Important: For safety reasons, always plan your route before you start your journey.

Planning routes with the TomTom app is easy. To plan a route, follow the steps below.

1. Tap the screen to open the Main Menu.

Note: When you start the TomTom app for the first time, the Main Menu is shown.

2. Tap Navigate To...

3. Tap Address.

Note: When planning a trip for the first time the TomTom app asks
you to choose a state or country. Your choice is saved and used for
all routes you plan. You can change this setting at any time by tap­ping the country flag. To view the country flag, tap the button next
to the search box.

4. Start to type the name of the place where you want to go.
As you type, the names of the towns that match what you have typed are shown. When

your destination appears in the list, tap the name of the town to set the destination.

5. Start to type the name of the street and select it when it is shown.
Just as for place names, the names of the streets that match what you have typed are

shown. When your destination appears in the list, tap the name of the street to set the
destination.

Tip: To show more search results and hide the keyboard, tap this button. This

also shows the navigation bar so that you can return to the previous screen.

6. Now enter the house number of your destination and then tap Select. You can also
select the point where two streets meet by tapping Crossing.

The route is calculated. If available on your map, IQ Routes information is used to plan
the best possible route taking into account the real average speeds measured on the
roads.

By default, the fastest route is planned. To set the type of route that should be planned
by default, go to the Advanced settings in the Settings menu.

7. When the route has been calculate d, tap Done.

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The TomTom app immediately begins to guide you to your destination, using both spo­ken instructions and on-screen directions.

Route summary

After planning a route, you see a summary of your route.
The route summary shows an overview map of your route and the total journey time

including delays caused by both incidents and busy roads.
You can see the route summary at any time by tapping the right side of the status bar.

Other destination options

When you tap Navigate To..., you can set your destination in many ways, not just by enter­ing the address. The other options are listed below:

Tap this button to navigate to your Home location.
If you haven’t set your Home location, you can do so by tapping

Home

Favourite

Address

Recent

Destination

Home. You can also set your Home location in the Settings menu.

Tap this button to select a Favourite as your destination.

Tap this button to enter an address as your destination.

Tap this button to select your destination from a list of places you
have recently used as destinations.

Local Search

Tap this button to do a local search and then use one of the search
results as your destination.

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Tap this button to navigate to a Point of Interest (POI).

Point of Interest

Tap this button to navigate to the address of a contact on your
device.

Contact

Tap this button to enter a postcode as a destination.

Note: This option is not available in all countries.

Postcode

Tap this button to select a point on the map as your destination using
the Map Browser.

Point on Map

Finding alternative routes

Once you have planned a route, you may want to change something about the route, with­out changing your destination. It could be for one of these reasons:

• You can see a roadblock or a line of traffic ahead.

• You want to travel via a particular location, to pick someone up, stop for lunch or fill up
with petrol.

• You want to avoid a difficult junction or a road you don’t like.

To change your route, tap Find Alternative... in the Route Options
menu.

Find Alternative

You can open the route options as follows:

•Tap Route Options in the Main Menu.

Note: The Route Options button is only shown if you have planned
a route.

•Tap Options on the Route Summary scr een after you plan a route.

• Tap the right hand section of the status bar in the Driving View t o
open the Route Summary screen, then tap Options.

Then select one of the following options:

Tap this button to re-plan your route based on the latest traffic infor­mation.

Minimise Delays

This button is only available if you have a subscription to TomTom
Traffic.

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Tap this button to calculate an alternative to the route already
planned.

Calculate

Alternative

Recalculate

Original

Avoid

Roadblock

The TomTom app looks for another route from your current location
to your destination.

If you decide you would prefer to use the original route after all, tap
Recalculate Original.

Apart from the roads near your position and near your destination,
the new route uses totally different roads to reach your destination.
This is an easy way of calculating a totally different route.

Tap this button to return to the original route. This ignores any previ­ous instructions you have given to avoid roadblocks or travel via a
particular location.

Tap this button if you can see a roadblock or a line of traffic ahead.
You then have to choose how much of the route ahead you want to
avoid.

Choose from the different options available. The TomTom app recal­culates your route avoiding the section of the route for the distance
you selected.

Don’t forget that once a new route is calculated, you may have to
turn off the road you are on very soon.

If the roadblock suddenly clears, tap Recalculate Original to return
to your original route.

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

Travel Via...

via.
You choose the location you want to pass in the same way as you

choose a destination. This means you can select from all the same
options that are offered when you choose a destination, for example,
Address, Favourite, Point of Interest and Point on Map.

The TomTom app will calculate a new route to your destination that
passes the location you chose. Unlike your final destination, the
TomTom app does not inform you when you pass by this location.

Tap this button to avoid a part of the route. Use this button if you see
that your route includes a road or junction you don ’t like , or which is
well-known for traffic problems.

Avoid Part of

Route

You then choose the road you want to avoid from a list of the roads
on your route.

Planning a route in advance

You can use the TomTom app to plan a route in advance, selecting your starting point and
your destination. You could, for example, do the following:

• Find out how long a journey is going to take before you start.
You can also compare journey times for the same route at diffe rent times of the day or

on different days of the week. The TomTom app uses IQ Routes when planning a route.
IQ Routes calculates routes based on the real average speeds measured on roads.

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• Check 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.

To plan a route in advance, follow these steps:

1. Tap the screen to bring up the main menu.

2. Tap Advanced Planning.

Advanced Planning

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.

• 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. If IQ Routes is supported by your map, you can choose when you will make the journey
you are planning. You can set the date and time in 5 minute intervals.

The TomTom app 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. The TomTom app plans the route between the two locations you selected.

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Driving View3.

Driving

View

Driving View

1. Music button.

2. Your current position.

3. The remaining distance of your journey and your
current speed. If known, the speed limit is also
shown.

4. Navigation instruction for the road ahead.
Tap this area to open the volume control and to

repeat the previous instruction.

5. The remaining journey time and the estimated
arrival time.

Tap this area to open the Route Summary screen.

6. Traffic button.
Tap this button to buy a traffic subscription or to

open the traffic sidebar.
The following items are only available if you have

a traffic subscription:

7. Information about the traffic incident that this box
points to on the traffic sidebar.

8. Traffic sidebar.

Moving around in the Driving View

After you plan a route, you are shown the Driving View along with detailed information
about your current location.

Tap the centre of the screen at any time to open the Main Menu.
Zoom by tapping the screen twice with one finger to zoom in, or tap once with two fingers

at the same time to zoom out.
You can also zoom in and out by pinching your fingers together and apart on the screen.

Setting the volume

Tap the left hand side of the status bar in the Driving View to see the volume control.
Move the slider from left to right to increase the volume for both music and voices at the

same time.

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Playing music

Tap the music button to play or pause music.
You can tap play/pause, next and previous to control the music track that is currently play-

ing.

The buttons disappear on their own after a few seconds or you can tap the musical note
again to make the buttons disappear yourself.

Driving View options

Use these buttons in the Main Menu to change the Driving View:

Tap this button to mute all sounds from the TomTom app.
If the sound is muted, this button changes to Enable Sound. Tap the

Mute Sound

Night Colours

button again to switch sound back on.
When the sound is muted, the mute sound indicator is shown in the

bottom left corner of the Driving View.
Tap this button to use night colours on the map.If night colours are

being used, this button changes to Day Colours. Tap the button
again to switch back to day colours.

Tap this button to use a 2D map in the Driving View.
If the 2D map is being used, this button changes to 3D Map. Tap the

2D Map

button again to use the 3D map.

Map settings

To set the appearance of the map, tap Change Settings in the Main Menu, then tap Map
to change these settings:

Day Colours / Night Colours

Tap Day Colours to select a day colour scheme consisting of bright colours.
Tap Night Colours to select a night colour scheme consisting of darker colours.
If Auto-Switch is on, your TomTom app automatically switches from day to night colours

and back again according to the time of day.

2D Map North Up

When this setting is on, the 2D map is fixed in place with north at the top of the screen.
When this setting is off, the 2D map moves so that your current direction is always at the
top of the screen.

Show Current Street

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When this setting is on, the current street name or number is shown in the Driving View,
just below your position on the map.

Streets on Map

When this setting is on, the names of streets are shown on the map.

POIs on Map

When this setting is on, POIs are shown on the map. Use the setting POI Types to select
which POIs are shown.

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Advanced Lane Guidance4.

Advanc

ed

Lane

Advanced Lane Guidance

Guid-

ance

Your TomTom app helps you prepare for motorway exits and junctions by showing you
which lane you should be in.

Note: This information is not available for all junctions or in all countries.

For some exits and junctions, an image shows the lane you should be in. To turn the
images off, switch Lane images to off in the Advanced Settings menu.

For other exits and junctions, your TomTom app shows the lane you should take in the
status bar.

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Route

options

Route options5.

You can find out more information about your route, or change the
route using the route options.

Route

Options

You can open the route options as follows:

•Tap Route Options in the Main Menu.

Note: The Route Options button is only shown if you have planned a
route.

•Tap Options on the Route Summary screen after you plan a route.

• Tap the right hand section of the status bar in the Driving View to
open the Route Summary screen, then tap Options.

Finding alternative routes

Once you have planned a route, you may want to change something about the route, with­out changing your destination. It could be for one of these reasons:

• You can see a roadblock or a line of traffic ahead.

• You want to travel via a particular location, to pick someone up, stop for lunch or fill up
with petrol.

• You want to avoid a difficult junction or a road you don’t like.

To change your route, tap Find Alternative... in the Route Options
menu.

Find Alternative

You can open the route options as follows:

•Tap Route Options in the Main Menu.

Note: The Route Options button is only shown if you have planned
a route.

•Tap Options on the Route Summary scr een after you plan a route.

• Tap the right hand section of the status bar in the Driving View t o
open the Route Summary screen, then tap Options.

Then select one of the following options:

Tap this button to re-plan your route based on the latest traffic infor­mation.

Minimise Delays

This button is only available if you have a subscription to TomTom
Traffic.

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Tap this button to calculate an alternative to the route already
planned.

Calculate

Alternative

Recalculate

Original

Avoid

Roadblock

The TomTom app looks for another route from your current location
to your destination.

If you decide you would prefer to use the original route after all, tap
Recalculate Original.

Apart from the roads near your position and near your destination,
the new route uses totally different roads to reach your destination.
This is an easy way of calculating a totally different route.

Tap this button to return to the original route. This ignores any previ­ous instructions you have given to avoid roadblocks or travel via a
particular location.

Tap this button if you can see a roadblock or a line of traffic ahead.
You then have to choose how much of the route ahead you want to
avoid.

Choose from the different options available. The TomTom app recal­culates your route avoiding the section of the route for the distance
you selected.

Don’t forget that once a new route is calculated, you may have to
turn off the road you are on very soon.

Travel Via...

Avoid Part of

Route

Route Demo

If the roadblock suddenly clears, tap Recalculate Original to return
to your original route.

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.

You choose the location you want to pass in the same way as you
choose a destination. This means you can select from all the same
options that are offered when you choose a destination, for example,
Address, Favourite, Point of Interest and Point on Map.

The TomTom app will calculate a new route to your destination that
passes the location you chose. Unlike your final destination, the
TomTom app does not inform you when you pass by this location.

Tap this button to avoid a part of the route. Use this button if you see
that your route includes a road or junction you don ’t like , or which is
well-known for traffic problems.

You then choose the road you want to avoid from a list of the roads
on your route.

Route Demo

Tap this button to watch a demo of the journey. To stop a demo, tap
Stop Demo in the Route Options menu, when a demo is running.

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