Route planning

Tap the Route planning button to set the way your TomTom device calculates the routes that you plan. The settings for planning consist of several options that are spread over several screens. Each setting is described below.

Route planning

Set the type of route you want your TomTom device to calculate.

Tap IQ Routes to set if you want the device to use IQ Routes information to help find the best route.

Fastest route

Choose whether you want to avoid motorways.

Replanning settings

Note: This setting is only available if your device has either a traffic subscription or an RDS-TMC Receiver. Traffic information is not available in all countries or regions. For more information about TomTom traffic information services, go to tomtom.com/services.

Set whether you want your TomTom device to replan the current route if a faster route is found while you are driving. This is useful if traffic builds up or clears further ahead on your route. Choose from the following settings:

Always switch to that route - select this option to receive no messages when a faster route is found. The current route is automatically re-calculated to be the fastest one.
Ask me if I want that route - select this option to be asked if you want to take the new route. When asked if you want to take the alternative route, tap Yes to have the current route re-calculated as the fastest one. Tap No if you don't want to take alternative route.
Tap Info to see a summary of both the original and the alternative routes. You can then tap Done to take the fastest route or Current route to remain on your original route.
Never change my route - select this option to receive no messages and simply be shown the new route on the screen.

Map information settings

Set whether you want to be warned if your route passes through an area where your map contains only limited information.

Toll road, ferry, carpool lanes and unpaved road settings

Set how your TomTom device should manage each of these four road features when the device calculates a route.

Carpool lanes are sometimes known as High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes 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.

Route summary

Set whether you want the route summary screen to close automatically after you plan a route. If you select No, then you will need to tap Done to close the route summary screen every time you plan a route.