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10.From the list of POIs shown, select the POI you want to navigate to. The 
table below explains the distances listed next to each POI.
If you know the name of the POI, tap Find and type the name. Select it from 
the list when it is shown.
Once you have selected a POI, the route to the POI is calculated by your 
TomTom RIDER.
The route to the POI is then calculated by your TomTom GO.
Managing POIs
Tap Manage POIs from the Preferences menu. 
You can, for example, do the following:
• Create your own POI categories and add POIs to them.
• Set warnings when you get close to POIs.
Why would I want to create my own POIs?
A POI acts like a shortcut - once you have saved a location as a POI you never 
have to type the address of that POI again. But when you create a POI you can 
save more than just the location.
• Phone number - when you create a POI, you can save a phone number with 
it.
• Categories - when you create a POI you have to put it in a category. 
For example, you could create a category of POIs called ‘Favourite 
restaurants’. With each POI, save their phone number so that you can call 
them from your RIDER to reserve a table. 
How can I create my own POIs?
1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu.
2. Tap Change preferences.
3. Tap Manage POIs.
4. Before you can add a POI, you have to create at least one POI category. 
Every POI is assigned to a POI category. You can only add POIs to POI 
categories you have created yourself.
POI near youDistance from your current location
POI in cityDistance from the city centre
POI near HomeDistance from your Home location
POI along routeDistance from your current location
POI near 
destinationDistance from your destination
Manage POIs
Note: The Manage POIs button is only available when all menu buttons are 
shown. To show all menu buttons, tap Show ALL menu options in the 
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Tap Add POI category.
5. Enter a name for your POI category, for example, ‘Friends’ or ‘Favourite 
restaurants’. Then select a marker for your POI category. 
6. Tap Add POI.
7. Select the POI category you want to add the POI to.
8. Select the location of your POI from the list below.
Add POI 
category
Add POI
Home
You can set your Home location as a POI.
Does it make sense to do this?
If you want to change your Home location, you can create a POI of the Home 
location before you change it. 
Favourite
You can create a POI from a Favourite.
Does it make sense to do this?
You can only create a limited number of Favourites. If you want to create 
more Favourites you have to delete some Favourites first. Before you delete 
a Favourite, make it into a POI so that you don’t lose the address. 
Address
You can specify an address to be a POI. When you enter an address, you can 
choose from four options. The same options as appear in the Navigate to... 
menu:
•City centre
•Street and house number
•Postcode (fully supported only in UK and the Netherlands)
•Crossing or intersection
Recent 
destination
Select a POI location from a list of places you have recently used as 
destinations.
Point of 
Interest
You can add a Point of Interest (POI) as a POI. For example, if you are creating 
a category of POIs for your favourite restaurants, use this option instead of 
entering the addresses of the restaurants.
GPS postion
Tap this button to add your current postion as a POI.
For example, if you stop somewhere you like, while you are there you can tap 
this button to create the POI.
Point on map
Tap this button to create a POI using the map browser.
Select the location of the POI using the cursor, then tap Done.
For more information about the map browser, see Using the map on 
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How can I set warnings for POIs?
1. Tap the screen to bring up the main menu.
2. Tap Change preferences.
3. Tap Manage POIs.
4. Tap Warn when near POI.
5. Select the category of POI you want to be warned about. 
Select the category from the list or start to type the name of the category 
and select it when it is shown in the list.
6. Set how close the POI should be when you receive a warning. 
7. Choose the warning sound for the category of POI you selected.
Latitude 
Longitude
Tap this button to create a POI by entering latitude and longitude values. 
TomTom 
Buddy
Tap this button to make a POI of the current position of a TomTom Buddy.
For more information about TomTom Buddies, see TomTom PLUS on 
page 63.
Note: The Manage POIs button is only available when all menu buttons are 
shown. To show all menu buttons, tap Show ALL menu options in the 
Preferences menu.
Warn when 
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Chapter 13
Hands-free calling
Hands-free calling
Connecting to your phone
First you must establish a connection between your mobile phone and your 
TomTom RIDER. You only have to do this once. Your TomTom RIDER 
remembers your phone.
Tap Mobile phone in the Main Menu, then follow the instructions on the 
screen.
Setting up TomTom PLUS
After you have established a connection with your phone, you can set up a 
wireless data connection for TomTom PLUS services.
For information about TomTom PLUS, see TomTom PLUS on page 63.
Note: not all phones are supported or compatible with all features. For more 
information, visit www.tomtom.com/phones
Tips
• Make sure that you switch on Bluetooth on your phone.
• Make sure that your phone is set to ‘discoverable’ or ‘visible to all’. 
• You may have to enter the password ‘0000’ on your phone in order to 
connect to your TomTom RIDER.
• Make your TomTom RIDER a trusted device on your phone. Otherwise 
you have to enter ‘0000’ every time.
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Your phonebook
You can copy your phonebook from your mobile phone to your 
TomTom RIDER so that you can make calls with just a few taps on the screen. 
This is the safest way to make hands-free calls.
Making a call
Once you have established a connection with your phone, you can start 
making calls.
1. Tap Mobile phone in the Main Menu.
2. Tap Call.
3. Tap Number to enter a number to call.
4. Do one of the following:
•Tap Home to call your Home location. If you have not entered a number 
for your Home location this button is unavailable. To enter a number, tap 
Change Home number in the Phone preferences menu.
•Tap Number to enter a number to call.
•Tap Point of Interest to choose a Point of Interest (POI) to call. If your 
RIDER knows the phone number of a POI, this is shown next to the POI:
Note: You can copy your phonebook to your TomTom RIDER at any time. 
From the Mobile phone menu, tap Get numbers from phone. 
Not all phones can transfer their phonebook to your RIDER. For more 
information, visit www.tomtom.com/phones
Note: Make sure that your phone is currently selected. The current phone is 
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•Tap Phonebook entry to select a contact from your phonebook. 
•Tap Recently dialed to select from a list of people or numbers you have 
called recently using your RIDER.
•Tap Recent caller to select from a list of people or numbers who called 
you recently. Only calls you have received on your RIDER are saved in 
this list.
For information about POIs, see Points of Interest on page 39.
Receiving a call
If someone calls you while you are driving, accept or reject the call by tapping 
the screen.
Auto-answer
You can tell your TomTom RIDER to answer every call automatically after a 
certain time. Tap Phone preferences in the mobile phone menu, then tap 
Auto-answer preferences.
Select when your TomTom RIDER will automatically answer your calls.
Sharing your TomTom RIDER
You can establish connections with up to 5 mobile phones. To add more 
phones, do the following
1. Tap Mobile phone in the Main Menu.
2. Tap Connect to your phone.
3. Tap Find other phone... and follow the instructions on the screen.
To switch between phones, tap Connect to your phone and then select your 
phone from the list.
Note: If you have not copied your phonebook to your TomTom RIDER, the 
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Chapter 14
Preferences
PreferencesYou can change many things about the way your TomTom RIDER looks and 
behaves. Tap Change preferences in the Main Menu.
Hidden buttons and features
When you first start using your TomTom RIDER, not all the buttons will be 
shown in the menu. 
Many buttons and some more advanced features are hidden because you will 
not need these features very often.
Use night colours / Use day colours
Tap this button to reduce the brightness the of the screen and use darker 
colours on the map.
When should I use this?
When it’s dark outside, it’s easier to see the screen of your RIDER if it isn’t so 
bright.
To change back to a brighter screen and brighter colours on the map, tap the 
button Use day colours. 
Turn off 3D display / Turn on 3D display
Tap this button to view the map from above while you are navigating.
When you turn the 3D display off, you can choose whether the map should 
show your direction of travel at the top, or keep north at the top. If you choose 
to keep north at the top, the map will not move as your direction of travel 
changes.
Show ALL 
menu options
To see all of the buttons and features, tap this button in the Preferences 
menu.
Show fewer 
menu options
After you have finished, we recommend that you hide the advanced buttons 
and features again by tapping this button. For everyday use, you won’t need 
all the buttons and features.
Use Night 
colours
Use day 
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Turn off 3D 
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T o  s w i t c h  b a c k  t o  s e e i n g  t h e  m a p  f r o m your perspective as you drive, tap Turn 
on 3D display. 
When should I use this?
In some situations, it is easier to see the map from above. Perhaps if the roads 
are very complicated or if you are walking and using your RIDER to navigate.
Turn off map display
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.
When you tap this button, you have to specify when the map should be turned 
off. These are the options:
•Always - you will only see information about the next instruction and 
arrows. The map will never be shown.
•Above a certain speed - you set the speed at which the map is switched off. 
When you are driving fast, the map can be distracting.
•Never - the map is never switched off.
Enable/disable POIs
Tap this button to set which categories of Points of Interest (POIs) should be 
shown on the map.
Select the POIs that you want to see on the map from the list:
When you select a POI, it will be shown on the map by the symbol you can see 
next to each category in the list above. 
To find a category of POI quickly, tap Find, then start to type the name of the 
POI category. As soon as the category is shown in the list, you can select it.
For more information about POIs, see Points of Interest on page 39.
Turn on 3D 
display
Enable/
disable POIs