Sony XAV-701HD Manual

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You can use your TomTom navigation module 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 navigation module 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 Plan route.

3. Select the starting point for your trip in the same way that you would select your desti-

nation.

4. Set the destination for your trip.
5. Choose the type of route that should be planned.

• 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.

6. Choose the date and time that you will make the trip you are planning.

Your navigation module 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.

7. Your TomTom navigation module plans the route between the two locations you 

selected.

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.

Tap this button to select your last recorded position, as your destina-

tion.

This button is shown while there is no planned route on your naviga-

tion module.