Operation Manual

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Contents
Welcome to navigation with TomTom 5
What's new 6
New in this release ................................................................................................ 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
Memory card slot .................................................................................................. 9
Device not starting ................................................................................................ 9
Charging your device .............................................................................................. 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
Other buttons ..................................................................................................... 15
Volume control ................................................................................................... 16
Using gestures .................................................................................................... 17
Changing the text and button size ............................................................................ 17
Using Quick Search 18
About search ...................................................................................................... 18
Planning a route to a POI using search ....................................................................... 18
Entering search terms ........................................................................................... 20
Working with search results ................................................................................... 22
About postcodes ................................................................................................. 23
About mapcodes ................................................................................................. 23
List of POI type icons ............................................................................................ 24
Planning a route 28
Planning a route to an address using search ................................................................ 28
Planning a route to a city centre ............................................................................. 30
Planning a route to a POI using search ....................................................................... 31
Planning a route using the map ............................................................................... 33
Planning a route using My Places ............................................................................. 35
Planning a route using coordinates ........................................................................... 36
Planning a route using a mapcode ............................................................................ 37
Finding an alternative route ................................................................................... 38
Planning a route in advance ................................................................................... 39