TomTom Go Live 1000 Series Reference Guide
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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-...
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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.
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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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...