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• Your driving direction in degrees (on a standard

compass).

• Your driving speed (again, displayed in your

chosen units - see section 5.16).

• The Universal Time Code (UTC). This is the

absolute time according to the GPS satellites and

may not correspond to your local time.

• A representation of the sky overhead, showing

the positions of the GPS satellites.

• Bars showing the signal strength of each GPS

satellite. Those which are 'locked' and which are

providing useful information are shown in blue.

5.9 Switch map

You can switch to the map of another country or

area by tapping on 'Switch map'

that you are currently using is highlighted in

yellow. Tap on the map you wish to use next.

If you want to switch to a map on a different

memory card, this is a good time to eject the

current one and put the new card in.

See also chapter 6, which includes instructions for

the loading of new maps from CD.

5.10 Enable/Disable POI

In both the main 3D view and on all traditional map

views, you can choose which Points Of Interest

categories are shown by tapping on

'Enable/Disable POI'

. TomTom GO then

displays a list of all available categories, each

with a check box beside it.

Scroll up and down the list, a page at a time, using

the usual

and

categories that you are interested in and want to

be shown on TomTom GO's maps. Tapping on a

category automatically places a tick in its check

box; tapping again on it will remove the tick.

Locations in the chosen categories are then plotted

on the map, each represented by its own icon.

. The map

Note that you can choose whether or not to show

Points Of Interest at all, using 'Hide POI / Show

POI', described in section 5.4. In this way, you can

keep your chosen Points Of Interest categories

permanently ticked.

5.11 Change map colours

When first started, TomTom GO uses a European

colour scheme for all its maps, but you can change

this by tapping on 'Change map colours'

on the

and

different 'day colour schemes', tapping on 'Select'

when you're happy with the scheme shown.

Repeat the process for the different 'night colour

buttons, tapping on any

Tap

buttons to cycle through the

schemes', again tapping on 'Select' when you've

made your selection.

To switch between day and night colours in normal

use, see section 5.1.

5.12 Use larger keyboard / Use smaller keyboard

TomTom GO uses an on-screen keyboard for the

entry of text and numbers, as you'll have seen.

Instead of the standard key layout, you can opt to

use a smaller version, leaving more room for items

in scrolling lists. To switch to this, tap on 'Use

smaller keyboard'

. If you find the letter

buttons are now too small and want to switch

back to the original layout, tap on 'Use larger

keyboard'

5.13 About TomTom GO

To see the version number and copyright details of

the software in TomTom GO, tap on 'About

Navigator'

5.14 Set name display

You can adjust the way TomTom GO displays road

names on its maps by tapping on 'Set name display'

. There are four check boxes shown: Show

house numbers prefixed: If ticked, addresses will

be displayed with house numbers in front of their

street names, e.g. '112 Oxford street' rather than

'Oxford street 112'.

De-emphasize E-roads: If ticked, local road

numbering will be used in preference to European

road numbering, e.g. 'A10/E35' is preferred to

'E35/A10'.

Show street names on map: If ticked, the names of

roads and side streets are shown on the map

while you are driving, provided the current map

scale is appropriate and there is room.

Show next highway: If ticked, TomTom GO will

show the name of the next major highway to look

for, near the top right hand corner of the screen.

5.15 Change Home location

You can set or change your 'Home' location at any

time by tapping on 'Change home location'

You will then be able to select this later as

a departure or destination point with a single tap

of your finger.