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  • Page 1 TomTom GO...

  • Page 3: Chapter 1 What's In The Box

    Chapter 1 What’s in the box What’s in the box Your TomTom GO Windshield dock Audio out connector External microphone connector External antenna connector Power connector TomTom connector Home Dock Home charger connector USB connector Car charger Release button Microphone...
  • Page 4 Home charger Product code card External microphone TomTom GO 510/710 only • • • • • • Documentation pack Audio cable Memory card (SD card)* TomTom GO 910 only...

  • Page 5: Everyone Loves Tomtom Go

    Always store your GO in the carry case to protect the screen. Back Up Your TomTom GO It’s always a good idea to make a backup of the contents of your TomTom GO. You can make a backup using TomTom HOME.
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  • Page 7: Getting Started

    Follow the instructions on the Installation Poster to dock your TomTom GO in your car. The first time you switch on your TomTom GO, it may take up to 20 seconds to start. To switch off your TomTom GO, press and hold the On/Off button for 2 seconds.

  • Page 8: Finding Your Position Faster

    Finding your position faster To find your position faster, use the home dock in combination with TomTom HOME on your computer. When connected to the Internet, TomTom HOME automatically downloads information which helps your GO locate your position faster. For more information about GPS, see How Does Navigation Work? on page 67.

  • Page 9: Docking Your Tomtom Go

    GO to your computer. Connect the home dock to the home charger and your computer as shown below. Place your TomTom GO in the home dock in the same way as you place it in the windshield dock.
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  • Page 11: Making Your First Trip

    Chapter 5 Making Your First Trip Making Your First Trip Planning a route with your TomTom GO is very simple. To plan your first route, follow the steps below. 1. Tap the screen to bring up the main menu. 2. Tap Navigate to...
  • Page 12 Your TomTom GO will immediately start guiding you to your destination with spoken instructions and visual instructions on the screen. Note: Before you can plan a route in this way, your TomTom GO must first locate your current position. •...

  • Page 13: What Are The Other Navigation Options

    TomTom page 63. Buddy Tap this button to navigate to the location where your TomTom GO was last docked in the windshield dock in your car. This option helps you to find your car if you have problems remembering Last docked where you parked it.

  • Page 14: Planning In Advance

    • Limited speed - a route for a vehicle which can only drive at a limited speed. You have to specify the maximum speed. 6. Your TomTom GO plans the route between the two locations you selected. More information about a route To find out about your route in detail, tap the Details button on the route summary screen.
  • Page 15 You can then select from the following options: Tap this button for a list of all the turn instructions on the route. Browse as text Tap this button to see each turn in the trip. Tap the right and left arrows to move forwards and backwards through the trip.
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  • Page 17: Driving View

    Normally this area shows the remaining trip time, remaining distance, and arrival time. To set which information is displayed, tap Status bar preferences in the Preferences menu. Indicator of the strength of the GPS signal. For more information about GPS, see How Does Navigation Work? on page 67. • •...
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  • Page 19 TomTom GO looks and behaves. For more information, see Preferences on page 51. Hidden buttons and features When you first start using your TomTom GO, not all of the buttons will be displayed in the menu. Many buttons and some more advanced features are hidden because you will not need these features very often.
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  • Page 21: Finding Alternative Routes

    Chapter 8 Finding alternative routes Finding alternative routes Once you have planned a route, you may want to change something about the route, without changing your destination. Tap Find alternative... in the Main Menu to change the route which is Find currently planned.
  • Page 22 Your GO will check if there are any traffic problems on your route and work out the best route to avoid the problems. Minimise For more information about using TomTom Traffic, see TomTom Traffic on traffic delays page 59.

  • Page 23: Itinerary Planning

    Chapter 9 Itinerary planning Itinerary planning What is an Itinerary? An Itinerary is a plan for a trip with more stops than just your final destination. You create an Itinerary made up of the following items: • Places you want to stop - destinations •...

  • Page 24: Organising An Itinerary

    3. Tap Add and select a location. You can add items to your Itinerary in any order and change the order later. Once you have added some items, you can organise them into the Itinerary. Organising an Itinerary Tap an item on your Itinerary to open a page of buttons for editing the item. The buttons shown below are available.

  • Page 25: Start Using An Itinerary

    Start using an Itinerary Tap Options, then tap Start navigation. Once you have created an Itinerary, it’s a good idea to save it. To save an Itinerary, tap Save Itinerary. To load a saved Itinerary, tap Load Itinerary. To create a new Itinerary, tap New Itinerary and to delete one, tap Delete Itinerary.
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  • Page 27: Using The Map

    Using the Map Using the Map Every time you use your TomTom GO to plan a route, you are using the map. However, you can use the map in many other ways. To open the map, tap Browse map in the Main Menu.
  • Page 28 Tap this button to navigate to the cursor position. Your GO will calculate the route there. Navigate there Tap this button to find a POI near the cursor position. For example, if you have found a restaurant to go to, you can search for a parking garage nearby.

  • Page 29: What Are Favorites

    Chapter 11 Favorites Favorites What are Favorites? Favorites are places that you go often. You can create Favorites so that you don’t have to enter the address every time you want to navigate there. They don’t have to be places you like, just useful addresses. How can I create a Favorite? From the Main Menu, tap Add Favorite.
  • Page 30 For example, if you stop somewhere you like, while you are there you can tap this button to create the Favorite. GPS postion Tap this button to create a Favorite using the map browser. Select the location of the Favorite using the cursor, then tap Done.

  • Page 31: How Can I Use A Favorite

    Tap this button to make a Favorite of the current position of a TomTom Buddy. For more information about TomTom Buddies, see TomTom PLUS on TomTom page 63. Buddy Tap this button to save the location where your TomTom GO was last docked in the windshield dock in your car.

  • Page 32: How Can I Change The Name Of A Favorite

    How can I change the name of a Favorite? 1. Tap the screen to bring up the main menu. 2. Tap Change preferences to open the Preferences menu. 3. Tap Manage Favorites. Tip: Tap the arrow to move to the next page buttons. 4.

  • Page 33: Points Of Interest

    • Museums • Parking garages • Gas stations To help you stick to the speed limit, your TomTom GO also includes a list of Radar Cameras. To find out how to activate Radar Camera detection, see the TomTom PLUS services leaflet included with your GO.

  • Page 34: Navigating To A Poi

    Navigating to a POI 1. Tap the screen to bring up the main menu. 2. Tap Navigate to... in the Main Menu. 3. Tap Point of Interest. 4. Narrow your choice of POIs by selecting the area where the POI is. You can select one of these options: •...

  • Page 35: Managing Pois

    If you know the name of the POI, tap Find and type the name. Select it from the list when it is shown. Once you have selected a POI, the route to the POI is calculated by your TomTom GO. Managing POIs Tap Manage POIs from the Preferences menu.
  • Page 36 Tap this button to create a POI by entering latitude and longitude values. Latitude Longitude Tap this button to make a POI of the current position of a TomTom Buddy. For more information about TomTom Buddies, see TomTom PLUS on page 63.

  • Page 37: How Can I Set Warnings For Pois

    Tap this button to save the location where your TomTom GO was last docked in the windshield dock in your car. If your GO loses GPS reception for the last part of the trip, for example, if Last docked you park in underground parking, the last-known position will be used. In this case, it would probably be the entrance to the parking lot.
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  • Page 39: Changing The Volume Yourself

    Chapter 13 Sound Sound Your TomTom GO produces sound for many different things: • Spoken instructions • Hands-free calls • Warnings about Points of Interest nearby • Music This chapter talks about the following: • Sound basics - changing the volume.

  • Page 40: Internal And External Speakers

    Bluetooth Hi-Fi headset. Using the audio cable The audio cable is included in the box with your TomTom GO. To play sound through your car stereo, do the following: 1. Plug the audio cable into the line out connector on the windshield dock, as shown below.

  • Page 41: Selecting A Voice

    Selecting a voice Your TomTom GO has two different kinds of voices: • Computer voices This type of voice is generated by your TomTom GO. It gives you spoken instructions while you are driving and can also read the following information aloud: •...
  • Page 42 How do computer voices work? Your TomTom GO 910 makes use of text-to-speech technology to generate computer voices. A text-to-speech program converts written text, for example an instruction like “Turn right”, into the sound of a human voice.

  • Page 43: Handsfree Calling

    Hands-Free Calling Hands-Free Calling If you have a cell phone with Bluetooth®, you can use your TomTom GO to make phone calls and send and receive messages while you are driving. Note: Not all phones are supported. For more information, visit www.tomtom.com/phones...

  • Page 44: Making A Call

    This is the safest way to make hands-free calls. Note: You can copy your phonebook to your TomTom GO at any time. From the Mobile phone menu, tap Get numbers from phone. Not all phones support transferring the phonebook to your GO. For more information, visit www.tomtom.com/phones...

  • Page 45: Receiving A Call

    • Tap Phonebook entry to select a contact from your phonebook. Note: If you have not copied your phonebook to your TomTom GO, the button Phonebook entry is unavailable. • Tap Recently dialed to select from a list of people or numbers you have called recently.
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  • Page 47: Music And Photos

    • Playing music and looking at photos stored on your GO is only supported on the GO 910. • You can control your iPod® from your GO 510/710/910 with the TomTom iPod Connect Cable (available as an accessory). • Only select music and photos when you are stopped. It is dangerous to do this while you are driving.

  • Page 48: Now Playing

    If the file contains no information, the file name is used as the song title. Now Playing As soon as you choose a song or Audiobook, your TomTom GO starts playing that song, followed by the rest of the songs on the list. Information about the song.

  • Page 49: Looking At Photos

    2. In the Main Menu, tap iPod control on the GO 510/710 or tap Music and Photos and then iPod control on the GO 910. 3. Follow the instructions on the screen to finish the connection. You can now control your iPod through your GO. You select songs using the same buttons shown above in Playing Music and Audiobooks.
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  • Page 51: Hidden Buttons And Features

    In the Main Menu tap Change preferences. Hidden buttons and features When you first start using your TomTom GO, not all of the buttons will be displayed in the menu. Many buttons and some more advanced features are hidden because you will not need these features very often.

  • Page 52: Use Night Colors / Use Day Colors

    Use night colors / Use day colors Tap this button to reduce the brightness and use darker colors on the map. When should I use this? Use Night When it’s dark outside, it’s easier to see the screen of your GO if it isn’t so colors bright.

  • Page 53: Enable/Disable Pois

    Enable/disable POIs Tap this button to set which categories of Points of Interest (POIs) should be shown on the map. You select from a list of POIs the ones that you want to see on the map: Enable/ disable POIs When you select a POI, it will be shown on the map by the symbol you can see next to each category in the list above.
  • Page 54 Note: After using Sync to set the time, you may have to adjust the hours depending on your time zone. You can only use Sync if you have GPS reception, so you cannot set the clock in this way when you are indoors.

  • Page 55: Switch Map

    This button is only available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options. Tap this button to do the following: • Download a map - you can buy new maps from TomTom PLUS. For more information, see TomTom PLUS on page 63. Manage maps •...

  • Page 56: Manage Pois

    Manage POIs This button is only available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options. Tap this button to do the following: • Set alerts for when you are near POIs. Manage POIs For example, your GO can tell you when there is a gas station nearby, or warn you that there is a radar camera coming up.

  • Page 57: Speech Preferences

    Speech preferences This button is only available if all menu options are shown. To show all menu options, tap Show ALL menu options. Tap this button to change the information given by spoken instructions. If you are using a computer voice, the voice can, for example, read street names, messages and warnings out loud.
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  • Page 59: Setting Up Tomtom Traffic

    • From TomTom Traffic • From the Traffic Message Channel (TMC) TomTom Traffic TomTom Traffic is a TomTom PLUS service. To use TomTom Traffic you must have a mobile phone with Bluetooth and a wireless data connection, for example, GPRS.

  • Page 60: Setting Up Tmc

    For information about connecting to your phone, see Hands-Free Calling on page 43. Updating traffic information If you are using TomTom Traffic, there are two ways to update the traffic information: • Tap Update traffic info in the Traffic menu.
  • Page 61 2. Select Automatically optimizeroute after every update. After your GO gets new traffic information, it will automatically optimize your route. Note: The best route may be the same as the route originally planned. • • • TomTom Traffic • • •...
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  • Page 63: Tomtom Plus

    • New services are being added regularly. Use TomTom HOME or visit www.tomtom.com/plus to find out what’s available. • To download TomTom PLUS services to your GO, you need a mobile phone with Bluetooth and a wireless data connection (GPRS, EDGE, UMTS or CDMA).
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  • Page 65: Using Tomtom Home

    Connect the home dock to your computer with the USB cable and place your TomTom GO on the home dock. Making a Backup One of the most important things you can do with TomTom HOME is make a backup of your TomTom GO. 1. Place your GO in the home dock.

  • Page 66: Restoring A Backup

    If you ever have a problem with your GO, you can restore the backup. Follow steps 1 and 2 above, then select the latest backup and click Restore. The latest backup will be restored to your GO. For more information, see the Help included with TomTom HOME. • •...

  • Page 67: How Does Navigation Work

    Global Positioning System (GPS) In order to navigate you to your destination, your TomTom GO must know where you are now. To find your current position, your TomTom GO uses the Global Positioning System (GPS). GPS is available for free and without subscription.
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  • Page 69: Tomtom Limited Warranty

    Hardware. HOW TO MAKE A WARRANTY CLAIM 3) In order to make a claim of a Defect, you must contact TomTom during the Warranty Period at: 1-978-287-9555 or per email via www.tomtom.com to explain the Defect and to obtain an RMA number (Return Materials Authorization) if necessary.
  • Page 70 8) This Limited Warranty cannot be transferred to any other person. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 9) Neither TomTom nor its suppliers shall be liable to you or to any third party for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages (including in each case, but not limited to, damages for the inability to use the...

  • Page 71: Battery Notes

    Note: Your TomTom GO uses a small amount of battery power to maintain its state when you switch it off. If you do not charge it for a prolonged period of time then you will lose this state and your TomTom GO will re-start. Your settings will, however, be kept.
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  • Page 73: Important Safety Notices And Warnings

    TomTom GO. TomTom International B.V. and TomTom, Inc. cannot accept any liability for the availability and accuracy of GPS. Use with Care Use of TomTom GO for navigation still means that you need to drive with due care and attention. Aircraft and Hospitals Use of devices with an antenna is prohibited on most aircraft, in many hospitals and in many other locations.
  • Page 74 FCC Declaration of Conformity Tested to Comply with FCC Standards for Home or Office Use TomTom GO has been tested to – and complies with – part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: •...

  • Page 75: R&Tte Directive

    TomTom tímto prohlašuje, že TomTom GO je ve shodě se základními požadavky a dalšími příslušnými ustanoveními směrnice 1995/5/ES (NV č. 426/ 2000 Sb.) a Prohlášení o shodě je k dispozici na www.tomtom.com. Toto zařízení lze provozovat v České republice na základě generální licence č. GL - 12/R/2000.
  • Page 76 Sprzęt ten jest zgodny z podstawowymi wymaganiami Dyrektywy UE 99/5/EC (deklarację mozna pobrać ze strony internetowej www.tomtom.com). TomTom týmto vyhlasuje, že TomTom GO spĺňa základné požiadavky a všetky príslušné ustanovenia Smernice 1995/5/ES (NV č.443/2001 Z.z.) a Vyhlásenie o zhode je k dispozícii na www.tomtom.com. Toto zariadenie je možné...
  • Page 77 W celu uzyskania blizszych informacji prosimy o przejście na stronę www.tomtom.com V súlade so smernicou 2002/96/ES o odpade z elekrických a elektronických zariadení...
  • Page 78 The information in this document is subject to change without notice. TomTom International B.V. shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein; nor for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the performance or use of this material.

  • Page 79: Copyright Notices

    © 2006 TomTom International B.V., The Netherlands. Patents Pending. All rights reserved. TomTom and the TomTom logo are registered trademarks of TomTom International B.V., The Neth- erlands. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Our end user license agreement and a limited warranty apply to this product; they are included in this package.
  • Page 80 Some images are taken from NASA’s Earth Observatory. The purpose of NASA’s Earth Observatory is to provide a freely-accessible publication on the Inter- net where the public can obtain new satellite imagery and scientific information about our home planet. The focus is on Earth’s climate and environmental change. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ •...

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