User manual TOMTOM REMOTE CONTROL V5

[. . . ] This User Guide is your reference using TomTom REMOTE CONTROL. If necessary, refer to the TomTom REMOTE CONTROL Installation Poster. Table of Contents 1. Picking locations 2. 2. 1 Picking your HOME location 2. 2. 2 Picking a favourite location 2. 2. 3 Picking a recent destination 2. 2. 4 Picking your GPS position 2. 2. 5 Picking a point of interest 2. 2. 6 Picking an address 3. The main screen The main screen of TomTom REMOTE CONTROL is used to navigate to your destination. [. . . ] When you see the name of the city in the list, highlight and select it using the joystick. TomTom REMOTE CONTROL will initially present you with a list of recently used city names. In other words, after you have used TomTom REMOTE CONTROL for a while, you will often be able to pick the city without typing any letters at all. TomTom REMOTE CONTROL also knows the postal code zones for most countries. This means that in those countries, you can enter the (first part of) a postal code instead of entering the name of the city. STEP 2. Specifying the street Once you have selected a city, you will be asked for a street name. Once again, a few letters usually suffice. Note that TomTom REMOTE CONTROL is quite capable of finding streets on the basis of misspelled or incomplete names. This also means that if you are looking for a street such as "Avenue de Mazagran", you could forget about the "avenue" and simply start typing "MAZ". The street browser initially offers recently selected street names in the selected city. In other words, after you have used TomTom REMOTE CONTROL for a while, you will sometimes be able to pick a street without typing any letters at all. Streets that cannot be entered by car are marked with a special symbol: The browser may also contain items that aren't so much streets as "locations". For detailed instructions see Chapter 3. 2. The recalculated route is shown in the route summary screen, from which you can start navigating. Find alternative Note: Find alternative is not available when you have no route calculated. To receive traffic information you must subscribe to TomTom Traffic. If for some reason you want to get rid of a particular route (for instance because you drive into a traffic jam or a road construction), you can request an alternative route. Such an alternative will use different roads, and will probably take more time. An unlimited number of alternatives can be calculated - each alternative will be longer and/or take more time than the previous one. option function Calculates a new route using the same departure and destination as the current route. As many new roads as possible are used for the new route. The new calculated route is shown in the route summary screen, from which you can start navigating or exploring the calculated alternative. Calculate alternative Calculates a new route using the same departure and destination as the current route. The roads for the next 2000 meter of the current route are not used in the new route. This gives you the opportunity to avoid roadblocks directly ahead. Avoid roadblock is available as separate menu options for 100, 500, 2000 and 5000 meters. Avoid roadblock The new calculated route is shown in the route summary screen, from which you can start navigating or exploring the calculated alternative. If you are not happy with any of the alternatives routes TomTom REMOTE CONTROL will recalculate the original fastest route. The recalculated route is shown in the route summary screen, from which you can start navigating. Recalculate original You can also add a "stop off" to the route using "Travel via. . . " or avoid a specific part of the route using "Avoid part of route. . . ". 3. 3 The route instructions Show the route instructions from the menu by selecting Show route instructions All the driving instructions from departure to destination are displayed. . Every line shows the estimated time until the next instruction, the instruction arrow and the street name you should drive onto. Scroll through the list using the joystick. To see the details of a single instruction, highlight and select it using the joystick. The instruction is shown zoomed-in on the map using the map browser. Cancel will get you back to the route instructions. [. . . ] Select a POI category from the list using the joystick (POI that already have warnings set are marked with ). Enter the distance from POI that the warning should sound. Choose a warning sound as you would when selecting a voice. Decide whether warnings should be sounded only if the POI is on the current route. If you select a POI category that already has a warning set you will be asked if you wish to remove the warning. POI and POI categories that you have added can be deleted using the "Delete POI" and "Delete POI category" preferences. [. . . ]