TomTom GO COMFORT User Manual 17.6 Contents Welcome to navigation with TomTom 7 Features 8 Your TomTom GO COMFORT ..................................................................................... 8 Get going 9 Installing in your car .............................................................................................. 9 Positioning your TomTom GO COMFORT ....................................................................... 9 Turning on and off ................................................................................................. 9 Setting up ......................................................................................................... 10 GPS reception .................................................................................................... 10 Sending information to TomTom .............................................................................. 10 Memory card slot ................................................................................................ 11 Device not starting .............................................................................................. 11 Charging your device ............................................................................................ 11 Caring for your TomTom GO COMFORT ...................................................................... 11 TomTom services 12 About TomTom services ........................................................................................ 12 Connecting a smartphone 14 Why do I want to connect a smartphone to my device? .................................................. 14 Connecting a smartphone ...................................................................................... 14 Disconnecting a smartphone ................................................................................... 15 Reconnecting a smartphone ................................................................................... 15 Unable to get a connection .................................................................................... 15 Personal Area Networks ........................................................................................ 16 Wi-Fi connection 17 About Wi-Fi® ..................................................................................................... 17 Connecting to Wi-Fi ............................................................................................. 17 Forgetting a Wi-Fi network .................................................................................... 18 About updates and new items ................................................................................. 18 Installing updates and new items ............................................................................. 19 What's on the screen 21 The map view..................................................................................................... 21 The guidance view ............................................................................................... 23 The route bar ..................................................................................................... 24 Distances and the route bar ............................................................................... 25 The quick menu .................................................................................................. 26 Navigation buttons............................................................................................... 26 Smaller buttons and symbols .................................................................................. 28 Volume control ................................................................................................... 30 Using gestures .................................................................................................... 30 Changing the text and button size ............................................................................ 31 Reordering the Main Menu buttons ........................................................................... 31 2 Traffic 33 About TomTom Traffic .......................................................................................... 33 Looking at traffic on the map ................................................................................. 33 Looking at traffic on your route ............................................................................... 34 Traffic incidents ................................................................................................. 35 Approaching a traffic jam warning ........................................................................... 36 Avoiding a traffic jam on your route ......................................................................... 36 Selecting a faster route ......................................................................................... 37 Advanced Lane Guidance ....................................................................................... 37 Time-dependent speed limits ................................................................................. 38 TomTom MyDrive 39 About TomTom MyDrive ........................................................................................ 39 Logging into TomTom MyDrive ................................................................................ 39 Saving and restoring your personal navigation information .............................................. 40 About TomTom Road Trips ..................................................................................... 40 Quick search 41 Choosing which search to use ................................................................................. 41 Using quick search ............................................................................................... 42 About search .................................................................................................. 42 Entering search terms ....................................................................................... 42 Working with search results ................................................................................ 44 About postal codes .......................................................................................... 45 About mapcodes ............................................................................................. 45 List of POI type icons ........................................................................................ 45 Planning a route using quick search .......................................................................... 50 Using destination prediction ............................................................................... 50 Planning a route to an address ............................................................................ 50 Planning a route to a city center ......................................................................... 52 Planning a route to a POI ................................................................................... 55 Planning a route to a POI using online search .......................................................... 57 Planning a route using the map ........................................................................... 59 Planning a route using My Places.......................................................................... 60 Planning a route using coordinates ....................................................................... 62 Planning a route using a mapcode ........................................................................ 63 Planning a route in advance ............................................................................... 64 Finding a parking lot ........................................................................................ 65 Finding a gas station ........................................................................................ 67 Step by step search 71 Choosing which search to use ................................................................................. 71 Using step-by-step search ...................................................................................... 71 About search .................................................................................................. 71 Entering search terms ....................................................................................... 72 Working with search results ................................................................................ 73 About postal codes .......................................................................................... 74 List of POI type icons ........................................................................................ 74 Planning a route using step-by-step search ................................................................. 78 Using destination prediction ............................................................................... 78 Planning a route to an address ............................................................................ 79 Planning a route to a city center ......................................................................... 80 Planning a route to a POI ................................................................................... 82 Planning a route to a POI using online search .......................................................... 83 3 Planning a route using the map ........................................................................... 85 Planning