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  • Page 1 TomTom Urban Rider TomTom Rider Pro...

  • Page 2: What's In The Box

    What’s in the box What’s in the A Your TomTom RIDER 1. Touchscreen 2. On/Off button 3. Charging light 4. USB connector B Holder C RAM Mount™ mounting kit D Home Charger E USB cable F Documentation pack G Cardo scala-rider™ Bluetooth® head- set* * Not included in all products.

  • Page 3: Mounting Your Navigation Device

    Press and hold the On/Off button for 2 seconds, or until your TomTom Rider starts. The first time you switch on your TomTom Rider, it may take up to 20 seconds to start. To switch off your TomTom Rider, press and hold the On/Off button for 2 seconds.

  • Page 4: Using A Headset

    Damage due to modifications, improper installation, road hazards or accident, are not cov- ered. Neither RAM nor TomTom shall be liable for any injury, loss, or damage, direct or consequential, arising out of improper installation, or inability to use product. Before use, the user shall determine the suitability of the product for its intended use.
  • Page 5 6. Volume up 7. Charging connector Before you can use your Bluetooth headset, fully charge the headset using the charger supplied with the headset. To fully charge the headset takes between 2 and 3 hours. When charging, the LED is a steady red.

  • Page 6: Driving View

    Driving View Driving View 1. Tap this button to zoom in and out. When tapped, large + and - buttons appear for easy use when wearing gloves. 2. Quick Menu. Tip: When you see this symbol in the guide, it means that this is an option that can be added to your Quick Menu for easy access.

  • Page 7: Main Menu Buttons

    Main Menu The Main Menu is the starting point for planning a route, looking at a map or changing Main Menu your device settings. To open the Main Menu from the Driving View, tap the centre of the screen. To return to the Driving View from the Main Menu, tap done. Main Menu buttons The following buttons are shown on the Main Menu.
  • Page 8 sound Tap this button to turn the sound on. Options options Tap this button to adjust the settings for your device. For more information, see the chapter Options.

  • Page 9: About The Quick Menu

    Quick Menu The Quick Menu offers a fast and safe way to use your TomTom Rider. When you use the Quick Menu, the number of taps you need to make is reduced and this makes the device easier to use with gloves.

  • Page 10: Planning A Route

    Planning a route 1. Tap the screen to open the Main Menu. Plan- ning a route 2. Tap Plan route. You can enter an address in various ways, but we will enter the full address. 3. Tap Address. Then tap Street and house number. 4.

  • Page 11: Planning A Route With A New Starting Point

    7. Tap Done. Your navigation device is ready to guide you to your destination. 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.
  • Page 12 Your navigation device is ready to guide you to your destination.
  • Page 13 The winding roads feature is for planning a route that avoids unnecessary motorways and includes winding roads, with the aim of making the route a fun and entertaining ride. When planning the route, your TomTom Rider tries to guide you out of the city as quickly as pos- sible.

  • Page 14: Winding Roads And Itineraries

    4. When asked to choose which type of route to plan, tap Winding roads. 5. Choose your departure time. Your TomTom Rider plans a route which is more fun to drive than either the fastest or shortest routes. Tip: If you are not happy with the selected route, tap Show another in the Route Summary screen to quickly see an alternative route.

  • Page 15: Advanced Lane Guidance

    Note: Lane guidance is not available for all junctions or in all countries. Your TomTom Rider helps you prepare for motorway exits and junctions by showing the correct driving lane for your planned route. As you approach an exit or junction, the lane you need is shown on the screen.
  • Page 16 To switch off lane guidance in the status bar, tap options in the Main Menu, then tap Sta- tus bar settings. Clear the checkbox for Show lane guidance. Tip: If no lane guidance is shown in the status bar and all lanes are highlighted in the lane image, you can use any lane.

  • Page 17: Itinerary Planning

    Itinerary Planning About Itineraries Itiner- Plan- ning An Itinerary is a plan for a journey including more locations than your final destination. An Itinerary can include the following items: • Destination - a location on your journey where you want to stop. •...

  • Page 18: Creating An Itinerary

    Following an Itinerary When you use an Itinerary to navigate, the route will be calculated to the first destination on the Itinerary. Your TomTom Rider calculates the remaining distance and time to the first destination and not for the whole Itinerary.

  • Page 19: Start Using An Itinerary

    Tap this button to repeat part of your Itinerary. Your Rider will navi- gate you to this item followed by the rest of the items in the Itinerary. This button is only shown if you have already visited this item. Mark ‘to visit’...
  • Page 20 To sort the Itinerary into an order which starts from your current location, tap Sort from my location. Sort from my This is useful if you are following a scenic route you downloaded location using HOME or the internet. Use this option to drive directly to the closest point on the route and then follow the route from there, instead of starting at the official starting point of the Itinerary.

  • Page 21: Finding Alternative Routes

    Finding alternative routes Once you have planned a route, you may want to change something about the route, with- Find- alterna- tive routes 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. •...
  • Page 22 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.

  • Page 23: About Recording Your Route

    Google Earth. The second file is an ITN file that can be shared with other TomTom users and can be used to drive the route again using the Itinerary feature.

  • Page 24: Converting A Gpx File Into An Itinerary

    • You can load a recorded route onto your Rider so you can travel that same route again and get navigation instructions. • Share the file with other TomTom users by sending it using a Bluetooth connection. To do this, tap Itinerary planning in the Main Menu, followed by options and Send/...

  • Page 25: Loading An Itn File

    You can receive an ITN file from a friend using Bluetooth, download one from the internet or receive one using HOME. Loading an ITN file To load an ITN file, do the following: 1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu. 2.

  • Page 26: Browse Map

    Browse Map To look at the map in the same way as you might look at a traditional paper map, tap Browse Browse map in the Main Menu. You can move the map by touching the screen and sliding your finger across the screen. 1.

  • Page 27: Tomtom Map Share

    TomTom Map Share™ With TomTom Map Share, you can correct errors on your map and share those correc- TomTo m Map Share™ tions with other people in the TomTom Map Share community, as well as receiving cor- rections made by others.
  • Page 28 6. Enter correction or confirmation of correction now. Receiving the latest map updates When you connect your TomTom Rider to your computer, TomTom HOME automatically downloads any available map corrections and sends any changes you have made, to the Map Share community.
  • Page 29 • Trusted sources - accept changes made by TomTom and by trusted users who have been verified by TomTom. • Many users - accept changes made by TomTom, by trusted users who have been ver- ified by TomTom and changes made by a high number of Map Share community mem- bers.

  • Page 30: Types Of Map Correction

    6. Tap Done. The next time you connect your device to TomTom HOME, your cor- rections are shared with the TomTom Map Share community. Tap this button to correct the traffic direction of a one-way street, where the direction of traffic is different to the direction shown on your map.
  • Page 31 Tap this button to change the name of a street on your map. For example, to rename a street near to your current location: Edit street 1. Tap Edit street name. name 2. Tap Near you. 3. Select the street or section of a street you want to correct by tapping it on the map.
  • Page 32 Tap this button to report other types of corrections. These corrections are not immediately applied to your map. Your TomTom Rider sends a special report to TomTom Map Share. Other You can report missing streets, errors in motorway entrances and exits and missing roundabouts.

  • Page 33: Handsfree Calling

    Important: Not all phones are supported or compatible with all features. For more infor- mation, go to tomtom.com/phones/compatibility. If you have a mobile phone with Bluetooth®, you can use your TomTom Rider to make hands-free phone calls. Using a headset...

  • Page 34: Your Phonebook

    Your phonebook You can copy your mobile phone address book to your TomTom Rider. Tip: To copy the phonebook from your mobile phone to your TomTom Rider tap Get num- bers from phone. Not all phones can transfer the phonebook to your Rider. For more information, go to www.tomtom.com/phones/compatibility.

  • Page 35: Mobile Phone Menu

    Tap Auto-answer preferences. Select how long your Rider will wait before automatically answering your calls, then tap Done. Connecting more phones to your TomTom Rider You can establish connections for up to 5 mobile phones. To add more phones, do the following.

  • Page 36: Sound And Volume Control

    Voices 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...

  • Page 37: Disable Voice / Enable Voice

    Disable voice / Enable voice Tap this button to switch off voice guidance. You will no longer hear spoken route instructions, but you will still hear information such as, traffic information and warnings. Disable voice Note: If you change the voice on your Rider, then voice guidance is automatically switched on for the new voice.

  • Page 38: Points Of Interest

    Points of Interest Points of Interest or POIs are useful places on the map. Here are some examples: Points of Inter- • Restaurants • Hotels • Museums • Parking garages • Petrol stations Note: Tap Map corrections in the Options menu to report missing POIs or edit existing POIs.
  • Page 39 POI, if available. Tap Select to confirm you want to plan a route to this POI. Once you have selected a POI, the route to the POI is calculated by your TomTom Rider.

  • Page 40: Home And Favourites

    Home and Favourites About Favourites Home Favour- ites 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. Creating a Favourite From the Main Menu, tap options followed by Home and Favourites and then tap Add Favourite.

  • Page 41: Using A Favourite

    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: Point of Interest 1. Narrow your choice of POIs by selecting the area where the POI You can select one of these options: •...

  • Page 42: Changing The Name Of A Favourite

    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 Rename Favourite. 5. Tap the Favourite you want to rename. 6.
  • Page 43 Options You can change the way your TomTom Rider looks and behaves. Option Tap options in the Main Menu. Mobile phone menu When you open the Mobile phone menu, the following buttons are available: Quick Menu option! Tap this button to make a phonecall using your mobile phone.

  • Page 44: Use Night Colours

    Tap Use night colours in the options menu to reduce the brightness of colours the screen and show darker colours on the map. You can download additional colour schemes using TomTom HOME. Use day colours Quick Menu option! Use day...

  • Page 45: Trip Statistics

    Note: To hear spoken instructions, handsfree phonecalls and warning sounds on your TomTom RIDER, you need to use a compatible headset. TomTom recommends the Cardo scala-rider™ Bluetooth® headset. For more information and a full list of compatible head- sets, go to tomtom.com/riderheadsets.

  • Page 46: Brightness Preferences

    Rider uses night colours for the Driving View. Map corrections Tap this button to make a correction to your map. For more information, see TomTom Map Share in this guide. corrections Change map colours Tap this button to select the colour schemes for day and night map col- ours.

  • Page 47: Manage Pois

    Note: To hear spoken instructions, handsfree phonecalls and warning sounds on your TomTom RIDER, you need to use a compatible headset. TomTom recommends the Cardo scala-rider™ Bluetooth® headset. For more information and a full list of compatible head- sets, go to tomtom.com/riderheadsets.

  • Page 48: Quick Menu Preferences

    For more information, see Quick Menu in this guide. Change vehicle symbol Tap this button to select a vehicle symbol that will be used to show your current position in the Driving view. Additional symbols can be downloaded using TomTom HOME. Change vehicle symbol...

  • Page 49: Status Bar Preferences

    • Warn when driving faster than allowed • Warn when driving faster than a set speed Select whether or not your TomTom Rider should warn you about which side of the road you should be riding on. Show compass Tap this button to show or hide the compass in the Driving View.

  • Page 50: Planning Preferences

    • Always plan bicycle routes Replanning preferences Select whether or not you want your TomTom Rider to replan your route when a faster route is found while you drive. This might occur due to changes in the traffic situation. Although your TomTom Rider cannot connect to a traffic receiver, it can still use measure- ments for average traffic speeds in your map from IQ Routes.
  • Page 51 • Toll roads on the route • Ferry crossings on the route • HOV lanes on the route • Carpool lanes • Unpaved roads • Winding roads You can then set if the route summary screen closes automatically after you have planned a route.

  • Page 52: Keyboard Preferences

    If you choose the glove-friendly keyboard, you see large buttons when entering addresses: Start recording Tap this button to start recording your route. As your TomTom Rider moves along on your bike, it records your posi- Start tion every few seconds. During recording, you can continue to use your recording Rider as normal.

  • Page 53: Change Language

    Your Rider works out your time zone and always keeps the time correct using GPS information. Status & Information Tap this button to find technical information on your TomTom Rider such as the device serial number and the map version. Status &...

  • Page 54: Reset Factory Settings

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

  • Page 55: About Speed Cameras

    Subscribing to this service The Speed Cameras service is a subscription service that you can join using the TomTom website at tomtom.com. To download the latest fixed speed camera locations to your navigation device, connect your device to your computer and start TomTom HOME.

  • Page 56: Changing The Way You Are Warned

    Speed Cameras menu. Changing the way you are warned To change the way your TomTom Rider warns you about speed cam- eras, tap the Change warning preferences button. You can then set how close you want to be to a speed camera before Change you are warned and what type of sound will be played.

  • Page 57: Report Button

    Traffic light camera Toll road camera Restricted road camera - located on a minor road that reduces traffic on a larger road Other camera Mobile camera hotspot Average speed check Accident black spot Bi-directional speed camera Ungated railway crossing Report button To show the report button in the Driving View, do the following: 1.

  • Page 58: Reporting A New Speed Camera While At Home

    Note: This must be done within 20 seconds of receiving the camera alert. 2. Tap Remove. The next time you connect your navigation device to TomTom HOME, the camera alert is reported as incorrect. Types of fixed speed camera you can report When you report a fixed speed camera, you can select the type of fixed camera you are reporting.

  • Page 59: Average Speed Check Camera Warnings

    This type of camera checks for vehicles breaking traffic rules at traffic lights. Traffic light camera This type of camera monitors traffic at toll road barriers. Toll road camera This type of speed camera checks the average speed of vehicles between two fixed points.

  • Page 60: Speed Cameras Menu

    Intermediate warning - type 3 Once in the speed check zone, if you are driving at over 100% of the permitted speed and have not received a start of zone warning, you see a visual warning in the Driving View indicating the maximum permitted speed.

  • Page 61: About Getting Help

    Help me About getting help Help Help me provides an easy way to navigate to emergency services centres and other spe- cialist services and contact them by phone. For example, if you are involved in a car accident, you could use Help me to call the near- est hospital and tell them your exact location.

  • Page 62: Introducing Tomtom Home

    • Download for free updates for your device, including Map Share updates and other services included with your product. • Add new items to your device, like maps, voices and POIs, as well as buy TomTom serv- ices and manage your subscriptions.

  • Page 63: Important Safety Notices And Warnings

    TomTom device. TomTom does not accept any liability for the availability and accuracy of GPS. Use with Care Use of a TomTom device 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 64 Note: this Minnesota Stature applies to anyone driving in Minnesota, not just Minnesota residents. TomTom Inc. bears no responsibility for any fines, penalties or damage that may be incurred by disregarding this notice. While driving in any state with windshield mounting...

  • Page 65: Fcc Information For The User

    If the user modifies the equipment or its peripherals in any way, and these modifications are not approved by TomTom, the FCC may withdraw the user’s right to operate the equipment. For customers in the USA, the following booklet prepared by the Federal Communications Commission may be of help: “How to Identify and Resolve...

  • Page 66: R&Tte Directive

    The information in this document is sub- ject to change without notice. TomTom 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 67: Copyright Notices

    Produkt geltenden Garantien und Endnutzerlizenzvereinbarungen finden Sie unter www.tomtom.com/legal. © 2010 TomTom N.V., Pays-Bas. TomTom® et le logo composé de « deux mains », entre autres, font partie des marques commerciales appartenant à TomTom N.V. ou l'une de ses filiales. L'utilisation de ce produit est régie par notre garantie limitée et le contrat de licence utilisateur final, que vous pouvez consulter à...
  • Page 68 © 2010 TomTom NV, Holland. TomTom™ og logoet med "de to hænder" er blandt de var- emærker, produkter og registrerede varemærker, der tilhører TomTom International B.V.
  • Page 69 © 2010 TomTom N.V., Hollanda. TomTom® ve diğer logolar ile birlikte "iki el" logosunun mülkiyeti, TomTom N.V. veya bağlı şirketlerine aittir. Bu ürün için geçerli garanti ve son kullanıcı...

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