TomTom 530s User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Installation

  2
• What’s in the box

  5
• Before you start

  6
  • Switching on and off

    6
  • Device not starting

    6
  • Charging your TomTom XXL

    6
  • GPS reception

    7
  • Take care of your device

    7
• Safety

  8
  • Positioning the dock

    8
  • Installing the dock

    8
  • Safety preferences

    8
• Making your first journey

  9
  • Arrival times

    11
  • Other navigation options

    11
  • Planning a route in advance

    12
  • More information about a route

    13
• Driving View

  15
• Advanced Lane Guidance

  16
  • Advanced Lane Guidance

    16
• Finding alternative routes

  17
  • Why change the route?

    17
• Browse map

  19
  • Options

    19
• TomTom Map ShareTM

  21
  • Map corrections

    21
  • Making a map correction

    21
  • Receiving the latest map updates

    22
  • Marking a map error while on the move

    22
  • TomTom Map Share community

    22
  • Correction preferences

    22
  • Accepting map corrections

    23
  • Types of map correction

    23
• Sounds and voices

  27
  • Changing the volume level

    27
  • Selecting a voice

    27
• Preferences

  28
  • Hidden buttons and features

    28
  • Use night colors / Use day colors

    28
  • Show POI on map

    29
  • Safety preferences

    29
    • What happens when I use the Turn off map display option?

      29
  • Guided tours

    29
  • Turn off sound / Turn on sound

    30
  • Volume preferences

    30
  • Manage Favorites

    30
  • Change Home location

    30
    • Do I need to use my actual home address for the Home location?

      30
    • Why should I set a Home location?

      30
  • Change voice

    31
  • Manage POIs

    31
  • Change car symbol

    31
  • Change 2D/3D display / Turn on 2D display

    31
  • Show/Hide lane images

    32
  • Manage maps

    32
  • Change map colors

    32
  • Change language

    32
  • Status bar preferences

    33
  • Quick menu preferences

    33
  • Street name preferences

    34
  • Planning preferences

    34
    • Replanning preferences

      34
  • Brightness preferences

    35
  • Set owner

    35
  • Set units

    35
  • Operate left-handed / Operate right-handed

    35
  • Keyboard preferences

    36
  • Set clock

    36
  • Battery saving preferences

    36
  • Reset factory settings

    36
• Points of Interest

  37
  • Creating POIs

    37
  • Navigating to a POI

    39
  • Showing POIs on the map

    40
  • How can I set warnings for POIs?

    40
  • Managing POIs

    40
    • Why would I want to create my own POIs?

      41
• Itinerary Planning

  42
  • What is an Itinerary?

    42
  • When would I use an Itinerary?

    42
  • Creating an Itinerary

    42
  • Following an Itinerary

    43
  • Organizing an Itinerary

    43
  • Start Using an Itinerary

    44
• Help me

  45
  • Options

    45
• Favorites

  46
  • What are Favorites?

    46
  • How can I create a Favorite?

    46
  • How can I use a Favorite?

    47
  • How can I change the name of a Favorite?

    48
  • How can I delete a Favorite?

    48
• Traffic information using RDS-TMC

  49
  • The Traffic Message Channel (TMC)

    49
  • Using traffic information

    49
  • Changing traffic preferences

    50
  • Traffic incidents

    50
  • Setting the radio frequency for RDS-TMC information

    51
  • Making commuting to work easier

    52
  • Checking traffic incidents in your area

    52
  • Traffic menu

    53
• TomTom Safety Alerts

  54
  • Safety camera warnings

    54
  • Changing the way you are warned

    55
  • Report button

    55
  • Reporting a new safety camera while on the move

    55
  • Reporting a new safety camera while at home

    56
  • Reporting incorrect camera alerts

    56
  • Types of fixed safety camera you can report

    56
  • TomTom Safety Camera menu

    57
• Fuel Prices

  58
  • Search for the best fuel prices

    58
• Introducing TomTom HOME

  59
  • Installing TomTom HOME

    59
  • MyTomTom Account

    59
• Addendum

  60
  • Important Safety Notices and Warnings

    60
    • Global Positioning System

      60
    • Use with Care

      60
    • Aircraft and Hospitals

      60
  • Taking care of your TomTom device

    60
  • Battery

    61
  • SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING DRIVING IN CALIFORNIA AND MINNESOTA

    61
  • FCC Information for the User

    62
    • Exposure to Radio Frequency Radiation

      62
    • Radio and Television Interference

      62
    • Important

      62
  • FCC Declaration of Conformity

    63
    • Tested to comply with FCC Standards for Home or Office Use

      63
    • Responsible party in North America

      63
  • This Document

    63
• Copyright notices

  64