Planning a route to an address using search

Important: In the interest of safety and to avoid distractions while you are driving, you should always plan a route before you start driving.

To plan a route to an address using search, do the following:

1. Select the Main Menu button to open the Main Menu.

   

2. Select Search.

   

   The search screen opens with the keyboard showing.

3. Use the keyboard to enter the name of the place you want to plan a route to.

   Tip: If you press and hold a letter key on the keyboard, you get access to extra characters if they are available. For example, press and hold the letter "e" to access these characters: "3 e è é ê ë" and more...

   

   You can search for an address, town, city, postcode or mapcode.

   Tip: To search for a specific street in the United Kingdom or the Netherlands, type in a postcode, then leave a space and then type in the house number. For example, "1017CT 35". For other countries, postcodes are area-based and will give you a list of matching cities, towns and streets in your search results.

   Note: When searching, the whole map is searched. If you want to change how the search is done, select the button to the right of the search box. You can then change where the search is done, for example, to being along the route or in a city.

4. As you type the address, suggestions are shown based on what you have entered. You can continue typing or select a suggestion.

   Towns and roads are shown on the left, POIs are shown on the right.

   Tip: To see more results, hide the keyboard or swipe the results list to scroll it.

   Note: You can switch between seeing the results on the map or in a list by selecting the list/map button:

   

5. Select an address suggestion.

   

6. Enter the house number if you have one and haven't entered it already.

   

7. Select Drive.

   Your navigation device plans a route then starts to guide you to your destination. As soon as you start driving, the guidance view is shown automatically.

   Tip: If your destination is in a different time zone, you see a plus (+) or a minus (-) sign and the time difference in hours and half hours in the arrival information panel. The estimated time of arrival is the local time at your destination.

   Tip: You can add a stop to a route that you have already planned.

   Tip: You can save a route using My Routes.