TomTom GO Basic User Manual

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Contents
Welcome to navigation with TomTom 6
What's new 7
New in this release ................................................................................................ 7
Video workshops ................................................................................................... 7
Get going 9
Installing in your car .............................................................................................. 9
Positioning the device ............................................................................................ 9
Switching on and off .............................................................................................. 9
Setting up ......................................................................................................... 10
GPS reception .................................................................................................... 10
Sending information to TomTom .............................................................................. 10
Device not starting .............................................................................................. 11
Charging your device ............................................................................................ 11
Finding the memory card slot ................................................................................. 11
Caring for your TomTom GO ................................................................................... 11
What's on the screen 12
The map view..................................................................................................... 12
The guidance view ............................................................................................... 14
The route bar ..................................................................................................... 15
Distances and the route bar ............................................................................... 16
The quick menu .................................................................................................. 16
Navigation buttons............................................................................................... 17
Main Menu smaller buttons and symbols ..................................................................... 18
Volume control ................................................................................................... 20
Using gestures .................................................................................................... 20
Changing the text and button size ............................................................................ 21
Reordering the Main Menu buttons ........................................................................... 21
Syncing using TomTom MyDrive 22
About TomTom MyDrive ........................................................................................ 22
Logging in to your TomTom account ......................................................................... 22
Finding and syncing locations using MyDrive ................................................................ 22
Syncing My Places locations with MyDrive ................................................................... 23
Importing a community POI list - MyDrive - NOT CONNECTED ........................................... 23
Deleting a community POI list ................................................................................. 23
Importing a track GPX file...................................................................................... 23
Deleting a track GPX file ....................................................................................... 24
Saving and restoring your personal navigation information .............................................. 24
Using step by step search 25
About search ...................................................................................................... 25
Entering search terms ........................................................................................... 25
Working with search results ................................................................................... 26
About postcodes ................................................................................................. 27
List of POI type icons ............................................................................................ 28

TomTom GO Basic Specifications

General

Display diagonal	5 \
Display resolution	480 x 272 pixels
Spoken languages	- Afrikaans - Arabic - Australian English - Bulgarian - Catalan - Croatian - Czech - Danish - Dutch - Dutch Belgium - Finnish - French - German - Greek - Hungarian - Irish English - Italian - Lithuanian - New Zealand English - Norwegian - Polish - Portuguese - Portuguese Brazil - Serbian - Slovenian - Spanish - Spanish (Latin American) - Spanish Argentina/Latin - Spanish Chile - Swedish - Turkish - UK English - US English
Languages support	BUL, CZE, DAN, DEU, DUT, ENG, ESP, EST, FIN, FRE, GRE, HUN, ITA, LAT, NOR, POL, POR, SWE, TUR
Spoken street names	Keep your eyes on the road while your GPS announces turn-by-turn directions, including street and place names.
Traffic Message Channel (TMC)	-
Cables included	USB
Marine (chartplotters, sounders)	No
Map coverage	All Europe
Lifetime map updates	Roads change, but with Lifetime Map Updates your map will always be up to date. Start fresh every few months by downloading a new edition of the industry's most accurate map. New editions are issued four times per year.
Number of countries covered	45
Storage media type	Flash
Compatible memory cards	MicroSD (TransFlash)
Maximum memory card size	32 GB
Internal storage capacity	16 GB
Form factor	Fixed
Product color	Black
Power source type	Battery, Cigar lighter
Battery life (max)	1 h

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	18.85 mm
Width	141.96 mm
Height	90.6 mm
Weight	201 g