Operating Instructions
Table Of Contents
- What’s in the box
- Before You Start...
- Driving View
- Enhanced Positioning Technology
- Making your first trip
- Finding alternative routes
- Sounds and voices
- Voice address input
- Music and Media
- Help me!
- Favorites
- Browse map
- Points of Interest
- Itinerary planning
- Hands-free calling
- Preferences- Hidden buttons and features
- Use night colors / Use day colors
- Show POI on map
- Safety preferences
- Voice preferences
- Turn off sound / Turn on sound
- Volume preferences
- Manage Favorites
- Change Home location
- Manage maps
- Manage POIs
- Change car symbol
- Change 2D/3D display / Turn on 2D display
- Show/Hide lane images
- Change map colors
- Brightness preferences
- Status bar preferences
- Automatic zooming
- Quick menu preferences
- Guided tours
- Name preferences
- Set units
- Operate left-handed / Operate right-handed
- Keyboard preferences
- Planning preferences
- Toll road preferences
- Set owner
- Speaker preferences
- Car preferences
- Music preferences
- Start-up preferences
- Bluetooth preferences
- Disable wireless data / Enable wireless data
- Send/Receive files
- Edit TomTom Services account
- Battery saving preferences
- Change language
- Set clock
- Hidden buttons and features
- Hide tips / Show tips
- Reset factory settings
 
- TomTom Services
- TomTom Map Share
- Traffic information
- TomTom Traffic
- Traffic information using RDS-TMC- The Traffic Message Channel (TMC)
- Setting up TMC
- Using RDS-TMC traffic information
- Changing traffic preferences
- Making commuting to work easier
- Checking traffic incidents in your area
- Setting the radio frequency for RDS-TMC information
- Choosing the correct country for RDS-TMC reception
- The Traffic sidebar
- Traffic incidents
- Traffic menu
 
- Remote control
- Advanced Lane Guidance
- How Does Navigation Work?
- Using TomTom HOME
- TomTom Limited Warranty
- Addendum
- Copyright notices

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Managing POIs
Note: The Manage POIs button is only available when all menu buttons are 
shown. To show all menu buttons, tap Show ALL menu options in the 
Preferences menu.
You can, for example, do the following:
• Create your own POI categories and add POIs to them.
• Set warnings when you get close to POIs.
Why would I want to create my own POIs?
A POI acts like a shortcut - once you have saved a location as a POI you never 
have to type the address of that POI again. But when you create a POI you can 
save more than just the location.
• Phone number - when you create a POI, you can save a phone number with 
it.
• Categories - when you create a POI you have to put it in a category.
For example, you could create a category of POIs called ‘Favourite 
restaurants’. With each POI, save the phone number so that you can call them 
from your GO to reserve a table.
How can I create my own POIs?
1. Tap the screen to bring up the main menu.
2. Tap Change preferences.
3. Tap Manage POIs.
4. Before you can add a POI, you have to create at least one POI category. 
Every POI is assigned to a POI category. You can only add POIs to POI 
categories you have created yourself.
5. Enter a name for your POI category, for example, ‘Friends’ or ‘Favourite 
restaurants’. Then select a marker for your POI category.
6. Tap Add POI.
7. Select the POI category in which you want to add the POI.
Manage POIs
Tap Manage POIs from the Preferences menu.
Add POI 
category
Tap Add POI category.
Add POI
Tap this button to add a POI.










