TomTom Blue And Me 2 Manual

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The location is shown on the map. 
Tap Show info to see more information about this location. 
6. Tap Select. 
Choose whether you want to navigate there, show the location on a map, travel via that loca-
tion or add it as a favourite.  
About Speed Cameras 
The Speed Cameras service warns you about the following roadside camera locations: 
 Speed camera locations. 
 Accident blackspot locations. 
 Mobile speed camera locations. 
 Average speed camera locations. 
 Toll road camera locations. 
 Traffic light camera locations.  
Other services 
Note: Only available on LIVE devices. 
The following services are also available on your Blue&Me-TomTom 2: 
Weather 
The Weather service gives you five-day weather reports for any location on your map. 
QuickGPSfixTM 
QuickGPSfix contains information about GPS satellite positions which helps your 
Blue&Me-TomTom 2 find your position faster. 
My Services 
To check your subscription, tap Services in the Main Menu and then tap My Services. 
Your Blue&Me-TomTom 2 tells you when your LIVE Services subscriptions are due for renewal. 
You can use your Blue&Me-TomTom 2 to tell TomTom that you wish to renew your current sub-
scription. 
For more information about LIVE Services subscription and payment terms, go to 
tomtom.com/services.  
						

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About TomTom HD Traffic 
TomTom HD Traffic is a unique TomTom service providing real-time traffic information. For more 
information about TomTom services, go to tomtom.com/services. 
In combination with IQ Routes, HD Traffic helps you plan the optimum route to your destination 
taking into account the current local traffic conditions. 
Your Blue&Me-TomTom 2 regularly receives information about the changing traffic conditions. If 
traffic jams or other incidents are found on your current route, your Blue&Me-TomTom 2 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 locat-
ed 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 TomTom navigation devices contain a GSM/GPRS module which can interfere with electri-
cal 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 airplanes.  
Taking the fastest route 
Your Blue&Me-TomTom 2 regularly looks for a faster route to your destination. If the traffic situa-
tion changes and a faster route is found, your Blue&Me-TomTom 2 will offer to replan your jour-
ney so you can use the faster route. 
You can also set your Blue&Me-TomTom 2 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. 
2. Tap Minimise delays. 
Your Blue&Me-TomTom 2 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. 
3. Tap Done.  
Minimising delays 
You can use TomTom HD Traffic to minimise the impact of traffic delays on your route. To mini-
mise delays automatically, do the following: 
1. Tap Services in the Main Menu. 
2. Tap Traffic. 
3. Tap Traffic settings. 
4. Choose between always taking the faster route automatically, being asked or never changing 
your route. 
5. Tap Next and then Done. 
6. Tap Minimise traffic delay. 
Your device plans the quickest route to your destination. The new route may include traffic 
delays and may remain the same as the original route. 
You can re-plan the route to avoid all delays, but this route is unlikely to be the quickest possi-
ble route. 
7. Tap Done.   
						

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Making commuting to work easier 
The Home to work or Work to home buttons in the 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 
the following: 
1. Tap the traffic sidebar 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. 
2. Tap Show home-work traffic. 
3. Tap Work to home. 
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 Show traffic on route in the Traffic menu. Your navigation 
device shows a summary 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. 
 
Note: If you are using a LIVE device, you can also access the Show traffic on route screen by 
tapping the traffic area of the LIVE Route summary tab. 
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 map 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 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 to open the Traffic menu. 
2. Tap Traffic settings. 
 
3. To hear a beep sound when a new traffic incident occurs on your route, select Report if traffic 
on route changes and then tap Done. 
4. If you are using an RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver, you will be able to select the setting Tune man-
ually 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 station you 
want to use for RDS-TMC traffic information 
5. 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 to change 
 Never change my route  
Traffic incidents 
Traffic incidents and warnings are shown on the map, in the Driving View and on the Traffic side-
bar. 
To find out more about an incident, tap Browse 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. 
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 Symbols shown in a red square are traffic incidents. Your navigation device can replan to 
avoid them. 
 Symbols shown in a red triangle are weather related. Your device does not replan to avoid 
these warnings. 
Traffic incident symbols: 
 
Accident 
 
Road works 
 
One or more lanes closed 
 
Road closed 
 
Traffic incident 
 
Traffic jam 
Weather related symbols: 
 
Fog 
 
Rain 
 
Wind 
 
Ice 
 
Snow 
 
 
 
 
Note: The incident avoided symbol is shown for any traffic incident 
that you avoid using a traffic service. 
  
Traffic menu 
To open the Traffic menu, tap the Traffic sidebar in the Driving View then tap Options, or tap Traf-
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The following buttons are available: 
 
Minimise traffic 
delays  
Tap this button to re-plan your route based on the latest traffic infor-
mation. 
 
Show home-work 
traffic  
Tap this button to calculate the quickest route from your home location 
to your place of work and back. 
 
Show traffic on 
route  
Tap this button for an overview of traffic incidents along your route. 
Tap the left and right buttons for more detailed information about each 
incident. 
Tap Replan to replan your route and avoid the traffic incidents that are 
shown on the map. 
 
View map  
Tap this button to browse the map and see the traffic incidents shown on 
the map. 
 
Change Traffic 
settings  
Tap this button to change your settings for how the Traffic service works 
on your device. 
 
Read aloud traffic 
info  
Tap this button to hear spoken information about traffic incidents on your 
route. 
Note: Your TomTom device must have a computer voice installed to 
read information aloud. 
  
						

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About Speed Cameras 
The Speed Cameras service warns you about the following roadside camera locations: 
 Speed camera locations. 
 Accident blackspot locations. 
 Mobile speed camera locations. 
 Average speed camera locations. 
 Toll road camera locations. 
 Traffic light camera locations.  
Speed camera warnings 
By default, warnings are given 15 seconds before you reach a speed camera location. To change 
the number of seconds or warning sound, tap Alert settings in the Speed Cameras menu. 
You are warned in three ways: 
 Your device plays a warning sound. 
 The type of speed camera and your distance from the camera location is shown in the Driving 
View. If a speed restriction has been reported for the camera, the speed is also shown in the 
Driving View. 
 The location of the speed camera is shown on the map. 
Note: For average speed cameras, you are warned by a combination of icons and sounds at the 
start, middle and end of the average speed check zone. 
 
Changing the way you are warned 
 
Alert settings 
 
 
To change the way your Blue&Me-TomTom 2 warns you about speed 
cameras, tap the Alert settings button. 
You can then set how close you want to be to a speed camera before 
you are warned and what type of sound will be played. 
For example, to change the sound that is played when you approach a 
fixed speed camera, do the following: 
1. Tap Services in the Main Menu. 
2. Tap Speed Cameras. 
3. Tap Alert settings. 
A list of speed camera types is displayed. A speaker is shown next to 
the speed camera types that have been set for an alert. 
4. Tap Fixed cameras. 
5. Tap NO to avoid removing the fixed speed camera alerts. 
6. Enter the time in seconds for when a warning is given before you 
reach a camera. Then tap OK. 
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7. Tap the sound you want to be used for the warning. 
Tips: To switch off warning sounds for a camera type, tap Silence in 
step 7 above. You still see a warning in the Driving View if you 
switch off the warning sound. 
8. Tap YES to save your changes. 
  
Speed Camera symbols 
Speed cameras are shown as symbols on the Driving View. 
When you approach an area where an alert is located, you see a symbol and a warning sound is 
played. 
You can change both the warning sound and the number of seconds that the warning is issued 
before reaching the alert. 
  
Fixed speed camera 
  
Traffic light camera 
  
Toll road camera 
  
Restricted road camera - located on a minor road that reduces traffic on a 
larger road 
  
Other camera 
  
Mobile camera hotspot 
  
Average speed check