TomTom Blue Me Manual

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Bluetooth preferences
Send/Receive files
Set owner
Bluetooth 
preferences
Tap this button to manage Bluetooth functionality on your Blue&Me-
To m To m .
Important: In places such as hospitals and on aeroplanes, you are 
required to switch off Bluetooth for all your electronic devices. 
You can select the following options:
•Disable Bluetooth/Enable Bluetooth - switch Bluetooth on or off for 
your Blue&Me-TomTom. If you disable Bluetooth, all the other 
options are unavailable and any connection you...

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Start-up preferences
Set clock
Set units
Start-up 
preferences
Tap this button to select what happens when your device starts. The fol-
lowing options are available:
•Continue where I left off - your device starts and shows the last 
screen that was shown when you turned off the device.
•Ask for a destination - your device starts with Navigate to... menu 
or the list of frequent destinations, if you have set some frequent des-
tinations.
•Show the Main Menu - your device starts with the Main Menu....

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Keyboard preferences
Battery saving preferences
Change language
Hide tips / Show tips
Keyboard 
preferences
You use the keyboard to enter your destination or to find an item in a 
list, such as a POI.
Tap this button to select the size of the keys on the keyboard and the 
keyboard layout. You can select from two sizes: 
•Large keyboard
•Small keyboard
Several keyboard layouts are available:
•ABCD keyboard
•QWERTY keyboard
•AZERTY keyboard
•QWERTZ keyboard
Battery 
saving 
preferences
Tap this button...

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Safety preferences
Turning off the map display
When you turn off the map display, instead of seeing your position on a map in the Driving 
View, you will only see information about the next instruction.
Tap the button and select an option for when the map should be turned off. These are the 
options:
•Always - The map will not be shown and you will only see information about the next 
instruction and arrows showing direction.
•Above a certain speed - you set the speed at which point the map will be...

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Reset factory settings
Reset factory 
settings
Tap this button to restore the factory settings to your Blue&Me-TomTom.
All your settings, including Favourites, your Home location, warnings 
for POIs and any Itineraries you have created are deleted. 

Navigating to POIs21.
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Navi-
gating 
to POIsPoints of Interest
Points of Interest or POIs are useful places on the map. Here are some examples:
• Restaurants
•Hotels
•Museums
• Parking garages
• Petrol stations
Note: You can report missing POIs or edit existing POIs using Map Share and share your 
corrections with the Map Share community.
Creating POIs
Note: You can also download sets of POIs and share the POI sets you create using 
TomTom HOME.
1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu.
2. Tap...

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9. Select the location of your POI from the list below.
Note: You can report missing POIs or edit existing POIs using Map Share and share your 
corrections with the Map Share community.
Home
You can set your Home location as a POI.
If you want to change your Home location, you can create a POI of 
the Home location before you change it.
Favourite
You can create a POI from a Favourite.
You can only create a limited number of Favourites. If you want to 
create more Favourites you have to delete some...

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Navigating to a POI
You can use a POI as your destination. For example, if you are travelling to an unfamiliar 
city, you could choose a POI to help find a parking garage.
1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu.
2. Tap Navigate to... in the Main Menu.
3. Tap Point of Interest.
4. Narrow your choice of POIs by selecting the area where the POI is located.
You can select one of these options:
•POI near you - to choose from a list of POIs near to your current location.
•POI in city - to find a POI in...

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Once you have selected a POI, the route to the POI is calculated by your Blue&Me-
TomTom.
Showing POIs on the map
1. Tap Show POIs on map in the Preferences menu.
2. Select the POI categories to display on the map.
Tap Find to search for a POI by name.
3. Tap Done.
The POIs you have selected are shown as symbols on the map.
Calling a POI
Your Blue&Me-TomTom knows the phone numbers for many POIs. You can, for example, 
call a restaurant to book a table.
1. In the Main Menu, tap Mobile phone.
2. Tap...

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Managing POIs
You can, for example, do the following:
• Create your own POI categories and add POIs to them.
• Set warnings when you get close to POIs.
Reasons for creating your own POIs
A POI acts like a shortcut - once you have saved a location as a POI you never have to type 
the address of that POI again. But when you create a POI you can save more than just the 
location.
• Phone number - when you create a POI, you can save a phone number with it.
• Categories - when you create a POI you have to...