User manual

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Contents
Welcome to navigation with TomTom 6
Get going 7
Installing in your car .............................................................................................. 7
Positioning the device ............................................................................................ 7
Switching on and off .............................................................................................. 7
Setting up ........................................................................................................... 8
GPS reception ...................................................................................................... 8
Sending information to TomTom ................................................................................ 8
Device not starting ................................................................................................ 9
Charging your device .............................................................................................. 9
Finding the memory card slot ................................................................................... 9
Caring for your START ............................................................................................. 9
What's on the screen 10
The map view..................................................................................................... 10
The guidance view ............................................................................................... 11
The route bar ..................................................................................................... 13
Distances and the route bar ............................................................................... 14
The quick menu .................................................................................................. 14
Navigation buttons............................................................................................... 14
Main Menu smaller buttons and symbols ..................................................................... 16
Volume control ................................................................................................... 18
Using gestures .................................................................................................... 18
Changing the text and button size ............................................................................ 19
Reordering the Main Menu buttons ........................................................................... 19
Syncing using TomTom MyDrive 20
About TomTom MyDrive ........................................................................................ 20
Logging in to your TomTom account ......................................................................... 20
Finding and syncing locations using MyDrive ................................................................ 20
Syncing My Places locations with MyDrive ................................................................... 20
Importing a community POI list - MyDrive - NOT CONNECTED ........................................... 21
Deleting a community POI list ................................................................................. 21
Importing a track GPX file...................................................................................... 21
Deleting a track GPX file ....................................................................................... 22
Saving and restoring your personal navigation information .............................................. 22
Using Quick Search 23
About search ...................................................................................................... 23
Entering search terms ........................................................................................... 23
Working with search results ................................................................................... 24
About postcodes ................................................................................................. 25
List of POI type icons ............................................................................................ 26
Planning a route 30
Planning a route ................................................................................................. 30
Planning a route ................................................................................................. 31