User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Welcome to navigation with TomTom
- What's new
- Installing your Rider
- Connecting a headset
- TomTom services
- Connecting a smartphone
- Wi-Fi connection
- Using your Rider
- What's on the screen
- Calls and smartphone notifications
- Traffic
- Syncing using TomTom MyDrive
- About TomTom MyDrive
- Logging in to MyDrive
- Road Trips collection - sending a route to your Rider
- Road Trips collection - planning a route to a stop
- Setting a destination using MyDrive
- Planning a route with stops using MyDrive
- Showing a planned destination in MyDrive
- Clearing a MyDrive destination
- Deleting a MyDrive destination from My Places
- Set a phone contact as your destination using the MyDrive app
- Finding and syncing locations using MyDrive
- Syncing My Places locations with MyDrive
- Importing a community POI list
- Deleting a community POI list
- Importing a track GPX file
- Deleting a track GPX file
- Saving and restoring your personal navigation information
- Quick search
- Choosing which search to use
- Using quick search
- Planning a route using quick search
- Using destination prediction
- Planning a route to an address
- Planning a route to a city centre
- Planning a route to a POI
- Planning a route to a POI using online search
- Planning a route using the map
- Planning a route using My Places
- Planning a route using coordinates
- Planning a route using a mapcode
- Planning a route in advance
- Finding a car park
- Finding a petrol station
- Step by step search
- Choosing which search to use
- Using step by step search
- Planning a route using step by step search
- Using destination prediction
- Planning a route to an address
- Planning a route to a POI
- Planning a route to a city centre
- Planning a route to a POI using online search
- Planning a route using the map
- Planning a route using My Places
- Planning a route using coordinates using step by step search
- Planning a route in advance
- Finding a car park
- Finding a petrol station
- Changing your route
- The Current Route menu
- Avoiding a blocked road
- Avoiding part of a route
- Finding an alternative route
- Types of route
- Avoiding features on a route
- Avoiding an incident or route feature using the route bar
- Adding a stop to your route from the current route menu
- Adding a stop to your route using the map
- Deleting a stop from your route
- Skipping the next stop on your route
- Reordering stops on a route
- My Routes
- About My Routes
- About GPX and ITN files
- Adding to My Routes using MyDrive
- Saving a route
- Navigating using a saved route
- Navigating to a stop on a saved route
- Adding a stop to a saved route using the map
- Recording a track
- Navigating using a track
- Deleting a route or a track from My Routes
- Exporting tracks to a memory card
- Importing routes and tracks from a memory card
- Importing routes from your computer using USB
- My Places
- About My Places
- Setting your home or work location
- Changing your home location
- Adding a location from My Places
- Add a location to My Places from the map
- Adding a location to My Places using search
- Adding a location to My Places by marking
- Deleting a recent destination from My Places
- Deleting a location from My Places
- Using community POI lists
- Map Share
- Speed Cameras
- Danger Zones
- Settings
- Getting Help
- Using MyDrive Connect
- Addendum
- Copyright notices
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Why do I want to connect a smartphone to my device?
Connect your smartphone to your TomTom Rider to use these features:
TomTom services
Receive real-time traffic information, speed camera updates and MyDrive using your phone’s
data connection. This feature uses approximately 7 MB of data per month.
Phone calls
See who is calling on your Rider so you can decide if you want to answer an incoming call.
Smartphone messages
SMS and messages from other messaging apps on your smartphone appear on your Rider. Mes-
sages can be read aloud on your headset so that you can keep your eyes on the road ahead.
Smartphone personal assistant
Get full access to your phone's personal assistant. Tap the phone button in the map or guidance
view to talk to Siri or Google Now™.
Connecting a smartphone
You are prompted to connect your smartphone when you start your TomTom Rider for the first
time, or after you have reset your Rider.
Tip: Currently, you can connect one phone to your Rider.
Connecting your phone using the MyDrive app
1. On your smartphone, download and install the TomTom MyDrive app.
Google Play Store
Apple App Store
2. Open the MyDrive app. If you are not prompted to connect your phone, tap the device symbol
next to the search bar on the app main screen.
3. Switch on Bluetooth on your phone, and make sure your phone is discoverable.
4. On your TomTom Rider, open the Main Menu and select Settings.
5. Select Bluetooth.
6. Select Add Phone.
7. Follow the steps in the app and on your Rider to pair your phone with your Rider.
Connecting a smartphone