TomTom Via 1400 1405 Reference Guide

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The first time you use Home to work, you must set your traffic home and work locations by doing 
the following: 
1. Tap the traffic sidebar to open the Traffic menu. 
Note: If you already have a route planned, a summary of traffic incidents on your route is 
shown. Tap Options to open the Traffic menu. 
2. Tap Show home-work traffic. 
3. Set your home location and your work location. 
If you have already set the locations and want to change them, tap Change home-work. 
 
You can now use the...

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Tap Minimize delays to check if you can reduce the delay. 
 
Tap the left and right arrow buttons to move through each incident in turn, viewing the details of 
each one. This includes the type of incident, for example road works, and the length of delay 
caused by this incident. 
 
You can also access the details about individual incidents by tapping View map in the Main Menu 
and then tapping on the traffic incident symbol. 
When shown on the map, a traffic incident starts with an icon. In...

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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 dis-
play 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 information works on your navigation device. 
1. Tap the traffic sidebar then tap Options to open the Traffic...

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 Symbols shown in a red triangle are weather related. Your device does not replan to avoid 
these warnings. 
Traffic incident symbols: 
 
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...

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Minimize traffic 
delays  
Tap this button to re-plan your route based on the latest traffic infor-
mation. 
 
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 Minimize delays to replan your route and avoid the traffic...

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About Safety Cameras 
The Safety Cameras service warns you about a range of safety cameras and safety alerts including 
the following: 
 Fixed safety camera locations. 
 Accident hotspot locations. 
 Speed trap locations. 
 Average speed check camera locations. 
 Red light camera locations. 
 Ungated railroad crossings.  
Safety Camera warnings 
By default, a warning sound is played for the most common types of safety camera. To change the 
warning sound, tap Alert settings in the Safety...

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4. Tap Fixed cameras. 
5. Select whether you always want to be warned or warned only when you are speeding. Select 
Never to turn off the warning. 
6. Tap the sound you want to be used for the warning. 
7. Tap Next. 
The warning sound you selected is now set for fixed safety cameras. A speaker symbol is shown 
next to Fixed cameras in the list of types of safety camera.  
Safety Camera symbols 
Safety Cameras are shown as symbols in the Driving View. 
As you approach a camera, you see a symbol...

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Ungated railroad crossing 
  
Toll booth camera 
When you first start using your device, no warning sounds are played for these types of cameras: 
  
Restricted road camera 
  
Other camera 
  
Bidirectional camera 
 
Updating locations for cameras and alerts 
The locations of safety cameras can change frequently. New cameras can also appear without 
warning and the locations for other alerts, such as accident hotspots, may also change position. 
Hence, it is important to ensure that your...

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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 Safety Cameras menu. 
 
Reporting a new safety camera while on the move 
To report a safety camera on the move, do the following: 
1. Tap the report button shown in the Driving View or in the quick menu to record the location of 
the camera. 
2. Confirm that you want to...

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 Speed trap - this type of camera checks the speed of passing vehicles and is moved to differ-
ent places. 
 Red light camera - this type of camera checks for vehicles breaking traffic rules at traffic lights. 
 Toll booth camera - this type of camera monitors traffic at toll road barriers. 
 Other camera - all other types of camera that do not fall into any of the above categories.  
Average speed check camera warnings 
You can set whether you want to be warned about the cameras at the...