Validating Actv travel documents is simple

Do you have only one type of travel document (ticket or subscription)?
Do you have a subscription + tickets on your card and  want to use the subscription?
You only need to near the card to the centre of the validator for validating (see picture).

The green light on the validating machine and the sound signal indicate that the ticket or pass has
been correctly validated.
The red or yellow light on the validating machine and a sound alarm signal indicate a failed attempt to validate, and rejected access to the service. The reason for the failed validation will also appear at the same time, on the display. 

How to use the ticket validator in the following cases:

Do you have different types of travel documents on your card and only want to use one of them?
Is your ticket about to expire and you want to validate another one, in order to continue your journey

 

1.    Press    and wait for the yellow light;
2.    near your card to the centre of the validator within 3 seconds (see picture);
3.    read the tickets titles on the display without moving your card, and press    when the ticket title you want  appears.

Do you have tickets on your card that you want to validate for your travel companions to use? 
1)    After you have validated for yourself, move your card away from the validator; 
2)    press   and wait for the yellow light;
3)    near your card to the centre of the validator within 3 seconds (see picture);
4)    keep it there, read the ticket titles on the display and press   when the ticket you want appears: you have validated another ticket! Then, press   the same numbers of times as the number of extra tickets you need. Press    if you have to subtract tickets. Finally press  

Remember that if you validate tickets from your card, for your travel companions, and if they were purchased with a Carta Venezia discount, at the moment of a control, your friends must show an imob or Venezia Unica pass that has been activated and currently valid for use as a CartaVenezia.

How to display contents of your card/ticket:
1.    Press   and wait for the yellow light;
2.    near your card or ticket to the centre of the validator within 3 seconds (see picture);
3.    read the tickets titles on the display without moving your card.