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5.4. (Re-)Installing TomTom Navigator 

-HP Edition-

, voices and 

maps

From the main Setup Menu choose the appropriate option. You will be guided through a number of 
screens to refine your choices. 

Note

: Maps can be installed directly to a memory card that is inserted into a PC Memory Card Reader 

that is attached to your PC. 

Содержание HP edition

Страница 1: ... Navigator HP Edition User Guide Copyright 1996 2004 TomTom B V The Netherlands TomTom is a trademark of TomTom BV Data copyright 2004 Tele Atlas N V The Netherlands Data copyright 2004 Tele Atlas Inc U S A http www tomtom com ...

Страница 2: ...ng your HOME location 2 2 2 Picking a favourite location 2 2 3 Picking a recent destination 2 2 4 Picking your GPS position 2 2 5 Picking a point of interest 2 2 6 Picking an address 3 The menu 3 1 Planning from A to B 3 2 Alternative routes 3 3 The route instructions 4 The preferences 4 1 Use night colours 4 2 Turn off 3D display 4 3 Turn off map display 4 4 Hide POI 4 5 Turn sound off 4 6 Change...

Страница 3: ...The main screen of TomTom Navigator HP Edition is used to navigate to your destination Your position is displayed on the map using your GPS receiver If your GPS receiver is switched off or has not yet determined a clear position from the GPS satellites the main screen displays your last known position To emphasize the fact that your actual position is unknown the screen is displayed in black and w...

Страница 4: ...urrent driving instruction If the sound off indicator is not shown the displayed instruction will be accompanied by voice instructions If necessary use the sound on preference to switch on the voice instructions To increase or decrease the scale of the map tap to zoom in or to zoom out relative to your current position This keeps working when covered by the next highway indicator The journey infor...

Страница 5: ...te the main screen Tap roughly in the middle of the map to open the menu Tap the journey information area to open the detailed route summary Tap the instruction area to repeat the last spoken instruction if still available 1 2 The menu The menu opens when you tap roughly in the middle of the main screen It provides access to all functions There are two pages Use the button to cycle through the pag...

Страница 6: ...es option gives access to several menu pages with preference options which are explained in chapter 4 1 3 The route summary The route summary screen gives you an overview of the calculated route From this screen you can decide how to use the route The route summary screen is shown immediately after you have calculated a route for example with Navigate to Plan from A to B or Find alternative You ca...

Страница 7: ...er of GPS satellites and GPS coordinates if available Tap this area to see the full GPS details with the option to configure your GPS hardware Tap the application version to see the application version and copyrights The journey summary shows the estimated total journey time and total distance presented in your distance units preference If the route shown is an alternative route the original journ...

Страница 8: ...y screen On the map you will find all the items you might find on a normal paper map such as cities towns roads streets rivers and lakes points of interest such as petrol stations restaurants and hospitals etc You can also find more dynamic and personal elements such as your current GPS position your favourite locations or your current departure and destination Scale bar Cursor position GPS button...

Страница 9: ...the options to search a location see the Picking locations description The cursor button provides functions for your cursor location i e the location indicated by the blinking icon You can calculate a route from your current location to the cursor location find a point of interest near the cursor location centre the map around the cursor location turn the cursor location into a favourite Options T...

Страница 10: ...people prefer the simplicity of this at a glance schematic display You can switch to the schematic display using the turn off map display preference You can also set TomTom Navigator HP Edition to hide the map only when you go faster than a certain speed Sound off warning indicator Next instruction Journey information The name of the street you are currently on A large copy of the schematic instru...

Страница 11: ...our finger or stylus on the screen the item will be adjusted in size in order to show the complete text browser with collapsed keyboard browser with popped up keyboard Most browsers allow you to search for items with a particular name Simply type some letters of the name by tapping the corresponding buttons on the keyboard If no keyboard is visible tap the keyboard symbol in the bottom corner open...

Страница 12: ...OME location is simply that you can select it with a single tap of your finger It is therefore useful to set it to the location that is most central in your travels such as your home your parking spot or your office You can change your HOME location using the change home location preference If you don t specify a HOME position the home icon in the location menu will remain dimmed 2 2 2 Picking a f...

Страница 13: ... menu or using the Add as favourite cursor action in the map browser You can rename or delete favourites using the Maintain favourites preference 2 2 3 Picking a recent destination Every time you plan a route the destination is automatically added to the list of recent destinations If you have never navigated anywhere the recent destination icon in the location menu will be dimmed Otherwise you wi...

Страница 14: ...4 8 2 2 5 Picking a point of interest Points of interest often abbreviated to POI are locations like parking garages petrol stations hotels restaurants hospitals monuments etc Most TomTom Navigator HP Edition maps offer huge amounts of POI a notable exception is the Major Roads map for which the POI icon in the location menu will be dimmed In order to pick a POI you first need to pick a POI catego...

Страница 15: ...Once you have picked the POI category you want TomTom Navigator HP Edition will provide a list of POI in order of proximity Note ...

Страница 16: ...In other words you first specify the city or postal code area then the street name and then the house number or crossing Although this is slightly different from how addresses are normally written down there are many advantages to searching for an address in this order The first thing you are therefore asked to do is to specify a city town or village Type the first letters of its name A few letter...

Страница 17: ...e again a few letters usually suffice Note that TomTom Navigator HP Edition is quite capable of finding streets on the basis of misspelled or incomplete names This also means that if you are looking for a street such as Avenue de Mazagran you could forget about the avenue and simply start typing MAZ ...

Страница 18: ...he same name as the city itself STEP 3 Specifying the house number or crossing Next you will be asked to enter the house number Or as an alternative way of specify a precise location on a long street you can pick the place where the selected street crosses another street If you pressed the CROSSING button when asked for a house number or pressed DONE without entering a house number or if TomTom Na...

Страница 19: ...ng Note To calculate the route TomTom Navigator HP Edition must have a valid GPS signal If you do not have this the route summary screen is shown with the message Waiting for a valid GPS signal The route will be calculated when the signal becomes available If necessary refer to your installation poster to find out how to connect your GPS device Related topic To learn more about the options to set ...

Страница 20: ...wser It is a digital version of your paper map with a lot of detailed information available Related topic To learn more the map browser screen see the Map browser description Show status Shows the route summary screen This is the same screen as displayed after a route has been calculated Related topic To learn more the route summary screen see the Route summary description Guided tour This option ...

Страница 21: ...ou The difference with Navigate to is the departure location of your trip Where Navigate to uses you current GPS location as the departure Planning from A to B requires you to enter the departure manually Use the locations picker to set any type of location to depart from For fast selection TomTom Navigator HP Edition offers you the option to use your last destination again If you have not calcula...

Страница 22: ...estination The calculated route will be presented in the route summary screen You can review the route on the map as written instructions and the summary statistics total distance and estimated total journey time This gives a good overview of your trip If you are not happy with the calculated route you can calculate ...

Страница 23: ...gating or exploring the calculated alternative Avoid roadblock Calculates a new route using the same departure and destination as the current route The roads for the next 2000 meter of the current route are not used in the new route This gives you the opportunity to avoid roadblocks directly ahead Avoid roadblock is available as separate menu options for 100 500 2000 and 5000 meters The new calcul...

Страница 24: ...o instruction The distance between the last instruction and the next instruction Distance since departure he distance between your departure and the next instruction Time to instruction Estimated time between the last instruction and the next instruction Time since departure Estimated time between your departure and the next instruction Time of day Estimated time for the next instruction The dista...

Страница 25: ...rence menu the icon has changed into Turn on sound selecting this will turn on the sound again 4 1 Use night colours Use day colours Normally TomTom Navigator HP Edition uses bright colours with a lot of contrast so that you can see the map clearly even in bright sunlight When it is dark outside you may want to switch to night colours The map will then be displayed using subdued colours that will ...

Страница 26: ...option 4 3 Turn off map display Turn on map display You can navigate using either the map display or the schematic display The map display gives you the most detailed information about your current situation including a map The schematic view is focussed on the next driving instruction If map display is used switch to the schematic display by tapping Turn off map display If schematic display is us...

Страница 27: ... of Point Of Interest are shown use the Enable Disable POI preference option 4 5 Turn off sound Turn on sound You can turn off the voice that gives navigation instructions You will then have to rely on the visual instructions on your screen to navigate To hear the navigation instructions again turn on the sound once more If the sound is switched off this is indicated during navigation by the icon ...

Страница 28: ...HP Edition allows you to maintain a list of favourites locations that you use a lot like your work address your company headquarters your best friends your most important customers your hotel etc You can rename or delete any favourite from your list Use the browser to select a favourite from your favourites list If you want to delete the selected favourite select DELETE The message FAVOURITE DELET...

Страница 29: ...o use the browser to select a favourite see the browser usage description 4 8 GPS status Check your GPS signal or configure your GPS by tapping GPS status The GPS status screen shows detailed information on the GPS signal you receive On the GPS status screen is shown The longitude and latitude are displayed using the distance units The driving direction is shown in degrees compared to the north Th...

Страница 30: ...e option 4 9 Switch map Switch to the map of another country or area by tapping Switch map This option allows you to select a map from a list of available maps Certain maps come pre installed on your SD card others can be installed using your CD ROM The map that you are currently using is highlighted yellow If only one map is available it is selected automatically Related topics To install a speci...

Страница 31: ...hange the way maps are coloured by tapping Change map colours All maps are shown using a colour scheme this determines the colours used for each element shown in the map Use and to browse through the list of available colour schemes until your preferred scheme is shown Specify your colour scheme by selecting DONE You need to specify a colour scheme for day colours and after that for night colours ...

Страница 32: ...d This preference lets you select a larger keyboard which makes it easier to enter letters or a smaller keyboard which leaves more room for items in the list If you use the smaller keyboard switch to the larger keyboard by tapping Use larger keyboard If you use the larger keyboard switch to the smaller keyboard by tapping Use smaller keyboard ...

Страница 33: ...rences by tapping Set name display This preference lets you specify how you want to show names in the main screen Show house numbers prefixed addresses will be displayed as 112 Oxford street rather than Oxford street 112 De emphasize E roads local road numbering are preferred over European road numbering e g A10 E35 is preferred over E35 A10 Show street names on map the names of roads and side str...

Страница 34: ...on that is to be used as your home The advantage of the HOME location is simply that you can select it with a single tap of your finger It is therefore useful to set it to the location that is most central in your travels such as your home your parking spot or your office You can pick any type of location as your home location ...

Страница 35: ...s you specify how distances are expressed in kilometres or in miles how longitudes and latitudes are displayed using decimals or sexagesimals and how times are displayed using 24 hour format or using the 12 hour am pm format decimal display sexagesimal display degrees minutes and seconds ...

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Страница 37: ...handed switch it by tapping Left handed lay out If the application operates for left handed switch it by tapping Right handed lay out 4 18 Set schematic speed Modify the schematic speed by tapping Set schematic speed You can set TomTom Navigator HP Edition to hide the map when you go faster than a certain speed Instead of the map a much simpler schematic design is used to display driving instructi...

Страница 38: ...c view see the schematic view description 4 19 Change voice Change the voice used for driving instructions by tapping Change voice This preference lets you change the voice used for driving instructions Voices are available in many different languages For certain languages several different voices are available To hear a sample of a voice tap the TEST button ...

Страница 39: ...ption To turn the sound completely off use the Turn off sound preference option 4 20 Switch Language Set the language used by TomTom Navigator HP Edition by tapping Switch language This preference will set the language in which the menus and screens are shown Simply tap the language of your choice ...

Страница 40: ...nguage of the voice instructions use the change voice preference option 4 21 POI Appendix TomTom Navigator HP Edition comes with a powerful POI management tool Not only you can enable and disable the available POI categories you can also add new categories of POI s and your own POI s TomTom Navigator HP Edition can even warn you when you are near POI in a chosen category ...

Страница 41: ...ROM drive and then double clicking setup exe After choosing your preferred language carefully read the license agreement Next you will be presented with the main Setup Menu You can use this menu to install TomTom Navigator HP Edition to load extra maps to change voices and to access further product information 5 2 Requirements for installation To install TomTom Navigator HP Edition or additional v...

Страница 42: ... maps From the main Setup Menu choose the appropriate option You will be guided through a number of screens to refine your choices Note Maps can be installed directly to a memory card that is inserted into a PC Memory Card Reader that is attached to your PC ...

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