Install a New Splash Screen

Customising your TomTom wallpaper is straightforward with the help of our quick guide to changing your TomToms splash screen.

It is possible to change both your start-up and shutdown screen using the instructions below. Even better if you are confident with a graphics package we can show you how to create your own. Worry not if for what ever reason you don’t want to create your own we have supplied free TomTom screens for both standard and widescreen sized devices.

Not sure, which free screen will fit your TomTom? Then check our screen size list

Download and install a free TomTom splash screen

  1. Save the splash screen by right clicking and choosing either “Save link as” or “Save target as”
  2. If you have a TomTom ONE - Save the image as a 24-bit Bitmap file called “splash.bmp”
  3. If you have a ONE XL, or a TomTom GO - save the image as a 24-Bitmap file called “splashw.bmp”
  4. Connect your TomTom to your computer using the USB cable
  5. Open your TomTom “hard drive” using Finder (Mac) or My Computer (Windows)
  6. So that you don’t delete the original TomTom splash screen, you can rename it. The orignal is called either “splash.bmp” or “splashw.bmp”. Rename it to something to help you find it later (e.g. spash_original, splash1 etc.)
  7. Copy the image you have saved from the list below and save it into the same folder on your TomTom that the original was stored in.
  8. To test it, safely disconnect your TomTom and switch it off and back on again - your new splashscreen should greet you!

Create your own TomTom screen

  1. Select a photo or image you would like to have as your TomTom Splash screen.
  2. Using a graphics program, such as Photoshop, re-size the image to 320 pixels wide x 240 pixels high (TomTom ONE, ONE 3rd edition) or 480 wide x 272 pixels high (TomTom ONE XL, GO 520/720/920/T)
  3. If you have a TomTom ONE - Save the image as a 24-bit Bitmap file called “splash.bmp”
  4. If you have a ONE XL, or a TomTom GO - save the image as a 24-Bitmap file called “splashw.bmp”
  5. Connect the TomTom to your computer (step 4 above) and follow the rest of the instructions above