TomTom Go 50 Manual

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When the wide route bar is shown, you see more information about your route. For example, you 
see time and distance to traffic queues and more. 
 
 
Arrival information 
Select Arrival information to change the following settings: 
 Show remaining distance 
Select this setting to show the remaining distance left to travel in the arrival information panel 
during navigation.  
 Show remaining time 
Select this setting to show the remaining time left to travel in the arrival information panel...

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Select this setting to see stops on your route. 
 Rest areas 
Select this setting to see rest areas on your route.  
Guidance view 
Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Appearance.  
 
 Show current street name 
This setting displays name of the street you driving along on the guidance view. 
 Guidance view style 
Select this setting to choose from 3D or 2D versions of the guidance view. Both the 2D and 3D 
guidance views move in your direction of travel.  
Automatic Zoom 
Select...

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If you need a computer voice and your language is unavailable, then you are asked to choose from 
a list of installed computer voices available for the country you are in. 
Instruction settings 
 Read aloud early instructions 
For example, if you switch on this setting, you could hear early instructions such as After 2 km 
take the exit right or Ahead, turn left. 
Note: When a recorded voice is chosen, you see only this setting because recorded voices 
cannot read out road numbers, road...

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Maps 
Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Maps.  
 
Changing the map 
Select Change map to change the map that you are using. 
You can choose from maps stored either in internal memory or memory cards if your GO has a 
memory card slot. 
Note: Although you can store more than one map on your GO, you can only use one map at a time 
for planning and navigation.  
 
Route Planning 
Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Route Planning.  
 
Suggest destinations 
When no route is...

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Avoid on every route 
You can choose to avoid ferries and car shuttle trains, toll roads, carpool lanes, and unpaved roads. 
Set how your GO should manage each of these road features when the device calculates a route.  
Carpool lanes are sometimes known as High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes (HOV) and are not present in 
every country. To travel on these lanes, you may need to have more than one person in the car, for 
example, or the car may need to use environmentally-friendly fuel.   
Sounds and...

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 Danger zones 
This type of warning is only given in France where you are only warned about danger zones.  
 Accident blackspots 
This type of warning is given for a place where road traffic accidents have historically been 
concentrated.  
 Risk zones 
 This type of warning is only given in France where you are only warned about danger zones. 
 Traffic jams 
Traffic jam warnings in the route bar are part of TomTom Traffic. You can choose never to be 
warned or to be warned when...

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You can see your currently selected country on this screen. Select this setting to change the 
country. When you change the country, the time/date format, distance units and voice are 
changed automatically. The list includes the countries from the maps currently installed on your 
device. 
 Keyboards 
Select this setting to choose from a list of available keyboards. 
You use the keyboard to enter names and addresses, such as when you plan a route or search 
for the name of a town or a local...

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This is not a software update and will not affect the version of the software application in-
stalled on your GO.  
Help 
Select Help from the Main Menu or the Settings menu. 
 
On this screen, you can see the following information: 
 Voice control 
Note: Voice control is not supported on all devices or in all languages. 
Select this option to see the following information about voice control: 
 How to use voice control 
 Tips for using voice control 
 Which commands can I say? 
 About...

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Help 
Select Help from the Main Menu or the Settings menu. 
 
On this screen, you can see the following information: 
 Voice control 
Note: Voice control is not supported on all devices or in all languages. 
Select this option to see the following information about voice control: 
 How to use voice control 
 Tips for using voice control 
 Which commands can I say? 
 About 
See System. 
More help 
You can get further help by going to tomtom.com/support.  
For warranty and privacy...

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Finding product certification information on your device 
To find product certification information, such as the ICASA-approved certification number, do the 
following on your GO: 
1. Select Settings in the Main Menu. 
2. Select System.  
 
3. Select About. 
4. Select Legal information. 
5. Select Certificates. 
6. You then see the relevant product certification information for your GO, for example, ICASA. 
Product certification