User manual
Table Of Contents
- Welcome to navigation with TomTom
- What's new
- Get going
- Starting your TomTom VIO
- Connecting and pairing your VIO device
- Reconnecting your VIO device
- Connecting your VIO device to a different phone
- Language
- Sending information to TomTom
- About TomTom services
- Updating your VIO
- Downloading a map
- Location services
- Mounting your VIO device
- Charging your device
- Closing or running in the background
- Resetting your VIO device
- Getting help
- Using a headset
- Incoming calls
- What's on the screen
- Traffic
- Using quick search
- Planning a route using quick search
- Planning a route to an address, a POI or a contact using search
- Planning a route to a city centre
- Planning a route using the map
- Planning a route using My Places
- Selecting a saved location on your VIO device
- Planning a route to a MyPlaces contact
- Planning a route from your contacts app
- Planning a route using coordinates
- Planning a route using a mapcode
- Finding an alternative route
- Planning a route in advance
- Finding a petrol station
- Changing your route
- My Routes
- My Places
- About My Places
- Setting your home or work location
- Changing your home or work location
- Your contacts in My Places
- Adding a location from My Places
- Add a location to My Places from the map
- Adding a location to My Places using search
- Adding a location to My Places by marking
- Deleting a recent destination from My Places
- Deleting a location from My Places
- Speed Cameras
- Danger Zones
- Settings
- Getting Help
- Addendum
- Copyright notices
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Tip: You can also select Current Route in the Main Menu, followed by Find Alternative.
5. Select your chosen route by tapping on the time balloon or route line.
Guidance to your destination begins on your VIO device.
Planning a route in advance
You can plan a route in advance before you drive it. You can save the route as part of your My
Routes list (Android only).
To plan a route in advance, do the following:
1. Tap Search at the top of the VIO app map.
2. Search for the location you want to plan a route to.
Tip: You can also select a location directly from the map.
Tip: Stops, POIs, and Places can all be selected as starting points using their pop-up menus.
3. Select the location from the list of search results.
4. Select Show on Map.
5. Select the pop-up menu button, then select Use as Starting Point.
6. Repeat the search steps to choose your destination.
7. Select Ride.
Your route is planned using your chosen starting point and destination. The estimated journey
time and distance are shown in the route bar.
Tip: You can save the route in My Routes. (Android only.)
8. To drive to the starting point, select Ride to Route in the Current Route menu.
The starting point of the route is converted to your first stop and then the route is planned.
Guidance to your destination begins on your VIO device from your current location.
Finding a petrol station
Important: In the interest of safety and to avoid distractions while you are driving, you should
always plan a route before you start driving.
To find a petrol station, do the following:










