Figure 84: Brightness Preferences

Brightness levels for day and night modes can be manually adjusted via the brightness preferences page, shown above.

Figure 85: Preferences Page 4 of 7

Page 4 of 7 on the Preferences settings menu allows you to configure planning, toll, compass, voice, and language settings:

Figure 86: Planning Preferences

Planning preferences is used to set the kind of route planned when you input a destination. TomTom provides the following options:

• Ask me every time I plan - you will be prompted to choose a routing method every time the ONE XL routes to an address
• Always plan fastest routes - this is the default setting, and sets the ONE XL to always assume you want to take the fastest (though not necessarily shortest distance) route
• Always plan shortest routes - sets the ONE XL to always choose the shortest distance when figuring out the route to take
• Always avoid freeways - forces the ONE XL to avoid highways
• Always plan walking routes - sets the ONE XL to pedestrian mode
• Always plan bicycle routes
• Always plan for limited speed - useful if you're driving a slow vehicle, such as a farm vehicle

Figure 87: Toll Road Preferences

This settings tells the ONE XL how you want to handle toll roads, should any tolls appear on a planned route to a destination. You can specify that the ONE XL should always avoid toll roads, never avoid tolls, or ask you what to do if a toll is on your planned route (default).

Figure 88: Compass Preferences

This setting allows you to specify whether you want a compass to appear on the map screen, and, if so, what type of compass will be displayed. The following options are available:

• None - By default, no compass is displayed on the map
• One with arrow pointing north - the arrow always points north and the direction you are moving is at the top of the compass
• One with arrow showing your heading - the arrow always shows the direction you are moving and the top of the compass is north
• One with arrow pointing to your destination - the arrow always points to your destination relative to the direction you're traveling. The distance to your destination is shown in the middle of the arrow

Note that if you choose either the north or heading compass options, you then choose what is shown in the middle of the arrow (direction, degrees, or nothing)

Figure 89: Select a Voice

TomTom's ONE XL ships with support for 36 languages for spoken navigation instructions, and includes 4 different US English voices and 3 UK English voices.

TomTom's ONE XL doesn't support text-to-speech, so it won't announce actual street names. Instead, you'll hear generic maneuver instructions, like "in one-quarter mile, turn left".

TomTom's more expensive GO 910 does have text-to-speech, and TomTom's TTS is among the best I've heard; voices sound natural and don't sound computer generated.

The ONE XL supports voice prompts for the following languages:

• Australian
• Brazilian
• Bulgarian
• Catalan
• Chinese Mandarin
• Chinese Cantonese
• Croatian
• Czech
• Danish
• Dutch
• Estonian
• Finnish
• Flemish
• French
• German
• Greek
• Hungarian
• Italian
• Japanese
• Portuguese
• Latin American Spanish
• Latvian
• Lithuanian
• Malaysian
• Norwegian
• Polish
• Portuguese
• Romanian
• Russian
• Serbian
• Slovenian
• Spanish
• Swedish
• Thai
• Turkish
• UK English
• US English

Figure 90: Preferences Page 5 of 7

Page 5 of 7 on the preferences page allows you to configure the unit of measure, set left/right handed operation, specify what type of on-screen keyboard you prefer, name preferences, and disable screen tips:

Figure 91: Keyboard Preferences

By default the TomTom ONE XL uses the large on-screen keyboard. Using a smaller keyboard makes things a little harder to use, but it does free up more space on the results portion of the screen, making it easier to scroll through the lists of matching names (when looking up an address or POI).

Figure 92: Keyboard Preferences, Format

Another nice feature I've only seen available on TomTom's units is the ability to specify whether you want to use a QWERTY, AZERTY, or ABCD type keyboard. The default setting is ABCD style, but I know many people prefer the QWERTY type keyboard.

Figure 93: Name Preferences

This page allows you set what is shown on the map while driving to a destination. The following options are available:

• Show house numbers before street names
• Show street names
• Show next motorway - signpost - when this option is selected, the next major road on your route is shown at the top of the screen

Again, these are nice configuration options not typically available on other GPS units.

Figure 94: Preferences, Page 6 of 7

Page 6 of 7 on the preferences menu allows you to configure owner information, set the GPS to upside-down display mode, configure the GPS receiver, input TomTom PLUS account information, and configure start-up preferences:

Figure 95: Set Owner

Setting owner information on the ONE XL creates a 4-digit password that must be entered before the unit can be used. Unfortunately, you'll need to connect the ONE XL to a PC and use TomTom's HOME application to complete the 4-digit code setup process.

Figure 96: Start-up Preferences

Start-up preferences tell the ONE XL what it should do when powered on. The following three options are available:

• Continue where I left off - the ONE XL starts as it was when it was powered off (this is the default setting)
• Ask for a destination - the ONE XL starts with Navigate to... on the screen
• Show the Main Menu - displays the Main Menu

Figure 97: Preferences, Page 7 of 7

Page 7 on the Preferences menu allows you to enable / disable bluetooth and wireless data, set the menu system back to show fewer options, tell the ONE XL not to ask about arrival times, and reset the the ONE XL back to its original factory settings (selecting this will completely wipe the ONE XL of all saved settings and addresses).