User manual TOMTOM NAVIGATOR 6 INSTALLATION POSTER

[. . . ] If necessary, refer to one of the other two documents that have been supplied: Installation poster The poster contains procedures for mounting and cabling the hardware, and installing the software, to make the system ready for first use. User guide This guide is provided on the CD-ROM and contains detailed instructions on using TomTom Navigator. For custom installation, refer to this guide. Refer to www. tomtom. com for the latest information. Chapter 1 Launching Navigator for the first time The GPS receiver is connected, and the TomTom Navigator software has been installed. The first time you do this, it will start the installation wizard that will guide you through the configuration of TomTom will start TomTom Navigator. [. . . ] Informs your GPS receiver that you are roughly near the tapped location. Reset GPS for this location If you have not used your GPS for more than a week, or have travelled more than 200 miles/300 kilometres since you last used it, this option can seriously reduce the time it takes your GPS to find satellites. Finding locations The FIND button (9) pops up a menu that allows you to find a specific location, and then do something with it such as displaying it on the map, or setting it as your destination. You can find different types of locations: Guides you through the three-step address "wizard", allowing you to find towns, cities, roads, streets, city centers, street corners, or individually Address numbered houses. The first wizard screen asks for the name of the city, the next for a street or key location, and the last for a house number or intersecting street. Note: Intersecting streets marked with an asterisk (*) can not be reached by car. Crossings marked with a dash (-) can be reached by car, but the crossing road itself can not. Displays your list of favourite locations (which you've made using the Favourite "Add to favourites" option) Finds your "Home" location, the first favourite location in your favourite Home locations list. List all locations that recently were used as a destination, or were Recent location Guides you through a wizard that allows you to search the built-in lists categorized locations. You can choose from a category (such as petrol Point of interest stations or restaurants). Points of interest in a category are displayed in order of distance to your current position. , almost on , or near the route marked with the "Memorize position" in the Navigator menu. . You can narrow down the list by typing part of the name of a specific Point of How to plan a route To travel to a particular destination, you would normally FIND it (see the previous section) and select the "Navigate to. . . " option. If you wish to specify a different departure location (rather than use your current location), we would recommend you use the FIND button (9). Even so, the PLAN button (8) offers an "all-in-one" interactive dialog where you can specify a departure address, a destination address and a route type. When you press the OK button, TomTom Navigator will try to plan a route from the departure address to the destination address. Navigating to your "Home" position requires even fewer taps. Switch to the "Favourites" view using the view selector (4). To maintain your favourite locations: Tap on a favourite to view its details. Tap and hold on a favourite to get access to location options as described in the previous chapter, or to edit, delete or move the favourite. q q 4. The Itinerary View (1) View selector, (2) GPS signal indicator, (3) drive-by, (4) Destination, (5) Add location, (6) Change order, (7) Clear location, (8) Menu bar The Itinerary view allows you to plan itineraries with multiple drive-bys (3) and destinations (4), using multiple maps. When using an itinerary to plan or drive a route, TomTom Navigator will guide you to the destination, passing the drive-bys. The locations on the itinerary are listed, starting with the first drive-by, ending with the final destination. Switch to another view using the pull-down menu in the top left corner (1). It allows you to add drive-bys and destinations to your itinerary (5), change the order of the drive-bys in the itinerary (6) and remove drive-bys and destinations from the itinerary. The popup allows you to create a new itinerary, save the current itinerary, load a previously saved itinerary and to edit individual drive-bys and destinations. To create itineraries with multiple destinations, open the File menu, select Properties, then select the Advanced tab; check the setting multiple destinations in the section itinerary View. Tools to create an itinerary At the bottom of the screen is the Menu bar. Add a location to your itinerary. The first location you add will be the itinerary's destination, subsequent locations will be added as drive-bys. [. . . ] The GPS Status In order to use TomTom Navigator for turn-by-turn navigation you need to have a working connection between your Pocket PC and your GPS receiver. The GPS Status view provides access to GPS receiver information and settings. Choose "GPS Status. . . " from the "File" menu or from the Navigator pop-up menu to access the GPS Status. You can choose from three tabs: Status Displays your current position, speed, direction and the GPS time (UTC/ GMT). [. . . ]