TomTom Go X50 Live Manual

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You can set your navigation device to always change to the fastest route with-
out asking you in the  Traffic preferences in the Traffic menu. Open the Traffic 
menu by tapping the traffic sidebar.
To replan your route manually to find the quickest route to your destination, 
do the following:
1. Tap the traffic sidebar.
Tip : If you have trouble tapping the sidebar and the Main Menu is being dis-
played instead of the traffic menu, try tapping your finger half on the sidebar 
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The first time you use Home to work, you must set your traffic home and work 
locations.
You can now use the  Home to work and Work to home  buttons.
Note:  The home location you set here is not the same as the home location 
you can set in the  Preferences Menu . In addition, the locations you use here 
do not have to be your actual home an d work locations. If there is another 
route that you often travel, you can set Work/Home to use these locations 
instead.
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4. Tap on any traffic incident to get more information.A screen is shown that gives you detailed information about the incident 
you chose. To display information about surrounding incidents use the left 
and right arrows at the bottom of this screen.
Show traffic on route
To check for delays on your route, tap  Show traffic on route in the Traffic 
menu. Your navigation device shows a summary of the traffic delays on your 
route.
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 Traffic incident symbols:
Weather related symbols:
Traffic menu
To open the Traffic menu, tap the traffic sidebar in the Driving View or tap 
HD Traffic in the Main Menu. The following buttons are available: Accident
Road works
One or more lanes 
closed
Road closed
Traffic incident
Traffic jam
Fog
Rain
Wind
Ice
Snow
Note : The incident avoided symbol is shown for any traffic incident that 
you avoid using TomTom HD Traffic.
Minimise 
traffic delays
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Show traffic 
on route
Tap this button to get an overview of an y traffic incidents along your route. 
Use the left and right buttons of the overview screen to see more detailed 
information about each incident. You can also tap  Replan to replan your 
route avoiding the traffic incidents.
Show home- work traffic
Tap this button to calculate and show the quickest route from your home 
location to your place of wo rk or from work to home.
Browse map
Tap this button to browse the map and see the traffic...

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TomTom 
Safety 
AlertsThe TomTom Safety Alerts service warns you about a variety of locations 
including:
• Safety camera locations.
• Accident blackspot locations.
• Mobile safety camera locations.
• Average speed camera locations.
• Toll road camera locations.
• Traffic light camera locations.
Important: Regularly connect your navigation device to TomTom HOME to 
update the list of locations for all types  of safety alerts. The locations of mobile 
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• The type of safety camera and your distance from the camera location is 
shown in the Driving View. If a speed restriction has been reported for the 
camera, the speed is also shown in the Driving View.
• The location of the safety  camera is shown on the map.
Note: For average speed safety cameras, you are warned by a combination of 
icons and sounds at the start, middle  and end of the average speed check 
zone. For more information, see: Changing the way you are warned .
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If you tap the report button within 20 seconds of receiving a safety camera 
warning, you get the option to a dd a camera or remove a camera. Tap  Add 
camera .
2. Tap  Fixed camera  or Mobile camera , depending on the type of camera you 
are reporting.
3. Tap the type of camera  you want to report.
Note: If the type of camera you choose has a speed restriction, you can also 
enter the speed.
The locations of cameras you report are reported when you next connect your 
device to TomTom HOME.
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These are the different types of fixed safety camera:
Average speed check camera warnings
There are several types of visual and audible warnings that you may see when 
you meet an average speed check camera. 
You always receive a start and end zone warning regardless of the speed you 
are travelling at.  Intermediate warnings, if given, occur every 200 meters.
All the warnings are described below:
Speed camera
This type of safety camera checks the speed of passing vehicles.
Traffic light 
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TomTom Safety Camera menu
To open the Safety Cameras menu, tap  Services in the Main Menu and then 
tap  Safety Alerts . 
Intermediate warning - type 2
Once in the speed check zone,  if yo
u are driving at over 100% of the per-
mitted speed and and have already received a start of zone warning, you 
see a visual warning in the Driving View indicating the maximum permitted 
speed. You also hear a small audible warning. These warnings are there to 
remind you to slow down...
Intermediate warning - type...