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Planning a route in advance
You can also use your ONE XL HDT to plan journeys in advance by selecting
both your starting point and your destination. You could, for example, do the
following:
• Find out how long a journey is going to take before you start.
• Check the route of a journey you are planning.
• Check a route for someone who is coming to visit you, so that you can
explain the route to them.
To plan a route in advance, follow these steps:
1. Tap the screen to bring up the main menu.
2. Tap the arrow button to move to the next menu screen and tap
Prepare
route
.
3. Select the starting point for your journey in the same way that you would
select your destination.
4. Set the destination for your journey.
5. Choose the type of route that should be planned.
•
Fastest route
- the route which takes the least time.
•
Shortest route
- the shortest distance between the locations you set. This
may not be the quickest route, especially if the shortest route is through
a town or city.
•
Avoid motorways
- a route which avoids motorways.
•
Walking route
- a route designed for making the journey on foot.
•
Bicycle route
- a route designed for making the journey on a bicycle.
•
Limited speed
- a route for a vehicle which can only be driven at a limited
speed. You have to specify the maximum speed.
6. Your TomTom ONE XL HDT plans the route between the two locations you
selected.
More information about a route
You can access these options for the route you last planned, by tapping
View
route
in the Main Menu.
To find out about your route in detail, tap the
Details
button on the route
summary screen.
You can then select from the following options:
Prepare route
Browse as
text
Tap this button for a list of all the turn instructions on the route.
This is very useful if you need to explain a route to someone else.
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