TomTom One 3 Edition Manual

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Status bar preferences
Guided tours
Set units
Status bar 
preferences
Tap this button to select the information shown on the status bar:
• Remaining time  - the estimated time left until you reach your destination.
• Remaining distance  - the distance left until you reach your destination.
• Current time
• Arrival time  - your estimated arrival time.
• Speed
• Direction
• Show next street name  - the name of the next street on your journey.
• Show current street name
• Show leeway to arrival time  -...

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Operate left-handed / Operate right handed
Keyboard preferences
Planning preferences
Operate left- handed
Tap this button to move important buttons, for example, the  Done and 
Cancel  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 screen.
To move the buttons back to the right hand side of the screen, tap  Operate 
right-handed .
Keyboard 
preferences
You use the keyboard to enter your...

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Set owner
Change language
Set clock
Set owner
Tap this button to enter your name and address as the owner of your ONE 
and to change or delete a 4-digit password for your ONE. 
Note: You can only change or delete a 4-digit password on your 
TomTom ONE.
You can create a 4-digit password  for your ONE using TomTom HOME:
1. Connect your ONE to your computer and turn on your ONE and your  computer. 
TomTom HOME starts automatically.
For information about installing TomTom HOME on your computer, see...

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Reset factory settings
Reset factory settings
Tap this button to restore the factory settings to your TomTom ONE.
All your settings, including Favourites , your Home location, warnings for 
POIs and any Itineraries you have create d, as well as recent destinations 
and recent calls and call ers, will be deleted. 

Traffic information using RDS-TMC12.
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Traffic information using RDS-TMC
The Traffic Message Channel (TMC)
The Traffic Message Channel (TMC) is not a TomTom Service. FM radio 
stations in several countries broadcast TMC information as part of their 
programming. TMC is also known as RDS-TMC traffic information.
Your TomTom device uses this informat ion to warn you about traffic delays 
along your route and how you can avoid them.
To use TMC traffic information, you need a TomTom RDS-TMC Traffic...

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The following symbols are shown at the top of the Traffic sidebar:
Tip: The yellow circle is shown at the top of the Traffic sidebar if your device 
cannot find a suitable radio station. You can make your device try again to find 
a suitable station by tapping  Tune automatically in the traffic menu. If you 
know the FM frequency of a statio n that broadcasts RDS-TMC traffic 
information, you can tune to it  manually. For more information see  Setting the 
radio frequency for RDS-TMC information...

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Using RDS-TMC traffic information
Changing traffic preferences
Use the Change Traffic preferences  button to choose how traffic information 
works on your device.
 Your device receives traffic information when it is broadcasted.
If there are any incidents on your route the Traffic sidebar on the right side 
of the Driving View warns you. An exam
ple of a Traffic sidebar with a traffic 
warning is shown to the left. For information on the Traffic sidebar, see  The 
Traffic sidebar  (39).
In the...

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Making commuting to work easier
The Home to work  or Work to home  buttons in the Traffic menu lets you 
check your route to and from work with one tap of a button. When you use 
either of these buttons, your device checks the route for possible delays, and 
if it finds any, provides you with the possibility to avoid them.
The first time you use  Home to work, you must set your traffic home and work 
locations, do the following:
You can now use the  Home to work and Work to home  buttons of the Show...

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To see if there is a quicker way home, you could now tap the Find alternative 
button and then tap  Minimise traffic delays .
Tip: You can let your device automatica lly look for alternative routes by 
selecting  Automatically minimise delays after every traffic update  in your 
Traffic preferences. For more information, see  Changing traffic preferences 
(37).
Note: It is possible that the alternative rout e could be longer than your original 
one (even with its delays). If this is the case, you...

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An example of a Traffic sidebar is shown below.
In the example, the Traffic sidebar shows you that there are two incidents 
ahead. Both incidents are traffic jams, the first is 15km ahead and is expected 
to delay you by at least 51 minutes.
To re-plan your route to avoid these inci dents, tap the Traffic sidebar to open 
the TomTom  traffic menu, then use  Minimise traffic delays . For more 
information see  Using RDS-TMC traffic information  (37).
Traffic incidents
Traffic incidents are displayed...