TomTom Go X50 Live Manual
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Advanced Lane Guidance7. 21 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 this guidance off, tap Change preferences in the Main Menu, then tap Status bar preferences . Clear the checkbox for Show lane guidance .
Finding alternative routes8. 22 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... in the Main Menu to change the route that is cur- rently planned. The Find alternative... button is also shown in the route summary screen after you plan a route. Calculate alternative Tap this button to calculate an alternative to the route already planned. Your GO will look for another route fr om your current location to your des- tination. If you decide you would prefer to use the original route after all, tap Recal- culate original . Why would I need to do this? Apart from the roads near your position and near your destination, the new route will use totally different roads to reach your destination. This is an easy way of calculating a totally different route. Avoid roadblock Tap this button if you can see a roadbloc k or a line of traffic ahead. You then have to choose how much of th e route ahead you want to avoid. Choose from the different options: 100m, 500m, 2000m, 5000m. Your GO will recalculate your route avoiding the section of the route for the distance you selected. Don’t forget that once a new route is calculated, you may have to turn off the road you are on very soon. If the roadblock suddenly clears, tap Recalculate original to return to your original route.
23 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 loca- tion you chose. Unlike your final destination, your GO does not inform you when you pass by this location. Using this button, you can only travel via one location. If you want to pass more than one, use an Itinerary. Recalculate original Tap this button to return to the original route without deviations to avoid roadblocks or travelling via particular locations. Avoid part of route Tap this button to avoid a part of the route. Use this button if you see that your route includes a road or junction you don’t like, or which is well- known for traffic problems. You then choose the road you want to av oid from a list of the roads on your route. Minimise delays Tap this button to recalculate your rout e so that it avoids traffic problems as much as possible. Your GO will check if there are any traffic problems on your route and work out the best route to avoid the problems. Note: This button is only available with TomTom Traffic enabled.
Browse Map9. 24 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 current location, your home location and your destination. Tap a marker to centre the map on the marked location. To set your own marker, position the cu rsor on the required location on the map, tap the cursor button and then tap Set marker position. 4. Options 5. The cursor 6. The Find button Tap this button to find specific addresses. 7. The Cursor button Tap this button to navigate to the curs or position, make a Favourite of the cursor position, or find a Point of Interest near the cursor position. 8. The zoom bar Zoom in and out by moving the slider.
25 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 distance to the location. Markers are shown when the location they point to are off the screen. Tap a marker to centre the map on the location pointed to by the marker. You can also set your own marker. Tap the cursor button, then tap Set marker position to place a marker at the cursor position. • Coordinates
TomTom Map ShareTM10. 26 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- ing the traffic flow of a street, blocking or renaming a street and adding or editing POIs. This type of change is immediately shown on your own map. You can hide these corrections at any time in the Map Share preferences menu. • Corrections that are reported to TomTom but not shown immediately on your map. These include, missing streets, errors in motorway entrances and exits and missing roundabouts. This type of correction is investigated by TomTom and once verified, is included in the next map release. Thes e corrections are therefore not shared with the Map Share community. Making a map correction 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. Correct a map error 1. Tap Map corrections in the Main Menu. 2. Tap Correct a map error . A list of possible map corrections is shown. 3. Select the type of correction you want to report. Note : If you tap Add missing POI or Report other error you will be asked for some additional informatio n before the next step. 4. Select the method you want to use for selecting the location of the cor- rection. 5. When you have found the location, tap Done. 6. Enter correction or confirmation of correction now.
27 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. If you notice an item on your map that needs attention, you can mark the loca- tion using the Report button and then enter the details when you are no longer driving. To show the Report button in the Driving View or in the quick menu, do the following: 1. Tap Map corrections in the Main Menu. 2. Tap Correction preferences . 3. Tap Done and then tap Done again. 4. Select Show report button , then tap Done. The Report button is shown on the left-hand side of the Driving View. After you mark a location, you can add more information about the change when you open the Map corrections menu. For example, you are driving to a friend 's house and you notice that the name of the street you are on is different from the one on your map. To report the change, tap the Report button and your GO will save your current location. You can then send the correction to TomTom Map Share when you have fin- ished your journey. TomTom Map Share community To join the Map Share community, do the following: 1. Tap Map corrections in the Main Menu. 2. Tap Download corrections made by others . 3. Tap Join. When you connect your GO to your computer, TomTom HOME downloads new corrections and sends your corrections to the Map Share community. Important: Connect your device to your computer regularly and use TomTom HOME to check for new updates. Correction preferences The correction preferences set the way TomTom Map Share works on your device. You can set the following preferences: • Use the trust level slider to choose the types corrections from the Map Share community you want to use on your maps.
28 • 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 your map. To do this, tap Correction preferences in the Map corrections menu. There are four levels of corrections that you can choose. The level changes when you move the slider: • TomTom - only accept changes made by TomTom. • Trusted sources - accept changes made by TomTom and by trusted users who have been verified by TomTom. • Many users - accept changes made by TomTom, by trusted users who have been verified by TomTom and chan ges made by a high number of Map Share community members. • Some users - accept changes made by TomTom, by trusted users who have been verified by TomTom and a ll changes that have been made by Map Share community members. Types of map correction There are several types of correcti on that you can make to a map.
29 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 your Home location or a street on the map. 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. Your device shows the street and whether the traffic is blocked or allowed in each direction. 5. Tap one of the direction buttons to block or unblock the flow of traffic in that direction. 6. Tap Done. The next time you connect your device to TomTom HOME, your correc- tions are shared with the TomTom Map Share community. Reverse traffic direction Tap this button to correct the traffic direction of a one-way street, where the direction of traffic is different to the direction shown on your map. Note : Reverse traffic direction only works for one-way streets. If you select a two-way street you will be given th e chance to block/unblock the street rather than changing the direction.
30 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 directions. Change road speed Tap this button to change and report the road speed limit. Add or remove roundabout Tap this button to add or remove a roundabout. Add missing POI Tap this button to add a new Point of Interest (POI). For example to add a new restaurant near to your current location: 1. Tap Add missing POI . 2. Tap Restaurant in the list of POI categories. 3. Tap Near you . 4. Select the location of the missing restaurant. You can select the location by enteri ng the address or by selecting the location on the map. Select Near you or Near home to open the map at your current location or at your Home location. 5. Tap Done. 6. Type the name of the restaurant then tap OK. 7. If you know the telephone number of the restaurant you can type it, then tap OK. If you don’t know the number, just tap OK without typing a number.