User's Manual

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Welcome to navigation with TomTom
What's new
- New in this release
- TomTom videos
Get going
- Installing in your car
- Positioning the device
- Switching on and off
- Setting up
- GPS reception
- Sending information to TomTom
- Memory card slot
- Device not starting
- Charging your device
- Caring for your START/VIA
What's on the screen
- The map view
- The guidance view
- The route bar
  - Distances and the route bar
- The quick menu
- Navigation buttons
- Other buttons
- Volume control
- Using gestures
- Changing the text and button size
- Reordering the Main Menu buttons
Syncing using TomTom MyDrive
- About TomTom MyDrive
- Logging in to your MyDrive account
- Setting a destination using MyDrive
- Showing a planned destination in My Drive
- Clearing a MyDrive destination
- Deleting a MyDrive destination from My Places
- Finding and syncing locations using MyDrive
- Syncing My Places locations with MyDrive
- Importing a community POI list - MyDrive - NOT CONNECTED
- Deleting a community POI list
- Importing a track GPX file
- Deleting a track GPX file
- Saving and restoring your personal navigation information
Using Quick Search
- About search
- Planning a route to a POI using search
- Entering search terms
- Working with search results
- About postcodes
- About mapcodes
- List of POI type icons
Planning a route
- Using suggested destinations
- Planning a route to an address using search
- Planning a route to a city centre
- Planning a route to a POI using search
- Planning a route using the map
- Planning a route using My Places
- Planning a route using coordinates
- Planning a route using a mapcode
- Finding an alternative route
- 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
- Types of route
- Route features
- 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
- Saving a route
- Navigating using a saved route
- Navigating using a track
- Navigating to a stop on a saved route
- Adding a stop to a saved route using the map
- Deleting a route from My Routes
Map Share
- About Map Share
- Creating a map change report
- Creating a map change report from a marked location
- Types of map change
Traffic
- About RDS-TMC
- The route bar
- Looking at traffic on the map
- Looking at traffic on your route
- Traffic incidents
- Traffic jam warning
- Advanced Lane Guidance
- Time-dependent speed limits
Speed Cameras
- About speed cameras
- Crossing into another area or country
- Speed camera warnings
- Changing the way you are warned
- Updating locations for cameras and hazards
Danger Zones
- About danger zones
- Crossing into another area or country
- Danger zone warnings
- Changing the way you are warned
- Updating locations for danger zones
My Places
- About My Places
- Setting your home and work locations
- 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
Hands-free calling
- About hands-free calls
- Connecting to your phone
- Making a call
- Receiving a call
- Auto-answer
- Connecting more phones to your device
- Mobile phone menu
Settings
- Appearance
- Voices
- Maps
- Route Planning
- Sounds and Warnings
- Language and Units
- System
- Help
Getting Help
- Help
Product certification
- Finding product certification information on your device
Updating using MyDrive Connect
- About MyDrive Connect
- MyTomTom account
- Setting up MyDrive Connect
Addendum
Copyright notices

You can find current and more detailed information at tomtom.com/privacy.

Memory card slot

Some TomTom navigation devices have a memory card slot that is located on the side or bottom of the

device.

Before you use the memory card slot, make sure that you have the latest version of the application

installed on your navigation device by connecting to MyDrive using a computer.

When your START/VIA is up-to-date, you can use a memory card as extra storage space to add extra

maps, tracks or routes to your device. Maps can be purchased from tomtom.com.

Device not starting

In rare cases, your TomTom START/VIA may not start correctly or may stop responding to your taps.

First, check that the battery is charged. To charge the battery, connect your START/VIA to the car

charger. It can take 3 - 5 hours to fully charge the battery depending on the type of device.

If this does not solve the problem, you can perform a reset. To do this, press and hold the On/Off

button until your START/VIA begins to restart.

Charging your device

The battery in your TomTom START/VIA charges when you connect it to the car charger, to your

computer or to a USB Home Charger.

You are warned when the battery level is low or critical. You lose your connection to some TomTom

services when the battery level is low or critical. When the battery is empty, your START/VIA goes into

sleep mode.

Note: Use ONLY the USB cable supplied with your START/VIA. Other USB cables may not work.

Caring for your START/VIA

It is important to take care of your device:

 Do not open the casing of your device under any circumstances. Doing so may be dangerous and

will invalidate the warranty.

 Wipe or dry the screen of your device using a soft cloth. Do not use any liquid cleaners.