Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product VIA 1535 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 The Dri ving View 32 About the Driving View .................................................................................................................... 32 The Driving View ................................................................ ...
4 Brightne ss ......................................................................................................................................... 53 Car symbol ................................................................ ....................
5 Hands-free calling 71 About hands-free call s ..................................................................................................................... 71 Connecting to your phone .........................................................
6 Selecting your vehicl e type .............................................................................................................. 94 Show the vehicle type qui ck menu button .................................................................
7 What's in the box TomTom navigation device with removab le or in tegrated mount USB cable or USB car charger Dashboard mount disks . Disks are include d in some products and are available as accessories for others. For more information, go to tomtom.
8 Positioning the device Consider careful ly where to install your TomT om navigation devic e in your car. The navigation device should not bloc k or interfe re with any of the following: Your vie.
9 6. If your mount is not inte grated into your device, pl ace your device in the mount, making sur e that it clicks into place. 7. Plug the USB car charger into the power supply on your dash board. 8. Connect the USB cable to the car charger and your de vice.
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 v oice control to control your navigation de vice. Device not starting In rare cases, your Tom Tom navigation devic e may not start corr e ctly or may stop r esponding to your taps.
12 Using your naviga tion device, you can join the MapShar e Com munity, or repor t speed cameras or danger zones. If you choose to use eithe r of these ser vices, your reports, that include location information and your MyTomTom accoun t name, are sent to Tom Tom and ke pt together with your MyTomTom acc ount.
13 Planning a route Important : In the in terest of safety and to reduce distractions while you are driving, you shou ld always plan a route bef ore you start driving. Important : If you are usi ng a TomTom cam per and caravan pr oduct, before pl anning a route you should set up your devic e for your veh icle .
14 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 l ist while you type. When the correct street name appears in the list, tap the name to select the destination.
15 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 to your general destin ation. 8. When the new rou te is shown, tap Do ne . For more infor mation about the route, tap Details .
16 Note : To use a TomT om traffic inf ormation service, you may need a su bscription or a rece iver. Traffic service s are not supported in all cou ntries or regions. For more inform ation, visit tomtom.com/service s . Alternative routes Note : This feature is not available on al l TomTom na vigation devices.
17 Tip: The alternative route disappears when i t is no longer faster than y our 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 setti ngs .
18 Frequent destinations If you often make trips to the same destin ations, you can s et your TomTom de vice 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.
19 Status bar Tap Status bar in the Settings me nu, to enable or disabl e 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 arrival time and s hows you whether y ou will arrive on tim e.
20 Recent destination Tap this button to s elect your destination f rom a list of pl aces you have 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.
21 You can also compare j ourney times f or the same route at dif ferent times of th e day or on different days of the week. Your device us es IQ Routes when pl anning a route. IQ Routes ca l- culates routes based on the real aver age speeds measu red on roads.
22 Show map of rout e Tap this button to see an overview of the r oute using the map bro wser. Show route demo Tap this button to wa tch a demo of the jour ney. You can i nterrupt the demo at any time by tapping the s creen. Show route su m- mary Tap this button to open th e route summary s creen.
23 Note : Voice control is no t supported on all de vices or in all languages. Voice control works in dif ferent ways depend ing on your device type. Navigate to If you see the button Navigate to in t.
24 Voice control - Navigate to About voice control Note : Voice control is no t supported on all de vices or in all languages. Instead of tapping the s creen to con trol your TomTo m 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".
25 Tip : For the best recogni tion of what you say, sp eak norm ally without trying to articulate words in an unna tural way. If the re is excessive road noise, for example, you m ay need to speak in the direction of th e mi crophone. 3. If the command is cor rect, say "Yes.
26 For example, if the corr ect city is Rotterdam and this town is shown at the third item in the li st, you can say, "Three " or tap the name, Rotterdam . If the name is not in the list, then say " Back" or "No" o r tap Bac k to return to the previous screen and say the town a gain when you hear the tone.
27 Your device starts to guide you to your destination, using spoken instructions and onscreen dire c- tions. Tip: In addition to pl anning a route using Voice con trol, you can tap Navigate to in the Main menu and then tap Spoken Address . Alternatively you c an tap the button a t the base of the keyboard during address entry.
28 Voice control - Drive to About voice control Note : Voice control is no t supported on all de vices or in all languages. Instead of tapping the scr een to control y our TomTom devic e, you can use your voice to control your device.
29 For some phrases, your device repe ats what you say and asks for confirmation. Tip : For the best recogni tion of what you say, sp eak norm ally without trying to articul ate words in an unna tural way. If the re is excessive road noise, for example, you m ay need to speak in the direction of th e microphone .
30 If the town you hear is the same as the to wn you requeste d then say, " Done" or "OK" or "Yes" or "One" or tap the to wn at the top of the list. If the town you hear is incorrect, but the corr ect town is in the li st, say the number ne xt to the correct town or tap the name of the town.
31 When the number is sh own correctl y say, "Done" or "OK." Alternatively, enter th e number by tapping the screen. 6. When the route has been calculated and the r oute summary i s shown, tap Done . Your device starts to guide you to your destination, using spoken instructions and onscreen dire c- tion s.
32 About the Driving View When your TomTom navi gation device s tarts for the first time, you are shown the Driving View along with detailed infor mation abou t your current position.
33 10. Navigation instruction for the road ahead and the distance to nex t instr uction. If the secon d instruction is less that 500f t after the first instruction, you see it shown imme diately instead of the distance. Tap this part of the sta tus bar to repeat the last voice instruction and t o change the volum e.
34 Tap Info to see a summ ary of both the original and alternative routes. You ca n then tap Don e to take the fastest route or Curr ent route to remain o n your original route. Don't ask, just show m e - se lect this option to receive n o messages and simply be shown the new route on the scr een.
35 About lane guidance Note : Lane guidance is no t available for all jun ctions or in all cou ntries. Your TomTom navi gation device helps you prepare for motorwa y exits and jun ctions by showing the correct driving lane for your pl anned route. As you approach an e xit or junction , the lane you need i s shown on the screen .
36 Tip : If no lane guid ance is shown in the status bar and all l anes are highlighted, you can use any lane..
37 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 journey. To change the curre nt route, tap C hange route in the Main menu: Change route Tap this button to change the current route.
38 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 in formation is not available in all countries or r egions. For more inf ormation about TomTom traffic information service s, go to tomtom .
39 Waypoints withou t notification - a waypoint that you are using to he lp guide yo ur 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 r oute, do the follow ing: 1.
40 Changing the order of waypoints Waypoints are automa tically added in an optimised 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 fol lowing: 1. Tap the screen to brin g up the Main menu.
41 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 of f. Reactivating a waypoint Note: You can only reactivate a waypoin t that has alre ady been visited.
42 About viewing the map Yo u can view the map in t he same way as you m ight look at a tradition al paper map. Th e map shows your current loca tion and many o ther locations suc h as Favourites and POIs . To view the map in this way, tap Vi ew map or Vi ew route in the Main menu.
43 Blue - points to your cur rent location. This marker is grey if you l ose your GPS signal. Yellow - points to your home location . Red - points to your des tination. Tap a marker to centre the map on the loca tion pointed to by the m arker.
44 Coordinates - sel ect this option to sho w GPS coordinates i n the lower left corn er of the map. Cursor menu The cursor can be use d to do more than highligh t a location on the map.
45 Travel via... Tap this button to travel via the cursor position on the map as part of your current route. Your destination remains the same as befor e, but your route now includes this l ocation. This button is only avail able while there i s a planned route.
46 About Map Share Map Share helps you cor rect map error s. You can corr ect several types of ma p 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.
47 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 correct by tappin g it on the map. The street you select is hi ghlighted and the cu rsor s hows the name of the street.
48 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 roundabout Tap this button to add or remove a roundabou t.
49 Correct house number Tap this button to corr ect the location of a house number. Enter the a d- dress that you wish to corre ct and then indica te on the map the corr ect location of that house nu mber. Existing street Tap this button to edi t an existing street.
50 About sounds and voices Your TomTom device us es sound for some o r all of the following: Driving directions and o ther route ins tructions Warnings that you se t Hands-free phone calls Note : Hands-free calli ng is not supported on all navi gation devices.
51 Automatic volume control To set your TomTom devi ce to automatically a djust the volume , do the followi ng: 1. Tap Settings in the Main menu. 2. Tap Volume . 3. Select Link volume t o car speed to automatically adj ust the volume insid e the car in r esponse to changes in the spe ed of your driving.
52 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 view of the map .
53 ing view. Show location preview - when this setting is se lected, a graphical preview of your destinati on is sh own during route plann ing. Enable automatic zoom ing in 2D vi ew Enable.
54 Connections Connections Tap this button to open th e Con nections menu. The menu items let you control your navigation de vice's connection s. See also Enable / Disable Blue tooth ............................................................. 54 Enable / Disable fli ght mode .
55 To view or change an exis ting Favourite, tap one of the item s in the list. To see more Favourites o n the map, tap the le ft or right buttons. GPS status GPS status Tap this button to se e the current status of GP S reception on you r d e- vice. Home location Home location Tap this button to set or c hange your Hom e location.
56 Keyboard Keyboard Tap this button to sel ect the keyboards that will be available f or your use and the layout of the Latin keyboard. You use the keyboard to enter na mes and addresses , such as when you plan a route or search f or the name of a to wn or a local re staurant.
57 Delete POI category - tap this button to delete one o f your own POI categories. Map colours Map colours Tap this button t o select the colour s chemes for day and night map co l- ours. Tap Search to searc h for a colour scheme by typing t he name.
58 Operate left-handed / Operate right handed Operate left- handed / Operat e right-handed Tap this button to make i t easier for right - or left-handed operation. This will affect items su ch as the zoom bar when you are viewing the map. Phones Phones Tap this button on the Connectio ns menu to open t he Phones m enu .
59 Route types Set the type of route you want your TomTom to calculate. Tap IQ Routes to se t if you want the de vice to use IQ Routes information to h elp find the best route. Toll roads, Ferries, Ca rpool lanes and Unpav ed roads settings Set how your TomTom s hould manage each of these road fe atures when the device calculates a route.
60 Speaker Speaker Tap this button to sel ect the loudspeaker or loudspeaker conne ction that is used by your device. Start up Start up Tap this button to set what happens when y our devi ce starts.
61 your MyTomTom acc ount and activate the map . Turn off voice guidance / Turn on voice guidance Turn off Voice guidance Tap this button t o switch off voice guidance. You will no l onger hear spoken route instructions but you will still he ar information such as traffic information and warnin gs.
62 Vehicle and routes Vehicle and routes Tap this button to set your vehicle type and chan ge how routes are planned. Tap the button for each op tion to change the se ttings. Note : This setting is onl y available if you are us ing a TomTom campe r and caravan product.
63 Voice control Voice control Tap this button to open the Voice c ontrol menu whi ch contains the fo l- lowing buttons: Disable voice co n- trol Tap this button to disabl e voice control. Enable voice co n- trol Tap this button to enabl e voice control.
64 About Points of Interest Points of Interest or P OIs are useful places on the map. Here are some exampl es: Restaurants Hotels Museums Parking garages Petrol stations Creating POIs Tip : For help on mana ging third party POIs , search for "Third party POIs" at: tomtom.
65 Home Tap this button t o 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.
66 Position of last stop Tap this button to sel ect the location where your device was last d ocked. 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.
67 Showing POIs on the map You can select the types of POI location s you want to se e on your maps. 1. Tap Show POI on ma p in the Settin gs menu. 2. Select the categories you want to be sho wn on the map. 3. Tap Done . 4. Select whether you w ant to see POI location s in 2D and 3D views of the map.
68 3. Set the distance as 25 0 metres and tap OK . 4. Select Sound effect and then tap Ne xt . 5. Select the warning sound for the POI and the n tap N ext . 6. If you only want to he ar the warning when the POI is dir ectly on a planned rou te, select Warn only if POI is on rout e .
69 About getting help Tap Help in the Main menu to navigate t o emergency se rvices centres and oth er specialist se r- vices. If your device supports hands -free calling and your phone is connected to your device, you can contact emergency se rvices dire ctly by phone.
70 Phone for help Tap this button to f ind the contact de tails and location of a service ce n- tre. 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 centre. Walk to help Tap this button to navig ate your way on f oot to a service centre.
71 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 recei ve messages. Important : Not all ph ones are sup ported or compa tible with all features.
72 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.
73 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 hom e phone number . Delete Tap this button to sel ect information you want to del ete.
74 About Favourites Favourites provide an eas y way to select a lo cation without the need to en ter the address. The y do not need to be favour ite places, they can si mply be seen as a collection of useful addresses. Tip: If you have set -up any fre quent destinations, th ey are shown in your list o f Favourites.
75 Point of Interest If you visit a POI you parti cularly like, f or example a restaurant, you can add it as a Favouri te. My location Tap this button to add your curr ent location as a Fav ourite. For example, if you stop s omewhere intere sting, while you are there you can tap this button t o create the Favour ite.
76 Using a Favourite You can use a Favouri te as a way of naviga ting to a place without h aving to en ter the address. To navigate to a Favourite, do the following: 1. Tap the screen to brin g up the Main menu. 2. Tap Navigate to or Drive to . 3. Tap Favourite .
77 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 TomTom RD S-TMC Traf fic Recei v- er.
78 Queueing traffic. Stationary traffic or road closure . Taking the fastest route Your TomTom device r egularly looks for a faster route to your destination. If the traffic situation changes and a fas ter route is found, your device offers to repl an your journey s o you can use the faster route.
79 7. Tap Done . Making commuting to work easier The Home to work or Work to hom e buttons in the T raffic menu le ts you check your route to and from work with one tap of a button. When you use either of th ese buttons, your device plans a ro ute between your home and work locations and checks the route for pos sible delays.
80 2. Tap Show home-wor k traffic . 3. Tap Work to home . The Driving View is shown and a message is displ ayed telling you about traffic i ncidents on this route. The Traffic side bar also shows any delays. Getting more information about an incident To check for delays on your route, tap Show traf fic on route in the Tr affic me nu.
81 Checking traffic incidents in your area Get an overview of the traf fic situation in your area, using the map. To find local inc idents and their details, do the foll owing: 1. Tap the traffic sidebar the n tap Optio ns to open the Traffic menu. 2.
82 Traffic incidents Traffic incidents an d warnings are shown on the map, in the Driving View and o n the Traff ic sid e- bar. To find out more ab out an incident, tap Browse Ma p in the Main Menu. Tap on a traf fic incident symbol on the map to see inform ation about that incident.
83 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 Traffi c menu, tap the Traffi c sidebar in the Driving View then tap Options , or tap Tra f- fic in the Services menu .
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85 About Speed Cameras Note : LIVE Services are n ot available in all coun tries or regions, and n ot all LIV E Services are available in all countries or regions. Y ou may be able to use LIV E Services whe n travelling abroad. For more infor mation on available se rvices, go to tomto m.
86 Reporting a danger zo ne Tap this button to re port a danger zone. A conf irmation scr een app ears. Tap Yes to confirm the danger zone. A Thank you icon is shown on the screen.
87 3. Tap Alert settings . A list of speed camera typ es is displayed. A spe aker is shown next to the speed camera types that have an alert set. 4. Tap Fixed cameras . 5. Select whether you alw ays want to be warned or warne d only when you are spe eding.
88 Traffic light camera - this type of camera checks for vehicles bre aking traffic rules at tr affic 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.
89 Report button To show the report but ton in the Driving View, do the following: 1. Tap Services in the Main Menu. 2. Tap Speed Cameras . 3. Tap Enable report b utton .
90 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 camera, tap t he warning.
91 Speed Cameras menu To open the Speed Came ras menu, tap Services in t he Main Menu and then tap Speed Cameras . Report speed ca m- era Tap this button to report a new spee d camera location . Alert settings Tap this button to set the alerts you will receive and the sounds used for each alert.
92 About TomTom camper and caravan products TomTom camper and caravan products let you choose the type of vehicle you are driving so that the route planned by your device is su itable for your veh icle. You can choose a car, a car with caravan, a motorhome, or a van as the veh icle type.
93 Camper Select Camper when you are dri ving a campervan o r motorhome. Van Select Van when you are drivin g a private van, a ren tal van, or other large, non-commercial ve hicle. Set up your vehicle Before you can plan a rou te using roads su itable for your veh icle type you mus t first enter the details for your vehicl e or vehicle combination.
94 Always switch t o that route - select this op tion to rece ive no messages when a faster route is found. The cur rent route is automatically re -calcul ated to be the fastes t one. Ask me if I want that r oute - select this option to be asked i f you want to take t he new route.
95 2. Tap the type of vehicl e you drive. If there are only one or two items in your quick me nu, a small icon in the Driving Vie w shows the type of vehicle tha t is se lected. If a route is already plann ed and you select a different vehicl e, the route is recal culated for the new vehicle.
96 About MyTomTom MyTomTom helps you m anage the con tents and services of your TomTom navigation de vice, 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 freque ntly connect your navigation device to MyTo mTom to ensure you always have the la test updates.
97 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. You can cr e- ate an account when you start using MyTomTom.
98 Important Safety Noti ces and Warnings Global Positioning S ystem The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a sa tellite -based system that provide s location and timing information around the globe.
99 THE BATTERY CON TAINED IN THE PROD UCT MUST BE R ECYCLED OR DISPOSED OF PROP ERLY ACCORDING TO T HE LOCAL LAWS AND R EGULATIONS AND ALWAYS KEPT SEPARATE FRO M HOUSEHOLD WA STE.
100 Pacemakers Pacemaker manufacturers recommend that a minimum of 15c m (6 inches) be m aintained between a h andheld wireless device and a pacema ker to avoid potential inter ference with the pace maker. These recommendation s are consisten t with independent rese arch and recom mendations by Wireless Technology Re search.
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