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Finally, if you want an alternative route because
you simply don't like the original, tap on 'Calculate
alternative' . As far as possible, TomTom GO
tries to use a totally different set of roads. Once
planned, an overview is shown, as usual, and you
can tap on 'Route' for detailed instructions or on
'Done' to switch back to the 3D view. In fact, you
can keep asking for alternative routes by using
this main menu option, until TomTom GO finally
displays the message 'No route possible'. Tap on
'Recalculate original' to return to TomTom
GO's original best route.
3.3 Clear route
Tap on the 'Clear route' icon if you'd like to
remove the currently planned route from all of
TomTom GO's views. From this moment on, your
position will still be tracked on the map, but no
instructions or guidance will be provided.
Note that you do not need to clear a route before
planning a new one: this happens automatically.
3.4 Plan from A to B
Although navigating from your current position is
the function that you'll use most often in TomTom
GO, there may be times when you want to plan
ahead, looking at the best route and journey
time between any two given locations or getting
directions that will help someone else get to your
current position.
Note that 'Plan from A to B' is found on the second
screen of menu options. You may need to tap on
in order to see it.
Tapping on 'Plan from A to B' pops up a
familiar options screen, this time asking where you
want to depart from (a question which obviously
wasn't needed when using 'Navigate to...')
Select your departure location in the usual way.
You'll then be asked to 'Pick a destination', again
with the usual choices. Once planned, the fastest
route is shown on a suitably scaled map. As with
'Navigate to...', described in section 3.1, you can
now tap on 'Route' to explore the detailed route
instructions or on 'Map' to zoom into and browse
round the relevant section of TomTom GO's
detailed maps (see chapter 4). Finally, tap on
'Done' to return to the main 3D view.
3.5 Add favourite
Although TomTom GO keeps track of your most
recently used locations and presents them as initial
choices in its town and street browsers, you'll find
it faster in the long run to create your own set of
favourite locations. A favourite can then be
selected as a departure point or destination with a
single tap. Tap on the 'Add favourite' icon to
display its options screen.
The 'Address', 'Recent destination' and 'Point Of
Interest' options are both familiar and obvious, just
select the one you want. 'GPS position' is very
useful when you want to quickly store your current
location. For example, because you are passing
something interesting and want to return there
later. Since you don't need to bother finding the
location by address, it is also one of the fastest
ways of adding a favourite.
Note that you don't have to travel, physically, to a
location in order to set it as a favourite! Instead, see
the map browser's 'Cursor functions' in section 4.4.
Once you have used one of the above options to
tell TomTom GO the location you want to mark, you
are prompted to 'Enter a name for this favourite'.
TomTom GO highlights a starting suggestion for the
name of this favourite (such as the name of the
road, Point Of Interest, etc.), but you'll almost
certainly want to tap in a name of your own. For
example, 'Mum and Dad', 'Bridges Renault dealer'
or 'Picnic rendezvous'. When you're happy with
the name, tap on 'Done'.
Note that the letters you tap in automatically
replace the highlighted suggestion. If you just
wish to add a letter or two to TomTom GO's
suggestion, first tap on the highlighted words
to remove the highlight.
If you haven't yet set a 'Home' location, TomTom
GO will ask you if you want to assign it to be the
same as this new favourite. Once you've set up a
'Home' location, you won't get asked this question
when adding favourites. For more on changing
your 'Home' location, see section 5.15.
3.6 Guided tour
You'll remember that you viewed a tutorial slide
show when you started TomTom GO for the first
time. You can view it again at any time by tapping
on the 'Guided tour' icon .
The slide show is in three parts, covering the main
interface, the main menu options/preferences and
the map browser.
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