TomTom Rider 3 Manual

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1. To select the first letter p, tap the pqrs key once. 
Tip: To select another letter from the same key, for example, p followed by r, you need to 
wait for half a second in between selecting letters. 
2. To select the second letter, for example q, tap the pqrs key twice in rapid succession. 
3. To select the third letter, for example, r, tap the pqrs key three times in rapid succession. 
4. To select the fourth letter s, tap the pqrs key four times in rapid succession. 
 
If your gloves still make it difficult to select letters, you can do the following: 
1. Press and hold the key, for example def.  
After touching the key the first character appears, in this case d.  
2. Wait for the pop-up to appear. 
3. Select your chosen desired character from the pop-up, for example f. 
4. Your chosen character f replaces the d character that first appeared. 
Available keys 
The keys shown below are available when using your TomTom Traffic in either portrait or landscape 
orientation. 
 
 
Planning a thrilling route 
You can use the Plan a Thrill button to create interesting rides on the spot. This is especially useful 
for a day when you have some spare time and just need a simple way to create a thrilling ride.  
						

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A thrilling route is a trip that includes interesting or challenging roads and uses as few motorways as 
possible. You can choose the level of turns included in your ride, and also the degree of hilliness.  
Tip: As Plan a Thrill is for creating instant routes, thrilling routes cannot be saved in My Routes.  
Tip: Thrilling routes are round trips by default but you can plan a route to a destination if you 
choose. 
 
Planning a thrilling round trip route using stops 
If you just need to go out for a ride, Plan a Thrill lets you plan a round trip along the most 
interesting roads from your current location via the stops you choose. You must choose at least one 
stop to create a thrilling route. 
1. Select the Main Menu button to open the Main Menu. 
 
2. Select Plan a Thrill. 
 
The map view opens. 
3. Move the map and zoom in until you can see the place you want to ride through. 
4. Create a stop by quickly tapping the map. 
Your Rider plans a thrilling round trip through your chosen stop. 
 
Tip: The direction of the round trip is random. If you have at least 2 stops on your route, you 
can change the direction of travel by reordering the stops. Arrows on the planned route show 
the direction of travel. 
5. If you want to add more stops to your route, move the map and select more stops.  
						

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Your Rider plans a thrilling round trip route through your chosen stops. 
 
Tip: Select the pop-up menu button to reorder your stops. 
6. Select the level of turns and the degree of hilliness for your thrilling route. 
 Select this button to choose one of three settings for turns. 
 Select this button to choose one of three settings for hilliness. 
Your Rider plans a thrilling round trip route with turns and hills through your chosen stops. 
7. When you have planned your thrilling route, select Ride. 
 
Your route is shown on the map view, then guidance along your route begins. As soon as you 
start riding, the guidance view is shown automatically.  
Planning a thrilling ride to a destination 
You can plan a route to a destination using the map. The route to your destination will be along the 
most interesting roads from your current location. 
Tip: You can also plan a route to a destination then choose Winding route as the route type. 
1. Select the Main Menu button to open the Main Menu. 
 
2. Select Plan a Thrill. 
 
The map view opens.  
						

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3. Select a location by pressing and holding the screen for about one second. 
 
4. Select the destination button. 
Your Rider plans a thrilling route to your chosen destination. 
 
5. If you want to add more stops to your route, move the map and select more stops. 
Your Rider plans a thrilling route through your chosen stops to your destination. 
Tip: Select the pop-up menu button to reorder your stops. 
6. Select the level of turns and the degree of hilliness for your thrilling route. 
 Select this button to choose one of three settings for turns. 
 Select this button to chose one of three settings for hilliness. 
Your Rider plans a thrilling route with turns and hills to your chosen destination. 
7. When you have planned your thrilling route, select Ride. 
 
Your route is shown on the map view, then guidance along your route begins. As soon as you 
start riding, the guidance view is shown automatically.  
Looking at trip statistics 
Your Rider can show you how far youve been riding, how long youve been riding, and also at what 
speed. 
To see trip statistics, select Trip Statistics in the Main Menu.  
						

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Select one of the three tabs to see statistics for todays riding, for your current trip and for all-time.  
Tip: All-Time are the statistics that have been collected since the device was purchased and first 
switched on.  
Tip: A dot is included in large distances, for example, 20047,64 kilometres is shown as 20.047,6 
km. 
Statistics for your current trip 
 
To see statistics for the trip you are riding now, select the Since --/--/-- tab.  
To start a new trip, select the Clear trip button, just like resetting an odometer in a car. 
After stopping your bike, if you dont press the Clear trip button, the statistics just carry on 
incrementing when you start moving again. This means you get accurate statistics for trips that span 
several days or several rides within a day. 
Important: If you do a factory reset, the all-time tab is reset back to zero values!  
Using quick settings 
Quick settings make it easier for you to use a range of settings when wearing gloves. 
Using quick settings you can do the following: 
 Switch voice instructions on or off. 
 Mute the volume. 
 Switch between lighter and darker colours. 
 Change the volume of instructions.  
See Other buttons and Volume control for more details. 
Important: When using a headset, the volume control may not be available because your headset 
doesnt support remote volume control. If this is the case, use the volume control button on the 
headset itself to change the volume. 
To use quick settings, select the quick settings button in the main menu, the map view or the 
guidance view. 
  
						

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You see the screen shown below with large buttons and a volume control: 
 
Tip: When wearing gloves, select the plus (+) and minus (-) buttons underneath the volume slider 
to change the volume, instead of trying to move the slider with gloves on. 
 
Installing Tyre Pro 
You can use Tyre Pro® to search, create and edit routes on your computer before you upload them 
to your TomTom Rider. 
To get free access to Tyre Pro®, follow the steps below: 
1. Go to tomtom.com/getstarted and select your country. 
2. Connect your Rider to your computer to link your device to your account and register with us. 
3. Within 24 hours you will receive an email with a unique Tyre code and URL. Use this code and 
URL to activate and download your Tyre Pro® software.   
						

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Settings 
Bluetooth Connections 
Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Bluetooth Connections.  
 
Your Rider can use the following Bluetooth connections: 
 Headset - Connect a Bluetooth headset to hear spoken instructions and warning sounds, and for 
hands-free calling. 
 Hands-free calling - Connect a Bluetooth headset and your smartphone so you make hands-free 
calls using your phone. 
 Network - Connect your Rider to your smartphones internet connection so you can get TomTom 
Services.  
Locking device orientation 
Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Appearance. 
Select Display.  
 
Orientation Lock 
Select Orientation Lock to prevent the rotation of your screen when you rotate your device. 
When switched OFF (default), if you rotate your device between landscape and portrait positions, 
the screen orientation changes too. 
To lock the screen in either landscape or portrait, rotate the device then switch this setting ON to 
lock the screen in that position.  
Map colour 
Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Appearance. 
Select Display. 
 
Map colour 
Select Map colour to change the contrast of the colours used in the map so that the map is easier to 
see in bright light.  
Touch Sensitivity 
Important: This feature is only available on the Rider 42, Rider 420 and Rider 450.  
						

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Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Touch Sensitivity. 
 
Select Touch Sensitivity to choose higher or lower sensitivity when touching the buttons on your 
Rider: 
 Choose Thin Gloves when wearing no gloves or summer-weight gloves. 
 Choose Thick Gloves when wearing winter gloves or when it is raining. 
Tip: In very wet weather select Thick Gloves to prevent rain drops from causing false inputs on 
the screen.  
						

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Positioning the device 
Be careful where you install your Rider. The Rider shouldnt block or interfere with any of the 
following: 
 Your view of the road. 
 The controls in your vehicle. 
 Your rear-view mirrors. 
 The airbags. 
You should be able to reach your Rider easily without leaning or stretching. In a car, you can attach 
your Rider to the windscreen or side window or you can use a Dashboard Mount Disk to attach the 
mount to your dashboard.   
Switching on and off 
Switching your device on 
Press the On/Off button until your device starts. If the device was off you see the map view. If your 
device was sleeping you see the last screen you were looking at.  
Sending your device to sleep 
To send your navigation device to sleep, press the On/Off button and then release it.  
You can also press the On/Off button for more than 2 seconds until you see the Sleep and Turn Off 
buttons. Select Sleep to make the device sleep. 
Tip: To send your navigation device to sleep when the USB cable is unplugged or whenever it is 
removed from the mount, go to Battery settings in the Settings menu. 
Switching your device off completely 
To switch off your navigation device completely, you can do one of the following: 
 Press and hold the On/Off button for more than 2 seconds until you see the Sleep and Turn Off 
buttons. Select Turn Off to switch off the device. Select the back button if you dont want to 
switch your device off. 
 Press and hold the On/Off button for more than 5 seconds until the device switches off.  
Setting up 
Note: The language you choose will be used for all text on the screen. You can always change the 
language later in Language and Units in the Settings menu. 
When you first switch on your TomTom Rider, you have to answer a few questions to set it up. 
Answer the questions by touching the screen.  
GPS reception 
When you first start your TomTom Rider, it may need a few minutes to determine your position. In 
future, your position will be found much faster.  
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To ensure good satellite reception, use your Rider outdoors and keep it upright. Large objects such 
as tall buildings can sometimes interfere with reception. 
Important: QuickGPSfix contains information about satellite positions which helps your Rider find 
your position faster. QuickGPSfix information is sent to Always Connected devices in real time and 
to Smartphone Connected devices when connected to TomTom services using your smartphone. You 
can also update QuickGPSfix using MyDrive.  
Sending information to TomTom 
When you first start navigating or you have reset your Rider, your Rider asks for permission to 
collect some information about your use of the navigation device. The information is stored on your 
Rider until we retrieve it. We use it anonymously to improve our products and services. If you use 
our services, we will also use your location information to deliver the services to you. 
You can change whether you send this information with us at any time by doing the following: 
1. In the Main Menu, select the Settings button. 
2. Select System. 
3. Select Your information & privacy. 
4. Select the button to turn sending of information on or off. 
Note: If you choose not to send location information to us, you will no longer receive our 
services. This is because services need to send the location of your device to TomTom in order to 
receive the traffic information related to where you are. The end date of your subscription 
remains the same, even if you do not send this information to us. 
You can find current and more detailed information at tomtom.com/privacy.  
Memory card slot 
Some TomTom navigation devices have a memory card slot that is located on the side or bottom of 
the device.  
Before you use the memory card slot, make sure that you have the latest version of the application 
installed on your navigation device by connecting to MyDrive using a computer.  
When your Rider is up-to-date, you can use a memory card as extra storage space to add extra maps 
or to store routes and tracks to your device. Maps can be purchased from tomtom.com. 
Important: Routes and tracks cannot be stored on the same memory card as maps because different 
memory card formatting is used.  
Device not starting 
In rare cases, your TomTom Rider may not start correctly or may stop responding to your taps. 
First, check that the battery is charged. To charge the battery, connect your Rider to the car 
charger. It can take 3 - 5 hours to fully charge the battery depending on the type of device. 
Important: Do not charge your device using your vehicles own USB port because it is not powerful 
enough. 
If this does not solve the problem, you can perform a reset. To do this, press and hold the On/Off 
button until your Rider begins to restart.  
Charging your device 
The battery in your TomTom Rider charges when you connect it to your TomTom vehicle charger, to 
your computer or to a USB Home Charger.