TomTom Go X50 Manual
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Sounds and voices11. 31 Sounds and voicesYour TomTom GO plays the following kinds of sound: • Spoken instructions • Hands-free calls • Warnings Changing the volume level You can change the volume in three ways: • Tap the bottom left hand area of the Driving View. The last spoken instruc-tion is repeated and the volume level is shown. Move the volume slider to adjust the volume. • In the Main Menu, tap Change preferences, then tap Volume preferences . Tap Test to check your changes. • You can set your GO to change th e volume automatically depending on how noisy it is in the car. Changing the volume automatically Volume preferences Your TomTom GO can change the volume automatically. 1. In the Main Menu, tap Change preferences. 2. Tap Volume preferences . 3. Select Link volume to noise level . 4. Tap Done.
32 Selecting a voice How do computer voices work? Your TomTom GO makes use of text-to- speech technology to generate com- puter voices. A text-to-speech program converts written text, for example an instruction like “Turn right”, into the sound of a human voice. The text-to-speech program looks at the whole sentence to make sure that the sound you hear is as close to the real thing as possible. The program is also able to recognise and quite accurately pronounce foreign place and street names. For example, the English voice can read French street names. Note : If you select a Human voice, this will only be able to announce com- mands, but not street names. If you wo uld like street names to be announced, you will need to select a computer voice. Internal and external speakers Your TomTom GO contains a high quality speaker. This is used to play all the sounds on your GO unless you select to play some sounds through external speakers. The following types of sound can be played through the speakers as listed below: • Spoken instructions and warnings: • The speaker inside your GO • An external Bluetooth® Hi-Fi headset or speakers • Using an audio cable. • Phone calls • The speaker inside your GO Note : If you wish to use an audio cable, an Active Dock with an audio connec- tor is available as an accessory. Your car stereo needs a line-in connector. Not all car stereos have line-in connectors. Check the instructions for you car stereo for more information. Voice preferences To change the voice being used by your TomTom GO, tap Voices in the Preferences menu, then tap Change voice. Select a voice from the list. Your TomTom GO has two different kinds of voices: • Computer voices These are generated by your GO. They provide spoken instructions while you are driving and can pronounce street names and announce messages, traffic reports, weather reports, tips and tutorials. •Human voices These are recorded by an actor. Note : Human voices only provide spoken instructions.
33 Using Bluetooth® Hi-Fi speakers Your GO can play sound through Bluetooth® Hi-Fi speakers, such as a Blue- tooth® Hi-Fi headset. Note: Bluetooth needs to be enabled be fore you can use a Bluetooth Hi-Fi speaker. Tap Change preferences, followed by Bluetooth preferences to ena- ble Bluetooth. To play sound over Bluetooth® Hi-Fi speakers, do the following: 1. Tap Speaker preferences in the Preferences menu. 2. To play spoken instructions or music through a Bluetooth device, select Bluetooth Hi-Fi device . 3. Tap Done. 4. Your GO asks you to confirm that you want to use an external Bluetooth® Hi-Fi speaker. Tap YES. Your GO starts searching for Bluetooth® Hi-Fi devices. 5. Select your Bluetooth® Hi-Fi device from the list of devices found by your GO. Your GO tries to establish a Bluetooth® connection with your device. Your device may ask you to enter a password on your GO before a Blue- tooth® connection can be established. See the documentation for your Bluetooth® Hi-Fi device for more information. Once connected, sound is be played through the external Bluetooth® Hi-Fi device. If your GO cannot establish a Bluetooth® connection then all sound is played through the internal speaker or through the audio cable if it is connected. Speaker preferences Tap this button to change the speaker settings.
Preferences12. 34 PreferencesYou can change the way your TomTom GO looks and behaves. Tap Change preferences in the Main Menu. Use night colours / Use day colours Can my GO make this change automatically? Yes. Your GO has a light sensor to tell when it is getting dark. To change to night and day colours automatically, tap Brightness preferences in the Preferences menu. Then select Switch to night view when dark. Show POI on map Use Night colours Tap this button to reduce the brightne ss of the screen and show darker col- ours on the map. When should I use this? When it’s dark, it is easier to see the screen if the display on your GO is not brightly lit. Use day colours To change back to a brighter screen showing brighter colours on the map, tap Use day colours . Show POI on map Tap this button to choose which categories for the Points of Interest (POIs) should be shown on the map: 1. Tap Show POI on map in the Preferences menu. 2. Select the POI categories to display on the map. Tap Find to search for a POI category. 3. Select whether you want to show POIs using the 2D or 3D map view. 4. Tap Done. The POIs you have selected are shown as symbols on the map.
35 Quick menu preferences Guided tours Turn off voice guidance / Turn on voice guidance Quick menu preferences Tap this button to choose up to six buttons to be used in the Quick menu. The Quick menu button enables easy access for your most commonly used buttons. The buttons you assign for use with the Quick menu, are shown in the Driv- ing View. Guided tours Tap this button to show one of th e Guided tours on how to use your To m To m G O . Turn off Voice guidance Tap this button to switch off spoken route instructions. You still hear all other information such as messages and warnings. If you tap Turn off sound in the Preferences menu, voice guidance is also turned off. Changing voices If you change voices, voice guidance is switched on automatically. Turn on Voice guidance To turn spoken route instructions back on, tap Turn on Voice guidance.
36 Voices Volume preferences Can my GO change the volume depending on how noisy it is in the car? Select Link volume to noise level a n d y o u r G O w i l l c h a nge the volume accord- ing to the background noise. The noise level is constantly monitored by the microphone on your GO. If there is a lot of noise in the car, your GO will auto- matically increase the volume. For example, if you are driving on the mo torway, which is often very noisy, the volume level on your GO will be increased. When you are driving more slowly again, the volume level will be lowered by your GO. Voices Ta p Voices to manage your TomTom voices. The following options are available: • Change voice - tap this button to change the voice that gives you instruc- tions. A wide range of recorded human voices and computer voices are avail- able. • Disable voice - tap this button to disable voice guidance. • Enable voice - tap this button to enable voice guidance. • Voice preferences - tap this button to choose the situations when your TomTom navigation device reads instructions or warnings aloud. • Record voice - tap this button to record your own voice for use by your device. The procedure takes about fifteen minutes, during which time you will say all the commands that are used by your TomTom GO. • Disable recorded voice - tap this button to disable the use of a recorded voice. • Enable recorded voice - tap this button to enab le the use of a recorded voice. If you have partially recorded the commands, these are used in conjunction with a supplied voice. • Download voice - tap this button to download new voices from TomTom Services and transfer them to your device. Volume preferences Tap this button and then move the slider to change the volume.
37 Command and control Speaker preferences Turn off sound / Turn on sound Tips To change the volume, tap Volume preferences in the Preferences menu. To change the volume quickly while you are driving, tap the bottom left-hand section of the Driving View and move the slider. To change the voice being used by your GO, tap Change voice in the Voice preferences menu. Can I still use my GO to make hands-free calls when the sound is turned off? Yes. Turning the sound off does not affect hands-free calling, meaning that you will still be able to talk to and hear the caller. Command and control Ta p Command and control to enable or disable voice command and con- trol and to see which spoken comma nds your TomTom GO understands. Important: To use voice control, a computer voice must be installed on your GO. You can use TomTom HOME to install computer voices if they are not already installed. •Enable Command and control - Tap this button to enable voice com- mand and control. • Disable Command and control - Tap this button to disable voice com- mand and control. • What can I say? - Tap this button to view the list of spoken commands which are understood by your GO. Speaker preferences Tap this button to select which speakers are used by your TomTom GO for sound. The following options are available: • Internal speaker • Bluetooth Hi-Fi device • Line-out (audio cable) Turn off sound Tap this button to turn off sound. If you turn off sound, voice guidance is also turned off and you no longer hear spoken route instructions. Turn on sound Tap this button to turn on sound. When you turn sound on, voice guidance remains off. To turn on voice guidance, tap Turn on voice guidance in the Preferences menu.
38 Manage Favourites Change Home location Do I need to use my actual home address for the Home location? No. Your Home location can be a place you go often, for example, your office. It can be your actual home address, but it can be any address you like. Why should I set a Home location? Having a Home location means that you have a quick and easy way to navigate there, by tapping the Home button in the Navigate to... menu Planning preferences Then set how your GO should handle the following when planning a route: • Toll roads on the route • Ferry crossings on the route • HOV lanes on the route • Carpool lanes • Unpaved roads You can then set if the route summary screen closes automatically after you have planned a route. If you select No, you have to tap Done to close the route summary screen. Manage Favourites Tap this button to rename or delete Favourites. To find a Favourite, tap Find, then start to type the name of the Favourite. You can select the Favourite when it is shown in the list. Change Home location Tap this button to set or change your Home location. Planning preferences Tap this button to set the kind of route planned when you select a destina- tion. The following options are available: • Ask me every time I plan • Always plan fastest routes • Always plan eco routes • Always plan shortest routes • Always avoid motorways • Always plan walking routes • Always plan bicycle routes • Always plan for limited speed
39 Replanning preferences Select whether or not you want your TomTom GO to replan your route when a faster route is found while you drive. This might occur due to changes in the traffic situation. Switch maps Manage POIs Change car symbol Switch maps Tap this button to do the following:• Download a map - tap this button to dow nload a map you have bought using TomTom HOME. It may not be possible to download maps on all devices. • Switch map - tap this button to change the map you are using. Use TomTom HOME to make backups, download, add and delete maps from your navigation device. Note : Don’t delete a map unless you have already made a backup of the map. If you delete a map before you make a backup, you will no longer be able to load the map on your GO. Manage POIs Tap this button to do the following: • Set alerts for when you are near POIs. For example, your GO can tell you when there is a petrol station nearby. • Create your own POI categories and add POIs to them. For example, you could create a category of POIs called “Friends”, and add all your friend’s addresses as PO Is in the category. You can even add your friends’ phone numbers with their address so you can call them from your GO. The following buttons are available: • Add POI - tap this button to add a location to a POI category you have created. • Warn when near POI - tap this button to be warned when you approach a POI. You can select the types of POI for which you wish to be warned. • Delete POI - tap this button to delete a POI you created. • Edit POI - tap this button to edit the details of a POI you created. • Add POI category - tap this button to create a new POI category. • Delete POI category - tap this button to dele te a POI category you cre- ated. Change car symbol Tap this button to select a car symbol that will be used to show your current position in the Driving view. Additional car symbols can be downloaded using TomTom HOME.
40 Change 2D/3D display / Turn on 2D display When should I use this? In some situations, it is easier to see the map from above. Perhaps if the road network is complicated or for times when you are walking while using your GO to navigate. Status bar preferences Turn on 2D display Ta p Turn on 2D display to change the perspective for viewing the map. For example, the 2D view shows a two dimensional view of the map as though viewed from above. Change 2D/3D display To switch the view to a three dimensional perspective, tap Change 2D/3D display and select a view from the list. Status bar preferences Tap this button to select the information shown on the status bar: • How should the status bar be displayed? Horizontal - if you choose this option, the status bar is shown at the bot- tom of the Driving view. Vertical - if you choose this option, the status bar is shown at the right- hand side of the Driving view. • Current time • Speed • Show max speed next to speed - only available when speed (above) is also selected. Note : If the speed limit for the road you are on is available, it is shown next to your speed. If you drive faster than the speed limit, your speed is shown in red. • Show leeway to arrival time - your GO shows how late or early you will arrive, compared with the preferred arrival time that is set during the planning of a route. • Direction • Show compass • Arrival time - your estimated arrival time. • Remaining time - the estimated time left until you reach your destination. • Remaining distance - the distance left until you reach your destination. • Show lane guidance - i f y o u c h o o s e t h i s o p t i o n , y o u r G O s h o w s t h e l a n e you should take in the status bar for some exits and junctions.