TomTom Go X50 Manual

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Change map colours
Brightness preferences
Bluetooth preferences
Send/Receive files
Change map colours
Tap this button to select the colour  schemes for day and night map colours.
Ta p   Advanced  to scroll through colour schemes one at a time.
You can also download more colo ur schemes using TomTom HOME.
Brightness 
preferences
Tap this button to set the brightness of the screen.
Move the sliders to set the brightness  separately for day map colours and 
for night map colours.
You can also set these...

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Set owner
Start-up preferences
Set clock
Set owner
Tap this button to enter your name and address as the owner of your GO 
and to change or delete a 4-digit password for your GO. 
Note: You can only create a 4-digit password by using TomTom HOME. You 
can only change or delete a 4-digit  password directly on your TomTom GO.
You can create a 4-digit password  for your GO using TomTom HOME:
1. Connect your GO to your computer. 
2. Turn on your GO and then turn on your computer.
TomTom HOME starts...

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Set units
Operate left-handed / Operate right handed
Keyboard preferences
Battery saving preferences
Change language
Set units
Tap this button to set the type of units that will be shown for the following: •Distance
•Time
• Latitude and longitude
Operate left- handed
Tap this button to move important buttons, for example, the  Done and Can-
cel  buttons as well as the zoom bar, to the left hand side of the screen. This 
makes it easier to tap the buttons with your left hand without blocking the...

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Hide tips / Show tips
Safety preferences
What happens when I use the Turn off map display option?
When you turn off the map display, instead of seeing your position on a map 
in the Driving View, you will only see information about the next instruction.
Tap the button and select an option for  when the map should be turned off. 
These are the options:
• Always  -  The map will not be shown and you will only see information 
about the next instruction and arrows showing direction.
• Above a certain...

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Advanced preferences
Reset factory settings
Advanced 
preferences
Tap this button to set the following advanced preferences:
• Show house number before street name
• Show street names  - if you are using a computer voice for spoken 
instructions and have selected that street names should be read aloud, 
you do not need to select this option, since the street names will be read 
aloud even though this  option is not selected.
• Show next street name  - the name of the next street is shown in the top...

Points of Interest13.
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Points of InterestPoints of Interest or POIs are useful places on the map. Here are some exam-
ples:
• Restaurants
•Hotels
•Museums
• Parking garages
• Petrol stations
Note: You can report missing POIs or edit existing POIs using Map Share and 
share your corrections with the Map Share community.
Creating POIs
Note: You can also download sets of POIs  and share the POI sets you create 
using TomTom HOME.
1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu.
2. Tap Change preferences .
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7. You are asked to name the POI.
8. Select the POI category in which you want to add the POI.
9. Select the location of your POI from the list below.
Home
You can set your Home location as a POI.
If you want to change your Home location, you can create a POI of the 
Home location before you change it.
Favourite
You can create a POI from a Favourite.
You can only create a limited number of Favourites. If you want to create 
more Favourites you have to delete some Favourites first. Before you 
delete a...

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Note: You can report missing POIs or edit existing POIs using Map Share and 
share your corrections with the Map Share community.
Navigating to a POI
You can use a POI as your destination. Fo r example, if you are travelling to an 
unfamiliar city, you could choose a POI to help find a parking garage.
1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu.
2. Tap  Navigate to... in the Main Menu.
3. Tap  Point of Interest .
4. Narrow your choice of POIs by selecting the area where the POI is located.
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If you know the name of the POI, tap Find and type the name. Select it from 
the list when it is shown.
The next screen shows more detailed information including the location of 
the POI on the map and the phone number of the POI,  if available. 
Tap  Select  to confirm you want to plan a route to this POI.
Once you have selected a POI, the route to the POI is calculated by your 
TomTom GO.
Showing POIs on the map
1. Tap  Show POIs on map  in the Preferences menu.
2. Select the POI categories to...

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5. Select the category of POI you want to be warned about.
Select the category from the list or st art to type the name of the category 
and select it when it is shown in the list.
6. Set how close the POI should be when you receive a warning.
7. Choose the warning sound for the category of POI you selected.
Managing POIs
You can, for example, do the following:
• Create your own POI categories and add POIs to them.
• Set warnings when you get close to POIs.
Why would I want to create my own POIs?
A...