TomTom XL 340TM manual

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What’s in the box 1. 2 What’s in the box EasyP ort TM mount Car Charger 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 center 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 trip 4. 6 Making your first trip 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 are s[...]

7 Note : When planning a trip for the first time your XL asks you to choose a state or country. Your choice is saved and used for all routes you plan. You can change this setting at any time by tapping the state symbol or country flag. 5. Start to type the name of the town where you want to go. As you type, the names of the towns that match what yo[...]

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 trips 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 trip is go ing to take before you start. • Check the route of a trip you are planning. • Check a route for someone who is coming to visi[...]

10 3. Select the starting point for your trip in th e same way that you would sel ect your destination. 4. Set the destina tion for y our trip . 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 q[...]

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 thes e 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 s[...]

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 , Favorite , Point of Interest and Point on map . Y our XL wi[...]

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 nters 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 call 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 cont act 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 t o read the British Red Cross F irst Aid gui de. Other guides T ap this button to read a selecti on of useful guides.[...]

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

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

19 How can I use a Favorite? You will normally use a Favorite as a way of navigating to a place without having to enter the address. To navigate to a Favorite, do the following: 1. Tap the screen to bring up the main menu. 2. Tap Navigate to... 3. Tap Favorite . 4. Select a Favorite from the list. Your XL calculates the route for you. 5. When the r[...]

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 center 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 t o the cursor position. Y our XL will calculat e 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 parkin[...]

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 • Gas 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 you c[...]

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. Favorite Y ou can create a POI f rom a F avorite. Y ou can only create a limited number of F avorites. If you want to create more F avorites you have to delete some Favorites firs t. Before you [...]

24 Navigating to a POI You can use a POI as your destination. Fo r examp le, if you are traveling 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 for a tr ip including more locations than your final destination. An Itinerary can include the following i tems: • Destination - a location on your trip where you want to stop. • Waypoint - a location on your trip you want to travel through without stoppin[...]

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 unavail able if the[...]

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

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 Favorites 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 you[...]

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

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 following: • 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 ch ange the m ap you ar e using. • Download free map correcti[...]

36 Set owner Operate left-handed / Operate right-handed Brightness preferences Change map colors 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 for[...]

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 options ar e 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 but was open before, you can use Map Share to update your map and then sha[...]

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 then 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 fol[...]

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 secti on of a street you want to correct 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-TM C Traffic Receiver is i nc lu de d w it h so me pr od uc ts a[...]

46 4. Then place the remaining suction cups along the edge of the windsh ield, 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 trip time. To see if there is a quicker way home, tap Find alternative then tap Min imize traffic delays . Tip: You can let your device automatica lly look for alternative routes by selecting Automatically minimize del[...]

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 manually: 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 Traff[...]

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 Minimize 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[...]

Copyright notices 16. 53 Copyright notices © 2008 TomTom International BV, The Netherlands. TomTom™ and the "two hands" logo are among the trademarks, a pplications or registered trademarks owned by TomTom International B.V. Our limited warranty and end user license agreement for embedded software apply to this product; you can review [...]

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56 © Swisstopo. © BEV, GZ 1368/2008. © Geonext/DeAgostini. © Norwegian Mapping Authority, Public Roads Administration / © Mapsolutions. © DAV. This product includes mapping data licensed from Ordnance Survey with the permission of the Controller of Her Majes ty’s Stationery Office. © Crown copyright and/or database right 2008. All rights r[...]

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 respons[...]

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 dev ic e h as be en te ste d a nd fo un d t o c om pl y wi th th e l im its fo r a Cl [...]

60 Operation is subjec t to the follo wing two cond itions: (1) this device m ay 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 radi[...]

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