TomTom Start 20m Manual

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6. Tap Done.
Your navigation device is ready to guide you to your destination. 

Finding alternative routes6.
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Finding alternative routesOnce you have planned a route, you may want to change something about the 
route, without changing your destination.
Why 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.
Change route
Tap this button in the Main Menu to...

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original
Tap this button to return to the original route without deviations to avoid 
roadblocks or travelling via particular locations.
Travel via...
Tap this button to change your route so that it passes a particular location, 
perhaps to pick someone up on the way. When you do this, a marker is 
shown on the map for the location you choose the travel via.
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:...

Options7.
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OptionsYou can change the way your TomTom Start looks and behaves.
Tap Options in the Main Menu.
Change voice
Set clock
Change language
Home and Favourites
Change voice
Your navigation device gives spoken warnings and instructions using 
voices which have been recorded by actors.
To select a different voice on your device, tap Change voice in the Options 
menu or in the Voices and images menu. Then select a voice from the list.
You can add and remove voices using TomTom HOME.
Set clock
Tap...

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Voices and images
Map corrections
Advanced settings
To change the advanced settings on your TomTom Start, tap the Advanced 
button in the Options menu.
Set units
Operate left-handed / Operate right handed
Keyboard preferences
Voices and 
images
Tap this button to change your settings for voices and images.
For more information, see the chapter Voices and images.
Map 
corrections
Tap this button to make a correction to your map.
You can download map corrections made by other TomTom users or 
restrict...

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Enable/Disable Safety Alerts
TomTom Safety Alerts
Important: Regularly connect your navigation device to TomTom HOME to 
update the list of locations for all types of safety alerts. The locations of mobile 
cameras are sent directly to your device.
When a safety camera location is shown on the map, a warning sound is 
played to warn you that you are approaching an area where a safety camera 
is located.
Switch map
Reset factory settings
Enable/
Disable Safety 
Alerts
Tap this button to enable or...

Favourites8.
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Favourites
What are Favourites?
Favourites are places that you often visit. You can create Favourites so that 
you don’t have to enter the address every time you plan a route.
They don’t have to be places you especially like, just useful addresses.
How can I create a Favourite?
From the Main Menu, tap Options followed by Home and Favourites and then 
tap Add Favourite. 
You can then select the location of the Favourite from the list below.
You can type your own name for the Favourite when...

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How can I use a Favourite?
You will normally use a Favourite to plan a route somewhere without having 
to enter the address. To plan a route to a Favourite location, do the following:
1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu.
2. Tap Plan route.
3. For this example, tap Yes when asked about leaving from where you are.
4. Tap Favourite.
5. Select a Favourite from the list as your destination.
6. Tap Now.
If your current location is unknown, you are asked if you want to wait until 
the location is...

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How can I change the name of a Favourite?
1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu.
2. Tap Options to open the Options menu.
3. Tap Home and Favourites.
4. Tap Manage Favourites. 
5. Tap the Favourite you want to rename.
6. Tap Rename.
How can I delete a Favourite?
1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu.
2. Tap Options to open the Options menu.
3. Tap Home and Favourites.
4. Tap Manage Favourites.
5. Tap the Favourite you want to delete.
6. Tap Delete. 

Points of Interest9.
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Points of InterestPoints of Interest or POIs are useful places on the map. Here are some exam-
ples:
• Restaurants
•Hotels
•Museums
• Parking garages
• Petrol stations
Note: Tap Map corrections in the Options menu to report missing POIs or edit 
existing POIs.
Navigating to a POI
You can use a POI as your destination. For example, if you are travelling to an 
unfamiliar city, you could choose a POI to help find a parking garage.
1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu.
2. Tap...