TomTom Home 2 Manual
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Sounds and voices11. 31 Sounds and voicesYour TomTom GO plays the following kinds of sounds: • Spoken instructions • Hands-free calls • Warnings •Music 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 instruction 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 the 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 computer 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 recognize 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 commands, but not street names. If you would like street names to be announced, you will need to select a computer voice. Using computer voices Computer voices can do more than just give spoken instructions. They can also include more information in their instructions, such as the name of the street you should turn on to. Computer voices can also read other information aloud, including road numbers, traffic warnings and incoming messages. To set the information that a computer voice reads aloud, do the following: 1. Tap Change preferences in the Main Menu. 2. Tap Voice preferences. 3. Tap Speech preferences then select the information that your selected computer voice should read aloud. 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 sounds can be played through the speakers as listed below: • Spoken instructions and warnings: • The speaker inside your GO Voice preferences To change the voice being used by your TomTom GO, tap Voice preferences 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 • An external Bluetooth® Hi-Fi headset or speakers • Using an audio cable. •Music • 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, a Windshield Mount with an audio connector 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 your car stereo for more information. Using Bluetooth® Hi-Fi speakers Your GO can play sound through Bluetooth® Hi-Fi speakers, such as a Bluetooth® Hi-Fi headset, or a car stereo which uses 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 through a Bluetooth device, select Bluetooth Hi-Fi device. 3. To play music through a Bluetooth device, select Bluetooth Hi-Fi device. 4. Tap Done. 5. Your GO asks you to confirm that you want to use an external Bluetooth® Hi-Fi speaker. Tap YES. Your GO will start searching for Bluetooth® Hi-Fi devices. 6. Select your Bluetooth® Hi-Fi device from the list of devices found by your GO. Your GO will try to establish a Bluetooth® connection with your device. Your device may require you to enter a password on your GO before a Bluetooth® connection can be established. See the documentation for your Bluetooth® Hi-Fi device for more information. Once connected, sound will be played through the external Bluetooth® Hi-Fi device. If your GO cannot establish a Bluetooth® connection, then all sound will be 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. Hidden buttons and features When you first start using your TomTom GO, all the buttons are shown in the menu. The buttons for the more advanced features can be hidden. This is a useful option because you are unlikely to use certain features very often. Use night colors / Use day colors 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 colors automatically, tap Brightness preferences in the Preferences menu. Then select Switch to night view when dark. Show fewer menu options Tap this button in the Preferences menu, to reduce the number of buttons that are shown. You might want to do this so that only frequently used buttons are shown. When you need to use the buttons that are hidden, you can press Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu to show all buttons. Show ALL menu options Tap this button in the Preferences menu, to show all the buttons available on your TomTom GO. Use night colors Tap this button to reduce the brightness of the screen and show darker colors 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 colors To change back to a brighter screen showing brighter colors on the map, tap Use day colors.
35 Show POI on map 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 speed - you set the speed at which point the map will be turned off. This option is useful for situations when the map might be distracting, such as when you are driving fast. •Never - the map is never turned off. Show POI on map Tap this button to set which categories for the Points of Interest (POIs) should be shown on the map: 1. Tap Show POIs 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. Tap Done. The POIs you have selected are shown as symbols on the map. Safety preferences Tap this button to set the following safety preferences: •Hide most menu options while driving •Suggest driving breaks •Show safety reminders •Warn when near places of worship or schools •Warn when driving faster than allowed •Warn when driving faster than a set speed •Warn not to leave the device in the car If you select one or more of the warnings, you will also be asked to select a sound to be played whenever a warning is displayed. Select whether or not your TomTom GO should warn you about which side of the road you should be driving on. Decide if you want the map display to be turned off in special circumstances and press Done.
36 Voice preferences Turn off sound / Turn on sound 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. Voice preferences Ta p Voice preferences to manage your TomTom voices. The following options are available: •Change voice - tap this button to change the voice that gives you instructions. A wide range of recorded human voices and computer voices are available. •Disable voice - tap this button to disable the use of voices. To enable voices, tap Enable. •Speech preferences - tap this button to set the situations when your TomTom will read instructions or warnings aloud. •Record voice - tap this button to record your own voice for use by your TomTom. The procedure takes about fifteen minutes, during which time you will say all the commands that are used by your TomTom GO. In the Preferences menu, tap Voice preferences, then tap Record voice and follow the instructions for recording your voice. •Disable recorded voice •Enable recorded voice •Download voice - tap this button to download new voices from TomTom Services and transfer them to your TomTom. Turn off sound Tap this button to turn off sound. If you turn off the sound, warnings for upcoming POIs are also turned off. The button changes to 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. T o c h a n g e t h e v o i c e b e i n g u s e d b y y o u r G O , t a p Change voice in the Voice preferences menu. You can still listen to music even if you have turned off voice instructions.
37 Volume preferences Can my GO change the volume depending on how noisy it is in the car? Select Link volume to noise level and your GO will change the volume according 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 automatically increase the volume. For example, if you are driving on the highway, 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. Manage Favorites 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 also 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 Volume preferences Tap this button to change the volume. This setting does not change the volume of the radio, CDs, or music played from an iPod® or USB storage device. Manage Favorites Tap this button to rename or delete Favorites. To find a Favorite quickly, tap Find, then start to type the name of the Favorite. As soon as the Favorite is shown in the list, you can select it. Change Home location Tap this button to set or change your Home location.
38 Manage maps This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu. Manage POIs This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu. Manage maps Tap this button to do the following: •Switch map - tap this button to change the map you are using. •Download free map corrections - tap this button to download map corrections provided as part of the Map Share service. Use TomTom HOME to make backups, download, add and delete maps from your navigation device. 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 gas 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 friends’ addresses as POIs 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 delete a POI category you created.
39 Change car symbol This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu. 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. Show/Hide lane images This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu. Change map colors This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu. 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. 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. Show lane images Tap this button to show or hide the arrows that warn you which lane you need to be in to navigate an approaching road exit or intersection. Change map colors Tap this button to select the color schemes for day and night map colors. You can also download more color schemes from TomTom Services.
40 Brightness preferences This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options in the Preferences menu. Brightness preferences Tap this button to set the brightness of the screen. Move the sliders to set the brightness separately for day map colors and for night map colors. You can also set these options: •Turn brightness down when dark - your GO uses a light sensor to detect the background light level. If this option is selected, as it gets darker, your GO reduces the brightness of the screen so that it is not distracting. •Switch to night view when dark - your GO uses a light sensor to detect the background light level. If this option is selected, when it gets dark, your GO uses night colors for the Driving View. You can set the map color scheme by tapping Change map colors.