TomTom Via 16 2 Reference Manual
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41 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 Routes. Entering search terms Select Search in the Main Menu to start searching for addresses and POIs. The search screen opens showing the keyboard and the following buttons: 1. Back button. Select this button to go back to the previous screen. 2. Search input box. Enter your search term here. As you type, matching addresses and POIs are shown. 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. Tip: To edit, select a word you have already typed to place the cursor. You can then insert or delete characters. 3. Type of search. You can search the whole of the current map, or a specific area such as a town or city, or near your destination. Select this button to change the type of search to any of the following:
42 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 you have selected the town or city from the results list, you can search for an address or POI in that city. Along route When a route has been planned, you can select this option to search along your route for a specific type of location, for example, petrol stations. When prompted, enter the type of location and then select it in the right-hand column to carry out the search. Near destination When a route has been planned, you can select this option to use your destination as the centre for your search. Latitude Longitude Select this option to enter a pair of latitude longitude coordinates. 4. View button. Select this button to return to the map view or guidance view. 5. 123?! button. Select this button to use numbers and symbols on your keyboard. Select the =\< button to toggle between the numbers and more symbols. Select the ABC button to go back to the general keyboard. 6. Keyboard layout button. Select this button to change your keyboard layout to another language. You can choose up to four layouts from the list. If you have more than one layout selected, selecting the keyboard layout button opens a pop-up so you can quickly swap between your selected keyboard layouts. Press and hold this button to go directly to the list of all the layouts. 7. List/map button. Select this button to switch between showing the results in a list or showing the results on the map. 8. Show/hide keyboard. Select this button to show or hide the keyboard. Tip: Select the Shift key once to make the next letter you type upper case. Double tap the Shift key to use Caps-Lock where all the letters you type are upper case. Select the Shift key once to quit Caps-Lock. Tip: To cancel a search, select the map/guidance view button in the top right-hand corner of the screen. Working with search results Your search results are shown in two columns. Address and city matches are shown in the left-hand column, and POIs, types of POIs and Places are shown in the right-hand column. Recent destinations and saved places are also shown in your search results.
43 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 Places. If a route is already planned, you can add the location to your current route.
44 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 in a rural area or a district in a large city. Postcodes for streets Countries such as the Netherlands and the United Kingdom use this type of postcode. When you search using this type of postcode, enter the postcode, then leave a space and then optionally enter the house number. For example, 1017CT 35. Your device then plans a route to a specific house or building on a specific street. Postcodes for areas Countries such as Germany, France and Belgium use this type of postcode. If you search using a postcode for an area, your results include all the streets in a city district, the whole town, or the villages within that postcode. You may get results from multiple countries if you enter a postcode for an area. Note: If you search using a postcode for an area, you will not get a specific address in your results. This type of postcode is still very useful in reducing the number of search results. For example, a search for Neustadt in Germany returns a long list of possible results. Adding a space followed by the postcode for an area narrows the results down to the Neustadt that you are looking for. As another example, if you want to search in a city, enter a postcode for an area and select the city centre you are searching for from the results. About mapcodes In countries where roads and houses have no names or addresses, you can use a mapcode instead. A mapcode represents a location. Every location on Earth, including those in the sea like islands and oil rigs, can be represented by a mapcode. Mapcodes are short, and easy to recognise, remember and communicate. They are precise to a few metres, which is good enough for every-day use. Go to mapcode.com for instructions on how to find the mapcode for a location. Mapcodes are more precise and more flexible than the address on a business card. You can choose a location that you want to associate with your address, for example, the main entrance or the entrance to a car park. List of POI type icons Legal and financial services
45 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 Car dealer Vehicle inspection centre
46 Rental car facility Electrical car charging point(s) Rental car parking Car repair facility Other services Embassy Pet services Government office Telecommunication Company Community service Post office Pharmacy Shopping centre Beauty services Tourist information office Shop Education College or university School Library Convention centre Leisure Casino Winery Theatre Tourist attraction Cinema Zoo
47 Concert hall Amusement park Museum Exhibition centre Opera Cultural centre Nightlife Leisure centre Childrens Farm Sport Playing field Swimming pool Mountain peak Water sports Beach Tennis court Park or recreation area Ice skating rink Yacht basin or marina Sports centre Stadium Golf course Religion Church Place of worship Travel Railway station Mountain pass
48 Airport Scenic or panoramic view Ferry terminal Postcode Note: Not used in all countries. Border crossing Residential area Bus station City centre Toll gate Electrical car charging stations Rest area Truck stop
49 Using suggested destinations What are suggested destinations? Your TomTom VIA can learn your daily driving habits to saved favourite Places and it can also suggest destinations when you start the device from sleep mode, for example, when driving to Work in the morning. Getting ready for suggested destinations Before you get your first suggested destination, your device needs some time to learn about your habits. The more regularly you drive with your TomTom VIA, the faster you will get suggestions and the more accurate the suggested destinations will be. To receive suggested destinations, you need to do the following: In Settings > System > Your information and privacy, switch on Keep journey history on this device for optional features. Make sure no route is planned. If your device has voice control, switch voice control ON. Make sure that your volume is not muted and is set higher than 20%. Do some driving for a few days, planning routes to your favourite My Places destinations. Using suggested destinations Important: If your device has voice control, you can say Yes or No or select the Yes or No button. If your device doesnt have voice control, select the Yes or No button. If your device prompts Going to X?, where X is a destination, you have 12 seconds to respond yes or no. Tip: If you dont respond yes or no, your VIA assumes a yes. If you respond yes, your device plans a route to your destination. If you respond no, you can select from a list of saved Places and recent destinations instead. Alternatively, if your device prompts Where do you want to go?, you can choose immediately from a list of saved Places and recent destinations. Switching suggested destinations on or off You can turn suggested destinations on or off at any time. See Route planning and Voice Control (if your device has voice control) for information on how to switch this feature on or off. Planning a route to an address using search Important: In the interest of safety and to avoid distractions while you are driving, you should always plan a route before you start driving. To plan a route to an address using search, do the following: Planning a route
50 1. Select the Main Menu button to open the Main Menu. 2. Select Search. The search screen opens with the keyboard showing. 3. Use the keyboard to enter the name of the place you want to plan a route to. 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 an address, town, city, postcode or mapcode. Tip: To search for a specific street in the United Kingdom or the Netherlands, type in a post- code, then leave a space and then type in the house number. For example, 1017CT 35. For other countries, postcodes are area-based and will give you a list of matching cities, towns and streets in your search results. Note: When searching, the whole map is searched. If you want to change how the search is done, select the button to the right of the search box. You can then change where the search is done, for example, to being along the route or in a city. 4. As you type the address, suggestions based on what you have entered are shown in columns. You can continue typing or select a suggestion. 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: