TomTom XL Regional Bedienungsanleitung

TomTom XL[...]

What’s in the box 1. 2 What’s in the box * Not included with all products. EasyP ort TM holder Car Charger RDS - TMC T raffic Receiver* Documentation pack USB cable T omT om XL[...]

Getting started 2. 3 Getting started Install your TomTom XL in your car following the inst ructions on the installation poster at the start of this book. To switch on your TomTom XL, press and hold the On/O ff button for 2 seconds. The first time you switch on yo ur device, i t may take a short while to start. You have to answer a few questions to [...]

4 You can set a password for your TomTom XL which must be entered every time you start your XL. It is important to take care o f your XL. • Your XL is not designed for use in extreme temperatures and any such exposure may cause permanent damage. • Do not open the casing of your XL under any circumstance s. Doing so may be dangerous and will inv[...]

Driving View 3. 5 Driving View When your TomTom XL starts, you are shown the Driving View along with detailed information about your current location. Tap the centre of the screen at any time to open the Main Menu. Note : The Driving View is shown in black and white until your XL locates your current position. A Tap + and - to zoom in and out. B Yo[...]

Making your first journey 4. 6 Making your first journey Planning a route with your TomTom XL is easy. To plan your first route, follow the steps below. Important : You should always plan your journe y before you start driving. It is dangerous to plan a route while dr iving. 1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu. Note : The buttons on your XL[...]

7 • Crossing or inters ection - tap this button to set your destination as the point where two streets meet. In this example, we will enter an exact addres s. 4. Tap Street and house number. Note : When planning a trip for the first time your XL asks you to choose a country. Your choice is saved and used for all routes you plan. You can change th[...]

8 Arrival times When you plan a route, your TomT om XL asks you if you need to arrive at a particular time. Tap YES to enter a prefe rred arrival time. Your XL calculates your arrival time and shows you whether you will ar rive on time. You can also use this information to work out when you need to le ave. If your XL shows that you will arrive 30 m[...]

9 Planning a route in advance You can also use your XL to plan journeys in advance by selecting both your starting point and your desti nation. Yo u coul d, for example, do the followi ng: • Find out how long a journey is going to take before you start. • Check the route of a journey you are planning. • Check a route for someone who is coming[...]

10 3. Select the starting point for your journey in the same way that you would select your destination. 4. Set the destination for your journey. 5. Choose the type of route that should be planned. • Fastest route - the route which takes the least time. • Shortest route - the shortest distance between the locations you set. This may not be the [...]

Finding alternative routes 5. 11 Finding alternative routes Once you have planned a route, you may want to change something about the route, without changing your destination. Why change the route? Maybe fo r one of these reasons: • You can see a roadbl ock or a line of traffic ahe ad. • You want to travel via a pa rticular location, to pick so[...]

12 Travel via... T ap this button to change your route so that it passes a particular location, perhaps to pick someone up on the way . Y ou choose the location you want to pass in the same way as you choose a destination. So you can select from all the same options: for example, Address , Favourite , Point of Interest and Poin t on map . Y our XL [...]

Sounds and voices 6. 13 Sounds and voic es The sound on your TomTom XL is used for features such as: • Spoken instructions • Warnings How do I change the volum e level? You can change the volume in three ways: • Tap the bottom left hand area of the Driving View. The last spoken instruction is repeated and the volume level is shown. Move the v[...]

Help me! 7. 14 Help me! Help me! provides an easy way to navi gate to emergency services ce ntres and other specialist services and contact them by phone. For example, if you are invol ved in a car accident, you could use Help me! to call the nearest hospital and tell them your exact location. How do I use Help me! to phone a local service? You can[...]

15 Options Phone for help Use your T omT om XL to find the location of a service, and the contact details. • Emergency services • Emergency breakdown services • Nearest police station • Nearest doctor • Nearest hospital • Nearest public transport • Nearest car repair services • Nearest dentist • Nearest pharmacy • Nearest vet No[...]

16 First Aid guide T ap this button to read the Briti sh Red Cross F irst Aid guide. Other guides T ap this button to read a se lection of useful guides.[...]

Favourites 8. 17 Favourites What are Favourites? Favourites are places that you often visit. You can create Favourites so that you don’t have to enter the address every time you want to navigate there. They don’t have to be places you es pecially like, just useful addresses. How can I create a Favourite? From the Main Menu, tap Add Favourite . [...]

18 Recent destination Select a F avourite location from a list of places you have recently used as destinations. Point of Interest Y ou can add a P oint of Interest (POI) as a Favourite. Does it make sense to do this? If you visit a POI you particularly like, for example a restaurant, you can add it as a Favourite. T o add a POI as a F avourite, ta[...]

19 How can I use a Favourite? You will normally use a F avourite as a way of navigating to a place witho ut having to enter the address. To naviga te to a Favourite, do the following: 1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu. 2. Tap Navigate to... 3. Tap Favourite . 4. Select a Favourite from the list. Your XL calculates the route for you. 5. Wh[...]

Browse Map 9. 20 Browse Map To look at the map in the sam e way as you might look at a tradit ional paper map, tap Browse ma p in the Main Menu. You can move the map by touching the screen and moving your finger across the screen. A The scale bar B Your current position. C GPS button Tap this button to centre the map on your current position. D Opt[...]

21 Position the cursor over a location on the map, then tap one of the following buttons: Navigate there T ap this button to navigate to the cursor position. Y our XL will c alculate the route. Find POI nearby T ap this button to find a POI near the cursor position. F or example, if you have found a restaurant to go to, you can search for a parking[...]

Points of Interest 10. 22 Points of Interest Points of Interest or POIs are useful places on the map. Here are some examples: • Restaurants •H o t e l s •M u s e u m s • Parking garages • Petrol stations How can I create my own POIs? 1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu. 2. Tap Change preferences . 3. Tap Manage POIs . 4. Before yo[...]

23 Home Y ou can set your Home location as a POI. If you want to change your Home location, you can create a POI of the Home location before you change it. Favourite Y ou can create a POI from a Favourite. Y ou can only create a limited number of F avourites. If you want to create more F avourites you have to delete some Favourite s first. Before y[...]

24 Navigating to a POI You can use a POI as your destination. Fo r example, if you are travelling to an unfamiliar city, you could choose a POI to help find a parking garage. 1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu. 2. Tap Navigate to... in the Main Menu. 3. Tap Point of Interest . 4. Tap POI in city . 5. Narrow your choice of POIs by selecting[...]

25 The next screen shows more detai led information including the location of the POI on the map and the phone number of the POI, if availabl e. Tap Select to confirm you want to plan a route to this PO I. Once you have selected a POI, the rout e to the POI is calculated by your TomTom XL. Showing POIs on the map 1. Tap Show POIs on map in the Pref[...]

26 A POI acts like a short cut - once you ha ve saved a location as a POI you neve r have to type the address of that POI ag ain. But when you create a POI you can save more than just the location. • Phone number - when you create a PO I, you can save a phone number with it. • Categories - when you create a POI you have to put it in a category.[...]

Itinerary Planning 11. 27 Itinerary Planning What is an Itinerary? An Itinerary is a plan f or a journey including more lo cations than your fi nal destination. An Itinerary can include the following i tems: • Destination - a location on your journey where you want to stop. • Waypoint - a location on your journey where you want to travel throug[...]

28 3. Tap Add and select a location. Tip: You can add items to your Itinerary in any or der and rearrange the order later. Following an Itinerary When you use an Itinerary to navigate, th e route will be calculated to the first destination on the Itinerary. Your TomTom XL calculates the remaining distance and time to the first dest ination and not [...]

29 Start using an Itinerary Tap Options , then tap Start navigation . To save an Itinerar y, tap Save Itinerary . To load a saved Itinerar y, tap Load Itinerary . To create a new Itinerary, tap New Itinerary and to delete one, tap Delete Itinerary . Move item up T ap this button to move the item up the Itinerary . This button is unavailab le if the[...]

Preferences 12. 30 Preferences Use night colours / Use day colours Show POI on map Use Night colours T ap this button to reduce the bright ness of the screen and show darker colours on the map. When should I use this? When it ’s dark, it is eas ier to see the screen if the display on your XL is not brightly lit. Use day colours T o change back to[...]

31 Safety preferences What happens when I use the Turn off map display option? When you turn off the map display, inst ead of seeing your position on a map in the Driving View, you will only see information about the next i nstruction. Tap the button and select an option for when the map should be turned off. These are the options: • Always - The[...]

32 Turn off sound / Turn on sound Volume preferences Manage Favourites Turn off sound T ap this button to turn off sound . If you turn off the sound, warnings for upcoming POIs are also turned off . The button changes to Turn on soun d . Tips To change the volume, tap Volume pr eferences in the Preferences menu. To change the volume quickly while y[...]

33 Status bar preferences Change voice Warn when near POI Status bar preferences T ap this button to select th e information shown on the status bar: • Remaining time - the estimated time left until you reach your destination. • Remaining distance - the distance left until you reach your destination. • Current time • Arrival time - your est[...]

34 Change 2D/3D display / Turn on 2D display When should I use this ? In some situations, it is easier to see the map from above. Perhaps if the road network is complicated or for times when you are walking while using your XL to navigate. Name preferences Change Home location Do I need to use my actual home address for the Home location? No. Your [...]

35 Manage maps Planning preferences Change language Manage maps T ap this button to do the fo llowing: • Download a map - tap this button to dow nload a map you have bought using TomTom HOME. It may not be possible to download maps on all devices. • Switch map - ta p this bu tton to chan ge the map you are usin g. • Download free map correcti[...]

36 Set owner Operate left-handed / Operate right handed Brightness preferences Change map colours Set owner T ap this button to enter your name and address as the owner of your XL and to change or d elete a 4-digit passwor d for your XL. Note : You can only change or delete a 4-digit password on your TomTom XL. Y ou can create a 4-digit password fo[...]

37 Set units Set clock Keyboard preferences Set units T ap this button to set the type of units that will be shown for the following: •D i s t a n c e •T i m e • Latitude and longitude • Temperature • Air pressure Set clock T ap this button to select the type of clock that is shown and set the time. The easiest way to set the time is by t[...]

38 Compass preferences Reset factory settings Compass preferences T ap this button to configure the compass. The following opt ions are available: • None - the compass is not shown. • One with arrow pointing north - the arrow always points towards north and the direction you ar e moving is shown at the top of the compass. • One with arrow sho[...]

TomTom Map Share 13. 39 TomTom Map Share TomTom Map Share TM is a free service that lets you make updates to your map and if you want to, share those updates with other member s of the TomTom Map Share community. If you find a street that has recently been blocked to traffic which was open before, you can use Map Share to update your map and then s[...]

40 Making a map update Receiving the latest map updates When you connect your TomTom XL to your computer, TomTom HOME automatically downloads any available ma p updates and sends any changes you have made, to the Map Share community. There are several types of updates which can be set in the Cor rection preferences menu. Marking a map error while o[...]

41 When you connect your TomTom XL to computer, TomTom HOME automatically downloads any available ma p updates and sends any changes you have made, to the Map Share community. Changing my preferences for map updates Correction preference s is used to set the way TomTom Map Share runs on your device. You can set the following preferences: • Choose[...]

42 To make an update to your map, tap Map corrections in th e Main Menu th en tap Correct a map error . The following types of updates ar e shown. (Un)block street T ap this button to block or unblock a street. Y ou can block or unblock the street in one or both direction s. F or example, to correct a street near to your current location, do the fo[...]

43 Edit street name T ap this button to change the name of a street on your map. F or example, to rename a street near to your current location: 1. Tap Edit street name. 2. Tap Near you . 3. Select the street or section of a street you want to corre ct by tapping it on the map. The street you select is highlighted and the cursor shows the name of t[...]

44 Edit POI T ap this button to edit an existing POI. Y ou can use this button to make the following changes to a POI: • Delete the POI. • Rename the POI. • Change the telephone number of the POI. • Change the category that a POI belongs to. • Move the POI on the map. Report other error T ap this button to report other types of update. Th[...]

Traffic Information using RDS-TMC 14. 45 Traffic Information using RDS-TMC The Traffic Message Channel (TMC) You can receive traffic information on your TomTom XL using the TomTom RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver. The TMC tran smits traffic info rmation as a radio signal. Tip : The TomTom RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver i s in clu de d wi th som e p rod uct s and[...]

46 4. Then place the remaining suction cups along the edge of the windscreen , as shown, keeping the cable straight. 5. S witch on your navigation device. The Traffic bar is shown in the Driving View and your navigation device searches for a radio station that carries RDS-TMC information. These symbols are shown at the top of the traffic sidebar: U[...]

47 Making commuting to work easier The Home to work or Work to home buttons in the Traffic menu le ts you check your route to and from work with one tap of a button. When you use either of these buttons, your device checks t he route for possible delays, and if it finds any, provides you with the possibility to avoid them. The first time you use Ho[...]

48 2. Tap Show home-work traffic . 3. Tap Work to home . The route summary screen is shown, with the expected delay shown after the journey time. To see if there is a quicker way home, tap Find alternative then tap Minimise traffic delays . Tip: You can let your device automatica lly look for alternative routes by selecting Automatically minimise d[...]

49 Setting the radio frequenc y for RDS-TMC information If you know the frequency of a particular radio station you want to use for RDS- TMC traffic information, do the foll owing to set the frequency manual ly: To activate this feature, you must fi rst enable manual tuning. To do this, tap the Traffic bar in the Dr iving View, then tap Change Traf[...]

50 In the example, the Traffic sidebar sh ows you that there are two incidents ahead. Both incidents are traffic jams, the first is 15km ahead and i s expected to delay you by at least 51 minutes. To re-plan your route to avoid these inci dents, tap the Traff ic sidebar to ope n the TomTom traffic menu, th en use Minimise traffic delays . Traffic i[...]

51 Show home- work traffic Checks the traffic along your Home to W ork route. Show traffic on route T ap this button to show areas of tr affic congestion al ong your current route. Browse map Shows an overview of traffic incidents on the map. Change Traffic preferences Changes the settings for T raffic services.[...]

Introducing TomTom HOME 15. 52 Introducing TomTom HOME TomTom HOME is a free appl ication fo r your computer that hel ps you manage the contents of your TomTom device. Co nnect to HOME frequently to get the latest u pdates for y our device. You can, for example, do the following: • Manage maps, vo ices, POIs and more. • Buy TomTom services and [...]

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Addendum 17. 57 Addendum Important Safety Notices and Warnings Global Po sitioning System The Global Positioning Syst em (GPS) is a satelli te-based system that provides location and timing information around the globe. GPS is op erated and controlled under the sole responsibil ity of the Government of the United States of America which is responsi[...]

58 Battery This product uses a Lithium-Polymer ba ttery. Do not use it in a humid, wet and/or corrosive environment. Do not put, store or le ave your product in or near a heat source, in a high temperature location, in st rong direct sunlight, i n a microwave oven or in a pressurize d container, and do not expose it to temperatures over 60 C (140 F[...]

59 Radio and Television Interfe rence This equipment radiate s radio frequency e nergy and if not used properl y - that is, in strict accordance with the instructions in this manual - may cause interference to radio communica tions and television reception. Th is d ev ice ha s be en tes te d an d fo un d t o co mp ly w ith th e l imi ts f or a Cl a[...]

60 Operation is subject to the followin g two condition s: (1) this dev ice may not cause harmful interference and (2) this device must accept any i nterference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of th e device. This category II radioco mmunication device complies with Industry Canada Standard RSS-310. Ce dispositif de radio[...]

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