Home > TomTom > GPS Receiver > TomTom Go Live 1000 Series Reference Guide

TomTom Go Live 1000 Series Reference Guide

Here you can view all the pages of manual TomTom Go Live 1000 Series Reference Guide. The TomTom manuals for GPS Receiver are available online for free. You can easily download all the documents as PDF.

Page 81

81 
 
 
 
Minimizing delays 
You can use TomTom Traffic to minimize the impact of traffic delays on your route. To minimize 
delays automatically, do the following: 
1. Tap Services in the Main Menu. 
2. Tap Traffic. 
3. Tap Traffic settings. 
4. Choose between always taking the faster route automatically, being asked or never changing 
your route. 
5. Tap Next and then Done. 
6. Tap Minimize delays. 
Your device plans the quickest route to your destination. The new route may include traffic 
delays and...

Page 82

82 
 
 
 
Note: The home location you set here is not the same as the home location you can set in the 
Settings Menu. In addition, the locations you use here do not have to be your actual home and 
work locations. If there is another route that you often travel, you can set Work/Home to use 
these locations instead. 
 
For example, to check for delays on your route home before you leave the office, do the following: 
1. Tap the traffic sidebar to open the Traffic menu. 
Note: If you already have a route...

Page 83

83 
 
 
 
Note: You can also access the Show traffic on route screen by tapping the traffic area of the 
LIVE Route summary tab. 
Tap the left and right arrow buttons to move through each incident in turn, viewing the details of 
each one. This includes the type of incident, for example road works, and the length of delay 
caused by this incident. 
 
You can also access the details about individual incidents by tapping View map in the Main Menu 
and then tapping on the traffic incident symbol. 
When...

Page 84

84 
 
 
 
A screen is shown that gives you detailed information about the incident you chose. To dis-
play information about surrounding incidents use the left and right arrows at the bottom of this 
screen.  
Changing traffic settings 
Use the Traffic settings button to choose how traffic information works on your navigation device. 
1. Tap the traffic sidebar then tap Options to open the Traffic menu. 
2. Tap Traffic settings. 
 
3. If you are using an RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver, you will be able to...

Page 85

85 
 
 
 
 
Traffic incident 
 
Traffic jam 
Weather related symbols: 
 
Fog 
 
Rain 
 
Wind 
 
Ice 
 
Snow 
 
 
 
Note: The incident avoided symbol is shown for any traffic incident 
that you avoid using a traffic service. 
 
Traffic menu 
To open the Traffic menu, tap the Traffic sidebar in the Driving View then tap Options, or tap 
Traffic in the Services menu. 
The following buttons are available: 
 
Minimize traffic 
delays  
Tap this button to re-plan your route based on the latest traffic infor-...

Page 86

86 
 
 
 
 
View map  
Tap this button to browse the map and see the traffic incidents shown on 
the map. 
 
Change Traffic 
settings  
Tap this button to change your settings for how the Traffic service works 
on your device. 
 
Read aloud traffic 
info  
Tap this button to hear spoken information about traffic incidents on your 
route. 
Note: Your TomTom device must have a computer voice installed to 
read information aloud. 
  

Page 87

87 
 
 
 
About Safety Cameras 
Note: LIVE Services are not available in all countries or regions, and not all LIVE Services are 
available in all countries or regions. You may be able to use LIVE Services when traveling 
abroad. For more information on available services, go to tomtom.com/services. 
The Safety Cameras service warns you about a range of safety cameras and safety alerts including 
the following: 
 Fixed safety camera locations. 
 Accident hotspot locations. 
 Speed trap locations. 
...

Page 88

88 
 
 
 
2. Tap Safety Cameras. 
3. Tap Alert settings. 
A list of safety camera types is displayed. A speaker is shown next to the safety camera types 
that have an alert set. 
4. Tap Fixed cameras. 
5. Select whether you always want to be warned or warned only when you are speeding. Select 
Never to turn off the warning. 
6. Tap the sound you want to be used for the warning. 
7. Tap Next. 
The warning sound you selected is now set for fixed safety cameras. A speaker symbol is shown 
next to Fixed...

Page 89

89 
 
 
 
  
Accident hotspot 
  
Ungated railroad crossing 
  
Toll booth camera 
When you first start using your device, no warning sounds are played for these types of cameras: 
  
Restricted road camera 
  
Other camera 
  
Speed trap hotspot - this type of warning shows places where speed 
traps are often used. 
  
Bidirectional camera 
 
Updating locations for alerts 
Important: To receive automatic safety camera updates, make sure that your device has TomTom 
application version 10.500 or higher...

Page 90

90 
 
 
 
The locations of safety cameras can change frequently. New cameras can also appear without 
warning and the locations for other alerts, such as accident hotspots, may also change position. 
Hence, it is important to ensure that your device has the latest camera and alert locations. 
If your LIVE device has the latest TomTom application, you receive all camera updates for fixed 
and mobile camera locations over the air. You do not need to do anything to receive updates – 
they are sent to your...
Start reading TomTom Go Live 1000 Series Reference Guide

Related Manuals for TomTom Go Live 1000 Series Reference Guide

All TomTom manuals