TomTom Go Mobile App User Manual

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About My Places 
My Places provides an easy way to select a location without the need to search for the location each 
time. You can use My Places to create a collection of useful addresses. 
The following items are always in My Places: 
 Home - Your home location can be your home address or somewhere you often visit, such as 
your office. This feature provides an easy way to navigate there. 
 Recent destinations - Select this button to select your destination from a list of locations you 
have recently used as destinations. These also include your stops. 
 Contacts - Select this button to select a contact from your list of contacts. 
 Marked locations - You marked locations are stored here. You can edit a marked location and 
save it in My Places. 
You can add a location to My Places directly in My Places, by selecting a location from the map, by 
searching for a location, or by marking a location. 
Your home location and the locations that you have added appear in a list in My Places and are 
shown with a marker on the map. 
 
 
Setting your home and work locations 
You can set your home and work locations in the following ways: 
Setting your home or work location using My Places 
1. In the Main Menu, select My Places. 
2. Select Add Home or Add Work. 
3. To select a location for home or work, do one of the following: 
 Zoom in on the map at the location you want to select. Press and hold to select the loca-
tion, then select the home or work location symbol. 
 
 Select the Search button and search for a location. Select a location to set as home or work. 
Select Set home location or Set work location. 
Setting your home or work location using the map 
1. In the Map View, move the map and zoom in until you can see your home or work location. 
2. Select the location by pressing and holding the screen for about one second. 
A pop-up menu shows the nearest address. 
1. Open the pop-up menu and select Add to My Places. 
2. In the name bar, enter the name Home or Work. 
Note: Home must have a capital letter H and Work must have a capital letter W. 
3. Select Add. 
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Your home or work location is shown on the map.  
Changing your home location 
You can change your home location in the following ways. 
Changing your home location using My Places 
1. In the Main Menu, select My Places. 
2. Select Home. 
Your home location is shown on the map, with a pop-up menu. 
 
3. Select Edit Location. 
4. To select a new home location, do one of the following: 
 Zoom in on the map at the location you want to select. Press and hold to select the loca-
tion, then select the home location symbol. 
 Select the Search button and search for a location. Select a location to set as home. Select 
Set home location. 
Changing your home location using the map 
1. In the Map View, move the map and zoom in until you can see your new home location. 
2. Select the location by pressing and holding the screen for about one second. 
A pop-up menu shows the nearest address. 
1. Open the pop-up menu and select Add to My Places. 
2. In the name bar, enter the name Home. 
Note: Home must have a capital letter H. 
3. Select Add. 
Your home location is changed to the new location.  
Your contacts in My Places 
The contacts in your phones contacts app are shown in the Contacts list in My Places. Select a 
contact to show the contacts location on the map, and plan a route to the location. 
You can only add contacts to your contacts list using your phones contacts app. 
Note: To plan a route using a contact in your contacts app, the contact must have a full address. 
For example, the address must have a house number, a street, and a city. 
  
						

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Adding a location from My Places 
1. In the Main Menu, select My Places. 
2. Select Add a new place. 
3. To select a location, do one of the following: 
 Zoom in on the map at the location you want to select. Press and hold to select the loca-
tion, then select the add location symbol. 
 Search for a location. Select Show on Map, then select the add location symbol. 
 
The name of the location appears in the edit screen. 
4. Edit the name of the location so you can easily recognise it. 
5. Select Done to save your location in the My Places list.  
Add a location to My Places from the map 
1. Move the map and zoom in until you can see the destination that you want to navigate to. 
2. Press and hold to select the location. 
 
3. Select the pop-up menu button. 
 
4. Select Add to My Places. 
The name of the location is shown in the edit screen. 
5. Edit the name of the location so you can easily recognise it. 
6. Select Done to save your location in the My Places list. 
The location you added is shown with a marker on the map.  
Adding a location to My Places using search 
1. In the Main Menu, select Search. 
2. Search for a location. 
3. Select the location then select Show on map. 
4. When the map view shows the location, select the pop-up menu button. 
  
						

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5. Select Add to My Places. 
The name of the location appears in the edit screen. 
6. Edit the name of the location so you can easily recognise it. 
7. Select Done to save your location in the My Places list.  
Adding a location to My Places by marking 
To mark a location and temporarily add it to My Places, do the following: 
1. Make sure that your current location is the location you want to mark. 
2. Select the current location symbol or the speed panel in the guidance view to open the quick 
menu.  
3. Select Mark Location. 
4. Once marked, the location is saved in My Places in the Marked Locations list. 
If you want to permanently save a marked location, add it My Places by doing the following: 
1. In the Main Menu, select My Places. 
2. Select Marked Locations and choose your location from the list. 
Your location is shown on the map. 
3. Select Add to My Places from the pop-up menu. 
The name of the location appears in the edit screen. 
4. Edit the name of the location so you can easily recognise it. 
5. Select Add.  
Deleting a recent destination from My Places 
1. In the Main Menu, select My Places. 
2. Select Recent Destinations. 
3. Select Edit List. 
4. Select the destinations you want to delete. 
5. Select Delete.  
Deleting a location from My Places 
1. In the Main Menu, select My Places. 
2. Select Edit List. 
3. Select the locations you want to delete. 
4. Select Delete.  
						

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Appearance 
Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Appearance. 
 
On this screen, you can change these settings: 
 Display 
Select Display to change the appearance of the display. 
 Route bar 
Select Route bar to change the information you see in the route bar. 
 Guidance view 
Select Guidance view to change the information you see in the guidance view. 
 Automatic zoom 
Select Automatic Zoom to change how you view a junction as you drive. 
 Automatic map view switching 
By default, automatic changing of views is on. This means, for example, that your GO Mobile 
app shows the map view when an alternative route is being suggested, along with several other 
sets of circumstances. Also, for example, that your GO Mobile app shows the guidance view 
when you start driving and you start to accelerate. Select this setting if you want to turn off 
automatic changing between guidance view and map view. 
 Show previews of motorway exits 
Select this setting to control the full screen preview when you approach motorway exits. 
 Show contacts on map 
Select this setting to show the location of contacts in your Contacts app on the map. 
Note: To show a contact on the map, the contact must have a full address. 
 
Display 
Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Appearance.  
 
Select Theme colour to change the accent colour used in the menus, buttons and icons on your GO 
Mobile app. 
Select Switch to night colours when dark to automatically switch to night colours when it gets 
dark.  
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Route Bar 
Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Appearance.  
 
Select Arrival information to change the arrival information you see in the route bar. 
Select Route information to change the route information you see on the route bar. 
Show current time 
Select this setting to show the current time in the guidance view. When switched on, the current 
time is shown at the bottom of the route bar. 
Show wide route bar if possible 
The wide route bar is not shown by default. You can select this setting to switch on the wide route 
bar in the guidance view.  
Note: The wide route bar can only be shown if the screen is wide enough. 
When the wide route bar is shown, you see more information about your route. For example, you 
see time and distance to traffic queues and more. 
 
 
Arrival information 
Select Arrival information to change the following settings: 
 Show remaining distance 
Select this setting to show the remaining distance left to travel in the arrival information panel 
during navigation.  
 Show remaining time 
Select this setting to show the remaining time left to travel in the arrival information panel 
during navigation.  
 Switch between distance and time automatically 
Select this setting to control the automatic switching between remaining distance and remain-
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 Show arrival information for 
Use this setting to control whether you want to see information about the destination or the 
next stop in the arrival information panel. 
Tip: To find out where the different panels are in the guidance view or map view, see Whats on 
the screen. 
 
Route Information 
You can choose to see any of the following in the route bar:  
 Parking 
Select this setting to see car parks and parking. 
 Petrol stations 
Select this setting to see petrol stations on your route. 
 Stops 
Select this setting to see stops on your route. 
 Rest areas 
Select this setting to see rest areas on your route. 
 Toll zones 
Select this setting to see toll zones on your route. 
 Ferries and car shuttle trains 
Select this setting to see ferries and car shuttle trains on your route.  
Guidance view 
Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Appearance.  
 
 Show current street name 
This setting displays name of the street you driving along on the guidance view. 
 Guidance view style 
Select this setting to choose from 3D or 2D versions of the guidance view. Both the 2D and 3D 
guidance views move in your direction of travel.  
Automatic Zoom 
Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Appearance. 
 
Select Automatic zoom to change settings for the automatic zoom in Guidance view when you 
approach a turn or a junction. Zooming in can make the turn or junction easier to drive. 
 Zoom in to next turn 
All the turns and junctions on your route are shown zoomed in to the maximum level. 
 Based on road type 
The turns and junctions on your route are shown zoomed in to the standard level for the type of 
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 None 
None of the turns and junctions on your route are shown zoomed in.  
Voices 
Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Voices.  
 
Choosing a voice 
Select Choose a voice to change the voice that gives spoken directions and other route instructions. 
A wide range of voices are available. There are computer voices which can read street names and 
other information directly from the map and there are recorded voices which have been recorded 
by actors. 
Note: Computer voices are not available in all languages. 
If you need a computer voice and your language is unavailable, then you are asked to choose from 
a list of installed computer voices available for the country you are in. 
Instruction settings 
 Read aloud arrival time 
Use this setting to control whether your arrival time is read aloud. 
 Read aloud early instructions 
For example, if you switch on this setting, you could hear early instructions such as After 2 km 
take the exit right or Ahead, turn left. 
Note: When a recorded voice is chosen, you see only this setting because recorded voices 
cannot read out road numbers, road signs, etc. 
 Read aloud road numbers 
Use this setting to control whether road numbers are read aloud as part of navigation instruc-
tions. For example, when road numbers are read aloud, you hear Turn left onto A100. 
 Read aloud road sign information 
 Use this setting to control whether road sign information is read aloud as part of navigation 
instructions. For example, Turn left onto A302 Bridge Street towards Islington. 
 Read aloud street names 
Use this setting to control whether street names are read aloud as part of navigation instruc-
tions. For example, when street names are read aloud, you hear Turn left Graham Road to-
wards Hackney. 
 Read aloud foreign street names  
Use this setting to control whether foreign street names are read aloud as part of navigation 
instructions, such as Turn right Champs Élysées. For example, an English computer voice can 
read and pronounce French street names but pronunciation may not be completely accurate.  
Maps 
Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Maps.  
  
						

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Changing the map 
Select a map from the list of maps that you have downloaded to your device. The map view is 
displayed with the map. 
Note: Although you can store more than one map on your device, you can only use one map at a 
time for planning and navigation. 
Downloading a map 
Select Download a map to show the list of available maps. 
Select a map, then select Download to download the map. The map is stored on your device in the 
internal or the external memory, depending on which place has the most space available. The 
location that your map is stored cannot be changed. 
Tip: Some maps are very large. If you dont have much space on your device, choose a map that 
covers only the area you need. 
Important: A map is a large file that can take a long time to download. To prevent high data 
charges we advise you to download a map using a Wi-Fi connection. Once downloading has started, 
you must download the complete map before you can use the GO Mobile app. 
You can pause a map download at any time. If connection to Wi-Fi is lost, the download automati-
cally pauses to prevent high data charges. You must keep the GO Mobile app open while paused or 
you will lose the part of the map you have already downloaded. You can use other apps while 
paused. 
If connection to Wi-Fi is lost, you can choose to continue downloading using your mobile network 
connection. 
When the download is complete, select OK to use the map. The map view is displayed with the 
map. 
Deleting a map 
To delete a map, select Edit List. Select the map you want to delete, then select Delete.  
Route Planning 
Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Route Planning.  
 
Suggest destinations 
When no route is planned, your device can learn your daily driving habits to saved favourite Places 
and also predict destinations when you start the device from sleep mode, for example driving to 
Work in the morning.  
Switch on to receive destination suggestions or switch this feature off if you dont want destination 
suggestions.  
Note: You must switch on Keep journey history on this device for optional features in Settings 
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When a faster route is available 
If a faster route found while you are driving, TomTom Traffic can replan your journey to use the 
faster route. Select from the following options: 
 Always take the fastest route 
 Ask me so I can choose 
 Dont ask me  
Always plan this type of route 
The types of route you can choose from are as follows:  
 Fastest route - the route which takes the least time.  
 Shortest route - the shortest distance between the locations you set. This may not be the 
quickest route, especially if the shortest route is through a town or city.  
 Most eco-friendly route - the most fuel-efficient route for your journey.  
 Winding route - the route with the most turns. 
 Avoid motorways - this type of route avoids all motorways. 
 Walking route - a route designed for making the journey on foot.  
 Bicycle route - a route designed for making the journey on a bicycle.  
Avoid on every route 
You can choose to avoid ferries and car shuttle trains, toll roads, carpool lanes, and unpaved roads. 
Set how your GO Mobile app should manage each of these road features when the device calculates 
a route.  
Carpool lanes are sometimes known as High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes (HOV) and are not present in 
every country. To travel on these lanes, you may need to have more than one person in the car, for 
example, or the car may need to use environmentally-friendly fuel.   
Sounds and Warnings 
Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Sounds & Warnings.  
 
On this screen, you can change sound and warning settings. 
Tip: Warning sounds are disabled by default. Warning sounds can be enabled by selecting 
Settings, followed by Sounds & Warnings, followed by Warning Type and switch on Warning 
Sounds. 
 
Warning type 
Warning type 
You can choose the type of warnings you want to hear when you are driving: 
 Read aloud 
Hear spoken warnings and warnings sounds. 
 Sounds 
Hear only warning sounds. 
 None 
No warning sounds are given.