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Always plan this type of route
The types of route you can choose from are as follows:
Fastest route
- the route which takes the least time.
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.
Most eco-friendly route
- the most fuel-efficient route for your trip.
Winding route
- the route with the most turns.
Note
:
Winding route
is not available on all TomTom navigation devices or apps.
Avoid interstate highways
- this type of route avoids all highways.
Walking route
- a route designed for making the trip on foot.
Bicycle route
- a route designed for making the trip on a bicycle.
Avoid on every route
You can choose to avoid ferries and car shuttle trains, toll roads, carpool lanes, and unpaved roads.
Set how your Rider should manage each of these road features when the device calculates a route.
Carpool lanes are sometimes known as High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes (HOV) and are not present in
every country. To travel on these lanes, you may need to have more than one person in the car, for
example, or the car may need to use environmentally-friendly fuel.
Sounds and Warnings
Select
Settings
in the Main Menu, then select
Sounds & Warnings
.
On this screen, you can change sound and warning settings.
Warning type
You can choose how you want to be warned:
Read out loud
Hear spoken warnings and warnings sounds.
Sounds
Hear only warning sounds.
Visual only
No warning sounds are given.
Warnings
You can set how you want to be warned for different types of cameras, danger zones, and safety
hazards. You can choose to be always warned, warned only if you are speeding, or never warned.
Safety Cameras & hazards
You can choose to switch off all safety camera, danger zone, and hazard warnings. When
Safety
Cameras & hazards
is switched on, you can switch off the warnings for each type of safety camera,
danger zone, and hazard.
Additional settings
Traffic jam ahead
Traffic jam warnings in the route bar are part of
. You can choose never to be
warned or to always be warned when approaching a jam too quickly.