TomTom Go Live 800 Series Reference Guide

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About Search & Go 
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 travelling 
abroad. For more information on available services, go to tomtom.com/services. 
You can search for local places and information using the following services on your navigation 
device: 
 TripAdvisor 
 Expedia 
You can then navigate to a place found using these services by using your...

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7. Tap the name of the hotel you want to see more information for. You can choose to read the 
reviews about this hotel, call them or see if there is a car park at or near the hotel. 
8. If you decide to navigate to this hotel, tap Select. Tap Back to return to your list of results. 
9. Tap Done when the route has been calculated. 
Your navigation device starts to guide you to your destination.  

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Sharing destination and arrival time 
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 travelling 
abroad. For more information on available services, go to tomtom.com/services. 
You can share your destination and arrival time with your friends and family by using Twitter on 
your navigation device.  
Important: You can disable this app at any time and it will only...

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Important: You can disable this app at any time and it will only post messages on your request. 
To check in at a destination, do the following: 
1. Tap Services in the Main menu. 
2. Tap Twitter. 
 
3. Tap Sign in to sign into your Twitter account. 
Once logged in, you can choose to Share arrival time, Check-in, Sign out or change Settings. 
4. Tap Check-in. 
Tip: If Ask me if I want to check in when I arrive at my destination is switched on in Twitter 
settings, you are automatically asked if...

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About traffic information 
You can receive traffic information in two ways: 
 TomTom Traffic. 
 Traffic Message Channel (RDS-TMC). 
Using traffic information, your TomTom device can automatically adjust your route to minimise 
any delays. 
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 travelling 
abroad. For more information on available services, go to...

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The top of the traffic sidebar represents your destination and shows the 
total time delay due to traffic jams and other incidents on your route. 
The central section of the traffic sidebar shows individual traffic incidents 
in the order they occur on your route. 
The bottom of the traffic sidebar represents your current location and 
shows the distance to the next incident on your route. 
To make the traffic sidebar more readable some incidents may not be shown. These incidents will...

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Minimising delays 
You can use TomTom Traffic to minimise the impact of traffic delays on your route. To minimise 
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 Minimise delays. 
Your device plans the quickest route to your destination. The new route may include traffic 
delays and...

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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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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. 
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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...