Reference Guide

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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
Safety Notice ....................................................................................................... 8
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 TRUCKER ......................................................................................... 9
Connecting to TomTom services 10
About TomTom services ........................................................................................ 10
Always connected devices ...................................................................................... 10
What's on the screen 11
The map view..................................................................................................... 11
The guidance view ............................................................................................... 12
The route bar ..................................................................................................... 14
Distances and the route bar ............................................................................... 15
The quick menu .................................................................................................. 15
Navigation buttons............................................................................................... 15
Other buttons ..................................................................................................... 17
Volume control ................................................................................................... 19
Using gestures .................................................................................................... 19
Changing the text and button size ............................................................................ 20
Reordering the Main Menu buttons ........................................................................... 20
Traffic 21
About TomTom Traffic .......................................................................................... 21
About RDS-TMC ................................................................................................... 21
The route bar ..................................................................................................... 21
Looking at traffic on the map ................................................................................. 22
Looking at traffic on your route ............................................................................... 23
Traffic incidents ................................................................................................. 24
Advanced Lane Guidance ....................................................................................... 25
Time-dependent speed limits ................................................................................. 25
Setting your vehicle type 27
About My Vehicle ................................................................................................ 27
Setting your vehicle type ....................................................................................... 27
Planning a route for a Bus or Truck .......................................................................... 28
Viewing route restrictions ...................................................................................... 28