TomTom Go 60 16 1 User Manual
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101 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 - Your work location can be your workplace address or somewhere you visit often. This feature provides an easy way to navigate there. Recent destinations - Select this button to select your destination from a list of locations you have recently used as destinations. These also include your stops. Marked locations - You can mark a location and temporarily add it to My Places. You can add a location to My Places directly in My Places, by selecting a location from the map, by searching for a location or by marking a location. Your home location, work location, marked locations and the locations that you have added appear in a list in My Places and are shown with a marker on the map. Setting your home and work locations You can set your home and work locations in the following ways: Setting your home or work location using My Places 1. In the Main Menu, select My Places. 2. Select Add Home or Add Work. 3. To select a location for home or work, do one of the following: My Places
102 Zoom in on the map at the location you want to select. Press and hold to select the loca- tion, then select the home or work location symbol. Select the Search button and search for a location. Select a location to set as home or work. Select Set home location or Set work location. 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. Select the location by pressing and holding the screen for about one second. 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. Select Add. Your home or work location is shown on the map. Changing your home location You can change your home location in the following ways. Changing your home location using My Places 1. In the Main Menu, select My Places. 2. Select Home. Your home location is shown on the map, with a pop-up menu. 3. Select Edit Location. 4. To select a new home 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 home location symbol. Select the Search button and search for a location. Select a location to set as home. Select Set home location. Changing your home location using the map 1. In the Map View, move the map and zoom in until you can see your new home location. 2. Select the location by pressing and holding the screen for about one second. A pop-up menu shows the nearest address.
103 1. Open the pop-up menu and select Add to My Places. 2. In the name bar, enter the name Home. Note: Home must have a capital letter H. 3. Select Add. Your home location is changed to the new location. 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. 5. Select Done to save your location in the My Places list. Add a location to My Places from the map 1. Move the map and zoom in until you can see the destination that you want to navigate to. 2. Press and hold to select the location. 3. Select the pop-up menu button. 4. Select Add to My Places. The name of the location is shown in the edit screen. 5. Edit the name of the location so you can easily recognise it. 6. Select Done to save your location in the My Places list. The location you added is shown with a marker on the map.
104 Adding a location to My Places using search 1. In the Main Menu, select Search. 2. Search for a location. 3. Select the location then select Show on map. 4. When the map view shows the location, select the pop-up menu button. 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 quick menu. 3. Select Mark Location. 4. Once marked, the location is saved in My Places in the Marked Locations list. If you want to permanently save a marked location, add it My Places by doing the following: 1. In the Main Menu, select My Places. 2. Select Marked Locations and choose your location from the list. Your location is shown on the map. 3. Select Add to My Places from the pop-up menu. The name of the location appears in the edit screen. 4. Edit the name of the location so you can easily recognise it. 5. Select Add. Deleting a recent destination from My Places 1. In the Main Menu, select My Places. 2. Select Recent Destinations. 3. Select Edit List. 4. Select the destinations you want to delete. 5. Select Delete. Deleting a location from My Places 1. In the Main Menu, select My Places. 2. Select Edit List. 3. Select the locations you want to delete. 4. Select Delete.
105 Appearance Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Appearance. On this screen, you can change these settings: Display Select Display to change the appearance of the display. Route bar Select Route bar to change the information you see in the route bar. Guidance view Select Guidance view to change the information you see in the guidance view. Automatic zoom Select Automatic Zoom to change how you view a junction as you drive. Automatic map view switching By default, automatic changing of views is on. This means, for example, that your GO shows the map view when an alternative route is being suggested, along with several other sets of circum- stances. Also, for example, that your GO shows the guidance view when you start driving and you start to accelerate. Select this setting if you want to turn off automatic changing between guidance view and map view. Show previews of motorway exits Select this setting to control the full screen preview when you approach motorway exits. Display Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Appearance. Theme colour Select Theme colour to change the colour used in the menus, buttons and icons, and on the map. Tip: The current location symbol and route also change to the selected colour. You can always change back to the original colour. Brightness Select Brightness to change the following settings: Day brightness Move the slider to adjust the brightness level of the screen during the day. Settings
106 Night brightness Move the slider to adjust the brightness level of the screen during the night. Select Switch to night colours when dark to automatically switch to night colours when it gets dark. Size of text and buttons Select Size of text and buttons to change the size of the text and the buttons you see on the screen. Note: This feature is only available on devices with a 6 inch / 15 cm or larger screen. Drag the slider to change the text and button size to small, medium or large, then select Apply this change. Your GO restarts and applies the change. Route Bar Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Appearance. Select Arrival information to change the arrival information you see in the route bar. Select Route information to change the route information you see on the route bar. Show current time Select this setting to show the current time in the guidance view. When switched on, the current time is shown at the bottom of the route bar. Show wide route bar if possible The wide route bar is not shown by default. You can select this setting to switch on the wide route bar in the guidance view. Note: The wide route bar can only be shown if the screen is wide enough. 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.
107 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 during navigation. Switch between distance and time automatically Select this setting to control the automatic switching between remaining distance and remain- ing time in the arrival information panel. Show arrival information for Use this setting to control whether you want to see information about the destination or the next stop in the arrival information panel. Tip: To find out where the different panels are in the guidance view or map view, see Whats on the screen. Route Information You can choose to see any of the following in the route bar: Parking Select this setting to see car parks and parking. Petrol stations Select this setting to see petrol stations on your route. Stops Select this setting to see stops on your route. Rest areas Select this setting to see rest areas on your route. Toll zones Select this setting to see toll zones on your route. Ferries and car shuttle trains Select this setting to see ferries and car shuttle trains 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.
108 Automatic Zoom Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Appearance. Select Automatic zoom to change settings for the automatic zoom in Guidance view when you approach a turn or a junction. Zooming in can make the turn or junction easier to drive. Zoom in to next turn All the turns and junctions on your route are shown zoomed in to the maximum level. Based on road type The turns and junctions on your route are shown zoomed in to the standard level for the type of road you are on. None None of the turns and junctions on your route are shown zoomed in. Voices Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Voices. Choosing a voice Select Choose a voice to change the voice that gives spoken directions and other route instructions. A wide range of voices are available. There are computer voices which can read street names and other information directly from the map and there are recorded voices which have been recorded by actors. Note: Computer voices are not available in all languages. 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 arrival time Use this setting to control whether your arrival time is read aloud. 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 signs, etc. Read aloud road numbers Use this setting to control whether road numbers are read aloud as part of navigation instruc- tions. For example, when road numbers are read aloud, you hear Turn left onto A100. Read aloud road sign information Use this setting to control whether road sign information is read aloud as part of navigation instructions. For example, Turn left onto A302 Bridge Street towards Islington. Read aloud street names
109 Use this setting to control whether street names are read aloud as part of navigation instruc- tions. For example, when street names are read aloud, you hear Turn left Graham Road to- wards Hackney. Read aloud foreign street names Use this setting to control whether foreign street names are read aloud as part of navigation instructions, such as Turn right Champs Élysées. For example, an English computer voice can read and pronounce French street names but pronunciation may not be completely accurate. Voice Control Note: Voice control is not supported on all devices or in all languages. Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Voice Control. Start voice control when I say Hello TomTom Select this setting to start voice control when you say the wake-up phrase. The default wake-up phrase is Hello TomTom, but you can make your own wake-up phrase. Change the wake-up phrase Use this setting to make your own wake-up phrase. Use voice to accept an alternative route Use this setting to control the ability to accept an alternative route by using your voice. When an alternative route can save you time, the number of minutes is also spoken and not just shown on the screen. Use voice to choose suggested destination Use this setting to control whether voice control is used to both to offer and accept destination suggestions. If this setting is switched off, voice control is not used for destination suggestions. Tip: When Suggest destinations in Settings > Route Planning is switched off then this option is not visible. 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.
110 Route Planning Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Route Planning. Suggest destinations When no route is planned, your device can learn your daily driving habits to saved favourite Places and also predict destinations when you start the device from sleep mode, for example driving to Work in the morning. Switch on to receive destination suggestions or switch this feature off if you dont want destination suggestions. Note: You must switch on Keep journey history on this device for optional features in Settings > System > Your information and privacy to see this feature. When a faster route is available If a faster route found while you are driving, TomTom Traffic can replan your journey to use the faster route. Select from the following options: Always take the fastest route Ask me so I can choose Dont ask me Always plan this type of route The types of route you can choose from are as follows: Fastest route - the route which takes the least time. Shortest route - the shortest distance between the locations you set. This may not be the quickest route, especially if the shortest route is through a town or city. Most eco-friendly route - the most fuel-efficient route for your journey. Winding route - the route with the most turns. Note: Winding routes are only available for TomTom Rider navigation devices. Avoid motorways - this type of route avoids all motorways. Walking route - a route designed for making the journey on foot. Bicycle route - a route designed for making the journey on a bicycle. 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.