To extend the battery life of your navigation device, there are some settings you can change.
For example, when using your device away from your car, reducing the screen brightness and volume may significantly extend battery life.
Find your device below:
GO 40, GO 50, GO 51, GO 60, GO 61, GO 400, GO 500, GO 600, GO 510, GO 610, Rider 410, Rider 400, Rider 40, GO 5000, GO 6000, GO 5100, GO 6100, Trucker 5000, Trucker 6000, START 40, START 50, START 60, Start 42, Start 52, Start 62, VIA 52, VIA 62, GO 520 Wi-Fi, GO 620 Wi-Fi, Rider 500, Rider 550, GO 5200 Wi-Fi, GO 6200 Wi-Fi, GO PROFESSIONAL, VIA 53, GO Basic, GO Essential, GO Premium, GO Comfort, GO Supreme
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| | | What | How | | Screen brightness: 50% | Settings menu > Appearance > Brightness > Move the Day brightness slider to 50% or lower | | Volume: 30% | Main menu > Slide the volume control to 30% or lower | | Battery saving preferences: ON | Settings menu > System > Battery settings > Enable Sleep automatically when disconnected from power | | | |
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GO 800/1000/2000 series, GO LIVE Top Gear edition, Via series, Start 20 series, Start 60, Blue&Me TomTom 2 LIVE, Sony XNV, TomTom Connect, Mazda Navigation System NB1 (LIVE)
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| | | What | How | | Screen brightness: 50% | Settings > Brightness settings > Day colour brightness = 50% or lower | | Volume: 30% | Settings > Volume settings > Volume = 30% or lower | | Bluetooth®: OFF | Settings > Connections > Disable Bluetooth® | | Battery saving preferences: ON | Settings > Battery saving settings > Dim screen between instructions | | | |
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GO x50, GO x40, GO x30, GO x20, GO x10, GO
XXL, XL LIVE, XL, ONE
RIDER 2nd edition, RIDER 1st edition
Blue&Me TomTom, ECLIPSE II, Toyota Aygo Connect Multimedia
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| | | What | How | | Screen brightness: 50% | Change preferences > Brightness preferences > Day colour brightness = 50% or lower | | Volume: 30% | Change preferences > Volume preferences > Volume = 30% or lower | | * Bluetooth®: OFF | Change preferences > Bluetooth® preferences > Disable Bluetooth® | | * Battery saving preferences: ON | Change preferences > Battery saving preferences > Turn off screen between instructions | | * FM Transmitter: OFF | Change preferences > Speaker preferences > Select internal speaker for instructions & music | | * Light sensor: OFF | Change preferences > Brightness preferences > Deactivate both options at the bottom | * Not available on all TomTom devices | | |
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Rider (2013), Rider Pro, Urban Rider
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| | | What | How | | Screen brightness: 50% | Options > Brightness preferences > Day colour brightness = 50% or lower | | Volume: 30% | Tap the left-hand side of the status bar in the Driving View. Then lower the volume to 30% or less | | * Battery saving preferences: ON | Options > Battery saving preferences > Turn off screen between instructions | | | |
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XL ², Start ², Start
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| | | What | How | | Volume: 30% | Tap the bottom left corner of the Driving View. Then move the slider to the left. Volume = 30% or lower | | | |
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