TomTom Xl Referece Guide

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Planning a route with a new starting point
To plan a route in advance of travelling or to use a starting point that isn’t your current 
location, do the following:
1. Tap the screen to open the Main Menu.
2. Tap Plan route.
3. Tap Depart from.
You can enter an address in various ways, but we will enter the full address.
4. Tap Address.
Start to type the name of the town where your journey will begin and tap on the name 
when it appears in the list.
Tip: When you plan a route for the first time you are asked to select the country or state. 
Your choice is saved and used for all future routes. You can change this setting by tapping 
on the flag and selecting a new country or state.
5. Enter the street name and the house number, then tap Done.
Tip: Before you start to enter a street name, City centre is shown at the top of the list. This 
is useful if you do not have an address and only need general directions.
6. Enter the destination address, then select Now when asked for the departure time and 
then tap Done.
The route is planned and a summary of the route is shown.
7. Tap Done.
Your navigation device is ready to guide you to your destination. 
						

							Finding alternative routes7.
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Find-
ing 
alterna-
tive 
routesOnce you have planned a route, you may want to change something about the route, with-
out changing your destination.
Reasons for changing a route
Maybe for one of these reasons:
• You can see a roadblock or a line of traffic ahead.
• You want to travel via a particular location, to pick someone up, stop for lunch or fill up 
with petrol.
• You want to avoid a difficult junction or a road you don’t like.
Change route
Tap this button in the Main Menu to change the currently planned 
route.
Avoid roadblock
Tap this button if you can see a roadblock or a line of traffic ahead. 
You then have to choose how much of the route ahead you want to 
avoid.
Choose from the different options. Your XL recalculates your route 
avoiding the section of the route for the distance you selected.
Don’t forget that once a new route is calculated, you may have to 
turn off the road you are on very soon.
If the roadblock disappears while you are travelling, you can tap 
Recalculate original to recalculate your original route. After you tap 
Calculate alternative, the button name changes to Recalculate orig-
inal. 
Calculate 
alternative
Tap this button to calculate an alternative to the route already 
planned. Your XL calculates another route, starting from your current 
location. 
After you tap Calculate alternative, the button name changes to 
Recalculate original. If you later decide you want to travel along the 
original route, tap Recalculate original.
Apart from the roads near your position and near your destination, 
the new route uses totally different roads to reach your destination. 
This is an easy way of calculating a totally different route. 
						

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original
Tap this button to replan your original route.
This button is shown when you have changed your route by calculat-
ing an alternative.
Travel via...
Tap this button to change your route so that it passes a particular 
location, perhaps to pick someone up on the way. When you do this, 
a marker is shown on the map for the location you choose to travel 
via.
You choose the location you want to pass in the same way as you 
choose a destination. So you can select from all the same options, 
for example: Address, Favourite, Point of Interest and Point on 
map.
Your XL calculates a new route to your destination that passes the 
location you chose. Unlike your final destination, your XL does not 
inform you when you pass by this location.
Plan route
Tap this button to plan a new route. When you plan a new route, the 
old one is deleted.
Clear route
Tap this button to delete the current route. 
						

							Options8.
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Option
sYou can change the way your TomTom XL looks and behaves.
Tap options in the Main Menu.
Change voice
Set clock
Change voice
Your navigation device is able to provide spoken instructions and 
warnings using voices which are stored on the device. Some voices 
have been recorded by actors and other voices are computer-gener-
ated.
The recorded voices are only used for spoken instructions while the 
computer voices are used for both spoken instructions and for read-
ing aloud information stored on your map such as, street names.
To select a different voice on your device, tap Change voice in the 
Options menu or in the Voices and images menu. Then select a voice 
from the list. Computer voices are clearly marked.
You can add and remove voices using TomTom HOME.
Note: If you select a recorded voice, this will only be able to 
announce commands, but not street names. If you would like street 
names to be announced, you will need to select a computer voice.
Set clock
Tap this button to select the time format and to set the time. 
The easiest way to set the time is by tapping the Sync button. Your XL 
will then take the time from GPS information.
Note: You can only use Sync if you have GPS reception, so you cannot 
set the clock in this way when you are indoors.
After using Sync to set the time, you may have to adjust the hours 
depending on your time zone. Your XL works out your time zone and 
always keeps the time correct using GPS information.  
						

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Change language
Home and Favourites
Voices and images
Map corrections
Advanced settings
To change the advanced settings on your TomTom XL, tap the Advanced button in the 
Options menu.
Set units
Operate left-handed / Operate right handed
Change 
language
Tap this button to change the language used for all the buttons and 
messages you see on your XL.
You can choose from a wide range of languages. When you change the 
language, you are also given the opportunity to change the voice. 
Home and 
Favourites
Tap this button to manage your Home and Favourite locations.
For more information, see the chapter Favourites.
Voices and 
images
Tap this button to change your settings for voices and images.
For more information, see the chapter Voices and images.
Map 
corrections
Tap this button to make a correction to your map.
Set units
Tap this button to set the units used for the following measurements:
•Distance
•Time
• Latitude and longitude
Operate left-
handed
Tap this button to move important buttons, for example, the Done and 
Cancel buttons as well as the zoom bar, to the left hand side of the 
screen. 
To move the buttons back to the right hand side of the screen, tap Oper-
ate right-handed. 
						

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Keyboard preferences
Enable/Disable Safety Alerts
TomTom Safety Alerts
Important: If you have a subscription to this service, regularly connect your 
navigation device to TomTom HOME to update the list of locations for all types of safety 
alerts. The locations of mobile cameras are sent directly to your device.
When a safety camera location is shown on the map, a warning sound is played to warn 
you that you are approaching an area where a safety camera is located.
Switch map
Keyboard 
preferences
You use the keyboard to enter your destination or to find an item in a 
list, such as a POI.
Tap this button to select the type of keyboard characters you want to 
use, the size of the keys and the keyboard layout.
First select the type of keyboard from the following options:
You can select from two sizes: 
•Large keyboard
•Small keyboard
Several keyboard layouts are available:
•ABCD keyboard
•QWERTY keyboard
•AZERTY keyboard
•QWERTZ keyboard
Enable/
Disable Safety 
Alerts
Tap this button to enable or disable TomTom Safety Alerts.
Switch map
Tap this button to change the map you are using.  
						

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Reset factory settings
Reset factory 
settings
Tap this button to restore the factory settings to your TomTom XL.
All your settings, including your Home location and any Favourites, are 
deleted. 
						

							Favourites9.
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Favour-
itesAbout Favourites
Favourites are places that you often visit. You can create Favourites so that you don’t have 
to enter the address every time you plan a route.
They don’t have to be places you especially like, just useful addresses.
Creating a Favourite
From the Main Menu, tap options followed by Home and Favourites and then tap Add 
Favourite. 
You can then select the location of the Favourite from the list below.
You can type your own name for the Favourite when the keyboard is shown. To enter the 
name, there’s no need to delete the suggested name, just start typing. 
Home
You can set your Home location as a Favourite.
Favourite
You cannot create a Favourite from another Favourite. This option 
will always be unavailable in this menu.
To rename a Favourite, tap Home and Favourites then Manage 
Favourites in the Options menu.
Address
You can specify an address to be a Favourite.
Recent 
destination
Select a Favourite location from a list of places you have recently 
used as destinations. 
						

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Using a Favourite
You will normally use a Favourite to plan a route somewhere without having to enter the 
address. To plan a route to a Favourite location, do the following:
1. Tap the screen to open the Main Menu.
2. Tap Plan route or Change route.
3. Tap Favourite.
4. Select a Favourite from the list. This will be your destination.
5. Select Now.
6. If your current location is unknown you are asked if you want to wait until the location 
is known or if you want to plan a route using your last known position. For this example 
select Plan using last known position, then tap Done.
The route is planned and a summary of the route is shown.
7. Tap Done.
Your navigation device is ready to guide you to your destination.
Point of Interest
You can add a Point of Interest (POI) as a Favourite. 
Does it make sense to do this?
If you visit a POI you particularly like, for example a restaurant, you 
can add it as a Favourite.
To add a POI as a Favourite, tap this button, then do the following:
1. Narrow your choice of POIs by selecting the area where the POI 
is. 
You can select one of these options:
•POI near you - to search from a list of POIs near your current 
position.
•POI in city - to choose a POI in a particular town or city. You 
have to specify a town or city.
•POI near Home - to search from a list of POIs near your Home 
location.
If you are currently navigating to a destination, you can also select 
from a list of POIs which are on your route or near your destina-
tion. Choose one of these options:
•POI along route
•POI near destination
2. Select the category of POI.
Tap the category of POI if it is shown or tap the arrow to choose 
from the complete list.
Tap Any POI category to search for a POI by name. 
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. 
						

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Changing the name of a Favourite
1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu.
2. Tap options to open the Options menu.
3. Tap Home and Favourites.
4. Tap Manage Favourites. 
5. Tap the Favourite you want to rename.
6. Tap Rename.
Deleting a Favourite
1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu.
2. Tap options to open the Options menu.
3. Tap Home and Favourites.
4. Tap Manage Favourites.
5. Tap the Favourite you want to delete.
6. Tap Delete.