TomTom Go Quick Start Guide
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EN 13 What’s on the screen? What’s on the screen? Much of the information on the main navigation view is configurable (see the ‘Preferences’ chapter for details). If you miss a voice instruction, tap on the turn instruction in the bottom left hand corner to generate a new one. And if you’d like to view the route summary again, tap anywhere in the jour- ney information panel in the bottom right hand corner. Most of the time, the voice and turn instructions are all you need to navigate successfully, which means never having to take your eyes off the road. At complicated junctions, where simple instructions aren’t adequate to describe the path to take, the navigation view comes into its own. A quick comparison between the screen and the world in front of you should be all you need. Tip: No instruction is shown or spoken at junctions which require no action. In towns and cities especially, don’t be concerned that you are passing side-roads and driving over crossroads without any instruction. Your next turn instruction. The name of the next street to turn onto. Configurable journey information including arrival time, time to destination and dis-tance to destination. Your current GPS position. Zoom out and Zoom in buttons. Next motorway indicator, if applicable. See Name preferences in the manual on CD, if you want to turn this off. A phone-style signal indicator to give an idea of how good or bad the GPS recep-tion is in your current location. The more bars, the better.
14 EN PL TR Finding alternative routes Perhaps a route has been planned that you’re not happy with? Perhaps you have been routed via a busy junction? Perhaps you have spotted roadworks up ahead? Or perhaps you really wanted to go ‘via’ one particular location? In each of these cases, ‘Find alternative...’ can help you. Again, you’ll see it on the main menu, right next to ‘Navigate to...’. Which ‘Find alternative’ option you go for depends on why you’re dissatisfied with the first route. Choose ‘Travel via...’ if you want to make sure the planned route goes past one particular location, perhaps to collect (or drop off) a letter or person. If you spot signs of trouble, choose ‘Avoid roadblock’ . Or if you want to avoid a particular road junction, perhaps because it’s a known traffic black spot, choose ‘Avoid part of route’ . Finally, if you want an alternative route because you simply don’t like the original, choose ‘Calculate alternative’ . Ti p : If you want to include more than a single ‘via’ location in your journey, use the comprehensive ‘Itinerary planning’ feature instead, described in the manual on CD. Finding alternative routes
EN 15 Advanced planning Advanced planning Although navigating from your current position is the function that you’ll use most often, there may be times when you want to plan ahead. Choosing ‘Advanced planning’ on the main menu lets you look at the best route and journey time between any two given locations or get directions that will help someone else get to your current position. Tip: You may need to use in order to see the ‘Advanced planning’ icon. If you’d like this choice every time you navigate, or if you’d like to change the default setting, see ‘Planning preferences’ in the ‘Change preferences’ menu. Rather than use your GPS position, with ‘Advanced planning’ you choose your departure location using either an address, a Point Of Interest, a favourite location, and so on. You then pick a destination in the same way and finally choose a planning option (fastest, shortest, walking, etc.)
16 EN TR Preferences Preferences You can change much of the look and feel of your TomTom system to your own liking by using the main menu option ‘Change preferences’ . Use to cycle through the different pages of preferences. Here are some of the most important ones (you’ll find the full set in the manual on CD). Ti p : The icons shown for some preferences will change, depending on the state the preference is currently in. For example, choosing ‘Turn off sound’ disables the voice instructions. Once disabled, the option and icon change to ‘Turn on sound’, reflecting the action to take when it is next selected. Use night colours Bright colours are normally used in the maps so that you can see them clearly even in sunlight. When it is dark outside, you may want to use the preference ‘Use night colours’ , to show the map in (by default) dark and subdued colours that will not interfere with your night vision. You can use the preference ‘Use day colours’ to revert to the original colour scheme. The default night colours, designed not to affect your night vision.
EN 17 Preferences Manage POI POI is an abbreviation you’ll see a lot, standing for ‘Point Of Interest’. Dozens of categories of POIs are built-in, from airports to petrol stations, from restaurants to theatres. Most importantly, POIs can be used as destinations, can be shown on the map and can even warn you of their proximity (for example, looking for a car park or petrol station while driving in a strange city). You can choose which Points Of Interest catego- ries you’re interested in by selecting the option ‘Enable/Disable POI’ , or set up a warning (you can have as many as you like) with the option ‘Warn when near POI’ . Hide POI Once you’ve spent time carefully browsing through the categories in ‘Manage POI’ and have chosen the ones you need, you can hide all of them from the main navigation view in one stroke with ‘Hide POI’ and then show your preferred set again with ‘Show POI’. Change Home location You can set or change your ‘Home’ location at any time by using ‘Change home location’ . You will then be able to select this quickly later as a departure or destination point. A typical selection of POIs from the categories selected in the ‘Manage POI’ preference.
18 EN Connecting to your phone Using GO 700 or GO 500 If you have a Bluetooth-capable mobile phone then you can use your TomTom GO 700 or GO 500 as a hands-free car kit. Although some functions are dependent on your phone’s capabi- lities, you should usually be able to: • Accept incoming calls on the TomTom GO screen with a single tap of the screen. • See that a new SMS message has arrived and read its contents, again with a single tap. • Dial out, using contact details retrieved from your phone’s SIM card. • Get your call history, contact phone numbers and SMS messages from your phone. Visit www.tomtom.com/phones for a list of compatible Bluetooth-enabled phones. This is the very first time you have used TomTom GO with your phone and there are a few steps needed to ‘pair’ the two devices, i.e. make a connection. 1. Choose ‘Mobile phone’ to get started. 2. Select ‘Connect to your phone’and TomTom GO will search for your mobile phone. 3. Pick your phone from the list displayed. Here’s the main mobile phone ‘hands-free’ menu. The connection to your phone is also used when communicating with our Internet-based TomTom PLUS service using GPRS (see the manual on CD for more details).
EN 19 Connecting to your phone 4. When prompted to connect, enter a passcode (password) of ‘0000’ on the phone. 5. You will then be asked to set up a wireless Internet connection. Do this if you want to use TomTom PLUS services. 6. Finally, you can copy your phone book to the TomTom GO. You cannot use hands-free fea- tures while this is happening. Tip: To allow automatic connection from now on, make the TomTom GO a ‘trusted’ device on your phone.” Use ‘Call’ and then ‘Number’ to make your first hands-free call. It’s also easy to phone a contact from your SIM card or the number of a particular Point Of Interest.
20 EN TR More information TomTom PLUS In addition to voice-guided satellite navigation, our optional TomTom PLUS service can give you various additional services like weather, entertaining voices, useful POIs, map colors and our real time information on traffic congestion, helping you plan around it. Please go to www. tomtom.com to see what’s available in your ter- ritory. Full details of the TomTom PLUS service can be found on the CD. Note: To use TomTom PLUS, you need a GPRS-ready mobile phone with Bluetooth. If you already pick up email or browse the Internet on your phone, then it’s probably already GPRS-ready; if you’re not sure, ask your network provider. General information All the features of your TomTom GO are fully explained in the manual included on the CD. The manual is available in UK and US English, Dutch, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Latvian, Estonian and Lithuanian. For technical support information please visit our website at www.tomtom.com Our “Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQs) section contains answers to all the most frequent requests from our customers, providing a quick and easy way to get the information you need. You can also access the support section of our website to find product documentation and con- tact details for our customer support department. We primarily supply support via email, as this allows us to explain solutions in the most effec- tive way.
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Addendum
Important Safety Notices and Warnings
1. Global Positioning System The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based system that provides location and timing informa-tion around the globe. GPS is operated and controlled under the sole responsibility of the Government of the United States of America, who are responsible for its availability and accuracy. Any changes in GPS availa-bility and accuracy, or in environmental conditions, may impact the operation of your TomTom GO. TomTom International B.V. cannot accept any liability for the availability and accuracy of GPS.
2. Use with Care Use of TomTom GO for navigation still means that you need to drive with due care and attention.
3. Aircraft and Hospitals Use of devices with an antenna is prohibited on most aircraft, in many hospitals and in many other locations. TomTom GO must not be used in these environments.
4. Battery This product uses a Lithium-Ion battery. Do not use it in a humid, wet and/or corrosive environment. Do not put, store or leave your product in or near a heat source, in a high temperature location, in strong direct sunlight, in a microwave oven or in a pressurized container, and do not expose it to temperatures over 60 C (140 F). Failure to follow these guidelines may cause the Lithium-Ion battery to leak acid, become hot, explode or ignite and cause injury and/or damage. Do not pierce, open or disassemble the battery. If the battery leaks and you
come into contact with the leaked fluids, rinse thoroughly with water and seek medical attention immediately. For safety reasons, and to prolong the lifetime of the battery, charging will not occur at low (below 0 C/32 F) or high (over 45 C/113 F) temperatures.
Temperatures: Standard operation: - 10 C (14 F) to + 55 C (131 F); short period storage: - 20 C (- 4 F) to + 60 C (140 F); long period storage: - 20 C (- 4 F) to + 25 C (77 F).
THE LITHIUM-ION BATTERY CONTAINED IN THE PRODUCT MUST BE RECYCLED OR DISPOSED OF PROPERLY. USE TOMTOM GO ONLY WITH THE SUPPLIED DC POWER LEAD AND AC ADAPTER FOR BATTERY CHARGING.
To recycle your TomTom GO unit, please see your local approved TomTom service centre.
FCC Information for the UserThe device used for this transmitter must not be co-located simultaneously operating in conjunction with any other trans-mitter.
Exposure to Radio Frequency RadiationTo comply with RF exposure requirements please maintain a separation distance of at least 20 cm from any part of the product.
Radio and Television InterferenceThis equipment radiates radio frequency energy and if not used properly - that is, in strict accordance with the instructi-ons in this manual - may cause interference to radio commu-nications and television reception.
148 Addendum It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. • Increase the separation distance between the equipment and the receiver. • If you are using the equipment with a mains adapter, plug it into an outlet which is on a different circuit from that to which the receiver is connected. • Consult an experienced radio/TV technician for help. ImportantThis equipment was tested for FCC compliance under conditions that included the use of shielded cables and con-nectors between it and the peripherals. It is important that you use shielded cable and connectors to reduce the pos-sibility of causing radio and television interference. Shielded cables, suitable for the product range, can be obtained from an authorised dealer. If the user modifies the equipment or its peripherals in any way, and these modifications are not approved by TomTom, the FCC may withdraw the user’s right to operate the equipment. For customers in the USA, the following booklet prepared by the Federal Communications Commission may be of help: “How to Identify and Resolve Radio-TV Interference Problems”. This booklet is available from the US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. Stock No 004-000-00345-4. FCC Declaration of Conformity Tested to Comply with FCC Standards for Home or Office UseTomTom GO has been tested to – and complies with – part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:1. This device may not cause harmful interference. 2. This device must accept any interference received, inclu-ding interference that may cause undesired operation. Responsible party in North AmericaTomTom, Inc., 150 Baker Ave, Concord, MA 01742Tel: 978 287 9555 option 1Fax: 978 287 9522 Emissions information for CanadaThis Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. CE Marking This equipment complies with the requirements for CE mar-king when used in a residential, commercial, vehicular or light industrial environment.