Tomtom Easy Activator V9 Full
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Some TomTom maps need to be activated before they can be used. You can activate maps automatically using GPRS, or manually on a PC via our website. To activate your map you will need a product code, found on the product code card included with your purchase.
The application starts by displaying the navigation view. The screen willappear in black and white until your GPS receiver locates your current position.Once this is done, the navigation view is shown in full color. In future, yourposition will be found much faster, normally within a few seconds. Everythingcan be accomplished easily using just your finger. Importantly, you can bring up the main options menu by tappingyour finger somewhere in the middle of the screen or pressing the joystick.
1. Move outside, if youhaven't already done so, so that the GPS hardware can locate your position. This may take some time, and will happen more quickly if you remain still. Thescreen displays your current position on its map, represented in a '3D'navigation view, from a driver's perspective. When you start moving, thenavigation view will match the streets outside as you would see them throughyour windshield.
4. The best way to seehow your TomTom system works is to use it for real, so think of the addressthat you want to visit and enter the first few letters of the city, town or village. Beas specific as possible. As you type, the letters are compared to the built-inlist of possible names and any matches appear in the browser window.
5. When you see the nameof the place you want, select it using the touchscreen or joystick. A new browser window is nowshown, this time with the prompt 'Street:' at the top. Again, startentering the road name of your destination, selecting it when the full name isshown among the matches. In cases where there is more than one road of the same name, additional information is displayed to help you choose the correct location.
6. A third and final keyboard and browser are shown, this timefor you to select a house number. For some roads (such as those that don't have house numbers), you'll be asked to select a particular 'Crossing:' (i.e. an intersection). Select a crossing, or enter the house number and then choose 'Done'.
8. Select 'Done' and you'll findyourself back at the main navigation view, but with the route now clearlycolored in for you. As you approach a specific turn in the calculated route, your chosen voice willtell you what to do. For example, "In 100 yards, turn left", followedby "Turn left". Asyou travel, following the voice instructions, you'll notice that the navigationview is updated constantly, always showing coming roads and junctions andpresenting the best route to you.
Don't worry if you miss a turn or drive down the wrong road. A newfastest route will be calculated automatically, based on your new position anddirection of travel. Wherever you go, it will always give you instructions thatwill take you to your chosen destination.
The planning's all done, now just buckle your seat belt and drive.As you approach a specific turn in the calculated route, your chosen voice willtell you what to do. For example, "In 100 yards, turn left", followedby "Turn left", without you having to take your eyes off the road. Asyou travel, following the voice instructions, you'll notice that the navigationview is updated constantly, always showing coming roads and junctions andpresenting the best route to you.
If you miss a voice instruction, tap on the turn instruction in thebottom left hand corner () to generate a new one. And if you'd like to view theroute summary again, tap anywhere in the journey information panel in thebottom right hand corner ( or).
Most of the time, the voice and turn instructions are all you need tonavigate successfully, which means never having to take your eyes off the road.At complicated junctions, where simple instructions aren't adequate to describethe path to take, the navigation view comes into its own. A quick comparisonbetween the screen and the world in front of you should be all you need.
This is the simplest and most useful starting point in most situations.Given your current GPS position, you can use this to navigate to any givenaddress, crossing, favorite location, Point Of interest, and so on. Select'Navigate to...' to bring up itsfirst options screen.
'Address' displays the samecity/street grids that you used in 'Planning your firstroute', so just choose your destination in the usual way. Ifyou're not sure of the exact street name to type in, note that simply enteringthe city's name again (or using the 'City center' option,described below) will get you to the geographical center of the city.
Choosing 'Home' here is quick andobvious, though if you chose not to set a home location when setting up yourTomTom system then this may still be greyed out. For more on setting up a homelocation, see 'Home preferences'.
Although you're going to be navigating to many places you don't knowwell, there will also be a number of locations that you visit frequently andthat you want to be able to travel from (and to) without having to enter theiraddress details each time. These are your 'Favorites'. See 'Favorite locations' for more on setting these up. Use'Favorite' to navigate tosuch a location.
'Point of interest' is your way intothe huge database of railway stations, restaurants, gas stations, and so on. Choosing this will display icons for the five categoriesthat you use most often. If the one you want now isn't shown here then useto bring up a browser with all categories that are available.
Use and to scroll through the list or enter a few letters of the requiredcategory's name. When you see the category you want, select it, to bring up alist of all Points Of Interest in that category, sorted according totheir distance from your current position. Use and to scroll through the list or, if you know the name of the Point OfInterest you want, choose the keyboard icon and thenenter a few starting letters.
By selectingin the 'Navigate to...' menu, you can view even more navigation options.Choose 'ZIP code' if you know thisinformation for your destination and would prefer to enter this than use thetown or city name. Once you've selected a ZIP code in the browser, you'll beasked to choose a street name (if needed) and house number in the usualway.
If you're good with maps and you'd prefer to pick a destination by eye,or if you're simply not sure of a valid street name or ZIP code to enter,choose 'Point on map'. You can thenscroll around the map, zooming in or out as needed. Finally, select a point onthe map as your destination and use 'Done'. For more information on using theTomTom map browser, see the chapter on 'Maps'.
When traveling into an unfamiliar city, you might not know adestination road name, of course. Choose 'City center' toautomatically navigate to the geographical center of any city name entered inthe usual way.
In a similar way, choose 'POI in city' to navigate toa Point Of interest in an unfamiliar city (e.g. a Hotel or Parking Garage).Choose a city name in the usual way and then a Point of interest category. Thepossible POIs are automatically sorted by proximity to the center of the chosencity.
'Favorites' are locations that you visit frequently and that you wantto be able to travel from (and to) without having to enter their addressdetails each time. Select 'Add favorite' to bring up itsfirst options screen.
Choose 'Home' to add your 'home'location to your favorites list, for extra convenience. If this option isgreyed out, it means that you haven't chosen a 'home' location yet. See 'Home preferences' for more details.
Choose 'Point of interest' to select a POIfrom the built-in databases as a favorite. As with navigating to a POI, you'llfirst see the five categories that you use most often, if the one you wantisn't shown then useto bring up a browser showing the full list. Within each category, you'll see alist of all POIs, neatly sorted according to their distance from your currentposition. Simply pick the one you want to make a favorite.
Choosing 'GPS position' is veryuseful when you want to store your current location quickly. For example, youare passing something interesting and want to return there later. Since youdon't need to bother finding the location by address, it is also one of thefastest ways of adding a favorite, so consider using this whenever you visitsomewhere that you know you'll want to return to at a later date.
Maybe a route has been planned that you're not happy with? Perhaps youhave been routed via a busy area? Have you spotted roadwork up ahead? Orperhaps you really wanted to go 'via' one particular location? This is wherethe 'Find alternative...' option comes in.
Choose 'Travel via...' if you want tomake sure the planned route goes past one particular location, perhaps topick up or drop someone off. The new location is picked in exactlythe same way as you would pick a departure point or destination, with the usualoptions of 'Home', 'Favorite', 'Address', 'Point Of interest', and so on. Onceselected, a new fastest route is calculated, making sure to include your 'via'location.
If you want to avoid a particular intersection, perhaps because it's aknown traffic black spot, choose 'Avoid part of route'. Use and to scroll through the current route instructions, choosing whichjunction you want to steer clear of. A new route will then be calculated.
Finally, if you want an alternative route because you simply don't likethe original, choose 'Calculate alternative'. As far aspossible, a totally different set of roads is used. Once planned, an overviewis shown, as usual, and you can choose 'Route' for detailed instructionsor 'Done' to switch back to the main navigation view. You can keepasking for (increasingly inefficient) alternative routes using this methoduntil the message 'No route found' appears. Choose 'Recalculateoriginal' toreturn to the original best route.
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