Blue Me TomTom 2 Live Reference Guide

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Point of Interest  
If you visit a POI you particularly like, for example a restaurant, you 
can add it as a Favourite. 
 
My location  
Tap this button to add your current location as a Favourite. 
For example, if you stop somewhere interesting, while you are there 
you can tap this button to create the Favourite. 
 
Point on map  
Tap this button to create a Favourite using the Map Browser. 
Select the location of the Favourite using the cursor, then tap Done. 
 
Latitude Longitude  
Tap this button to create a Favourite by entering latitude and longi-
tude values. 
 
Spoken address  
Tap this button to create a Favourite by saying the address. 
 
Position of last 
stop  
Tap this button to select your last recorded position as your destina-
tion. 
Your device suggests a name for your new Favourite. To enter a new name, there is no need 
to delete the suggested name, you just start typing. 
Tip: It is a good idea to give your Favourite a name that is easy to remember. 
Tap OK. 
Your new favourite appears in the list. 
After you have added two or more Favourites, and Tips are switched on, you are asked whether 
you make regular trips to the same locations. If you tap YES, you can enter these destinations as 
your favourite destinations. Every time you switch on your device, you can immediately select one 
of these locations as your destination. To change these destinations or select a new destination, 
tap Start-up in the Settings menu, then select Ask for a destination.  
Using a Favourite 
You can use a Favourite as a way of navigating to a place without having to enter the address. To 
navigate to a Favourite, do the following: 
1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main menu.  
						

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2. Tap Navigate to or Drive to. 
3. Tap Favourite. 
4. Select a Favourite from the list. 
Your Blue&Me-TomTom 2 device calculates the route for you. 
5. When the route is calculated, tap Done. 
Your device immediately starts guiding you to your destination with spoken instructions and visual 
instructions on the screen.  
Changing the name of a Favourite 
To change the name of a Favourite, do the following: 
1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main menu. 
2. Tap Settings to open the Settings menu. 
3. Tap Favourites. 
4. Tap the Favourite you want to rename. 
Tip: Use the left and right arrows to choose another Favourite from your list. 
5. Tap Rename. 
6. Type in the new name and then tap Done. 
7. Tap Done.  
Deleting a Favourite 
To delete a Favourite, do the following: 
1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main menu. 
2. Tap Settings to open the Settings menu. 
3. Tap Favourites. 
4. Tap the Favourite you want to delete. 
Tip: Use the left and right arrows to choose another Favourite from your list. 
5. Tap Delete. 
6. Tap Yes to confirm the deletion. 
7. Tap Done.  
						

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About LIVE Services 
Note: LIVE Services are not available in all countries or regions, and not all LIVE Services are 
available in all countries or regions. You may be able to use LIVE Services when travelling 
abroad. For more information on available services, go to tomtom.com/services. 
The following LIVE Services may be available for your device. LIVE Services are subscrip-
tion-based. 
 HD Traffic 
 Speed Cameras or Danger Zones 
 Expedia 
 TripAdvisor 
 Weather 
 Local Search  
Safety Notice 
Some navigation devices contain a GSM/GPRS module which can interfere with electrical devices 
such as cardiac pacemakers, hearing aids and aviation equipment. 
Interference with these devices may endanger the health or life of you or others. 
If your device includes a GSM/GPRS module, do not use it near unprotected electrical units or in 
areas where the use of mobile telephones is prohibited, such as hospitals and aircraft.  
LIVE Services subscriptions 
Checking your LIVE Services subscription 
You can check the status of your subscriptions at any time. In the Main Menu, tap Services and 
then tap My Services. 
Your Blue&Me-TomTom 2 device also warns you when your LIVE Services subscription is ap-
proaching the renewal date. 
For more information about LIVE Services subscription and payment terms, go to 
tomtom.com/services. 
Renewing your LIVE Services subscription using your device 
1. In the Main Menu, tap Services and then tap My Services. 
The current status of your LIVE Services is shown. 
2. Tap on the service you want to renew. 
Your device confirms that you want to renew your subscription. 
3. Tap Yes. 
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The renewal request is sent to TomTom. You should complete payment online, on or before 
the date shown on your device. 
Renewing your LIVE Services subscription using the TomTom website 
1. Go to tomtom.com/getstarted to install MyDrive Connect, if its not already installed, and start 
using MyDrive. 
2. When prompted, connect your device to your computer using the USB cable. Then switch 
your device on. 
Important: You should plug the USB connector directly into a USB port on your computer 
and not into a USB hub or USB port on a keyboard or monitor. 
3. Open the LIVE Services section. 
4. Check the status of your subscription and click on the service you want to renew. 
You are asked to provide your payment details. 
5. Enter your payment details and complete the transaction. 
Your subscription is renewed.  
About HD Traffic 
HD Traffic is a unique TomTom service providing real-time traffic information. For more infor-
mation about TomTom services, go to tomtom.com/services. 
In combination with IQ Routes, Traffic helps you plan the optimum route to your destination taking 
into account the current local traffic conditions. 
Your Blue&Me-TomTom 2 LIVE device regularly receives information about the changing traffic 
conditions. If traffic jams or other incidents are found on your current route, your device will offer 
to replan your route to try and avoid any delays.  
About Local Search 
Using local search, you can search the TomTom Places listings to find shops and businesses, then 
plan a route to the destination you choose.  
Using local search 
To find a location using local search and plan a route there, follow the steps below. In this exam-
ple, you search for a supermarket near to your current position. 
1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu, then tap Navigate to or Drive to. 
Tip: You can also set up a quick menu button for local search by tapping Settings and then 
Make your own menu. Select Navigate to local search address or Drive to local search ad-
dress. 
2. Tap the Local Search button. 
3. Tap Search near you. 
4. Type supermarket then tap OK. 
The locations that match your search are shown in a list with their distance from your current 
location and rating. 
5. Tap one of the locations in the list.  
						

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The location is shown on the map. 
Tap Show info to see more information about this location. 
6. Tap Select.  
About Speed Cameras 
Note: LIVE Services are not available in all countries or regions, and not all LIVE Services are 
available in all countries or regions. You may be able to use LIVE Services when travelling 
abroad. For more information on available services, go to tomtom.com/services. 
The Speed Cameras service warns you about a range of speed cameras and safety alerts including 
the following: 
 Fixed speed camera locations. 
 Accident blackspot locations. 
 Mobile speed camera locations. 
 Average speed check camera locations. 
 Traffic light camera locations. 
 Ungated railway crossings. 
Note: In France, no warnings are given for individual cameras or different types of camera. It is 
only possible to warn about danger zones. Danger zones are areas where there may be camer-
as. Its possible to report or confirm the location of danger zones, but its not possible to remove 
them. 
 
Other services 
Note: Only available on LIVE devices. 
The following services are also available on your Blue&Me-TomTom 2 LIVE device: 
Weather 
The Weather service gives you five-day weather reports for any location on your map. 
TripAdvisor 
You can use this service to search for a POI and then navigate to it immediately using your naviga-
tion device. 
Expedia 
You can use this service to search for a POI and then navigate to it immediately using your naviga-
tion device. 
My Services 
To check your subscription, tap Services in the Main Menu and then tap My Services. 
Your Blue&Me-TomTom 2 LIVE device tells you when your LIVE Services subscriptions are due for 
renewal. You can use your device to tell TomTom that you wish to renew your current subscrip-
tion. 
For more information about LIVE Services subscription and payment terms, go to 
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About HD Traffic 
HD Traffic is a unique TomTom service providing real-time traffic information. For more infor-
mation about TomTom services, go to tomtom.com/services. 
In combination with IQ Routes, Traffic helps you plan the optimum route to your destination taking 
into account the current local traffic conditions. 
Your Blue&Me-TomTom 2 LIVE device regularly receives information about the changing traffic 
conditions. If traffic jams or other incidents are found on your current route, your device will offer 
to replan your route to try and avoid any delays.  
Using Traffic information 
The traffic sidebar is shown on the right side of the Driving View. The sidebar informs you about 
traffic delays while you drive, using glowing dots to show you where each traffic incident is 
located on your route. 
 
 
 
The top of the traffic sidebar represents your destination and shows the 
total time delay due to traffic jams and other incidents on your route. 
The central section of the traffic sidebar shows individual traffic incidents 
in the order they occur on your route. 
The bottom of the traffic sidebar represents your current location and 
shows the distance to the next incident on your route. 
To make the traffic sidebar more readable some incidents may not be shown. These incidents will 
always be of minor importance and only cause short delays. 
The colour of the pointers, as shown below, gives you an instant indication of the type of incident: 
 
Unknown or undetermined situation. 
 
Slow traffic. 
 
Queueing traffic. 
 
Stationary traffic or road closure. 
 
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Safety Notice 
Some navigation devices contain a GSM/GPRS module which can interfere with electrical devices 
such as cardiac pacemakers, hearing aids and aviation equipment. 
Interference with these devices may endanger the health or life of you or others. 
If your device includes a GSM/GPRS module, do not use it near unprotected electrical units or in 
areas where the use of mobile telephones is prohibited, such as hospitals and aircraft.  
Taking the fastest route 
Your Blue&Me-TomTom 2 device regularly looks for a faster route to your destination. If the traffic 
situation changes and a faster route is found, your device offers to replan your journey so you can 
use the faster route. 
You can also set your device to automatically replan your journey whenever a faster route is 
found. To apply this setting, tap Traffic settings in the Traffic menu. 
To manually find and replan the fastest route to your destination, do the following: 
1. Tap the traffic sidebar. 
Tip: If you find that tapping the sidebar opens the Main menu instead of the traffic menu, try 
tapping the sidebar with your finger resting on the edge of the screen. 
A summary of traffic on your route is shown. 
2. Tap Options. 
3. Tap Minimise delays. 
Your device searches for the fastest route to your destination. 
The new route may include traffic delays. You can replan the route to avoid all traffic delays, 
but a route which avoids all delays will usually take longer than the fastest route. 
4. Tap Done.  
Minimising delays 
You can use HD Traffic to minimise the impact of traffic delays on your route. To minimise delays 
automatically, do the following: 
1. Tap Services in the Main Menu. 
2. Tap Traffic. 
3. Tap Traffic settings. 
4. Select Always switch to that route. 
5. Tap Done.  
Making commuting to work easier 
The Home to work or Work to home buttons in the Show home-work traffic menu lets you check 
your route to and from work with one tap of a button. 
When you use either of these buttons, your device plans a route between your home and work 
locations and checks the route for possible delays. 
The first time you use Home to work, you must set your traffic home and work locations by doing 
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1. Tap the traffic sidebar to open the Traffic menu. 
Note: If you already have a route planned, a summary of traffic incidents on your route is 
shown. Tap Options to open the Traffic menu. 
2. Tap Show home-work traffic. 
3. Set your home location and your work location. 
If you have already set the locations and want to change them, tap Change home-work. 
 
You can now use the Home to work and Work to home buttons. 
Note: The home location you set here is not the same as the home location you can set in the 
Settings Menu. In addition, the locations you use here do not have to be your actual home and 
work locations. If there is another route that you often travel, you can set Work/Home to use 
these locations instead. 
 
For example, to check for delays on your route home before you leave the office, do the following: 
1. Tap the traffic sidebar to open the Traffic menu. 
Note: If you already have a route planned, a summary of traffic incidents on your route is 
shown. Tap Options to open the Traffic menu. 
2. Tap Show home-work traffic. 
3. Tap Work to home then tap Done. 
The Driving View is shown and a message is displayed telling you about traffic incidents on this 
route. The Traffic sidebar also shows any delays.  
Getting more information about an incident 
To check for delays on your route, tap the traffic sidebar. Your navigation device shows a sum-
mary of the traffic delays on your route. 
The total includes any delays due to traffic incidents and those due to busy roads, with infor-
mation provided by IQ Routes.  
						

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Tap Minimise delays to check if you can reduce the delay. Tap Options to open the Traffic menu. 
 
Note: You can also access Minimise delays by tapping the traffic area of the LIVE Route sum-
mary tab, and then tapping options. 
Tap the left and right arrow buttons to move through each incident in turn, viewing the details of 
each one. This includes the type of incident, for example road works, and the length of delay 
caused by this incident. 
 
You can also access the details about individual incidents by tapping View route in the Main Menu 
and then tapping on the traffic incident symbol. 
When shown on the map, a traffic incident starts with an icon. In the case of a traffic queue, the 
direction of the incident is from the icon towards the other end.  
Checking traffic incidents in your area 
Get an overview of the traffic situation in your area, using the map. To find local incidents and 
their details, do the following: 
1. Tap the traffic sidebar then tap Options to open the Traffic menu. 
2. Tap View map. 
The map overview screen is shown. 
3. If the map does not show your location, tap the marker to centre the map on your current 
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The map shows traffic incidents in the area. 
 
4. Tap on any traffic incident to get more information. 
A screen is shown that gives you detailed information about the incident you chose. To dis-
play information about surrounding incidents use the left and right arrows at the bottom of this 
screen.  
Changing traffic settings 
Use the Traffic settings button to choose how traffic information works on your navigation device. 
1. Tap the traffic sidebar then tap Options to open the Traffic menu. 
2. Tap Traffic settings. 
 
3. If you are using an RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver, you will be able to select the setting Tune 
manually by entering a frequency. If you select this option, the button Tune manually is 
shown in the Traffic menu. Tap Tune manually to enter the frequency of a particular radio sta-
tion you want to use for RDS-TMC traffic information 
4. If a faster route is found while you are driving, Traffic can replan your journey to use the faster 
route. Select one of the following options and then tap Done. 
 Always switch to that route 
 Ask me if I want that route 
 Never change my route  
Traffic incidents 
Traffic incidents and warnings are shown on the map, in the Driving View and on the Traffic 
sidebar. 
To find out more about an incident, tap View Map in the Main Menu. Tap on a traffic incident 
symbol on the map to see information about that incident. To display information about sur-
rounding incidents, use the left and right arrows at the bottom of the screen. 
There are two types of incident and warning signs: 
 Symbols shown in a red square are traffic incidents. Your navigation device can replan to 
avoid them.