TomTom MOBILE User Manual

Manual and Tutorials

TomTom MOBILE User Guide

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Introduction

Thank you for purchasing TomTom MOBILE as your navigation system. This User Guide is your reference using TomTom MOBILE.

If necessary, refer to the TomTom MOBILE Installation Poster.

Table of Contents

1. What you see on the screen

1.1. The main screen

1.2. The menu

1.3. The route summary

1.4. The map browser

1.5. The schematic view

2. Browsers and locations

2.1. Browsers

2.2. Picking locations

3. The menu

3.1. Planning from A to B

3.2. Alternative routes

3.3. The route instructions

4. The preferences

4.1. Use night colours

4.2. Turn off 3D display

4.3. Turn off map display

4.4. Hide POI

4.5. Turn sound off

4.6. Change volume

4.7. Maintain favourites

4.8. GPS status

4.9. Maintain POI

4.10. Change map colours

4.11. About TomTom MOBILE

4.12. Set name display

4.13. Change Home location

4.14. Set metric units

4.15. Change voice

4.16. Switch Language

4.17. Clear Route

2.2.1 Picking your HOME location

2.2.2 Picking a favourite location

2.2.3 Picking a recent destination

2.2.4 Picking your GPS position

2.2.5 Picking a point of interest

2.2.6 Picking an address

1. What you see on the screen

1.1. The main screen

The main screen of TomTom MOBILE is used to navigate to your destination. Your position is displayed on the map using your GPS receiver. If your GPS receiver is switched off, or has not (yet) determined a clear position from the GPS satellites, the main screen displays your last known position. To emphasize the fact that your actual position is unknown, the screen is displayed in black and white.

Your current GPS position

"Sound off" warning indicator

Next instruction

"Next highway" indicator

Journey information

GPS signal strength

The name of the next street

The dark red path indicates the calculated route. The route instructions will guide you along this path to reach your destination.

Your next driving instruction shows an arrow for the direction to follow and a distance indicator (presented in your distance units preference) when to do it. The bottom of the screen shows the street name you will reach if you follow the current driving instruction. If the "sound off" indicator is not shown, the displayed instruction will be accompanied by voice instructions. If

necessary, use the

To increase or decrease the scale of the map, move the joystick up and down.

The journey information shows the distance to your destination, estimated time of arrival and the time left to reach your destination.

The GPS signal strength shows the quality of the GPS signal.

Ignoring the planned route

TomTom MOBILE is very flexible. If you take a turn different from the one in the instruction ( by mistake or on purpose) TomTom MOBILE will adjust almost instantly to the new situation. It will keep guiding you from your current position as fast as it can calculate.

Operate the main screen

To operate TomTom MOBILE you must first open the options menu. To do this, press the joystick or the left soft key.

When a route has been planned, select the right soft key to view a summary of your current route.

If you want to repeat the last voice instruction, press the &qout;7, 8, 9, *, 0 or #" button on your phone keypad.

sound on preference to switch on the voice instructions.

1.2. The menu

The menu opens when you press the joystick or the left soft key. It provides access to all functions. HIghlight a menu item and select it using the joystick.

There are two pages of options. Use Next or move the joystick left and right to cycle through the pages.

When a menu option is not available, the icon is dimmed and cannot be selected.

Title

Menu options

Select button

"Next page" button

Cancel button

The 10 main menu options are explained in chapter 3.

The "change preferences" option gives access to several menu pages with preference options, which are explained in chapter 4.

1.3. The route summary

The route summary screen gives you an overview of the calculated route. From this screen you can decide how to use the route. The route summary screen is shown immediately after you have

calculated a route, for example with "Navigate to...", "Plan from A to B", or "Find alternative...". You can also show is by selecting Show status

Current destination

Current time

Map showing the calculated route

Journey summary

The current destination is shown as an address, the name of a favourite or a point of interest.

The journey summary shows the estimated total journey time and total distance (presented in your distance units preference). If the route shown is an alternative route, the original journey time and distance are also shown for comparison.

in the menu.

Select Map to browse around on the map of your route.

Select Done to start navigating in the main screen.

1.4. The map browser

TomTom MOBILE offers many features that allow you to browse around on a map. You can do so by selecting Browse map in the menu, or select Map in the route summary

screen.

On the map, you will find all the items you might find on a normal paper map, such as cities, towns, roads, streets, rivers and lakes, points of interest (such as petrol stations, restaurants and hospitals) etc.

You can also find more dynamic and personal elements, such as your current GPS position, your favourite locations or your current departure and destination.

Scale bar

Cursor position

Your current GPS location

Options button

Cancel button

The blinking icon represents your cursor. Simply use the joystick to move the cursor around the map.

You can also increase or decrease the scale of the map. To zoom in press the joystick. To zoom out use the "0" key. The map will zoom in (or out) relative to your cursor position.

To display the map broser menu, select Options. The following options are available:

option function

Show information

Show information causes details of the current cursor position to be displayed on the map.

Use cursor...

Find...

Change preferences

Use cursor... provides functions for your cursor location (i.e. the location indicated by the blinking icon). You can:

• calculate a route from your current location to the cursor location

• find a point of interest near the cursor location

• centre the map around the cursor location

• turn the cursor location into a favourite

Find... allows you to search for a specific location and place your cursor there. You use it to locate:

• an address

• one of your favourite locations

• your home location

• a recent destination

• a nearby point of interest (e.g. a hotel or petrol station)

• your current GPS position

Related topic: To learn more about the options to search a location, see the "Picking locations " description.

Change preferences allows you to change the items that are currently being displayed on the map:

• show the number of roads and streets

• show the number of street names

• show or hide all points of interest

• show or hide all favourites

Select POI to use the Enable/Disable POI preference to specify which categories of points of interest can be displayed.

Note: The option to show or hide all points of interest in this menu is the same as Show POI / Hide POI preference. Changes have direct effect on this

preference.

How to zoom...

Select Cancel to return to the main screen.

How to zoom...

• press the joystick to zoom in

• press " 0 " to zoom out

• press 1 - 9 to select one of the 9 main zoom levels

1.5. The schematic view

Instead of the main screen, a much simpler, schematic design can be used to display driving instructions. Some people prefer the simplicity of this "at-a-glance" schematic display.

You can switch to the schematic display using the turn off map display preference.

You can also set TomTom MOBILE to hide the map only when you go faster than a certain speed.

The screen items are described in Chapter 1.1.

2. Browsers and locations

2.1 Browsers

• To choose a line, move the highlight over it and press the joystick. If you change your mind and wish to go back to the previous screen without selecting anything, press the

Cancel button

• If there are more lines than fit on the screen, you can move the joystick left and right to browse to the other pages of the list.

• When a line has too much text to fit on the screen, it will be abbreviated. If you highlight an item the text will be adjusted in size in order to show the complete text.

"Sound off" warning indicator

Next instruction

Journey information

GPS signal strength

The name of the street you are currently on

A large copy of the schematic instruction arrow

The name of the next street

Favourites browser City browser

Most browsers allow you to search for items with a particular name. Simply type some letters of the name, by selecting the corresponding buttons on the phone keypad.

Use the Clear key to remove a character.

2.2 Picking locations

You can select a location in several ways:

● Home - your "home" location

● Favourite - one of your own favourite locations

● Recent destination - a location that you have recently travelled to

● Point of Interest (POI) - a point of interest such as a petrol station, restaurant, hospital etc.

● Address - a city, street and house number

● GPS position - your current location (as measured by your GPS device)

2.2.1 Picking your HOME location

The main advantage of the HOME location is simply that you can select it with a single press of the joystick. It is therefore useful to set it to the location that is most central in your travels, such as your home, your parking spot or your office.

You can change your HOME location using the "change home location" preference.

If you don't specify a HOME position, the home icon in the location menu will remain dimmed.

2.2.2 Picking a favourite

Locations you travel to regularly (like family, friends, work address, important customers etc.) can be turned into favourite locations.

If you have never turned a location into a favourite yet, the "favourite" icon in the location menu is dimmed. Otherwise, you will be presented with a browser listing of all your favourite locations in alphabetical order:

See chapter 2.1 for details about how to use browsers.

You can turn locations into favourites using the "Add favourite" option in the menu, or using the "Add as favourite" cursor action in the map browser. You can rename or delete favourites using the

Maintain favourites preference.

2.2.3 Picking a recent destination

Every time you plan a route, the destination is automatically added to the list of recent destinations.

If you have never navigated anywhere, the "recent destination" icon in the location menu will be dimmed. Otherwise, you will be presented with a browser listing the most recently used destinations.

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