Manual and Tutorials TomTom Navigator Quickstart Guide TomTom Navigator User Guide Installation Poster Copyright ©1996-2004 TomTom B.V., The Netherlands. TomTom is a trademark of TomTom BV. Data copyright ©2004 Tele Atlas N.V., The Netherlands. Data copyright ©2004 Tele Atlas Inc, U.S.A. http://www.tomtom.
Introduction Thank you for purchasing TomTom Navigator as your navigation system. This Quick Start Guide contains basic instructions for using TomTom Navigator. This guide is to be used after the software has been installed on your Pocket PC and the GPS receiver has been connected.
If you cannot start TomTom Navigator, refer to the installation poster and verify that you have properly installed TomTom Navigator. More information on the installation of TomTom Navigator can be found in the user guide on CD-ROM 1. Chapter 2 Understanding Navigator When TomTom Navigator starts up it will show the Navigation View. It displays your position on the map; TomTom Navigator gets this position from your GPS receiver.
The Navigation View when your GPS position is not known Your position is indicated by the A. To zoom in, tap B. To zoom out, tap The Navigation View when your GPS position is known but no destination has yet been provided sign. in the lower right-hand corner. in the upper right-hand corner. Please note that: A. The first time you use the GPS receiver, it may take up to 45 minutes before it can provide a position. B. The GPS receiver has to have a free view to the sky. C.
The Navigation Menu appears when you tap the centre of the Navigation View. It provides access to all navigation functions. 1. To access any of the functions, tap the corresponding icon. 2. To browse to the next menu page, tap More…. 3. To return to the Navigation View, tap Exit.
Planning your first route Navigate to an address To plan a route from your current position to an address: 1. In the navigation menu, tap Navigate To. You are now asked to choose a type of destination. Some of the items on this menu may be dimmed, indicating that they are currently unavailable. 2. Tap Address. 3. Enter the first letters of the name of the city. A few letters should be enough. Cities with a name that sounds like the entered letters will be displayed in the list.
4. Enter the first letters of the street name until you see the street you are looking for in the list. Then, tap on the street name. 5. Enter the house number or select a street crossing.
TomTom Navigator will now plan a route from your current GPS location to the destination you have just entered. A summary of the route is shown. Wait a few seconds for the route summary to close automatically, or tap the screen to close the route summary and to start navigation immediately. The route summary is shown for a few seconds Start driving Note: route planning will not start unless TomTom Navigator knows your current location – which requires a valid GPS signal.
Driving around The screen will now look similar to this: • On the map, a dark red path indicates the planned route. • Shows the next driving instruction: an arrow showing what to do, and a distance indicating when to do it. • At the very bottom you should see the name of the next street.
Tap the journey information to display the route summary A step further Now try navigating to a point of interest or a location. In the Navigation Menu tap Navigate To, then: • Tap Point of interest to navigate to a point of interest • Tap Recent location to navigate to one of your last destinations To navigate to Home, Favourites or an itinerary destination you first have to define these locations. Refer to the User Guide for more information.
Daylight colours Night colours Switch map To plan routes and navigate in another country or area, you change maps. In the navigation menu tap Switch map to load another map. Select a map from the list and tap OK. If installed you can switch here to the major roads so that you can plan cross-border routes. Chapter 3 Browsing the map The view selector, always present in the top left corner of the screen, allows you to switch to the various views of TomTom Navigator.
Map - Browse maps, look up addresses, routes, points of interest, and favourites Instructions – Route instructions in text Split View – Route instructions in text with detailed maps Navigator – Navigator view Favourites – Overview of your favourite locations Itinerary – Define and manage complex itineraries with multiple destinations and drive-bys In this section we will have a closer look at the Map view. Select Map from the view selector to switch to the Map View.
The blinking icon is the map cursor. Tap the map anywhere to place the cursor at that position. To browse around the map, tap and drag in any direction you want. To increase or decrease the scale of the map, tap and hold the slider on the right side of the map and move it up or down. The map will zoom in or out around your cursor position. Tap and hold the cursor to open the pop-up menu. The pop-up menu items are explained in the User Guide on the CD-ROM.
Allows you to change the level of detail in the map and to show and hide points of interest. Chapter 4 Becoming an expert user This Quick Start Guide explains only the most basic functions of TomTom Navigator. Read the User Guide to discover the wealth of functions and options that TomTom Navigator offers, such as: • Store, label and manage your home and other frequently used locations as favourites. • Search for points of interest nearby, and along your route.
TomTom Navigator User Guide Table of Contents 1. The Navigator View 2. The Map View 3. The Favourites view 4. The Itinerary view 5. The Properties 6. The GPS Status 7. Pocket Outlook 8. The London Congestion Charge 9. Contacting TomTom 1.
(1) View selector, (2) Map display, (3) Motorway indicator, (4) Zoom-out button, (5) Zoom-in button, (6) GPS signal indicator, (7) Current location indicator, (8) Journey information, (9) Distance to next instruction, (10) Next instruction symbol The Navigator view provides driving instructions using a combination of text, symbols, voice guidance and a moving map. The map shows your car and its immediate surroundings, rotated in such a way that the direction in which you are moving is always "up".
The map display will automatically rotate, zoom in and zoom out in order to present the current traffic situation as clearly as possible; you can manually control the zoom level by tapping on (or near) the manual zoom buttons (4) and (5). Repeat the last instruction If you touch the schematic arrow (10), TomTom Navigator will repeat the last spoken instruction (unless you already passed the point it referred to).
Guides you through a wizard that allows you to search the built-in lists categorized locations. You can choose Point of interest from a category (such as petrol stations or restaurants). Points of interest in a category are displayed in order of distance to your current position. Icons indicate whether a point of interest is on route , almost on , or near the . You can narrow down the list by typing part of the name of a specific Point of interest.
The FIND button pops up a menu that allows you to find a specific Find... location, and then do something with it such as displaying it on the map, or setting it as your destination. Causes the application to simulate that you are actually driving the Demonstrate route planned route. The demonstration will continue until you use the "STOP demonstration" menu option. Allows you to choose another map (provided you installed more than one Switch map map) Turn Sound Turns off spoken instructions.
Provides access to the properties (see chapter 4) Properties 2. The Map View (1) Map display, (2) Zoom toolbar, (3) Route instruction indicator, (4) View selector, (5) Scale indicator, (6) GPS signal indicator, (7) Menu bar, (8) PLAN button, (9) FIND button, (10) DETAIL button What is displayed on the map The map display area (1) displays information that you would also expect to see on a paper map: roads, streets, parks, rivers and such.
Your departure location The current destination One of your "favourite" locations The "Home" location A Point of interest (POI). In this particular case, a petrol station. The cursor Your current location and direction (if and when your GPS receiver has a valid satellite fix). Your last known location (after your GPS receiver loses its satellite fix) House numbers. Odd numbers are always displayed yellow-onblue, and even numbers are always displayed in white-on-black.
Sets the location as the departure location for the next route to be Set as departure planned - this is only relevant for routes planned using the "plan" button (8), since normal turn-by-turn navigation will always depart from your current GPS position. Set as Sets the location as the destination for the next route that is planned. destination Add to Allows you to turn the location into a "favourite" location (see chapter 3). favourites...
Guides you through the three-step address "wizard", allowing you to find towns, cities, roads, streets, city centers, street corners, or individually Address numbered houses. The first wizard screen asks for the name of the city, the next for a street or key location, and the last for a house number or intersecting street. Note: Intersecting streets marked with an asterisk (*) can not be reached by car. Crossings marked with a dash (-) can be reached by car, but the crossing road itself can not.
● Shortest route: will plan the least-distance route - a route where every meter/yard counts (rather than every minute). ● Walking route: will plan a walking route - which by definition is both least-distance and leasttime, and ignores several traffic rules. File menu options About... Displays the application version number and copyright notices. Properties... Provides access to the application properties (see chapter 4). GPS status...
Go to coordinates... Allows you to find a specific location by entering longitude and latitude. Zoom font +/- Adjusts the size of the letters used to display names on the map. Avoid area Specifies a rectangular area on the map that needs to be avoided when planning a route. TomTom Navigator will plan routes around such an area (but not when for example your destination is inside the area). Press the X in the top right corner of an avoided area to remove it.
The very first favourite is automatically assigned the "Home" location (you may of course assign it to any other location such as your office). Navigating to your "Home" position requires even fewer taps. Switch to the "Favourites" view using the view selector (4). To maintain your favourite locations: ● Tap on a favourite to view its details. ● Tap and hold on a favourite to get access to location options as described in the previous chapter, or to edit, delete or move the favourite. 4.
Switch to another view using the pull-down menu in the top left corner (1). At the bottom of the screen is the Menu bar. It allows you to add drive-bys and destinations to your itinerary (5), change the order of the drive-bys in the itinerary (6) and remove drive-bys and destinations from the itinerary. Tap and hold the itinerary list to open the itinerary popup menu.
Change the order of drive-bys. Select a drive-by in the list and select the down or up arrow to move the drive-by down or up in the itinerary. Remove drive-by or destination from the itinerary. Using an itinerary to plan or navigate routes Selecting the button Plan will plan the route to the first active destination in the itinerary. First you will be prompted to select from where you want to plan; the last known GPS position, the last destination or the centre of the map.
TomTom Navigator offers a "Properties" option from the "File" menu and the "Navigator" view menu that allows you to specify your preferences with regard to many aspects of TomTom Navigator. There are four property tabs: Navigator properties Safety speed The driving speed above which TomTom Navigator will hide the map and only show symbolic instructions when in Navigator view. Display compass on Shows/hides a compass in the Navigator view in the map area.
Advanced properties Advanced properties influence the behaviour of TomTom Navigator at its most basic level. Do not modify properties unless you are confident about the effects. Navigator view Display +/- Shows/hides "+" and "-" zoom-buttons (note that they symbols will work even if they are hidden). Full screen Navigator Show Speed Show 'no power' indicator Shows/Hides the Pocket PC title bar and menu bar. Shows/Hides current speed in the Navigator status bar.
Fixed arrow and schematic arrow Indicators The indicator properties allow you to specify what status information is displayed at the top, middle and bottom of the Navigator status bar. Itinerary Multiple Allows you to create itineraries with more than one destinations destination. Show numbers in front of Show/Hide numbers in front of each item in the itinerary. items Map view Show favourites Shows/Hides your favourite locations on the map.
Borders Sets the level of border detail (district, city, county and country borders). General Big Chooses between the default Pocket PC pop-up keyboard keyboard and the TomTom Navigator keyboard offering large buttons. Show house number before Controls the display of addresses. street name Warnings The "Re-activate warnings" button re-activates all the warnings that were disabled by tapping "never show me this warning again".
These properties define which five buttons are offered on the Navigator pop-up menu (the sixth button is always the "More" button). Navigator menu: More These properties define which buttons appear on the second and third Navigator pop-up menu. POI settings Enable POI quick- Enables the "quick-select" pop-up menu showing the five "most important" Points of interest categories.
GPS Allows you to modify GPS settings. Tap the checkmark to change your GPS receiver model and the communication port of your Pocket PC to which the GPS receiver is connected. Use the slider buttons to keep the Pocket PC powered up as long as it is connected to the GPS receiver (and TomTom Navigator is active) and to get a sound signal when the GPS receiver has proper coverage. Log Whilst navigating you can record your itinerary. Use the VCR type controls to record and play back your itinerary. 7.
9. Contacting TomTom For more information, free software upgrades, free add-on products, and answers to frequently asked questions, or to contact our support team, please visit us on-line at www.tomtom.com Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice. TomTom B.V. shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein; not for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the performance or use of this material.
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