TomTom Trucker User Manual

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Saving and restoring your personal navigation information 
When you are logged in to MyDrive on your Trucker, your personal navigation information is 
continuously and automatically saved to your TomTom account. 
If you reset your Trucker, or log in to MyDrive on a different device, your saved personal navigation 
information is restored to your Trucker or the different device. 
The following personal navigation information is saved to your TomTom account: 
 MyDrive destinations. 
 All saved...

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About search 
You use search to find a wide range of places and then navigate to them. You can search for the 
following: 
 A specific address, for example, type in 123 Oxford Street, London. 
 A partial address, for example, type in Oxford st Lon. 
 A type of place, for example, type in petrol station or restaurant. 
 A place by name, for example, type in Starbucks. 
 A postcode, for example, type in W1D 1LL for Oxford Street, London. 
 A city to navigate to a city centre, for example,...

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Tip: If you press and hold a letter key on the keyboard, you get access to extra characters if 
they are available. For example, press and hold the letter e to access characters 3 e è é ê ë 
and more. 
 
You can search for a POI (Point of Interest) type, such as a restaurant or tourist attraction. 
Alternatively, you can search for a specific POI, for example Rosies Pizzeria. 
Note: When searching, the whole map is searched. If you want to change how the search is 
done, select the button to...

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6. To see more information about the POI, select the POI on the map and then select the pop-up 
menu button. Select More Information on the pop-up menu.  
 
You see more information about the POI such as the phone number, full address and email.  
7. To plan a route to this destination, select Drive/Ride depending on which device you are using. 
A route is planned and then guidance to your destination begins. As soon as you start driving, 
the guidance view is shown automatically. 
Tip: If your...

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3. Use the keyboard to enter the name of the POI you want to find, then press the Search button 
on the keyboard. 
Tip: If you press and hold a letter key on the keyboard, you get access to extra characters if 
they are available. For example, press and hold the letter e to access characters 3 e è é ê ë 
and more. 
You can search for a POI (Point of Interest) type, such as a restaurant or tourist attraction. 
Alternatively, you can search for a specific POI, for example Rosies Pizzeria. 
Note:...

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A route is planned and then guidance to your destination begins. As soon as you start driving, 
the guidance view is shown automatically. 
Tip: If your destination is in a different time zone, you see a plus (+) or a minus (-) sign and 
the time difference in hours and half hours in the arrival information panel. The estimated 
time of arrival is the local time at your destination. 
Tip: You can add a add a stop to a route that you have already planned. 
Tip: You can save a route using My...

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Whole map 
Select this option to search the whole of your current map with no 
limit to the search radius. Your current location is the centre of the 
search. The results are ranked by exact match. 
  
Near me 
Select this option to search with your current GPS location as the 
search centre. The results are ranked by distance. 
  
In town or city 
Select this option to use a town or city as the centre for your search. 
You need to enter the town or city name using the keyboard. When 
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Tip: To see more results, hide the keyboard or scroll down the results list. 
Tip: You can switch between seeing the results on the map or in a list by selecting the 
list/map button:  
 
 
When you select an address from the list of search results, you can choose to show it on the map, 
add a crossroad or plan a route to that chosen location. To get an exact address you can add the 
house number. 
 
If you show the result on the map, you can use the pop-up menu to add the location to My...

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Note: The best search results are shown on the map. When you zoom in, the lower ranked search 
results are gradually shown. 
 
About postcodes 
When searching using a postcode, your results depend on the type of postcode used in the country 
that you are searching in. 
The following types of postcodes are used: 
 Postcodes that navigate you to a street or part of a street. 
 Postcodes that navigate you to an area comprising, for example, a single town, several villages 
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Court house 
 
Cash dispenser 
 
Legal - Solicitors 
 
Financial institution 
 
Legal - other services   
Food services 
 
Convenience store 
 
Fast food restaurant 
 
Restaurant 
 
Chinese restaurant 
Accommodation 
 
Hotel or motel 
 
Luxury hotel 
 
Camping ground 
 
Economy chain hotel 
Emergency services 
 
Hospital or polyclinic 
 
Dentist 
 
Police station 
 
Veterinarian 
 
Doctor 
 
Fire station 
Car-related services 
 
Outside parking 
 
Petrol station 
 
Parking garage 
 
Car wash...