Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product GO 2505 TM TomTom
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2 Contents What's in t he box 7 What's in the box ................................................................................................................................ 7 Read me firs t 8 Positioning the devic e ...................
3 About replanning se ttings ................................................................................................................ 26 Advanced Lane Guidance 28 About lane guidance ............................................................
4 Enable / Disable flight mo de ............................................................................................................ 47 Favorites .................................................................................................
5 Receiving a call ................................................................................................................................ . 65 Auto-answer ......................................................................................
6 Addendum and Co pyright 87 Copyright no tices 92.
7 What's in the box TomTom navigation device with removable or integr ated mount USB cable or USB car charger Dashboard mount disks . Disks are include d in some products and are available a s accessories for others. For more information, go to tomtom.
8 Positioning the device Consider caref ully where to install your TomT om navigation de vice in your car . The navigation device should not bloc k or interfe re with any of the foll owing: Your v.
9 6. If your mount is not inte greated into y our device, place your device in the mou nt, making sure that it clicks into place. 7. Plug the USB car charger into the power supply on your dashboard. 8. Connect the USB cable to the car charger and your Tom Tom device.
10 Tip : We recommend usin g a broadband inter net conn ection whenever you co nnect your nav i- gation device to MyTom Tom. Setting up MyTomTom To set up MyTomTom , do the following: 1. Connect your compu ter to the internet. 2. Start a browser and go to tomtom.
11 If your device suppor ts voice control, you can also dr ive more safely by using voice control to control your navigation de vice. Device not starting In rare cases, your Tom Tom navigation devic e may not start corr ectly or may stop responding to your taps.
12 Planning a route Important : In the in terest of safety and to reduce di stractions while you are driving, you should always plan a route bef ore you start driving. Important : If you are usi ng a TomTom cam per and tr avel trailer home product, before planning a route you should set up your device f or your vehicle.
13 When the correct city or town appears in the list, tap the name to select the destination. 5. Enter the street name. Streets with similar names are shown in the list whil e you type. When the correct street name appears in the list, tap the name to select the destination.
14 Tip : If you want your final destination to be a car park, tap Car par k and select a location from the list of car parks close t o your general d estination . 8. When the new rou te is shown, tap Do ne . For more infor mation about the route, tap Details .
15 Note : To use a TomT om traffic inf ormation service, you may need a su bscription or a rece iver. Traffic services are not supported in all countries or regions. For mor e information, visit tomtom.com/service s . Alternative routes Note : This feature is not available on all TomTom navigation de vices.
16 Tip: The alternative route disappears when i t is no longer faster than your original route or it is too late for you to cho ose it. To change how you are asked about alternative rout es, tap Setti ngs and then Route planning . Tap Next until you reach R eplanning sett ings .
17 Frequent destinations If you often make trips to the same des tinations, you can set your Tom Tom device to ask if you want to plan a route to one of these locations every time the device starts. Thi s is faster than pla n- ning a route in the norm al way.
18 Status bar Tap Status bar in the Settings menu to enable or disable arrival time notifications. To enable arrival time no tifications select Leeway . After planning a route, tap YES to enter a preferred arri val time. Your device calcul ates your arr ival time and shows you whether you will arr ive on time.
19 Recent destination Tap this button to sel ect your destination fr om a list o f places you h ave recently used as destinatio ns. Point of Interest Tap this button to navig ate to a Point of In terest (POI). Spoken address On some devices you can enter an address us ing speech.
20 1. Tap the screen to brin g up the Main menu. 2. Tap the arrow button to move to the ne xt menu scre en and tap P lan route . This button is shown whil e there is no pl anned route on your TomTom devic e. 3. Select the starting poin t for your trip in the same way that you would select yo ur destination.
21 Show route demo Tap this button to wa tch a demo of the trip. Y ou can interrup t the demo at any time by tapping t he scree n. Show route su m- mary Tap this button to open th e route summary s creen. Show destination Tap this button to see a previe w of your destina tion.
22 About voice control Note : Voice control is no t supported on all de vices or in all languages. Instead of tapping the sc reen to con trol your TomTom device, you can use yo ur voice to control your device. For example, to increase t he volume on your devic e, you can say "Incre ase volume" or "V olume 50%.
23 A green bar means the de vice can hear you r voice. A red bar means your voice is too loud f or the device to recogni ze individual words. A gray bar means your v oice is too quiet for the de vice to recognize individual words. For some phrases, your device repe ats what you say and asks for confirmation.
24 An address, including ho me. Cities and towns and their centers. Favorites. POI categories. POIs for named brands of , for example, r estaurants, gas stations, car rental compani es and gy ms. A recent destination. To plan a route to an address usi ng speech, do the following: 1.
25 About the Driving View When your TomTom navi gation device s tarts for the first time , you are shown the Drivin g View along with detailed infor mation abou t your current position.
26 6. Microphone button for voice control. Note : Voice control is no t supported on all de vices or in all languages. 7. Battery level indicator. 8. Th e time, your current sp eed and the speed l imit, if known.
27 Set whether you want your TomTom devic e to replan the current route if a fast er route is found while you are driving. This is useful if traffic builds up or clears, f urther ahead on your route. Choose from the followin g settings: Always switch to that route - select this op tion to rece ive no messages when a faster route is found.
28 About lane guidance Note : Lane guidance is no t available for all jun ctions or i n all countri es. Your TomTom navi gation device helps you prepare for highway e xits and junct ions by showing the correct driving lane f or your planne d route. As you approach an e xit or junction , the lane you need i s shown on the screen .
29 Tip : If no lane guid ance is shown in the status bar and all l anes are highlighted, you can use any lane..
30 Making changes to your route After you plan a route, yo u may want to ch ange the route or even the destinati on. There are var i- ous ways to change your route withou t the need to c ompletely replan the entir e trip. To change the cur rent route, tap C hange route in the Main menu: Change route Tap this button to change the current route.
31 avoid all or most of the delays. Note : This button is only s hown if your devic e has either a traff ic su b- scription or an RDS -TMC Receiver . Traffic inform ation is not available in all countries or r egions. For more inf ormation about TomTom traffic information service s, go to tomtom .
32 Waypoints withou t notification - a waypoint that you are using to hel p guide your route, for example, you want to tra vel from Ams terdam to Rotterdam using a ce rtain highway. You ar e not notified when nearing the waypoint. Adding the first waypoint to your route To add the first wayp oint to your route, do the following: 1.
33 Changing the order of waypoints Waypoints are automa tically added in an optimized o rder but you can s till change the order ma n- ually if you need to. T o change the order of waypoints, do the f ollowing: 1. Tap the screen to brin g up the Main menu.
34 The notification setting ch anges for your wa ypoint and you are i mmediately returne d to your list of waypoints. Tip: If a waypoint h as already been visited, you cannot switch n otification on or off. Reactivating a waypoint Note: You can only r eactivate a waypoin t that has already bee n visited.
35 About viewing the map You can view the m ap in the same way as you might look a t a traditional pape r map. The map shows your current loca tion and many o ther locations s uch as Favorites and POIs. To view the map in this way, tap Vi ew map or Vi ew route in the Main menu.
36 2. Traffic - current traf fic incidents. Use the Options button to se lect whether traffic i nformation is shown on the map. Whe n traffic inf ormation is shown on the map, P OIs and Favori tes are not shown. Note : To use a TomT om traffic inf ormation service, you may need a su bscript ion o r a recei v- er.
37 Tap Advanced to show or hide the following informa tion: Markers - select this op tion to enable marke rs. Markers point to your current location (blue), your home location ( yellow) and your destina tion (red). The marke r shows the distance to the location.
38 Add as Favorite Tap this button to cr eate a Favorite at the curso r position on the map. Add as POI Tap this button to cr eate a POI at the cursor pos ition on the map. Travel via... Tap this button to travel via the cursor position on the map as p art of your current route.
39 About Map Share Map Share helps you cor re ct map errors. You can c orrect several types of map error. To make corrections to your own map, tap Map corr ections in the Se ttings menu. Note : Map Share is not a vailable in al l regions. For more i nformation, go to tomtom.
40 select a street by name , a street near your H ome location or a stree t on the map. 3. Select the street or sectio n of a street you want to c orrect by tapping it on the map. The street you select is hi ghlighted and the cu rsor shows the name of the street.
41 Change turn r e- strictions Tap this button to change and report incorr ect road turn r estrictions. Change road speed Tap this button to change and report the roa d speed li mit. Add or remove rotary Tap this button to add or remove a rotary. Add missing POI Tap this button to add a new Point of Intere st (POI).
42 Correct house number Ta p this button to co rrect the location of a hou se number . Enter the a d- dress that you wish to correct and then i ndicate on the map the correct location of that house nu mber. Existing street Tap this button to e dit an existing street.
43 About sounds and voices Your TomTom device us es sound for some or all of the foll owing: Driving directions and o ther route ins tructions Traffic infor mation Note : To use a TomT om traffic inf ormation service, you may need a su bscri ption or a recei v- er.
44 Tap the central pane l on the status bar and m ove the s lider to adjust the volu me. The last route instruction is played so yo u can hear the new volume level . In the Settings menu. Tap in the Main menu, th en tap Vo lume settings and move the slide r to adjust the volum e.
45 About Settings You can change the way your TomTom de vice looks and behaves. Most of the settings on y our device can be accessed b y tapping S ettings in the Main menu. Note : Not all settings de scribed her e are available on all devices. 2D/3D settings 2D/3D settings Tap this button to set the default vie w of the map.
46 preview of your destin ation is sh own during route pl anning. Enable automatic zoom ing in 2D vi ew - when this s etting is selected, the entire route is shown i n the Driving View when the map is being shown in 2D.
47 Clock Clock Tap this button to select the time for mat. As soon as you h ave a GPS fix, the time will be set autom atically. If you don' t have a GPS fix, you can choose to set the time ma nually. Connections Connections Tap this button to op en the Con nections menu.
48 Favorites Favorites Tap this button to add, re name or delete F avorites. Favorites provide an easy way to select a loca tion without the need to enter the address. They do not need t o be favorite places, they can sim p- ly be seen as a collection of useful addresses.
49 Home location Home location Tap this button to set or c hange your Hom e location. You e nter the a d- dress in the same way as you do when you plan a route. Your Home location pr ovides an easy w ay to plan a r oute to an important location. For most people, your H ome location wil l be your home addr ess.
50 could then add all your friends' address es as POIs in this ne w category. Tap the following butt ons to create and maintain your own POIs: Add POI - tap this bu tton to add a loca tion to one of your own POI categories. Warn when near POI - tap this button to set your de vice to warn you when you are near sele cted POIs.
51 My information Tap this button to change whether you want to share inf ormation with TomTom. MyTomTom account MyTomTom a c- count Tap this button to log in to y our TomTom account.
52 sonal menu and your P OI categories and P OI locations. Route planning Route planning Tap the Route pla nning button to set the way your Tom Tom calculates the routes that you plan. Tap the button for each op tion to change the se ttings. Route types Set the type of route you want your TomTom to calculate.
53 map. 4. Tap Done . Point of Interest locations are shown on the m ap as sym bols. Speaker Speaker Tap this button to sel ect the loudspeaker or loudspeaker conne ction tha t is used by your device. Start up Start up Tap this button to set what happens when y our devi ce starts.
54 Switch map Maps Tap this button to sel ect the map you want t o use for route planni ng and navigation. Although you can st ore more than one map on the device, you can on ly use one map at a time f or planning and navi gation. To switch from the current map to pl an a route in an other country or region, simply tap this bu tton.
55 Tip : Your device can s witch between da y and night c olors depending on the time of day. To aut omatically switch between ni ght and day colors, tap Brightness in the Settings me nu and select S witch to nig ht colors when dark . Use day colors Tap this button to inc rease the brightness of the s creen and disp lay t he map in brighter colors.
56 Voices Change voice Tap this button to change the voice that gives spoken di r ections and other route instructions. A wide range of voice s are available. The re are comp uter voices which can read street names an d other inf ormation directly fr om the map and there are human voices which have been re corded by actors.
57 About Points of Interest Points of Interest or P OIs are useful pla ces on the map. Here are some examples: Restaurants Hotels Museums Parking garages Gas stations Creating POIs Tip : For help on mana ging third party POIs , search for "Third party POIs" at: tomtom.
58 Home Tap this button to set your Home location as a POI. This is useful i f you decide to change your Home loc ation but first want to create a POI using the current Home address. Favorite Tap this button to cr eate a POI from a Favori te. You might want to cr eate a POI from a Favorite because you c an only create a limited number of Favorites.
59 Spoken address Tap this button to cr eate a POI by saying the a ddress. Using POIs to plan a route When you plan a rou te, you can use a POI for the destination. The following example sh ows how to plan a route t o a parking lot in a cit y: 1. Tap Navigate to or Drive to in the M ain menu.
60 4. Select whether you w ant to see POI location s in 2D and 3D views of the map. 5. Tap Done . The types of POI you h ave selected are s hown as symbols on the m ap. Calling a POI Note : Hands-free calling is not supported on all navigation devices.
61 The warning is set for the selected POI category. Y ou will hear a warn ing soun d when you are 250 yards from a gas s tation on your route. Manage POIs Tap Manage POIs t o manage your POI ca tegories and location s. You can set your Tom Tom device to let y ou know when you are near to sele cted POI locations.
62 About getting help Tap Help in the Main menu to navigate t o emergency se rvices centers and oth er special servic es. If your device suppor ts hands -free calling and your phone is connected to your device, you c an contact emergency se rvices directly by phone .
63 Call for help Tap this button to f ind the contact de tails and location of a se rvice ce n- ter. Note : Hands-free calli ng is not supported on all devi ces. Drive to help Tap this button to navig ate your way by car t o a service center. Walk to help Tap this button to navig ate your way on f oot to a service center.
64 About hands-free calls Note : Hands-free calli ng is not supported on all devi ces. If you have a mobile phon e with Bluetooth ® , you can use your TomTom de vice to make phone calls and send and rece ive messages. Important : Not all ph ones are sup ported or compatible with all features.
65 Tap Phonebook entry to se lect a contact from your phonebook. Note : Your phoneboo k is automatic ally copied to yo ur TomTom device when you first es tablish a connection with your m obile phone. Not all phones can transfer the phonebook to your device.
66 Disable hands-fr ee Tap this button to disabl e or enable han ds-free calli ng. Call Tap this button to make a phone cal l. Change home number Tap this button to change your home phone number. Delete Tap this button to sel ect information you want to del ete.
67 About Favorites Favorites provide an easy way to select a loca tion without the need to enter the address . They do not need to be favori te places, they can sim ply be seen as a collection of useful addresses. Tip: If you have set -up any fre quent destinations, they are shown in your list of Favorites.
68 My location Tap this button to add your curr ent location as a Fav orite. For example, if you stop s omewhere intere sting, while yo u are there you can tap this button t o create the Favori te. Point on map Tap this button to cr eate a Favorite using the Map Browser.
69 Your TomTom device cal culates the route for you. 5. When the route is calcula ted, tap Done. Your device will i mmediately start guidin g you to your de stination with spoken instructions and visual instructions on the s creen. Changing the name of a Favorite To change the name of a Favorite, do the following: 1.
70 About RDS-TMC The Traffic Message Chan nel (TMC), also kno wn as RDS -TMC, transmi ts traffic inform ation as a radio signal and is avail able free of charge in many countries. TMC is not a TomTom Service, but is available when using the TomT om RDS-TMC Traf fic Recei v- er.
71 To make the traffic s idebar more readable som e incidents may not be s hown. These incidents will always be of minor im portance and only caus e short de lays. The color of the pointer s, as shown belo w, gives you an instant indica tion of the type of incident: Unknown or undetermine d situation.
72 4. Choose between always taking the fas ter route autom atically, being asked or never changing your route. 5. Tap Next and then Do ne . 6. Tap Minimize delays . Your device plans the quickest route to your destin ation. The ne w route may in clude traffic d e- lays and may remain the same as the ori ginal route.
73 Note : The home loc ation you set here is not the s ame as the home l ocation you c an set in the Settings Menu . In a ddition, the locations y ou use h ere do not have to be your actual home and work locations. If ther e is another route that y ou often travel, you can s et Work/Home t o use these locations instea d.
74 Tap the left and righ t arrow buttons to m ove throug h each incident in turn, vie wing the details of each one. This include s the type of incide nt, for example road works, and the le ngth of delay caused by this incident.
75 Changing traffic settings Use the Traffic setti ngs button to choose how traffic information works on your navigation device. 1. Tap the traffic sidebar the n tap Optio ns to open the Traffic menu.
76 Traffic incident Traffic jam Weather related symbol s: Fog Rain Wind Ice Snow Note : The incident avoide d symbol is shown f or any traffic inc ident that you avoid usin g a traffic servic e. Traffic menu To open the Traffic me nu, tap the Traffic si debar in the Dr ivin g View then tap Options , or tap Tra f- fic in the Services menu .
77 Show traffic on route Tap this button for an o verview of traffic i ncidents along your route. Tap the left and right but tons for mor e detailed information abou t each incident. Tap Replan to replan you r route and av oid the traffic inc idents that are shown on the map.
78 About Speed Cameras Note : LIVE Services are n ot available in all coun tries or regions, and n ot all LIVE Services are available in all coun tries or regions. Y ou may be able to use LIVE Services whe n traveling abroad. For more infor mation on available se rvices, go to tomto m.
79 1. Tap Services in the Main Menu. 2. Tap Speed Cam eras . 3. Tap Alert setti ngs . A list of speed camera typ es is displayed. A spe aker is shown next to the speed camera types that have been set for an alert. 4. Tap Fixed cameras . 5. Select whether you alw ays want to be warned or only when you are speeding.
80 Red light camera - this type of camera checks for veh icles breaking traffic rules at traffic lights. Average speed check - these types of cameras meas ure your average speed between two points . You are warned a t the start and end of the average speed check area.
81 Other camera Report button To show the report but ton in the Driving V iew, do the fol lowing: 1. Tap Services in the Main Menu. 2. Tap Speed Cameras .
82 Reporting incorrect camera alerts You may receive an ale rt for a camera tha t is no longer ther e. To report an inco rrect camera alert, do the following: Note : You can only r eport an incorrect cam era alert while you ar e at the location. 1. While you are being warned about the cam era, tap the warning.
83 Intermediate warning - type 2 Once in the speed che ck zone, if you are drivin g faster t han the perm itted speed and have already re ceived a start of zone warning, you s ee a vis u- al warning in the Drivin g View indicating the maximum pe rmitted speed.
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85 About MyTomTom MyTomTom helps you m anage the con tents and ser vices of your TomTom na vigation device, as well as giving you access to the TomTom community. You l og in to MyTomTom on the TomTom website. It is a good ide a to frequently co nnect your navigation device to MyTo mTom to ensure you always have the la test updates.
86 Tip : When you connect your navigation device to yo ur computer, MyTomTom tells you if there are any updates for y our device. MyTomTom account To download conten t and services fr om TomTom, you need a M yTomTom ac count. Y ou can cr e- ate an account when you start using MyTomTom.
87 Important Safety Noti ces and Warnings Global Positioning S ystem The Global Positioning System (GP S) is a satellite -based system that provide s location and timing information around the globe.
88 THE BATTERY CON TAINED IN THE PROD UCT MUST BE R ECYCLED OR DISPOSED OF PROPERLY ACCORDING TO T HE LOCAL LAWS AND R EGULATIONS AND ALWAYS KEPT SEPARATE FRO M HOUSEHOLD WA STE.
89 SPECIAL NOTE REGARD ING DRIVIN G IN CALIFOR NIA AND MINNES OTA California Vehi cle Code Section 26708 "Ma terial Obs tructing or Reducing Dri ver's Vie w" permits mounting of a navig.
90 Consult the dealer or an e xperienced radio/TV tech nician for he lp. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the par ty responsible for compliance could void the user's authorit y to operate the equipment.
91 Guidelines for people w ith pacemakers You should ALWAY S keep the devic e more than 15 c m (6 inches) from your pacemaker. You should not carry the device in a br east pocket.
92 © 2012 TomTom. All ri ghts rese rved. TomTom and the TomTom logo are re gistered trademarks of TomTom N.V. Please s ee tomtom.com/legal for warranties and end u ser license agreeme nts applying to this product. © 2012 TomTom. All ri ghts rese rved.
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