TomTom Eclipse 2 Manual

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Operate left-handed / Operate right-handed
This button may only be available if al l menu options are shown. To show all 
menu options, tap Show ALL menu options  in the Preferences menu. 
Keyboard preferences
Planning preferences
This button may only be available if al l menu options are shown. To show all 
menu options, tap Show ALL menu options  in the Preferences menu. 
Operate left-
handed
Tap this button to move important buttons, for example, the  Done and 
Cancel  buttons as well as the zoom...

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Toll road preferences
This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all 
menu options, tap Show ALL menu options  in the Preferences menu. 
Change language
Show GPS status
This button may only be available if al l menu options are shown. To show all 
menu options, tap Show ALL menu options  in the Preferences menu. 
Do not ask arrival time
Hide tips / Show tips
This button may only be available if al l menu options are shown. To show all 
menu options, tap Show ALL menu...

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Reset factory settings
This button may only be available if all menu options are shown. To show all 
menu options, tap Show ALL menu options  in the Preferences menu. 
Hide tips
Tap this button to stop your TomTom from showing tips. 
To turn tips on again, tap  Show tips.
Reset factory 
settings
Tap this button to restore the factory settings to your TomTom.
All your settings, including Favorites,  your Home location, warnings for 
POIs and any Itineraries you have created are deleted. 

TomTom Traffic17.
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TomTom TrafficTomTom Traffic is a TomTom Service for receiving up-to-date traffic 
information. TomTom Traffic requires a wireless data connection (GPRS, 
EDGE, UMTS, CDMA).
TomTom Traffic uses the most up-to-da te information from the best local 
sources. For more information about subscribing see  tomtom.com/services
Setting up TomTom Traffic
To use TomTom Traffic, you need to establish a connection between your 
mobile phone and your TomTom device.  If you have not already done...

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Tip: Providing you have a connection between your device and mobile phone, 
You can retrieve the latest traffic information straight away by tapping the 
Update traffic info  button in the Traffic menu.
Using TomTom Traffic
2. Tap Minimize delays .
Your device looks for the quicke st route to your destination.
It is possible that the new route may also include traffic delays, or may even 
be the same route as before. You can re-plan the route to avoid all delays, 
but this new route will take longer...

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Changing traffic preferences
Use the Change Traffic preferences  button to choose how traffic information 
works on your device. 
3. Select or clear the check box next to each preference you want to change.
4. Tap  Done.
5. If you chose to automatically update  traffic information while on route (one 
of the options shown above), you are as ked if you want to limit how often 
that information is updated.
Tap  No to use the default interval of 4 minutes.
Tap  Yes if you want to change the frequency of...

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In the example, the Traffic sidebar shows you that there are two incidents 
ahead. Both incidents are traffic jams, the first is 15km ahead and is expected 
to delay you by at least 51 minutes.
To re-plan your route to avoid these inci dents, tap the Traffic sidebar to open 
the TomTom  traffic menu, then tap  Minimize traffic delays .
Making commuting to work easier
The Home to work or  Work to home buttons in the Traffic menu lets you 
check your route to and from work with one tap of a button. When...

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3. Tap Work to home .
The route summary screen is shown, with the expected delay shown after the 
trip time.
To see if there is a quicker way home, you could now tap the  Find alternative 
button and then tap  Minimize traffic delays .
Tip: You can let your device automatically look for alternative routes by 
selecting  Automatically minimize delays after every traffic update  in your 
Traffic preferences.
Note: It is possible that the alternative rout e could be longer than your original 
one (even...

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Traffic incidents
Traffic incidents are displayed both on the Driving View and also on the Traffic 
sidebar as small symbols. There are two type of symbols:
• Symbols shown in a red square are incidents that Traffic can help you avoid.
• Symbols shown in a red rectangle are weather related, because of their 
nature, you cannot use Traffic to avoid them.
 Traffic incident symbols and  their meaning are shown below:
Weather related symbols and th eir meaning are shown below:
Traffic menu
Either, tap the...

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Show home-
work traffic
Tap this button to calculate and show the quickest route from your home 
location to your place of work and back.
Update traffic  info
Tap this button to get the latest traffic information straight away rather 
than waiting for an automatic update.
Disable Traffic
Tap this button to disable TomTom  Traffic.
Help
Tap this button to view the guided tour on how to use TomTom  Traffic.
Browse map
Tap this button to browse the map and see the traffic information 
displayed on the...