Eclipse TomTom User Manual

Finding alternative routes4.11Finding alternative routesOnce you have planned a route, you may want to change something about theroute, without changing your destination.Why change the route?Maybe for one of these reasons:• You can see a roadblock or a line of traffic ahead.• You want to travel via a particular location, to pick someone up, stop forlunch or fill up with gas.• You want to avoid a difficult intersection or a road you don’t like.Find alterna-tive...Tap Find alternative... in the Main Menu to change the route that iscurrently planned.Then tap one of the options below.CalculatealternativeTap this button to calculate an alternative to the route already planned.Your TomTom will look for another route from your current location to yourdestination.If you decide you would prefer to use the original route after all, tapRecalculate original.Why would I need to do this?Apart from the roads near your position and near your destination, the newroute will use totally different roads to reach your destination. This is aneasy way of calculating a totally different route.AvoidroadblockTap this button if you can see a roadblock or a line of traffic ahead. You thenhave to choose how much of the route ahead you want to avoid.Choose from the different options: 100m, 500m, 2000m, 5000m. YourTomTom will recalculate your route avoiding the section of the route for thedistance you selected.Don’t forget that once a new route is calculated, you may have to turn offthe road you are on very soon.If the roadblock suddenly clears, tap Recalculate original to return to youroriginal route.