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TomTom HOME starts and connects to your GO.
2. Open the LIVE Services section.
3. Check the status of your subscription and click on the service you want to 
renew.
You are asked to provide your payment details.
4. Enter your payment details and complete the transaction.
Your subscription is renewed.
TomTom Traffic
Traffic is a unique TomTom LIVE Service for receiving up-to-date traffic 
information. For more information about services and subscriptions, go to 
tomtom.com/services.
In combination with IQ Routes, Traffic helps you plan the best possible route 
to your destination taking into account the latest traffic information.
A route is calculated taking into account the current local traffic conditions. 
Your TomTom GO automatically receives regular traffic information updates. 
If traffic incidents are found on your route, you are asked if you want to replan 
the current route to try and avoid the traffic incidents.
Fuel Prices
The Fuel Prices service sends up-to-date information about fuel prices directly 
to your TomTom GO or via TomTom HOME when your GO is connected to 
your computer.
Search for the best fuel prices
To search for the cheapest fuel prices, do the following. In this example, you 
will plan a route to the cheapest gas station nearby.
1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu, then tap TomTom Services.
2. Tap Fuel Prices.
3. Select the type of fuel used in your vehicle.
4. Tap Cheapest nearby, then tap the name at the top of the list.
The location is shown on the map.
5. Tap Select.
You are asked if you want to navigate to the gas station.
6. Tap Yes.
You may be asked if you need to arrive at a particular time, if this option is 
enabled.
The route is planned and a summary of the route is shown on the map. 
						

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TomTom local search powered by Google
Using local search, you can search the Google listings to find stores and 
businesses near you, or any another location, and navigate there.
Using local search
To find a destination using local search and plan a route to that location, follow 
the steps below. In this example, you will search for a supermarket near your 
current location.
1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu, then tap Navigate to.
2. Tap the Google button.
3. Tap Search near you.
4. Type ’supermarket’ then tap OK.
The locations that match your search are shown in a list.
5. Tap one of the locations in the list.
The location is shown on the map. 
Tap Details to see more information about this location.
6. Tap Select to plan a route to the location.
Your TomTom GO plans a route to the location you selected.
Other services
The following services are also available on your TomTom GO:
TomTom Weather
TomTom Weather gives you five day weather reports for any 
location on your map.
QuickGPSfix
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QuickGPSfix contains information about GPS satellite positions 
which helps your TomTom GO find your position faster.
TomTom Buddies
With Buddies, you can see where your friends are and let them see 
your location. You can also send locations to your friends.
My Services
To check your subscription, tap TomTom Services in the Main 
Menu and then tap My Services.
Note: When LIVE Services are unavailable, this image is shown in 
the Driving View.
Your TomTom GO informs you when your LIVE Services subscription is due 
for renewal. You can use your GO to inform TomTom that you wish to renew 
your current subscription. 
						

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For more information about LIVE Services subscription and payment terms, 
go to tomtom.com/services. 
						

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TomTom 
TrafficTraffic is a unique TomTom LIVE Service for receiving up-to-date traffic 
information. For more information about services and subscriptions, go to 
tomtom.com/services.
In combination with IQ Routes, Traffic helps you plan the best possible route 
to your destination taking into account the latest traffic information.
A route is calculated taking into account the current local traffic conditions. 
Your TomTom GO automatically receives regular traffic information updates. 
If traffic incidents are found on your route, you are asked if you want to replan 
the current route to try and avoid the traffic incidents.
Safety Notice
Your TomTom GO contains a GSM/GPRS module which can interfere with 
electrical devices such as cardiac pacemakers, hearing aids and aviation 
equipment.
Interference with these devices may endanger the health or life of others.
Do not use near unprotected electrical units nor in areas where the use of 
mobile telephones is prohibited, such as hospitals and airplanes.
Using TomTom Traffic
The Traffic bar is shown on the right side of the Driving View. It warns you 
about traffic incidents on your planned route.
The top of the Traffic bar represents your destination and shows 
the total delay time for any incidents on your route.
The central section of the Traffic bar shows individual traffic 
incidents in the order they occur on your route.
The bottom of the Traffic bar represents your current position 
and shows the distance to the next incident.
To find the quickest route to your destination taking into account 
the latest traffic information, do the following:
1.Tap the sidebar.
Tip: If you have trouble tapping the sidebar and the Main Menu is being 
displayed instead of the traffic menu, try tapping your finger half on the 
sidebar and half off the screen.
2. Tap Minimize traffic delays.
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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 than the quickest route already shown.
3. Tap Done.
Tip: You can let your TomTom device automatically minimize traffic delays for 
you.
Minimize delays
You can set Traffic to minimize traffic delays on your route each time the latest 
traffic information updates are received.
1. Tap TomTom Traffic in the Main Menu.
2. Tap Change Traffic preferences.
3. Select Automatically minimize delays after every traffic update.
4. Tap Done.
Changing HD Traffic preferences
Use the Change Traffic preferences button to choose how HD Traffic works on 
your device. 
The Traffic sidebar
The Traffic sidebar shows you traffic incidents on your route, displaying the 
following information:
• A symbol for each traffic incident in the order they occur along your 
planned route.
• The estimated delay of the next traffic incident on your route.
• The estimated delay for all incidents on your route.
• The distance from your current location to the next incident on the Traffic 
sidebar.
Note: The color of the sidebar changes depending on how old the traffic 
information is on your device.
An example of an Traffic sidebar is shown below.
Change Traffic 
preferences
1. Tap TomTom Traffic in the Main Menu.
2. Tap Change Traffic preferences.
3. To hear a beep sound when a new traffic incident occurs on your route, 
select Beep when traffic situation on route changes and then tap Done.
4. If a faster route is found while you are driving, Traffic can replan your 
journey to use the faster route. Select one of the following options and 
then tap Done.
Always switch to that route
Ask me if I want to change
Never change my route
5. Tap Done. 
						

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In the example, the sidebar shows you that there are two incidents ahead.  
To re-plan your route to avoid these incidents, tap the sidebar to open the 
TomTom traffic menu, then tap Minimize traffic delays.
Note: To make the Traffic sidebar more readable some incidents may not be 
shown. These incidents will always be of minor importance and only cause 
short delays.
Making commuting to work easier
The Home to work and Work to home buttons in the Traffic menu let you 
check your route to and from work with one tap of a button. When you use 
either of these buttons, your device checks the route for possible delays and 
if it finds any, provides you with the possibility to avoid them.
The first time you use Home to work, you must set your traffic home and work 
locations, do the following:
You can now use the Home to work and Work to home buttons of the Show 
home-work traffic menu.
Note: The home location you set here is not the same as the home location 
you can set in the Preferences Menu. In addition, the locations you use here 
do not have to be your actual home and work locations. If there is another 
route that you often travel, you can set Work/Home to use these locations 
instead.
For example, to check for delays on your route home, do the following:
1. Tap TomTom Traffic in the Main Menu.
2. Tap Show home-work traffic.
Change 
home-work
1. Tap TomTom Traffic in the Main Menu.
2. Tap Show home-work traffic.
3. Tap Change home-work
4. Set your home location
5. Set your work location. 
						

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3. Tap Work to home.
The driving view is shown. If the Traffic sidebar shows any delays on your 
route, tap the Traffic sidebar and then Minimize traffic delays to see your 
fastest route to home.
Checking traffic incidents in your area
Get an overview of the traffic situation in your area, using the map. To find 
local incidents and their details, do the following:
Traffic sidebar colors
The Traffic sidebar changes colors depending on how old the traffic 
information is on your device. The sidebar colors are:
Note: The traffic information on your device is updated automatically and the 
Traffic sidebar will normally remain dark blue. However, it is possible that the 
device might not update traffic information. This may happen if, for example, 
there is no or poor network coverage in your area, or if you are driving in a 
country other than the one for which you purchased TomTom Traffic.
Browse map
1. Tap TomTom Traffic in the Main Menu.
2. Tap Browse map.
The map browser screen is shown. 
3. Tap the blue compass image in the top right of the screen.
The map centers itself on you current location and any traffic incidents in 
the area are shown.
4. Tap on any traffic incident to get more information.
A screen is shown that gives you detailed information about the incident 
you chose. To display information about surrounding incidents use the 
left and right arrows at the bottom of this screen.
Dark blue - The traffic information on your device is up to date.
Lilac - The traffic information on your device has not been 
updated for at least 10 minutes. Traffic still warns you about traffic 
incidents, but the information is at least ten minutes old.
Grey - The traffic information on your device has not been 
updated for at least 15 minutes. Traffic will only warn you about 
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Traffic incidents
Traffic incidents are displayed as small symbols on the Driving View and the 
Traffic sidebar. There are two type of symbols:
• Symbols shown in a red square are incidents that Traffic can help you to 
avoid.
• Symbols shown in a red triangle are weather related and are for information 
only. You cannot use Traffic to avoid them.
 Traffic incident symbols:
Weather related symbols:Accident
Road works
One or more lanes 
closed
Road closed
Traffic incident
Traffic jam
Fog
Rain
Wind
Ice
Snow
Note: The incident avoided symbol is shown for any traffic incident that 
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Traffic menu
To open the Traffic menu, tap the Traffic sidebar in the Driving View or tap 
TomTom Traffic in the Main Menu. The following buttons are available:
Minimize 
traffic delays
Tap this button to re-plan your route based on the latest traffic information.
Show traffic 
on route
Tap this button to get an overview of any traffic incidents along your route. 
Use the left and right buttons of the overview screen to see more detailed 
information about each incident. You can also use the Replan button of the 
overview screen to replan your route avoiding the traffic incidents.
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.
Browse map
Tap this button to browse the map and see the traffic information displayed 
on the map.
Change 
Traffic 
preferences
Tap this button to change your preferences for how TomTom Traffic works 
on your device. 
						

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Introducing TomTom HOMETomTom HOME is a free application for your computer that helps you manage 
the contents of your TomTom GO navigation device. It is a good idea to 
frequently connect to HOME to ensure you always have the latest updates on 
your device.
You can, for example, do the following:
• Manage maps, voices, POIs and more.
• Buy TomTom services and manage your subscriptions.
• Update your device automatically with the latest software and services.
• Make and restore backups.
• Read the full version of the user manual.
Tip: We recommend using a broadband internet connection whenever you 
connect to HOME.
It is a good idea to make regular backups of your navigation device using 
HOME.
Installing TomTom HOME
To install TomTom HOME on your computer, do the following:
1. Connect your computer to the internet.
2. Connect the Home dock to your computer.
Note: You should plug the USB connector directly into a USB port on your 
computer and not into a USB hub or USB port on a keyboard or monitor.
3. Place your TomTom navigation device in the Home dock and switch it on.
TomTom HOME starts to install.
Note: If TomTom HOME does not install automatically, you can download the 
application from www.tomtom.com/home.
TomTom HOME starts automatically when the navigation device is switched 
on while the device is connected to your computer.
MyTomTom Account
To download content and services using TomTom HOME, you need a 
MyTomTom account. You can create an account when you start using 
TomTom HOME.