TomTom Go 16 4 User Manual

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About danger zones and risk zones 
The Danger Zones service warns you about danger zones and risk zones on your route when you are 
in France. 
Since 3rd January 2012, it has been illegal to receive warnings about the position of fixed or mobile 
speed cameras when you are driving in France. To be compliant with this change in French law, 
speed camera locations are no longer reported but instead areas of danger are indicated as danger 
zones and risk zones. 
Important: Outside of France, you...

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 Your distance to the start of the zone is shown in the route bar.  
 You hear a warning sound as you get near the start of the zone. 
 While you are approaching a zone or driving in a zone, your speed is monitored. If you drive 
more than 5 km/h or 3 mph over the speed limit the route bar turns red. If you drive less than 5 
km/h or 3 mph over the speed limit the route bar turns orange. 
 While you are driving in a zone your distance to the end of the zone is shown in the route bar....

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If enough Danger Zones users report a new risk zone, that zone may become a danger zone and be 
available for all subscribers. 
You can report a risk zone in two ways: 
Using the quick menu to report a risk zone 
1. Select the current location symbol or the speed panel in the guidance view. 
2. Select Report Risk Zone from the pop-up menu. 
You see a message thanking you for adding the risk zone. 
Tip: If you make a mistake when reporting a risk zone, select Cancel in the message. 
The risk...

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About My Places 
My Places provides an easy way to select a location without the need to search for the location each 
time. You can use My Places to create a collection of useful or favourite addresses. 
Tip: The terms favourite and place mean the same thing - favourites are places that you go to 
often. 
The following items are always in My Places: 
 Home - Your home location can be your home address or somewhere you often visit. This 
feature provides an easy way to navigate there. 
 Work...

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Setting your home or work location using the map 
1. In the Map View, move the map and zoom in until you can see your home or work location. 
2. Press and hold to select the location. 
A pop-up menu shows the nearest address. 
1. Open the pop-up menu and select Add to My Places. 
2. In the name bar, enter the name Home or Work. 
Note: Home must have a capital letter H and Work must have a capital letter W. 
3. Save the location. 
Your home or work location is shown on the map.  
Changing your...

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Adding a location from My Places 
1. In the Main Menu, select My Places. 
2. Select Add a new place. 
3. To select a location, do one of the following: 
 Zoom in on the map at the location you want to select. Press and hold to select the loca-
tion, then select the add location symbol. 
 Search for a location. Select Show on Map, then select the add location symbol. 
 
The name of the location appears in the edit screen. 
4. Edit the name of the location so you can easily recognise it. 
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5. Select Add to My Places. 
The name of the location appears in the edit screen. 
6. Edit the name of the location so you can easily recognise it. 
7. Select Done to save your location in the My Places list.  
Adding a location to My Places by marking 
To mark a location and temporarily add it to My Places, do the following: 
1. Make sure that your current location is the location you want to mark. 
2. Select the current location symbol or the speed panel in the guidance view to open the...

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About hands-free calling 
You can make calls and receive incoming calls hands-free using your TomTom GO. You can use your 
voice or a combination of voice and touch to use hands-free calling. 
If you have an Android smartphone you can also reply to a call with a predefined SMS message. 
Your GO can also receive SMS message, which are also known as text messages, and instant 
messages from other apps. 
You can also use your GO to communicate with your phones personal assistant. 
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3. To see your missed calls, swipe up from the bottom of the screen.  
Making a hands-free call 
Note: This uses your phones voice control. 
1. Say Hello TomTom to wake up voice control then say Activate phone, or select the Phone 
button. 
 
You see the message Speak to your phone after the tone. 
2. Say, for example, Call Jack to call your friend named Jack. 
You see a message Outgoing call. 
3. Jack answers and you have your conversation. 
4. To hang up, select End call.  
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3. Select one of the predefined messages, for example, Sorry, cant talk right now. 
Your text message is sent to the caller and you see a message saying Message sent.  
Receiving an SMS or IM 
1. When someone sends you an SMS or IM, you see their name if they are in your contacts list, and 
the name of the app that was used to send it (for example WhatsApp). 
Voice control announces the message and asks if you want it to be read aloud.  
2. Select Read Aloud to have it read to you by your...