Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product GO 500 TomTom
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3 T omT om GO Quick Star t Guide EN Contents What’s in the box? 4 Unpacking 4 Y our T omT om GO 5 Remote contr ol 6 Docking shoe 6 Installation 7 Assembly 7 Switching on for the first time 8 Star ti.
4 EN Unpacking Unpack your T omT om GO box and identify the contents. The model number of your T omT om GO can be found on the bottom of the device itself.
EN 5 What's in the box? NOTE: Do not expose T omT om GO to high or low temperatur es. W e r ecommend that you do not leave T omT om GO in dir ect sunlight for long periods or in an unattended car on sunny days. High or low temperatur es can cause per manent damage.
6 EN What's in the box? Docking Shoe 1. Integrated micr ophone (included with GO 700 and GO 500 models). 2. Charger socket 3. Exter nal micr ophone socket Remote contr ol 1. V olume up/down 2. OK button 3. Ar r ow buttons 4.
EN TR 7 Assembly 1. Assemble the suction-mount cradle as shown in the installation poster . 2. Plug the small plug end of the DC power lead into the socket on the back of the cradle. Plug the other end into your vehicle’s 12V (cigar ette lighter) socket.
8 EN Switching on for the first time Star ting up 1. Refer to your installation poster for setup instr uctions. 2. Follow the on-scr een instructions, using your finger on the touchscr een to select your pr eferences. Using TomT om GO Note: Y our T omT om GO does not transmit your location, so others cannot use it to track you while driving.
EN 9 Switching on for the first time Using the r emote control The r emote contr ol is included with the GO 700 model and is also available as an accessor y for GO 700 and GO 500 models. Y ou can use the T omT om r emote contr ol instead of the main touchscr een in cir cumstances wher e you’d rather not r each over and tap the screen dir ectly.
10 EN How to plan your first r oute How to plan your first r oute 1. Move outside, if you haven’t alr eady done so, so that the GPS har dwar e can locate your position. This may take some time, and will happen mor e quickly if you remain stationar y.
EN TR 11 How to plan your first r oute 4. The best way to see how your T omT om GO works is to use it for r eal, so think of the addr ess that you want to visit and enter the first few letters of the city , town or village. Be as specific as possible.
12 EN How to plan your first r oute 7. The fastest r oute from your cur r ent position to your destination is then calculated. This should only take a few seconds and its pr o- gr ess is shown on the screen. When done, a summar y is shown, on a suitably scaled map.
EN 13 What’ s on the scr een? What’s on the scr een? Much of the infor mation on the main navigation view is configurable (see the ‘Pr efer ences’ chapter for details). If you miss a voice instr uction, tap on the turn instr uction in the bottom left hand corner to generate a new one.
14 EN PL TR Finding alter native r outes Perhaps a r oute has been planned that you’r e not happy with? Perhaps you have been r outed via a busy junction? Perhaps you have spotted r oadworks up ahead? Or perhaps you r eally wanted to go ‘via’ one par ticular location? In each of these cases, ‘Find alter native.
EN 15 Advanced planning Advanced planning Although navigating fr om your cur rent position is the function that you’ll use most often, ther e may be times when you want to plan ahead.
16 EN TR Pr efer ences Pr efer ences Y ou can change much of the look and feel of your T omT om system to your own liking by using the main menu option ‘Change pr efer ences’ . Use to cycle thr ough the dif fer ent pages of pr eferences. Her e ar e some of the most impor tant ones (you’ll find the full set in the manual on CD).
EN 17 Pr efer ences Manage POI POI is an abbr eviation you’ll see a lot, standing for ‘Point Of Inter est’. Dozens of categories of POIs ar e built-in, fr om airpor ts to petrol stations, fr om r estaurants to theatr es.
18 EN Connecting to your phone Using GO 700 or GO 500 If you have a Bluetooth-capable mobile phone then you can use your T omT om GO 700 or GO 500 as a hands-fr ee car kit.
EN 19 Connecting to your phone 4. When pr ompted to connect, enter a passcode (passwor d) of ‘0000’ on the phone. 5. Y ou will then be asked to set up a wir eless Inter net connection. Do this if you want to use T omT om PLUS ser vices. 6. Finally , you can copy your phone book to the T omT om GO.
20 EN TR Mor e infor mation TomT om PLUS In addition to voice-guided satellite navigation, our optional T omT om PLUS ser vice can give you various additional ser vices like weather , enter taining voices, useful POIs, map colors and our r eal time information on traf fic congestion, helping you plan ar ound it.
147 Addendum Impor tant Safety Notices and War nings 1. Global Positioning System The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite- based system that provides location and timing informa- tion around the globe.
148 Addendum It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to par t 15 of the FCC Rules. These ar e designed to provide reasonable protection against har mful inter fer ence in a r esidential installation.
149 Addendum R&TTE Dir ective This equipment complies with the essential r equir ements of EU Dir ective 99/5/EC (declaration available at www.tomtom.com ). T omT om tímto prohlašuje, že T omT om GO je ve shodû se základními požadavky a dalšími p fi íslušnými ustanoveními smûr nice 1995/5/ES (NV č .
150 Addendum Saska¿Ç ar ES Dir ekt¥vu 2002/96/EC par elektrisko un elektronisko iekÇrtu atkritumiem (EEIA), šo elektrisko iekÇr tu ir aizliegts nodot kopÇ ar citiem nešÞirotiem sadz¥ves atkri- tumiem.
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