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If you'd like this choice every time you navigate, or if you'd like to change the default

setting, see

'Planning

Once planned to your preference, the best route is shown on a suitably scaled map. As with

'Navigate

to...', you can now select the 'Route' button to explore the detailed route instructions, as

detailed in

'View

route' below. Finally, select 'Done' to return to the main navigation view.

View route

If you already have a route planned, you can explore it in various ways by choosing 'View route'

Choose 'Browse as text'

times, use the 'Options' button to change the numbers shown) between them. Selecting an

individual junction from this display or using 'Browse as images'

junction in 3D, with your turn instruction clearly marked. Use

forwards through your planned route.

'Browse as images' is a quick and powerful way to get a feel for the route you're about to

travel.

Along similar lines, although animated, is 'Show route demo'

view your journey at anything up to 500% of 'real time' (chosen using a simple slider). This works

well for journeys within a town or city, but you'll prefer to use 'Browse as images'

mentioned above, for any journey of significant length. To stop the animation, choose 'View route'

and then 'Stop route demo'

Tip: When browsing a route as images, tap on the centre of the screen to switch between 2D and 3D

views of each junction (not TomTom MOBILE users).

preferences'.

for a simple list of the junctions involved and the distances (or

instead presents each

and

to move backwards and

. Using this feature, you can