TomTom Start 606 Manual

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Taking the fastest route 
Your TomTom device regularly looks for a faster route to your destination. If the traffic situation 
changes and a faster route is found, your device offers to replan your journey so you can use the 
faster route. 
You can also set your device to automatically replan your journey whenever a faster route is found. 
To apply this setting, tap Traffic settings in the Traffic menu. 
To manually find and replan the fastest route to your destination, do the following: 
1....

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Your device plans the quickest route to your destination. The new route may include traffic 
delays and may remain the same as the original route. 
You can re-plan the route to avoid all delays, but this route is unlikely to be the quickest 
possible route. 
7. Tap Done.  
Making commuting to work easier 
The Home to work or Work to home buttons in the Show home-work traffic menu lets you check 
your route to and from work with one tap of a button. 
When you use either of these buttons, your...

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The Driving View is shown and a message is displayed telling you about traffic incidents on this 
route. The Traffic sidebar also shows any delays.  
Getting more information about an incident 
To check for delays on your route, tap Show traffic on route in the Traffic menu. Your navigation 
device shows a summary of the traffic delays on your route. 
The total includes any delays due to traffic incidents and those due to busy roads, with information 
provided by IQ Routes. 
Tap Minimise delays...

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3. If the map does not show your location, tap the marker to centre the map on your current 
location. 
The map shows traffic incidents in the area. 
 
4. Tap on any traffic incident to get more information. 
A screen is shown that gives you detailed information about the incident you chose. To display 
information about surrounding incidents use the left and right arrows at the bottom of this 
screen.  
Changing traffic settings 
Use the Traffic settings button to choose how traffic...

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Accident 
 
Road works 
 
One or more lanes closed 
 
Road closed 
 
Traffic incident 
 
Traffic jam 
Weather related symbols: 
 
Fog 
 
Rain 
 
Wind 
 
Ice 
 
Snow 
 
 
 
Note: The incident avoided symbol is shown for any traffic incident that 
you avoid using a traffic service. 
 
Traffic menu 
To open the Traffic menu, tap the Traffic sidebar in the Driving View then tap Options, or tap 
Traffic in the Services menu. 
The following buttons are available: 
 
Minimise traffic 
delays  
Tap...

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Show home-work 
traffic  
Tap this button to calculate the quickest route from your home location to 
your place of work and back. 
 
Show traffic on 
route  
Tap this button for an overview of traffic incidents along your route. 
Tap the left and right buttons for more detailed information about each 
incident. 
Tap Minimise delays to replan your route and avoid the traffic incidents 
that are shown on the map. 
 
View map  
Tap this button to browse the map and see the traffic incidents...

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About Speed Cameras 
Note: You may be able to use LIVE Services when travelling abroad. LIVE Services are not 
available in all countries or regions, and not all LIVE Services are available in all countries or 
regions. For more information on available services, go to tomtom.com/services. 
The Speed Cameras service warns you about a range of speed cameras and safety alerts including 
the following: 
 Fixed speed camera locations. 
 Accident blackspot locations. 
 Mobile speed camera...

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the speed camera types that have been set for an alert. 
4. Tap Fixed cameras. 
5. Tap Next. 
6. Tap the sound you want to be used for the warning. 
Tips: To switch off warning sounds for a camera type, tap Silence in 
step 7 above. You still see a warning in the Driving View if you switch 
off the warning sound. 
7. Tap Done to save your changes.  
Speed camera symbols 
Speed cameras are shown as symbols in the Driving View. 
When you approach an area where an alert is located, you see a...

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Accident black spot 
  
Bi-directional speed camera 
  
Ungated railway crossing 
 
Report button 
To show the report button in the Driving View, do the following: 
1. Tap Services in the Main Menu. 
2. Tap Speed Cameras. 
3. Tap Show report button. 
4. Tap Back. 
The report button is shown on left-hand side of the Driving View or if you are already using the 
quick menu, its added to the buttons available in the quick menu. 
Tip: To hide the report button, tap Hide report button in the...

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6. Tap Yes to confirm the location of the camera. 
7. Tap on the type of camera you want to report and if necessary, choose the speed restriction for 
the camera. 
You see a message confirming that a report has been created.  
Reporting incorrect camera alerts 
You may receive an alert for a camera that is no longer there. To report an incorrect camera alert, 
do the following: 
Note: You can only report an incorrect camera alert while you are at the location. 
1. While you are at the location...