User manual TOMTOM MOBILE 5

[. . . ] Manual and Tutorials TomTom MOBILE User Guide Copyright ©1996-2004 TomTom B. V. , The Netherlands. http://www. tomtom. com Introduction Thank you for purchasing TomTom MOBILE as your navigation system. If necessary, refer to the TomTom MOBILE Installation Poster. Table of Contents 1. Picking locations 2. 2. 1 Picking your HOME location 2. 2. 2 Picking a favourite location 2. 2. 3 Picking a recent destination 2. 2. 4 Picking your GPS position 2. 2. 5 Picking a point of interest 2. 2. 6 Picking an address 3. [. . . ] If you do not have this, the route summary screen is shown with the message "Waiting for a valid GPS signal. . . " The route will be calculated when the signal becomes available. Related topic: To learn more about the options to set a destination, see the "Picking locations " description. If you are not happy with the route TomTom MOBILE has calculated you can recalculate a new route. For detailed instructions see Chapter 3. 2. The recalculated route is shown in the route summary screen, from which you can start navigating. Find alternative Note: Find alternative is not available when you have no route calculated. To receive traffic information you must subscribe to TomTom Traffic. Visit www. tomtom. com to check Traffic availability and get your login details. Related topic: TomTom Traffic See the TomTom Traffic User Guide for details about how to use TomTom Traffic. Add a location to your list of favourites. Enter the location using the picking locations menu. Add favourite Related topic: To learn more about the options to set a destination, see the "Picking locations " description. TomTom MOBILE has many preferences which set the behaviour to your personal liking. Chapter 4 describes all the options of the preference menu in detail. Change preferences To plan a route without a valid GPS signal. Chapter 3. 1 describes this function in detail. Plan from A to B Lets you explore and search for locations in the map browser. It is a digital version of your paper map with a lot of detailed information available. Related topic: Browse map To learn more the map browser screen, see the "Map browser " description. Shows the route summary screen. This is the same screen as displayed after a route has been calculated. Related topic: Show status To learn more the route summary screen, see the "Route summary " description. Shows the calculated route as written instructions. Chapter 3. 3 describes this function in detail. Note: Show route instructions Show route instruction is not available when you have no route calculated. Closes the application. We recommend that you close the application whenever you have finished navigating. Exit application 3. 1 Planning from A to B To calculate a route between two selected locations, select Plan from A to B from the menu. Without a valid GPS signal you can still calculate a route using "planning from A to B". "Planning from A to B" is a valuable function when you want to prepare for your trip in advance, want to find out how long a certain journey would take or when you want to find out how someone should travel to you. The difference with "Navigate to. . . " is the departure location of your trip. Where "Navigate to. . . " uses you current GPS location as the departure, "Planning from A to B" requires you to enter the departure manually. Use the locations picker to set any type of location to depart from. For fast selection TomTom MOBILE offers you the option to use your last destination again. If you have not calculated a route before this will not be offered. If you do not want to use your last destination again, use the locations picker to set any type of location as your destination. The calculated route will be presented in the route summary screen. You can review the route on the map, as written instructions and the summary statistics (total distance and estimated total journey time). If you are not happy with the calculated route you can calculate an alternative route. 3. 2 Alternative routes Alternative route options are available from the menu by selecting Find alternative . Routes are calculated on the basis of the time required to reach the destination. In other words, TomTom MOBILE calculates the quickest way to get you to your destination. If for some reason you want to get rid of a particular route (for instance because you drive into a traffic jam or a road construction), you can request an alternative route. [. . . ] Maintain POI Specify which POI categories can be shown on maps by selecting Maintain POI . Both the main screen and the map browser are capable of displaying points of interest (POI) on the map. There are many POI categories available, each represented by its own icon. The "Enable/Disable POI" preference lets you specify which particular categories can be shown on the map. You will be offered a browser listing of all the available POI categories. Place a checkmark in the boxes before those POI categories that you wish to be shown on maps. You can add your own POI category using the "Add POI category" preference. [. . . ]