Safety preferences: Tap to set the safety preferences such as the safety lock. When you enable the safety lock, you cannot access all buttons and features of TomTom while driving.

Change voice: Tap change the voice that provides spoken instructions.

Tap the arrow to open the next page of buttons.

Points of Interest (POI)

Points of Interest or POIs are useful locations on the map. Examples include:

Restaurants

Hotels

Museums

Parking garages

Gas stations To navigate to a POI:

1.Tap the screen to display the main menu.

2.Tap Navigate to in the main menu.

3.Tap Point of Interest.

4.Narrow the number of POIs by selecting the area of the POI location. Select one of these options:

POI near you: To search from a list of POIs near your current position.

POI in city: To choose a POI in a particular town or city.

POI near Home: To search from a list of POIs near your Home location.

If currently navigating to a destination, you can select from a list of POIs that are on the route or near the destination. Choose one of these options:

POI along route

POI near destination

5.Select the category of POI.

Tap any POI category to search for a POI by name. If you do not find the POI, tap its category. Tap the arrow to choose from the complete list of categories. Select the category from the list or start to type the name of the category and select it when it displays in the list.

6.From the list of POIs, select the POI to navigate to. If you know the name of the POI, tap Find, and then type the name. Select it from the list when it displays.

After you select a POI, TomTom calculates the route to the POI.

TomTom Plus

TomTom PLUS is a collection of services that keep you informed and entertained while on the road. You can subscribe to a range of extras and download them either directly to your Travel Companion or download them to your computer, and then transfer them to your Travel Companion.

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