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Planning in advance
You can also use your RIDER to plan journeys in advance by selecting both 
your starting point and your destination. You could, for example, do the 
following:
• Find out how long a journey is going to take before you start.
• Check the route of a journey you are planning.
• Check a route for someone who is coming to you and explain the route to 
them.
To plan a route in advance, follow these steps:
1. Tap the screen to bring up the main menu.
2. Tap Advanced planning. 
3. Select the starting point for your journey in the same way as you would 
normally select your destination.
4. Set the destination for your journey.
5. Choose the type of route that should be planned. 
•Fastest route - the route which takes the least time.
•Shortest route - the shortest distance between the locations you set. This 
may not be the quickest route, especially if the shortest route is through 
a town or city.
•Avoid motorways - a route which avoids motorways.
•Walking route - a route designed for making the journey on foot. 
•Bicycle route - a route designed for making the journey on a bicycle.
•Limited speed - a route for a vehicle which can only drive at a limited 
speed. You have to specify the maximum speed.
6. Your TomTom RIDER plans the route between the two locations you 
selected.
More information about a route
To find out about your route in detail, tap the Details button on the route 
summary screen.
Advanced 
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You can then select from the following options:
You can access these options for the route you last planned by tapping View 
route in the Main Menu.
Browse as 
text
Tap this button for a list of all the turn instructions on the route.
This is particularly useful if you need to explain a route to someone else.
Browse as 
images
Tap this button to see each turn in the journey. Tap the right and left arrows 
to move forwards and backwards through the journey.
Tap the screen to turn off the 3D display and view the map from above.
Browse map 
of route
Tap this button to see an overview of the route using the map browser.
For more information about the map browser, see Using the map on 
page 33.
Show route 
demo
Tap this button to watch a demo of the journey. You can interrupt the demo 
at any time by tapping the screen.
Show route 
summary
Tap this button to open the route summary screen. 
						

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Chapter 6
Driving View
Driving View
AButtons to zoom in and zoom out on your position.
BYour current position.
CThe name of the next major road or road sign information, if applicable.
DThe next instruction.
This area shows you what to do and when you will have to do it.
Tap this area to repeat the last spoken instruction and to change the 
volume.
EThe name of the next street to turn onto.
FInformation about your journey.
Normally this area shows the remaining journey time, remaining distance, 
and arrival time. To set which information is displayed, tap Status bar 
preferences in the Preferences menu.
GIndicator of the strength of the GPS signal. 
For more information about GPS, see How does navigation work? on 
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Chapter 7
Menus
Menus
Main menu
Tap the screen at any time when TomTom RIDER displays the Driving View to 
open the Main Menu.
•Navigate to...
Tap this button to start planning a route.
•Find alternative...
Tap this button if you want to avoid part of your route, travel via a specific 
location or calculate an alternative route.
•TomTom Traffic
Tap this button to enable or disable traffic information. For more 
information, see TomTom Traffic on page 61.
•Mobile phone
This button opens the mobile phone menu. You can, for example, make 
calls, and write or read messages. For more information, see Hands-free 
calling on page 45.
•Change preferences
This button opens the Preferences menu. You can change many things 
about the way TomTom RIDER looks and behaves. For more information, 
see Preferences on page 49.
Driving menu
If you tap the screen when you are driving, the driving menu is shown: 
						

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•Navigate to…
Tap this button to select a destination.
•Turn off sound / Turn on sound
Tap this button to turn the spoken instructions on or off.
•Clear route
Tap this button to delete the route that is currently planned. Your 
TomTom RIDER will stop giving you directions. 
Your position will still be shown in the Driving View. You do not need to 
clear a route before you plan a new route, or start navigating to a new 
destination.
•Add favourite
Tap this button to add your current location as a favourite. Your TomTom 
RIDER will use the address of your current location as the name of the 
favourite. Later, you can go back and change the name of the favourite if 
you wish.
This button is useful if you see something interesting while you are driving. 
You can add it as a favourite so that the location is remembered by your 
TomTom RIDER.
Why cant I open the main menu while I am driving?
• Safety - it would be dangerous to operate your TomTom RIDER with all the 
available menu buttons while driving.
• Gloves - when you are wearing gloves, the buttons in the normal menu are 
too small to use easily. The large buttons in the driving menu can be tapped 
while driving.
How can I cancel the driving menu?
You cannot cancel the driving menu. The menu will disappear after 10 
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Chapter 8
Finding alternative routes
Finding alternative routesOnce you have planned a route, you may want to change something about the 
route, without changing your destination.
Why would I want to change the route? 
Maybe for one of these reasons:
• You can see a roadblock or a line of traffic ahead.
• You want to travel via a particular location, to pick someone up, stop for 
lunch or fill up with petrol.
• You want to avoid a difficult junction or a road you don’t like.
Find 
alternative...
Tap Find alternative... in the Main Menu to change the route that is currently 
planned. 
Then tap one of the options below.
Calculate 
alternative
Tap this button to calculate an alternative to the route already planned. 
Your RIDER will look for another route from your current location to your 
destination.
If you decide you would prefer to use the original route after all, tap 
Recalculate original. 
Why would I need to do this?
Apart from the roads near your position and near your destination, the new 
route will use totally different roads to reach your destination. This is an easy 
way of calculating a totally different route. 
Avoid 
roadblock
Tap this button if you can see a roadblock or a line of traffic ahead. You then 
have to choose how much of the route ahead you want to avoid.
Choose from the different options: 100m, 500m, 2000m, 5000m. Your RIDER 
will recalculate your route avoiding the section of the route for the distance 
you selected. 
Don’t forget that once a new route is calculated, you may have to turn off the 
road you are on very soon.
If the roadblock suddenly clears, tap Recalculate original to return to your 
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Travel via...
Tap this button to change your route so that it passes a particular location.
Perhaps you want to pick someone up on the way, or stop for lunch.
You choose the location you want to pass in the same way as you choose a 
destination. So you can select from all the same options: for example, 
Address, Favourite, Point of Interest and Point on map.
Your RIDER will calculate a new route to your destination that passes the 
location you chose. 
Using this button, you can only travel via one location. If you want to pass 
more than one, use an Itinerary. For more information, see Itinerary planning 
on page 29.
Recalculate 
original
Tap this button to return to the original route without any deviations for 
roadblocks or to travel via particular locations. 
Avoid part of 
route
Tap this button to avoid a part of the route. Use this button if you see that 
your route includes a road or junction you don’t like, or which is well-known 
for traffic problems.
You then choose the road you want to avoid from a list of the roads on your 
route.
Minimise 
traffic delays
Tap this button to recalculate your route so that it avoids traffic problems as 
much as possible. Your RIDER will check if there are any traffic problems on 
your route and work out the best route to avoid the problems. 
For more information about using TomTom Traffic, see TomTom Traffic on 
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Chapter 9
Itinerary planning
Itinerary planning
What is an Itinerary?
An Itinerary is a plan for a journey with more stops than just your final 
destination. 
An Itinerary is made up of the following items:
• Destinations - places you want to stop
• Waypoints - places you want to pass
Here’s an example of an Itinerary:
When would I use an Itinerary?
You could use an Itinerary for these kinds of trips:
• A driving holiday through a country with lots of stops.
• A two day car journey with an overnight stop.
• A short drive which passes particular Points of Interest.
In all these examples you could tap Navigate to... for each place. However, if 
you use an Itinerary, you can save time by programming everything in 
advance.
Destinations are shown with this symbol.
Waypoints are shown with this symbol.  
						

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Creating an Itinerary
1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu.
2. Tap Itinerary planning.
The Itinerary planning screen opens. At first, there are no items on the 
Itinerary.
3. Tap Add and select a location.
Following an Itinerary
When you use an Itinerary to navigate, the route will be calculated to the first 
destination on the Itinerary. Your TomTom RIDER calculates the remaining 
distance and time to the first destination and not for the whole Itinerary.
As soon as you start to use an Itinerary, the route is calculated from your 
current position. You do not need to set a departure point.
When you have passed a waypoint or reached a destination, it is marked as 
visited.
Waypoints are shown on the map but your RIDER will not warn you when you 
are approaching a waypoint, or tell you when you reach the waypoint.
Organising an Itinerary
Tap an item on your Itinerary to open a page of buttons for editing the item. 
The buttons shown below are available. 
Itinerary 
planningNote: This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To 
show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options. 
For more information, see Hidden buttons and features on page 49.
Tip
You can add items to your Itinerary in any order and organise them into the 
Itinerary later. 
Mark as 
waypoint
You can change a waypoint into a destination using this button.
Remember that destinations are places where you want to stop, and 
waypoints are places you want to pass.
This button is only shown if the item you tapped is a destination. 
Mark as 
destination
You can change a waypoint into a destination using this button.
Remember that destinations are places where you want to stop, and 
waypoints are places you want to pass.
This button is only shown if the item you tapped is a waypoint. 
Mark ‘visited’
Tap this button to miss out part of your Itinerary. Your RIDER will ignore this 
item and all the items before it in the Itinerary. 
It will navigate you to the next item in the Itinerary.
This button is only shown if you are still due to visit this item.