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Planning a route in advance
You can use your TomTom device to plan a route in advance, selecting your starting point and
your destination.
Here are some more reasons to plan a route in advance:
 Find out how long a trip is going to take before you start.
 You can also compare trip times for the same route at different times of the day or on different
days of the week. Your device uses IQ Routes when planning a route. IQ Routes calculates
routes based on the real average speeds measured on roads.
 Study the route of a trip you are planning.
 Check a route for someone who is coming to visit you and then explain the route to them in
detail.
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 Plan route.
This button is shown while there is no planned route on your TomTom device.
3. Select the starting point for your trip in the same way that you would select your destination.
4. Set the destination for your trip.
5. If Route planning settings are set to Ask me every time I plan, select the type of route you
want to plan:
 Fastest route - the route which takes the least time.
 Eco route - the most fuel-efficient route for your trip.
 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 highways - a route which avoids highways.
 Walking route - a route designed for making the trip on foot.
 Bicycle route - a route designed for making the trip on a bicycle.
6. Choose the date and time that you will make the trip you are planning.
Your device uses IQ Routes to work out the best possible route at that time. This is useful to see
how long a trip takes at different times of the day or on different days of the week.
Your navigation device plans the route between the two locations you selected.
Viewing route information
You can access these options for the route you last planned by tapping View route in the Main
Menu or the Details button on the route summary screen.
You can then select from the following options: