TomTom Go X50 Live Manual

Advanced Lane Guidance7.
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Advanced Lane Guidance
Advanced Lane Guidance
Your TomTom GO helps you prepare for motorway exits and junctions by 
showing you which lane you should be in.
Note: This information is not available for all junctions or in all countries.
For some exits and junctions, an image shows the lane you should be in. To 
turn the images off, tap  Hide lane images in the Preferences menu.
For other exits and junctions, your GO shows the lane you should take in the 
status bar. To turn...

Finding alternative routes8.
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Finding alternative routesOnce you have planned a route, you may want to change something about the 
route, without changing your destination.
Why change the route?
Maybe for one of these reasons:
• You can see a roadblock or a line of traffic ahead.
• You want to travel via a particular location, to pick someone up, stop for 
lunch or fill up with petrol.
• You want to avoid a difficult j unction or a road you don’t like.
Find alterna-
tive...
Ta p   Find alternative......

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Travel via...
Tap this button to change your route so
 that it passes a particular location, 
perhaps to pick someone up on the way. When you do this, a marker is 
shown on the map for the location you choose the travel via.
You choose the location you want to pass in the same way as you choose a 
destination. So you can select from  all the same options: for example, 
Address , Favourite , Point of Interest  and Point on map .
Your GO will calculate a new route to your destination that passes the...

Browse Map9.
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Browse MapTo look at the map in the same way as you might look at a traditional paper 
map, tap Browse map  in the Main Menu.
You can move around the map by dragging it using your finger on the screen.
1. The scale bar
2. Traffic - current traffic incidents. Us e the Options button to select whether 
traffic information is shown on the ma p. When traffic information is shown 
on the map, POIs and Favourites are not shown.
3. Marker
Markers point towards and show the dist ance to your...

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Options
Tap the Options button to set the information shown on the map. You can 
choose to show the following information:
• Points of interest. Tap  POI below the list of options to select which POIs are 
shown.
• Favourites
• Traffic  - when traffic information is shown on the map, POIs and Favourites 
are not shown. 
Tap  Advanced  to show or hide the following information:
• Names
• Markers  - markers point to your current  location, your home location and 
your destination. The marker shows the...

TomTom Map ShareTM10.
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TomTom Map ShareTMWith TomTom Map Share, you can correct errors on your map and share 
those corrections with other people in the TomTom Map Share community, 
as well as receiving corrections made by others.
Note: TomTom Map Share is not available in all regions. For more informa-
tion, go to  tomtom.com/mapshare .
Map corrections
There are two types of map correction:
• Corrections that are immediately shown on the map. These include, chang-
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Receiving the latest map updates
When you connect your TomTom GO to your computer, TomTom HOME 
automatically downloads any available map corrections and sends any 
changes you have made, to the Map Share community.
There are several types of correction s which can be set in the Correction 
preferences menu.
Marking a map error while on the move
Important: For safety reasons, you should only mark a location when you are 
driving. Do not enter the full details of an error while you are driving.
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• Decide if you want to share your corrections with others.
• Show or hide the report button in the Driving View.
To set your preferences, Map corrections in the Main Menu.
Tip: If you later decide you want to re move corrections from the map, clear 
the checkbox next to the types of correc tion you want to remove. If you clear 
all the checkboxes, your map returns to the original state before the first cor-
rection.
Accepting map corrections
You can set the type of ma p corrections you want added to...

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To make a correction to your map, tap Map corrections in the Main Menu then 
tap  Correct a map error . The following types of corrections are shown.
(Un)block 
street
Tap this button to block or unblock a  street. You can block or unblock the 
street in one or both directions.
For example, to correct a street near to your current location, do the follow-
ing:
1. Tap  (Un)block street .
2. Tap  Near you  to select a street near your current location. You can select 
a street by name, a street near...

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Edit street 
name
Tap this button to change the name of a street on your map.
For example, to rename a street near to your current location:
1. Tap  Edit street name.
2. Tap  Near you .
3. Select the street or section of a street you want to correct by tapping it  on the map.
The street you select is highlighted and the cursor shows the name of 
the street.
4. Tap  Done.
5. Type the correct street name.
6. Tap  Done.
Change turn 
restrictions
Tap this button to change and report incorrect road turn...