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Table Of Contents

Welcome to navigation with TomTom
What's new
- New in this release
- TomTom videos
Get going
- Installing in your car
- Positioning the device
- Switching on and off
- Setting up
- GPS reception
- Sending information to TomTom
- Memory card slot
- Device not starting
- Charging your device
- Caring for your START
What's on the screen
- The map view
- The guidance view
- The route bar
  - Distances and the route bar
- The quick menu
- Navigation buttons
- Main Menu smaller buttons and symbols
- Volume control
- Using gestures
- Changing the text and button size
- Reordering the Main Menu buttons
Syncing using TomTom MyDrive
- About TomTom MyDrive
- Logging in to your TomTom account
- Setting a destination using MyDrive
- Planning a route with stops using MyDrive
- Showing a planned destination in My Drive
- Clearing a MyDrive destination
- Deleting a MyDrive destination from My Places
- Finding and syncing locations using MyDrive
- Syncing My Places locations with MyDrive
- Importing a community POI list - MyDrive - NOT CONNECTED
- Deleting a community POI list
- Importing a track GPX file
- Deleting a track GPX file
- Saving and restoring your personal navigation information
Using Quick Search
- About search
- Planning a route to a POI using search
- Entering search terms
- Working with search results
- About postcodes
- About mapcodes
- List of POI type icons
Planning a route
- Using suggested destinations
- Planning a route to an address using search
- Planning a route to a city centre
- Planning a route to a POI using search
- Planning a route using the map
- Planning a route using My Places
- Planning a route using coordinates
- Planning a route using a mapcode
- Finding an alternative route
- Planning a route in advance
- Finding a car park
- Finding a petrol station
Changing your route
- The Current Route menu
- Avoiding a blocked road
- Avoiding part of a route
- Types of route
- Route features
- Avoiding a route feature on your route
- Adding a stop to your route from the current route menu
- Adding a stop to your route using the map
- Deleting a stop from your route
- Skipping the next stop on your route
- Reordering stops on a route
My Routes
- About My Routes
- About GPX and ITN files
- Saving a route
- Navigating using a saved route
- Navigating to a stop on a saved route
- Adding a stop to a saved route using the map
- Recording a track
- Navigating using a track
- Deleting a route or a track from My Routes
- Exporting tracks to a memory card
- Importing routes and tracks from a memory card
Map Share
- About Map Share
- Creating a map change report
- Creating a map change report from a marked location
- Types of map change
Traffic
- About RDS-TMC
- The route bar
- Looking at traffic on the map
- Looking at traffic on your route
- Traffic incidents
- Approaching a traffic jam warning
- Avoiding a traffic jam on your route
- Advanced Lane Guidance
- Time-dependent speed limits
Speed Cameras
- About speed cameras
- Crossing into another area or country
- Speed camera warnings
- Changing the way you are warned
- Updating locations for cameras and hazards
Danger Zones
- About danger zones
- Crossing into another area or country
- Danger zone warnings
- Changing the way you are warned
- Updating locations for danger zones
My Places
- About My Places
- Setting your home and work locations
- Changing your home location
- Adding a location from My Places
- Add a location to My Places from the map
- Adding a location to My Places using search
- Adding a location to My Places by marking
- Deleting a recent destination from My Places
- Deleting a location from My Places
Settings
- Appearance
- Voices
- Maps
- Route Planning
- Sounds and Warnings
- Language and Units
- System
- Help
Getting Help
- Help
Product certification
- Finding product certification information on your device
Updating using MyDrive Connect
- About MyDrive Connect
- TomTom account
- Setting up MyDrive Connect
Addendum
Copyright notices

About MyDrive Connect

MyDrive Connect is a desktop-based application that helps you manage the content and services of

your TomTom START. For example, you can use MyDrive Connect to get map updates, software

updates or manage your TomTom account.

It is a good idea to frequently connect your START to MyDrive Connect to ensure you always have

the latest updates.

Tip: We recommend using a broadband internet connection whenever you connect your START to

MyDrive Connect.

Tip: If you have a compatible navigation device, you can also use TomTom MyDrive to set a

destination, share locations and favourites, and save your personal navigation information.

TomTom account

To download content and to use TomTom services, you need a TomTom account.

You can create an account using your computer in one of the following ways:

 By selecting the Create account button at tomtom.com.

 By selecting the green MyTomTom button at tomtom.com.

 By going to tomtom.com/getstarted.

Important: Take care when choosing a country during account creation. The correct country is

needed if you make a purchase from the TomTom shop and it cannot be changed after the account

has been created.

Note: If you have more than one TomTom navigation device in use, you need a separate account

for each device.

Setting up MyDrive Connect

To get ready to use MyDrive Connect for the first time, do the following:

On your computer, open a web browser and go to tomtom.com/getstarted.

1. Click Get Started.

2. Click Download MyDrive Connect.

3. Follow the instructions on the screen.

4. When prompted, connect your START to your computer using the USB cable supplied, then

switch your START on.

Note: Use ONLY the USB cable supplied with your START. Other USB cables may not work.

Note: You cannot use the mount to connect your START to your computer.

Updating using MyDrive Connect