TomTom Start 606 Manual

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About Points of Interest 
Points of Interest or POIs are useful places on the map. 
Here are some examples: 
 Restaurants 
 Hotels 
 Museums 
 Parking garages 
 Petrol stations  
Creating POIs 
Tip: For help on managing third party POIs, search for Third party POIs at: 
tomtom.com/support. 
1. Tap the screen to open the Main menu. 
2. Tap Settings. 
3. Tap Manage POIs. 
4. If there are no POI categories or the one you want to use does not exist, tap Add POI category 
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Address  
Tap this button to enter an address as a new POI. 
When you enter an address, you can choose from four options. 
 City centre 
 Street and house number 
 Postcode 
 Crossing or intersection 
 
Recent destination  
Tap this button to select a POI location from a list of places you have 
recently used as destinations. 
 
Point of Interest  
Tap this button to add a Point of Interest (POI) as a POI. 
For example, if you are creating a category of POIs for your favourite...

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Tip: If you already know the name of the POI you want to use, you can tap Search by name to 
enter the name and select this location. 
6. Scroll down the list and tap Car park. 
7. The car park closest to the city centre is shown at the top of the list. 
8. The following list explains the distances shown next to each POI. How the distance is measured 
varies depending on how you initially searched for the POI: 
 POI near you - distance from your current location 
 POI in city - distance from...

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The following example will show how to set a warning sound to be played when you are 250 metres 
from a petrol station. 
1. Tap Manage POIs and then Warn when near POI in the Settings menu. 
2. Scroll down the list and tap Petrol station. 
Tip: To remove a warning, tap on the category name and then tap Yes. POI categories which 
have been set with a warning have a sound symbol next to the category name. 
3. Set the distance as 250 metres and tap OK. 
4. Select Sound effect and then tap Next....

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About getting help 
Tap Help in the Main menu to navigate to emergency services centres and other specialist services. 
If your device supports hands-free calling and your phone is connected to your device, you can 
contact emergency services directly by phone. 
For example, if you are involved in a car accident, you could use the Help menu to find and call the 
nearest hospital and tell them your exact location.  
Tip: If you do not see the Help button in the Main menu, tap Settings and then...

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Walk to help  
Tap this button to navigate your way on foot to a service centre. 
 
Where am I?  
Tap this button to see your current location on the map.  
 
 
Safety and other 
guides  
Tap this button to read a selection of guides, including a First Aid guide. 
 
Product manuals  
Tap this button to read a selection of guides relating to your navigation 
device.  

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About Favourites 
Favourites provide an easy way to select a location without the need to enter the address. They do 
not need to be favourite places, they can simply be seen as a collection of useful addresses.  
Creating a Favourite 
To create a Favourite, do the following: 
1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main menu. 
2. Tap Settings to open the Settings menu. 
3. Tap Favourites. 
4. Tap Add. 
Select the type of the Favourite by tapping one of the buttons described below: 
 
Home  
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Point on map  
Tap this button to create a Favourite using the Map Browser. 
Select the location of the Favourite using the cursor, then tap Done. 
 
Latitude Longitude  
Tap this button to create a Favourite by entering latitude and 
longitude values. 
 
Position of last 
stop  
Tap this button to select your last recorded position as your 
destination. 
Your device suggests a name for your new Favourite. To enter a new name, there is no need to 
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5. Tap Rename. 
6. Type in the new name and then tap Done. 
7. Tap Done.  
Deleting a Favourite 
To delete a Favourite, do the following: 
1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main menu. 
2. Tap Settings to open the Settings menu. 
3. Tap Favourites. 
4. Tap the Favourite you want to delete. 
Tip: Use the left and right arrows to choose another Favourite from your list. 
5. Tap Delete. 
6. Tap Yes to confirm the deletion. 
7. Tap Done.  

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About RDS-TMC 
The Traffic Message Channel (TMC), also known as RDS-TMC, transmits traffic information as a radio 
signal and is available free of charge in many countries. 
TMC is not a TomTom Service, but is available when using the TomTom RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver. 
Note: TomTom is not responsible for the availability or quality of traffic information provided by 
the Traffic Message Channel. 
The Traffic Message Channel (TMC) is not available in all countries. To check the availability of...