User manual TOMTOM XL 30 SERIES

[. . . ] TomTom XL 1. What's in the box What's in the box TomTom XL EasyPortTM holder Car Charger RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver* Documentation pack USB cable * Not included with all products. 2 2. Getting started Getting started Install your TomTom XL in your car following the instructions on the installation poster at the start of this book. To switch on your TomTom XL, press and hold the On/Off button for 2 seconds. The first time you switch on your device, it may take a short while to start. You have to answer a few questions to set up your device. Having problems? In rare cases, your XL may not start correctly or may stop responding to your taps. [. . . ] Connect your XL to your computer and turn on your XL and your computer. You can only create a 4-digit password using TomTom HOME. Operate left-handed / Operate right 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. This makes it easier to tap the buttons with your left hand without blocking the screen. Operate lefthanded To move the buttons back to the right hand side of the screen, tap Operate right-handed. Brightness preferences Tap this button to set the brightness of the screen. Move the sliders to set the brightness separately for day map colours and for night map colours. Brightness preferences You can set the map colour scheme by tapping Change map colours. Change map colours Tap this button to select the colour schemes for day and night map colours. You can also download more colour schemes from TomTom Services. Change map colours 36 Set units Tap this button to set the type of units that will be shown for the following: · Distance Set units · Time · Latitude and longitude · Temperature · Air pressure Set clock Tap this button to select the type of clock that is shown and set the time. Your XL will then take the time from GPS information. Set clock Note: 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. You can only use Sync if you have GPS reception, so you cannot set the clock in this way when you are indoors. 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 size of the keys on the keyboard and the keyboard layout. You can select from two sizes: · Large keyboard · Small keyboard Three keyboard layouts are available: · ABCD keyboard · QWERTY keyboard · AZERTY keyboard Keyboard preferences 37 Compass preferences Tap this button to configure the compass. The following options are available: · None - the compass is not shown. Compass preferences · One with arrow pointing north - the arrow always points towards north and the direction you are moving is shown at the top of the compass. · One with arrow showing your heading - the arrow always shows the direction you are moving. If you select one of these options, you then need to select the features that are shown in the middle of the arrow: · Direction - your direction is shown as a compass point, displayed in the centre of the compass arrow. · Degrees - your direction is shown as compass degrees, displayed in the centre of the compass arrow. · Nothing · One with arrow pointing to your destination - the arrow always points towards your destination. The distance to your destination is displayed in the compass arrow. Reset factory settings Tap this button to restore the factory settings to your TomTom XL. All your settings, including Favourites, your Home location, warnings for POIs and any Itineraries you have created are deleted. Reset factory settings 38 13. TomTom Map Share TomTom Map Share TomTom Map ShareTM is a free service that lets you make updates to your map and if you want to, share those updates with other members of the TomTom Map Share community. If you find a street that has recently been blocked to traffic which was open before, you can use Map Share to update your map and then share the update with other Map Share members. You can use Map Share to send and receive map updates during the first year after the map's release date. This means that one year after the release date, you will no longer be able to send or receive map updates for that version of the map - You will still be able to make updates to your own map for use on your own device. When you join the TomTom Map Share community you can keep your maps up-to-date with the latest updates made by other Map Share community members. You choose the type of updates you want and each time you connect your TomTom XL to TomTom HOME, the map is automatically updated. Map updates There are two types of map update: · Updates that are immediately shown on the map. [. . . ] These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiated radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: · Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. · Increase the separation distance between the equipment and the receiver. [. . . ]