Route planning on XL

[bandk]

I need help desperately. I want to store a route on my XL. Trouble is the tomtom plans the route from A to B for me using what it considers is the quickest/fastest route. I know from travelling it many times that it is not the quickest/fastest.

If I try and alter the route to follow what I want, it will not let me save it in any shape or form. I have tried favourites, itinery planning, waypoints the works, with no luck so far.

Can someone explain in laymans terms how to plot a route following roads that I want to follow and save it for future reference. I need to be able to give the satnav to a driver who has not been to the destination before and be certain that they are not going to get lost half way through Murcia in Spain.

 

[dhn]

If your unit has IQ capabilities, then turn it off via preferences-->Planning.

 

[bandk]

Have to check that, we bought this as a replacement for a TTOne that was left on a desk at an airport. The original was so very easy to operate, as this was thought to be just a screen size upgrade (to us) we thought it would be just as easy. Its nothing short of a nightmare getting it to do what you want. In puter terms its like using windows vista and then getting knocked backwards to win 3.1

 

[mvl]

You probably don't have an IQroutes model. IQroutes usually does a very good job of finding the fastest route, non-IQroutes Tomtom's don't do that good a job.

You can't officially save a "route" on a tomtom. You can save an itinerary, with up to 48 "waypoints". The tomtom will route the fastest way it thinks between successive waypoints on your list, but if you put enough of them in, you should be able to get the Tomtom to route the way you want.

Go to "itinerary planning" (second screen of the main menu). And add your starting point, then do options and change it to a waypoint. Then add your destination as a "destination". If you click OK it will route you from where you are to the starting point, then via Tomtom's "fastest" way to the destination. If you don't how it routed you, add another waypoint in the middle across a road you want to force the Tomtom to pass (make sure you select the proper side of divided highways). Then see if the whole route is what you want, if not then repeat adding more waypoints. When you are satisfied with the route. you can then save the itinerary. When needed, load the itinerary and you'll be fine.

You could also try tyre, which transfers a route from Google maps - this may be easier.

Or you could buy an XL 340/IQroutes, which should pick the fastest route on its own.

 

[bandk]

Thanks for the various answers guys, I used tyre and had the same problems as I was trying it thru itinery planning on the satnav.

Zooming in closer on the map I found my problem. It's a junction from a secondary road to a motorway link. I had a waypoint on the secondary road and then another waypoint on the motorway. The mapping just ended at the first waypoint and refused to add the motorway section. Being a road I travel often I had not given it a second thought.

The actual route is as follows, the secondary road passes under the motorway, continues down to a roundabout 1/2 mile distant. At which point you then travel back up the opposite carriageway from the roundabout to gain entry to the motorway. As I had not put a waypoint at the roundabout, the mapping sequence must have become confused and just terminated at the last known waypoint. So if in doubt zoom in closer on the mapping when planning!

Mind you, the Spanish could make things a lot easier with proper slip road entries to motorways and not the way most of them are laid out!!