TomTom Eclipse 2 Manual
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41 Not all phones can transfer their phonebook to your TomTom. For more information, visit www.TomTom .com/phones Making a Call Once you have established a connection with your phone, you can start making calls. 1. Tap Mobile phone in the Main Menu. 2. Tap Call. Note : Make sure that your phone is currently selected. The current phone is shown at the bottom of the screen. 3. Tap Number to enter a number to call. 4. Do one of the following: •Tap Home to call your Home location. If you have not entered a number for your Home location this button is unavailable. To enter a number, tap Change Home number in the Phone preferences menu. •Tap Number to enter a number to call. •Tap Point of Interest to choose a Point of Interest (POI) to call. If your TomTom knows the phone number of a POI, this is shown next to the POI. •Tap Phonebook entry to select a contact from your phonebook. Note: If you have not copied your ph onebook to your TomTom, the button Phonebook entry is unavailable. •Tap Recently dialed to select from a list of people or numbers you have called recently using your TomTom. •Tap Recent caller to select from a list of people or numbers who called you recently. Only calls you have received on your TomTom are saved in this list. Receiving a Call If someone calls you while you are driving, accept or reject the call by tapping the screen. Auto-Answer You can tell your TomTom to answer ev ery call automatically after a certain time. Tap Phone preferences in the mobile phone menu, then tap Auto- answer preferences . Select when your TomTom will automatically answer your calls. Sharing your TomTom To add more phones, do the following. You can establish connections for up to 5 mobile phones. 1. Tap Mobile phone in the Main Menu. 2. Tap Connect to your phone . 3. Tap Find other phone... and follow the instructions on the screen. To switch between phones, tap Connect to your phone and then select your phone from the list.
42 Mobile phone menu The available buttons are listed below: REDIAL Tap this button to redial a telephone number using your mobile phone. Read/Write message Tap this button to read or write a message. Phone preferences Tap this button to configre how your TomTom communicates with your mobile phone. Call... Tap this button to dial a telephone number using your mobile phone. Get phone numbers from phone Tap this button to load the contacts and phone numbers from your mobile phone onto your TomTom. Manage phones Tap this button to manage the mobile phones that will be connected to your TomTom. You can add a profile for up to five different mobile phones.
Preferences16. 43 Preferences Use night colors / Use day colors Show POI on map Use night colors Tap this button to reduce the bright ness of the screen and show darker colors on the map. When should I use this? When it’s dark, it is easier to see the screen if the display on your TomTom is not brightly lit. Use day colors To change back to a brighter screen showing brighter colors on the map, tap Use day colors . Show POI on map Tap this button to set which categories for the Points of Interest (POIs) should be shown 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 category. 3. Tap Done. The POIs you have selected are shown as symbols on the map.
44 Safety preferences What happens when I use the Turn off map display option? 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 turned off. This option is useful for situations when the map might be distracting, such as when you are driving fast. • Never - the map is never turned off. Voice preferences Safety preferences Tap this button to set the following safety preferences: • Hide most menu options while driving • Suggest driving breaks • Show safety reminders • Warn when near places of worship or schools • Warn when driving faster than allowed • Warn when driving faster than a set speed • Warn not to leave the device in the car If you select one or more of the warnings, you will also be asked to select a sound to be played whenever a warning is displayed. Select whether or not your TomTom should warn you about which side of the road you should be driving on. Decide if you want the map display to be turned off in special circumstances and press Done. Voice preferences Ta p Voice preferences to manage your TomTom voices. The following options are available: • Change voice - tap this button to change the voice that gives you instructions. • Disable voice - tap this button to disable the use of voices. To enable voices, tap Enable. • Download voice - tap this button to download new voices from TomTom Services and transfer them to your TomTom.
45 Turn off sound / Turn on sound Can I still use my TomTom to make hands-free calls when the sound is turned off? Yes. Turning the sound off does not affect hands-free calling, meaning that you will still be able to talk to and hear the caller. Volume preferences Manage Favorites Change Home location Do I need to use my actual home address for the Home location? No. Your Home location can be a place yo u go often, for example, your office. It can be your actual home address, bu t it can also be any address you like. Why should I set a Home location? Having a Home location means that you have a quick and easy way to navigate there, by tapping the Home button in the Navigate to... menu Turn off sound Tap this button to turn off sound. If you turn off the sound, warnings for upcoming POIs are also turned off. The button changes to Turn on sound. Tips To change the volume, tap Volume preferences in the Preferences menu. To change the volume quickly while you are driving, tap the bottom left- hand section of the Driving View and move the slider. To change the voice being used by your TomTom, tap Change voice in the Voice preferences menu. Volume preferences Tap this button to change the volume. Manage Favorites Tap this button to rename or delete Favorites. To find a Favorite quickly, tap Find, then start to type the name of the Favorite. As soon as the Favorite is shown in the list, you can select it. Change Home location Tap this button to set or change your Home location.
46 Manage maps This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu. Manage POIs This button may only be available if al l menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu. Change car symbol This button may only be available if al l menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu. Manage maps Tap this button to do the following: • Download a map - tap this button to dow nload a map you have bought using TomTom HOME. It may not be possible to download maps on all devices. • Switch map - tap this button to change the map you are using. • Download free map corrections - tap this button to download map corrections provided as part of the Map Share service. • Delete a map - tap this button to delete a map. This might be necessary to create more space on your TomTom, for example when you want to load a different map. Note : Don’t delete a map unless you have already made a backup of the map. If you delete a map before you make a backup, you will no longer be able to load the map on your TomTom. Use TomTom HOME to make backups, download, add and delete maps from your navigation device. Manage POIs Tap this button to do the following: • Set alerts for when you are near POIs. For example, your TomTom can tell you when there is a gas station nearby. • Create your own POI categories and add POIs to them. For example, you could create a category of POIs called “Friends”, and add all your friends’ addresses as PO Is in the category. You can even add your friends’ phone numbers with their address so you can call them from your TomTom.
47 Change 2D/3D display / Turn on 2D display When should I use this? In some situations, it is easier to see the map from above. Perhaps if the road network is complicated or for times when you are walking while using your TomTom to navigate. Compass preferences This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu. Change car symbol Tap this button to select a car symbol that will be used to show your current position in the Driving view. Turn on 2D display Ta p Turn on 2D display to change the perspective for viewing the map. For example, the 2D view shows a two dimensional view of the map as though viewed from above. Change 2D/3D display To switch the view to a three dimensional perspective, tap Change 2D/3D display and select a view from the list. Compass preferences Tap this button to configure the compass. The following options are available: • None - the compass is not shown. • One with arrow pointing north - the arrow always points towards north and the direction you are moving is shown at the top of the compass. • One with arrow showing your heading - the arrow always shows the direction you are moving. If you select one of these options, you then need to select the features that are shown in the middle of the arrow: • Direction - your direction is shown as a compass point, displayed in the center of the compass arrow. • Degrees - your direction is shown as compass degrees, displayed in the center of the compass arrow. • Nothing • One with arrow pointing to your destination - the arrow always points towards your destination. The distance to your destination is displayed in the compass arrow.
48 Change map colors This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu. Start-up preferences This button may only be available if al l menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu. Status bar preferences This button may only be available if al l menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu. Change map colors Tap this button to select the color schemes for day and night map colors. You can also download more color schemes from TomTom Services. Start-up preferences Tap this button to select what ha ppens when your TomTom starts. The following options are available: • Show the Driving View - your TomTom starts and shows the Driving View. • Ask for a destination - your TomTom starts with Navigate to... menu. You can enter a destination immediately. • Show the Main Menu - your TomTom starts with the Main Menu.
49 Automatic zooming This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu. Quick menu preferences This button may only be available if al l menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu. Status bar preferences Tap this button to select the information shown on the status bar: • Remaining time - the estimated time left until you reach your destination. • Remaining distance - the distance left until you reach your destination. • Current time • Arrival time - your estimated arrival time. • Speed • Direction • Show next street name - the name of the next street on your trip. • Show current street name • Show leeway to arrival time - your TomTom shows how late or early you will be compared with the preferred arrival time that is set during the planning of a route. • Show max speed next to speed - only available when speed (above) is also selected. • How should the status bar be displayed? Horizontal - If yo u cho os e thi s optio n, the status bar will be shown at the bottom of the Driving view. Vertical - If you choose this option, the status bar will be shown at the right-hand side of the Driving view. Note : If the speed limit for the road you are on is available, it is shown next to your speed. If you drive faster than the speed limit, your speed is shown in red. Automatic zooming Tap this button to enable or disable automatic zooming in the Driving View.
50 Guided tours This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu. Name preferences This button may only be available if al l menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu. Set units This button may only be available if al l menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu. Quick menu preferences Tap this button to choose up to six buttons to be used in the Quick menu. The Quick menu button enables easy access for your most commonly used buttons. The buttons you assign for use with the Quick menu, are shown in the Driving View. Guided tours Tap this button to show one of th e Guided tours on how to use your To m To m . Name preferences Tap this button to set the information that is shown on the map in the Driving View. The following options are available: • Show house number before street name • Show street names - if you are using a computer voice for spoken instructions and have selected that street names should be read aloud, you do not need to select this option, since the street names will be read aloud even though this option is not selected. • Show next highway / signpost - when this option is selected, the next major road on your route is shown at the top of the screen in the Driving View. • Show current street name on map Set units Tap this button to set the type of units that will be shown for the following: •Distance •Time • Latitude and longitude • Temperature • Air pressure