TomTom 1535tm User Manual

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Minimizing delays 
You can use TomTom Traffic to minimize the impact of traffic delays on your route. To minimize 
delays automatically, do the following: 
1. Tap Services in the Main Menu. 
2. Tap Traffic. 
3. Tap Traffic settings. 
4. Choose between always taking the faster route automatically, being asked or never changing 
your route. 
5. Tap Next and then Done. 
6. Tap Minimize delays. 
Your device plans the quickest route to your destination. The new route may include traffic 
delays and may remain the same as the original route. 
You can re-plan the route to avoid all delays, but this route is unlikely to be the quickest possi-
ble route. 
7. Tap Done.  
Making commuting to work easier 
The Home to work and Work to home buttons in the Show home-work 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 plans a route between your home and work 
locations and checks the route for possible delays. 
The first time you use Home to work, you must set your traffic home and work locations by doing 
the following: 
1. Tap the traffic sidebar to open the Traffic menu. 
Note: If you already have a route planned, a summary of traffic incidents on your route is 
shown. Tap Options to open the Traffic menu. 
2. Tap Show home-work traffic. 
3. Set your home location and your work location. 
If you have already set the locations and want to change them, tap Change home-work. 
 
You can now use the Home to work and Work to home buttons.  
						

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Note: The home location you set here is not the same as the home location you can set in the 
Settings 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 before you leave the office, do the following: 
1. Tap the traffic sidebar to open the Traffic menu. 
Note: If you already have a route planned, a summary of traffic incidents on your route is 
shown. Tap Options to open the Traffic menu. 
2. Tap Show home-work traffic. 
3. Tap Work to home. 
The Driving View is shown and a message is displayed telling you about traffic incidents on this 
route. The Traffic sidebar also shows any delays.  
Getting more information about an incident 
To check for delays on your route, tap the traffic sidebar. Your navigation device shows a sum-
mary of the traffic delays on your route. 
The total includes any delays due to traffic incidents and those due to busy roads, with infor-
mation provided by IQ Routes. 
Tap Minimize delays to check if you can reduce the delay. Tap Options to open the Traffic menu. 
  
						

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Note: You can also access the Show traffic on route screen by tapping the traffic area of the 
LIVE Route summary tab. 
Tap the left and right arrow buttons to move through each incident in turn, viewing the details of 
each one. This includes the type of incident, for example road works, and the length of delay 
caused by this incident. 
 
You can also access the details about individual incidents by tapping View map in the Main Menu 
and then tapping on the traffic incident symbol. 
When shown on the map, a traffic incident starts with an icon. In the case of a traffic jam, the 
direction of the incident is from the icon towards the other end.  
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: 
1. Tap the traffic sidebar then tap Options to open the Traffic menu. 
2. Tap View map. 
The map overview screen is shown. 
3. If the map does not show your location, tap the marker to center the map on your current 
location. 
The map shows traffic incidents in the area. 
 
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A screen is shown that gives you detailed information about the incident you chose. To dis-
play information about surrounding incidents use the left and right arrows at the bottom of this 
screen.  
Changing traffic settings 
Use the Traffic settings button to choose how traffic information works on your navigation device. 
1. Tap the traffic sidebar then tap Options to open the Traffic menu. 
2. Tap Traffic settings. 
 
3. If you are using an RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver, you will be able to select the setting Tune 
manually by entering a frequency. If you select this option, the button Tune manually is 
shown in the Traffic menu. Tap Tune manually to enter the frequency of a particular radio sta-
tion you want to use for RDS-TMC traffic information 
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 that route 
 Never change my route  
Traffic incidents 
Traffic incidents and warnings are shown on the map, in the Driving View and on the Traffic 
sidebar. 
To find out more about an incident, tap View Map in the Main Menu. Tap on a traffic incident 
symbol on the map to see information about that incident. To display information about sur-
rounding incidents, use the left and right arrows at the bottom of the screen. 
There are two types of incident and warning signs: 
 Symbols shown in a red square are traffic incidents. Your navigation device can replan to 
avoid them. 
 Symbols shown in a red triangle are weather related. Your device does not replan to avoid 
these warnings. 
Traffic incident symbols: 
 
Accident 
 
Road works 
 
One or more lanes closed 
 
Road closed  
						

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Traffic incident 
 
Traffic jam 
Weather related symbols: 
 
Fog 
 
Rain 
 
Wind 
 
Ice 
 
Snow 
 
 
 
Note: The incident avoided symbol is shown for any traffic incident 
that you avoid using a traffic service. 
 
Traffic menu 
To open the Traffic menu, tap the Traffic sidebar in the Driving View then tap Options, or tap 
Traffic in the Services menu. 
The following buttons are available: 
 
Minimize traffic 
delays  
Tap this button to re-plan your route based on the latest traffic infor-
mation. 
 
Show home-work 
traffic  
Tap this button to calculate the quickest route from your home location 
to your place of work and back. 
 
Show traffic on 
route  
Tap this button for an overview of traffic incidents along your route. 
Tap the left and right buttons for more detailed information about each 
incident. 
Tap Minimize delays to replan your route and avoid the traffic incidents 
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View map  
Tap this button to browse the map and see the traffic incidents shown on 
the map. 
 
Change Traffic 
settings  
Tap this button to change your settings for how the Traffic service works 
on your device. 
 
Read aloud traffic 
info  
Tap this button to hear spoken information about traffic incidents on your 
route. 
Note: Your TomTom device must have a computer voice installed to 
read information aloud. 
  
						

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About Safety Cameras 
Note: LIVE Services are not available in all countries or regions, and not all LIVE Services are 
available in all countries or regions. You may be able to use LIVE Services when traveling 
abroad. For more information on available services, go to tomtom.com/services. 
The Safety Cameras service warns you about a range of safety cameras and safety alerts including 
the following: 
 Fixed safety camera locations. 
 Accident hotspot locations. 
 Speed trap locations. 
 Average speed check camera locations. 
 Red light camera locations. 
 Ungated railroad crossings.  
Safety Camera warnings 
By default, a warning sound is played for the most common types of safety camera. To change the 
warning sound, tap Alert settings in the Safety Cameras menu. 
You are warned about safety cameras in three ways: 
 Your device plays a warning sound. 
 The type of safety camera and your distance from the camera is shown in the Driving View. 
The speed limit is also shown in the Driving View. 
 The location of the safety camera is shown on the map. 
Note: For average speed check cameras, your device warns you at the start and end of the 
average speed check area. 
 
Changing the way you are warned 
To change the way your TomTom device warns you about safety cameras, tap the Alert settings 
button. 
 
You can then set what type of sound is played. 
For example, to change the sound that is played when you approach a fixed safety camera, do the 
following: 
1. Tap Services in the Main Menu. 
Safety Cameras  
						

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2. Tap Safety Cameras. 
3. Tap Alert settings. 
A list of safety camera types is displayed. A speaker is shown next to the safety camera types 
that have an alert set. 
4. Tap Fixed cameras. 
5. Select whether you always want to be warned or warned only when you are speeding. Select 
Never to turn off the warning. 
6. Tap the sound you want to be used for the warning. 
7. Tap Next. 
The warning sound you selected is now set for fixed safety cameras. A speaker symbol is shown 
next to Fixed cameras in the list of types of safety camera.  
Safety Camera symbols 
Safety Cameras are shown as symbols in the Driving View. 
As you approach a camera, you see a symbol showing the type of camera and the distance to the 
camera. A warning sound is played. You can change the warning sound for cameras or turn 
warning sounds on and off for each type of camera.  
Tap the camera symbol to report that the camera is no longer there or to confirm that it is still 
there. 
When you first start using your device, warning sounds are played for these types of cameras: 
  
Fixed safety camera - this type of camera checks the speed of passing 
vehicles and is fixed in one place. 
  
Mobile camera - this type of camera checks the speed of passing vehi-
cles and can be moved to different locations. 
  
Red light camera - this type of camera checks for vehicles breaking traffic 
rules at traffic lights. Some red light cameras may also check your speed. 
  
Average speed check - these types of cameras measure your average 
speed between two points. You are warned at the start and end of the 
average speed check area. 
While you are driving in an average speed check area, your average 
speed is shown, instead of your current speed. 
When you are in the speed check area, the visual warning continues to 
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Accident hotspot 
  
Ungated railroad crossing 
  
Toll booth camera 
When you first start using your device, no warning sounds are played for these types of cameras: 
  
Restricted road camera 
  
Other camera 
  
Speed trap hotspot - this type of warning shows places where speed 
traps are often used. 
  
Bidirectional camera 
 
Updating locations for alerts 
Important: To receive automatic safety camera updates, make sure that your device has TomTom 
application version 10.500 or higher and an active LIVE subscription. You can get the latest 
TomTom application by connecting to MyDrive.  
						

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The locations of safety cameras can change frequently. New cameras can also appear without 
warning and the locations for other alerts, such as accident hotspots, may also change position. 
Hence, it is important to ensure that your device has the latest camera and alert locations. 
If your LIVE device has the latest TomTom application, you receive all camera updates for fixed 
and mobile camera locations over the air. You do not need to do anything to receive updates – 
they are sent to your device automatically. 
To check when your device last received a camera update, tap Services and then tap Safety 
Cameras. Look at the top right of the screen. 
Tip: If you qualified for a One Time Update when you bought your device, you can install it 
using MyDrive. 
 
Report button 
To show the report button in the Driving View, do the following: 
1. Tap Services in the Main Menu. 
2. Tap Safety Cameras. 
3. Tap Show report button. 
4. Tap Back. 
The report button is shown on left-hand side of the Driving View or, if you are already using 
the quick menu, its added to the buttons available in the quick menu. 
Tip: To hide the report button, tap Hide report button in the Safety Cameras menu. 
 
Reporting a new safety camera while on the move 
To report a safety camera on the move, do the following: 
1. Tap the report button shown in the Driving View or in the quick menu to record the location of 
the camera. 
2. Confirm that you want to add a camera. 
You see a message thanking you for adding the camera.  
Reporting a new safety camera while at home 
You do not need to be at the location of a safety camera to report the new location. To report a 
new safety camera location while you are at home, do the following: 
1. Tap Services in the Main Menu on your navigation device. 
2. Tap Safety Cameras. 
3. Tap Report safety camera. 
4. Select the type of camera. 
5. Use the cursor to mark the location of the camera on the map, then tap Next. 
6. Tap Yes to confirm the location of the camera, or tap No to mark the location again on the 
map. 
You see a message thanking you for reporting the camera.