TomTom Blue Me Manual
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41 Selecting a voice About computer voices Your Blue&Me-TomTom 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. The text-to-speech program looks at the whole sentence to make sure that the sound you hear is as close to the real thing as possible. The program is also able to recognise and quite accurately pronounce foreign towns and street names. For example, the English voice can read French street names. Note: If you select a recorded voice, this will only be able to announce commands, but not street names. If you would like street names to be announced, you will need to select a computer voice. Internal and external speakers Your Blue&Me-TomTom contains a high quality speaker. This is used to play all the sounds on your Blue&Me-TomTom unless you select to play some sounds through external speakers. The following types of sound can be played through the speakers as listed below: • Spoken instructions and warnings: • The speaker inside your Blue&Me-TomTom • Using an audio cable (not possible when your device is connected to Blue&Me). • Phone calls • The speaker inside your Blue&Me-TomTom Note: If you wish to use an audio cable (only possible when your device is not connected to Blue&Me), an Active Dock with an audio connector is available as an accessory. Your car stereo needs a line-in connector. Not all car stereos have line-in connectors. Check the instructions for you car stereo for more information. Voice preferences To change the voice being used by your Blue&Me-TomTom, tap Voices in the Preferences menu, then tap Change voice. Select a voice from the list. Your Blue&Me-TomTom has two different kinds of voices: • Computer voices These are generated by your Blue&Me-TomTom. They provide spoken instructions while you are driving and can pronounce street names and announce messages, traffic reports, weather reports, tips and tutorials. •Human voices These are recorded by an actor. Note: Human voices only provide spoken instructions.
Voice command and control19. 42 Voice com- mand and controlThere are two types of voice command and control. The first type is provided by Blue&Me and you can use it to control Blue&Me features. You do this using a button on your steering wheel. The second type is provided by your navigation device and you can use it to plan routes and control other features of your navigation device. You do this by initially tapping the screen on the navigation device. Navigation device voice command and control Instead of tapping the screen to control your Blue&Me-TomTom navigation device, you can give instructions to your device using your voice. For example, to increase the vol- ume, you can say, Increase volume. Important: To use command and control on your navigation device, you must have a computer voice installed on your Blue&Me-TomTom device. You can install computer voices using TomTom HOME. To view the list of available commands, tap Command and control in the Preferences menu and then tap What can I say? Using voice command and control Note: You must select a computer voice in order to use voice command and control. To select a computer voice, tap Voices in the Preferences menu, then tap Change voice. Select a computer voice. In this example, you will use voice command and control to plan a journey to your Home address. 1. Tap the microphone button in the Driving View. Note: To add or remove this button from the Driving View, tap Command and control in the Preferences menu, then tap Enable command and control or Disable com- mand and control. The microphone monitor is shown in colour, unless command and control is busy with another task. 2. When you hear a beep, say, Navigate to Home. When you speak, the microphone monitor shows if you are talking too loudly or quietly: Tap the microphone button in the Driving View on your Blue&Me-TomTom device to start using voice command and control.
43 A green bar means your voice is at the right level for your device to hear your commands. A red bar means your voice is too loud. A grey bar means your voice is too quiet. For some phrases, your device repeats the command, then asks you if the command has been correctly recognised. 3. If the command is correct, say, Yes. If the command is incorrect, say, No and when prompted, say the command again after the beep . Your device plans a route from your current position to your Home address. Tips • The microphone switches off after a few seconds if you don’t say anything. • You can stop your device from listening for commands either by tapping the screen or by saying any of the following commands: Back, Cancel, Quit. • To select an item from a list, tap the screen to select the item. Voice control cannot be used to select items from a list.
Preferences20. 44 Prefer- encesYou can change the way your Blue&Me-TomTom looks and behaves. Tap Change preferences in the Main Menu. Use night colours / Use day colours Show POI on map Quick menu preferences Use Night colours Tap this button to reduce the brightness of the screen and show darker colours on the map. When it’s dark, it is easier to see the screen if the display on your Blue&Me-TomTom is not brightly lit. Use day colours To change back to a brighter screen showing brighter colours on the map, tap Use day colours. Show POI on map Tap this button to choose which categories for the Points of Interest (POIs) should be shown on the map: 1. Tap Show POI on map in the Preferences menu. 2. Select the POI categories to display on the map. Tap Find to search for a POI category. 3. Select whether you want to show POIs using the 2D or 3D map view. 4. Tap Done. The POIs you have selected are shown as symbols on the map. Quick menu preferences Tap this button to choose up to six buttons to be used in the Quick menu. The Quick menu button enables easy access for your most commonly used buttons. The buttons you assign for use with the Quick menu, are shown in the Driving View.
45 Guided tours Turn off voice guidance / Turn on voice guidance Voices Volume preferences Changing the volume automatically Select Link volume to noise level and your Blue&Me-TomTom will change the volume according to the background noise. The noise level is constantly monitored by the micro- phone on your Blue&Me-TomTom. If there is a lot of noise in the car, your Blue&Me- TomTom will automatically increase the volume. Guided tours Tap this button to show one of the Guided tours on how to use your Blue&Me-TomTom. Turn off Voice guidance Tap this button to switch off spoken route instructions. You still hear all other information such as messages and warnings. If you tap Turn off sound in the Preferences menu, voice guidance is also turned off. Changing voices If you change voices, voice guidance is switched on automatically. Turn on Voice guidance To turn spoken route instructions back on, tap Turn on Voice guidance. Voices Ta p Voices to manage your TomTom voices. The following options are available: •Change voice - tap this button to change the voice that gives you instructions. A wide range of recorded human voices and computer voices are available. •Disable voice - tap this button to disable voice guidance. •Enable voice - tap this button to enable voice guidance. •Voice preferences - tap this button to choose the situations when your TomTom navigation device reads instructions or warnings aloud. •Download voice - tap this button to download new voices from TomTom Services and transfer them to your device. Volume preferences Tap this button and then move the slider to change the volume.
46 For example, if you are driving on the motorway, which is often very noisy, the volume level on your Blue&Me-TomTom will be increased. When you are driving more slowly again, the volume level will be lowered by your Blue&Me-TomTom. Command and control Speaker preferences Turn off sound / Turn on sound Tips To change the volume, tap Volume preferences in the Preferences menu. To change the volume quickly while you are driving, tap the bottom left-hand section of the Driving View and move the slider. To change the voice being used by your Blue&Me-TomTom, tap Change voice in the Voice preferences menu. Making hands-free calls when the sound is turned off Command and control Ta p Command and control to enable or disable voice command and control and to see which spoken commands your Blue&Me-TomTom understands. Important: To use voice control, a computer voice must be installed on your Blue&Me-TomTom. You can use TomTom HOME to install com- puter voices if they are not already installed. •Enable Command and control - Tap this button to enable voice com- mand and control. •Disable Command and control - Tap this button to disable voice command and control. •What can I say? - Tap this button to view the list of spoken com- mands which are understood by your Blue&Me-TomTom. Speaker preferences Tap this button to select which speakers are used by your Blue&Me- To m To m f o r s o u n d . T h e f o l lowing options are available: •Internal speaker •Line-out (audio cable, only possible when your device is not con- nected to Blue&Me) Turn off sound Tap this button to turn off sound. If you turn off sound, voice guidance is also turned off and you no longer hear spoken route instructions. Turn on sound Tap this button to turn on sound. When you turn sound on, voice guidance remains off. To turn on voice guidance, tap Turn on voice guidance in the Preferences menu.
47 Turning the sound off does not affect hands-free calling, meaning that you will still be able to talk to and hear the caller. This is true if your phone is connected to your Blue&Me- TomTom device, and also if your phone is connected to Blue&Me directly, as in that case the sound is played using the Blue&Me speakers. Manage Favourites Change Home location Your Home location can be a place you go often, for example, your office. It can be your actual home address, but it can be any address you like. Having a Home location means that you have a quick and easy way to navigate there, by tapping the Home button in the Navigate to... menu Planning preferences Then set how your Blue&Me-TomTom should handle the following when planning a route: • Toll roads on the route • Ferry crossings on the route • Carpool lanes • Unpaved roads You can then set if the route summary screen closes automatically after you have planned a route. If you select No, you have to tap Done to close the route summary screen. Replanning preferences Manage Favourites Tap this button to rename or delete Favourites. To find a Favourite, tap Find, then start to type the name of the Favour- ite. You can select the Favourite when it is shown in the list. Change Home location Tap this button to set or change your Home location. Planning preferences Tap this button to set the kind of route planned when you select a desti- nation. The following options are available: •Ask me every time I plan •Always plan fastest routes •Always plan eco routes •Always plan shortest routes •Always avoid motorways •Always plan walking routes •Always plan bicycle routes •Always plan for limited speed
48 Select whether or not you want your Blue&Me-TomTom to replan your route when a faster route is found while you drive. This might occur due to changes in the traffic situation. Switch maps Manage POIs Change car symbol Switch maps Tap this button to do the following: •Download a map - tap this button to download a map you have bought using TomTom HOME. It may not be possible to download maps on all devices. •Switch map - tap this button to change the map you are using. Use TomTom HOME to make backups, download, add and delete maps from your navigation device. Note: Don’t delete a map unless you have already made a backup of the map. If you delete a map before you make a backup, you will no longer be able to load the map on your Blue&Me-TomTom. Manage POIs Tap this button to do the following: • Set alerts for when you are near POIs. For example, your Blue&Me-TomTom can tell you when there is a petrol station nearby. • Create your own POI categories and add POIs to them. For example, you could create a category of POIs called “Friends”, and add all your friend’s addresses as POIs in the category. You can even add your friends’ phone numbers with their address so you can call them from your Blue&Me-TomTom. The following buttons are available: •Add POI - tap this button to add a location to a POI category you have created. •Warn when near POI - tap this button to be warned when you approach a POI. You can select the types of POI for which you wish to be warned. •Delete POI - tap this button to delete a POI you created. •Edit POI - tap this button to edit the details of a POI you created. •Add POI category - tap this button to create a new POI category. •Delete POI category - tap this button to delete a POI category you created. Change car symbol Tap this button to select a car symbol that will be used to show your current position in the Driving view. Additional car symbols can be downloaded using TomTom HOME.
49 2D/3D preferences 2D/3D preferences Tap this button to set 2D/3D preferences. The 2D view shows a two dimensional view of the map as though viewed from above. The 3D view shows a three dimensional view of the map as though you are driving through the landscape. The following buttons are available: •In 2D view: rotate map in direction of travel - tap this button to have the map automatically turn to match the direction you are travelling in. •Switch to 3D view when following a route - tap this button to automatically switch to the 3D view whenever you are following a route. Tip: To switch between 2D and 3D views of the map, tap the centre part of the status bar in Driving View. In some situations, it is easier to see the map from above. Perhaps if the road network is complicated or for times when you are walking while using your Blue&Me-TomTom to navigate.
50 Status bar preferences Change map colours Brightness preferences Status bar preferences Tap this button to select the information shown on the status bar: •How should the status bar be displayed? Horizontal - if you choose this option, the status bar is shown at the bottom of the Driving view. Vertical - if you choose this option, the status bar is shown at the right-hand side of the Driving view. •Current time •Speed •Show max speed next to speed - only available when speed (above) is also selected. Note: If the speed limit for the road you are on is available, it is shown next to your speed. If you drive faster than the speed limit, your speed is shown in red. •Show leeway to arrival time - your Blue&Me-TomTom shows how late or early you will arrive, compared with the preferred arrival time that is set during the planning of a route. •Direction •Show compass •Arrival time - your estimated arrival time. •Remaining time - the estimated time left until you reach your desti- nation. •Remaining distance - the distance left until you reach your destina- tion. •Show lane guidance - if you choose this option, your Blue&Me- TomTom shows the lane you should take in the status bar for some exits and junctions. Change map colours Tap this button to select the colour schemes for day and night map col- ours. Ta p Advanced to scroll through colour schemes one at a time. You can also download more colour schemes using TomTom HOME. 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.