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 navigation device.  
Using Search & Go to find a POI 
You can search for a POI using TripAdvisor or Expedia and then navigate to it immediately using 
your navigation device. 
To search for a hotel, for example, do the following: 
1. Tap Services in the Main menu. 
Tip: When planning a route to a POI, you can also select POIs provided by TripAdvisor and 
Expedia after selecting a POI category. 
2. Tap TripAdvisor or Expedia. 
      
3. Tap In city. 
You can search in different ways: near you, in a city, near home and near your destination. 
4. Enter the name of the town or city and select it when it is shown in the list. 
5. Tap the arrow button to expand the list of POI categories. 
Tip: If you already know the name of the POI you want to use, you can tap Search to enter 
the name and select this location. 
6. Tap Hotels. 
The hotel closest to your destination is shown at the top of the list. How the distance is meas-
ured varies depending on how you initially searched for the POI: 
 Near you - distance from your current location 
 In city - distance from the city centre 
 Near Home - distance from your Home location 
 Near destination - distance from your destination 
User rating and price information is shown if available. 
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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 post messages on your request. 
Tip: You can create a special Twitter account for use with your TomTom device and only share 
this account with a restricted set of followers instead of all of your followers. If you choose to do 
this, you may also want set this account to private on the Twitter website to give you control 
over who is able to receive your location update. 
To share your arrival time, for example, 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 Share arrival time. You must have a route planned to share your arrival time. 
Tip: If you are signed in to Twitter, you can also share your arrival time by tapping Tweet on 
the route summary screen. 
Tap Change message if you want to change the message that you want to send. 
5. Tap Tweet to post the message containing your arrival time. 
You see a message confirming that your message has been posted. 
6. Click OK to go back to the menu or route summary screen. 
Important: Please note that once you sign in to your Twitter account using your TomTom naviga-
tion device, you remain signed in until you also sign out using your TomTom device. In the 
unfortunate event that you cannot access your TomTom device, go to www.twitter.com and 
change your settings or your password. If you lend your device to someone else, do not forget to 
log out of your Twitter account first.  
Checking in at a destination 
You can check in at a destination by using Twitter on your navigation device.  
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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 you want to check in when you reach a destination. 
Tap Change place to change your check-in location. Select your new location from the list or 
tap Add place to add a new location. 
Tap Change message to change your check-in message. Edit your message and then tap OK. 
5. Tap Yes to check in at the location shown on the screen.  
You see your location on the map and your current check-in message is also shown. 
6. If the location and message are correct, tap Check-in. 
Your check-in message is posted using Twitter. 
Important: Please note that once you sign in to your Twitter account using your TomTom naviga-
tion device, you remain signed in until you also sign out using your TomTom device. In the 
unfortunate event that you cannot access your TomTom device, go to www.twitter.com and 
change your settings or your password.  
 
  
						

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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 tomtom.com/services. 
 
About TomTom Traffic 
TomTom Traffic is a unique TomTom service providing real-time traffic information. For more 
information about TomTom services, go to tomtom.com/services. 
In combination with IQ Routes, TomTom Traffic helps you plan the optimum route to your desti-
nation taking into account the current local traffic conditions. 
Your TomTom device regularly receives information about the changing traffic conditions. If traffic 
jams or other incidents are found on your current route, your device will offer to replan your route 
to try and avoid any delays.  
Safety Notice 
Some navigation devices contain a GSM/GPRS module which can interfere with electrical devices 
such as cardiac pacemakers, hearing aids and aviation equipment. 
Interference with these devices may endanger the health or life of you or others. 
If your device includes a GSM/GPRS module, do not use it near unprotected electrical units or in 
areas where the use of mobile telephones is prohibited, such as hospitals and aircraft.  
Using traffic information 
If you are using an RDS-TMC receiver to view TMC traffic information on your TomTom device, 
connect the TomTom RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver to the USB connector on your device. 
The traffic sidebar is shown on the right side of the Driving View. The sidebar informs you about 
traffic delays while you drive, using glowing dots to show you where each traffic incident is 
located on your route. 
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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 
always be of minor importance and only cause short delays. 
The colour of the pointers, as shown below, gives you an instant indication of the type of incident: 
 Unknown or undetermined situation. 
 Slow traffic. 
 Queueing traffic. 
 Stationary traffic or road closure. 
 
Taking the fastest route 
Your TomTom device regularly looks for a faster route to your destination. If the traffic situation 
changes and a faster route is found, your device offers to replan your journey so you can use the 
faster route. 
You can also set your device to automatically replan your journey whenever a faster route is 
found. To apply this setting, tap Traffic settings in the Traffic menu. 
To manually find and replan the fastest route to your destination, do the following: 
1. Tap the traffic sidebar. 
Tip: If you find that tapping the sidebar opens the Main menu instead of the traffic menu, try 
tapping the sidebar with your finger resting on the edge of the screen. 
A summary of traffic on your route is shown. 
2. Tap Options. 
3. Tap Minimise delays. 
Your device searches for the fastest route to your destination. 
The new route may include traffic delays. You can replan the route to avoid all traffic delays, 
but a route which avoids all delays will usually take longer than the fastest route. 
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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 may remain the same as the original route. 
You can re-plan the route to avoid all delays, but this route is unlikely to be the quickest possi-
ble route. 
7. Tap Done.  
Making commuting to work easier 
The Home to work or Work to home buttons in the Show home-work traffic menu lets you check 
your route to and from work with one tap of a button. 
When you use either of these buttons, your device plans a route between your home and work 
locations and checks the route for possible delays. 
The first time you use Home to work, you must set your traffic home and work locations by doing 
the following: 
1. Tap the traffic sidebar to open the Traffic menu. 
Note: If you already have a route planned, a summary of traffic incidents on your route is 
shown. Tap Options to open the Traffic menu. 
2. Tap Show home-work traffic. 
3. Set your home location and your work location. 
If you have already set the locations and want to change them, tap Change home-work. 
 
You can now use the Home to work and Work to home buttons.  
						

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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 planned, a summary of traffic incidents on your route is 
shown. Tap Options to open the Traffic menu. 
2. Tap Show home-work traffic. 
3. Tap Work to home. 
The Driving View is shown and a message is displayed telling you about traffic incidents on this 
route. The Traffic sidebar also shows any delays.  
Getting more information about an incident 
To check for delays on your route, tap the traffic sidebar. Your navigation device shows a sum-
mary of the traffic delays on your route. 
The total includes any delays due to traffic incidents and those due to busy roads, with infor-
mation provided by IQ Routes. 
Tap Minimise delays to check if you can reduce the delay. Tap Options to open the Traffic menu. 
  
						

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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. 
When shown on the map, a traffic incident starts with an icon. In the case of a traffic queue, the 
direction of the incident is from the icon towards the other end.  
Checking traffic incidents in your area 
Get an overview of the traffic situation in your area, using the map. To find local incidents and 
their details, do the following: 
1. Tap the traffic sidebar then tap Options to open the Traffic menu. 
2. Tap View map. 
The map overview screen is shown. 
3. If the map does not show your location, tap the marker to centre the map on your current 
location. 
The map shows traffic incidents in the area. 
 
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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 select the setting Tune 
manually by entering a frequency. If you select this option, the button Tune manually is 
shown in the Traffic menu. Tap Tune manually to enter the frequency of a particular radio sta-
tion you want to use for RDS-TMC traffic information 
4. If a faster route is found while you are driving, Traffic can replan your journey to use the faster 
route. Select one of the following options and then tap Done. 
 Always switch to that route 
 Ask me if I want that route 
 Never change my route  
Traffic incidents 
Traffic incidents and warnings are shown on the map, in the Driving View and on the Traffic 
sidebar. 
To find out more about an incident, tap View Map in the Main Menu. Tap on a traffic incident 
symbol on the map to see information about that incident. To display information about sur-
rounding incidents, use the left and right arrows at the bottom of the screen. 
There are two types of incident and warning signs: 
 Symbols shown in a red square are traffic incidents. Your navigation device can replan to 
avoid them. 
 Symbols shown in a red triangle are weather related. Your device does not replan to avoid 
these warnings. 
Traffic incident symbols: 
 
Accident 
 
Road works 
 
One or more lanes closed 
 
Road closed