User Guide

Table Of Contents
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Contents
Welcome to navigation with TomTom 6
What's new 7
New in this release ................................................................................................ 7
Recent videos ....................................................................................................... 8
Get going 10
Installing in your car ............................................................................................ 10
Positioning the device .......................................................................................... 10
Switching on and off ............................................................................................ 10
Setting up ......................................................................................................... 11
GPS reception .................................................................................................... 11
Sending information to TomTom .............................................................................. 11
Memory card slot ................................................................................................ 12
Device not starting .............................................................................................. 12
Charging your device ............................................................................................ 12
Caring for your GO ............................................................................................... 12
Connecting to TomTom services 13
About TomTom services ........................................................................................ 13
TomTom MyDrive App for iOS or Android .................................................................... 13
Connect to TomTom services using your smartphone ..................................................... 14
Reconnect to TomTom services using your smartphone .................................................. 14
Connect to TomTom services using a different smartphone ............................................. 15
Deleting phones .................................................................................................. 15
Unable to get a connection .................................................................................... 15
What's on the screen 17
The map view..................................................................................................... 17
The guidance view ............................................................................................... 18
The route bar ..................................................................................................... 20
Distances and the route bar ............................................................................... 21
The quick menu .................................................................................................. 21
Navigation buttons............................................................................................... 22
Other buttons ..................................................................................................... 24
Volume control ................................................................................................... 25
Using gestures .................................................................................................... 25
Changing the text and button size ............................................................................ 26
Reordering the Main Menu buttons ........................................................................... 26
Traffic 28
About TomTom Traffic .......................................................................................... 28
The route bar ..................................................................................................... 28
Looking at traffic on the map ................................................................................. 29
Looking at traffic on your route ............................................................................... 30
Traffic incidents ................................................................................................. 31
Advanced Lane Guidance ....................................................................................... 32
Time-dependent speed limits ................................................................................. 32