GPS and Two Way Communications
Garmin's Rino 120
The Rino120 is state-of-the-art GPS navigation and two-way communications combined, with enough memory to download detailed mapping for driving, hiking, hunting, sailing - just about anything else you can dream up.
It's waterproof and can "beam" your exact location to another Rino user within a two-mile range (on the FRS spectrum) using "Position?Reporting". The radio functionality of the Rino 120 provides two-way communications for up to two miles (using FRS channels), and you can talk to friends or family who own conventional FRS radios. There's also a voice scrambler and a vibration mode for silent calls.
The Rino 120 has a built-in basemap consisting of American road and highway detail, along with 8 MB of internal memory for downloading additional road, street, and points-of-interest data from MapSource MetroGuide, Fishing Hot Spots, Topo, or BlueChart CD-ROMs. The PC-interface cable also comes with the Rino 120.
Features:
- WAAS-enabled GPS receiver
- 22 communication channels: 1-14 FRS, 15-22 GMRS
- 38 sub-audible squelch codes per transmission channel for semi-private radio communications
- Transmit distance: up to 2 miles using FRS, up to 5 miles with GMRS
- External voice activation (VOX)
- Ergonomic design for one-handed operation, with Call, Press-To-Talk (PTT), and Page mode buttons on the side, Power/Backlighting button on top, and Volume and Zoom buttons in front
- Unique 5-way cursor for channel selection and volume adjustment in FRS/GMRS mode, and quick map panning, entering, and selecting functions in GPS mode
- Voice scrambler and vibration mode for silent calls
- Built in basemap consisting of American road and highway detail, along with 8 MB of internal memory for additional road, lake, marine, and points-of-interest data that can be downloaded from MapSource MetroGuide, Fishing Hot Spots, Topo, or BlueChart CDs.
Plotter/Moving Map Features
Basemap: Built-in Americas Highway basemap with oceans, lakes, rivers, cities, interstates or major motorways, principal and major thoroughfares and political boundaries. Factory preloaded with Marine Point Database.
MapSource: Compatible with most GARMIN MapSource products including MapSource BlueChart marine cartography, MetroGuide, and Fishing Hot Spots. Accepts up to 8 MBs of downloaded map detail.
Radio features
- Channels: 22 (1-14 FRS, 15-22 GMRS)
- Squelch codes: 38
- Range: Up to 2 miles on FRS channels; 5 miles on GMRS
- Modes: Channel scan with programmable scan list; channel monitor
- Call tones: 10 call and ring tones, 4 roger tones
- VOX: External Voice Activation with sensitivity selection
Other features: Alarm, calculator, calendar, clock, lap timer, stopwatch, games
Location reporting features
- User ID: 10-character name with graphic symbol
- Location sending: One button press with Call or Talk button
- Location receiving: Automatic; keep track of up to 50 Rino contacts
- Contact GoTo: Navigation data automatically updated to contact's latest location
- Contact TracBack?: Retrace the path of up to 20 contacts
- Contact Quick View: Quickly center all contact locations on map
- Contact Assembly: User and contacts can send and navigate to a common destination
- Proximity alarm: Alerts you if contact moves out of a specified distance radius or if you are within a specified distance of a waypoint
Navigation features
- Waypoints/icons: 500 with name, graphic symbol and notes
- Routes: 20 reversible
- Tracks: Automatic track log; 20 saved tracks let you retrace your path in both directions
- Trip computer: Current speed, average speed, time of sunrise/sunset, resetable maximum speed, trip timer, and trip distance
- Tables: Built-in celestial tables for sun and moon rise/set, best times to fish and hunt (based on date and location)
- Map datums: More than 100
- Position format: Lat/Lon, UTM/UPS, Maidenhead, MGRS, Loran TDs, and other grids
GPS performance
Receiver: WAAS-enabled, 12 parallel channel GPS receiver continuously tracks and uses up to 12 satellites to compute and update your position
Acquisition times:
Warm: Approximately 15 seconds
Cold: Approximately 45 seconds
AutoLocate: Approximately 5 minutes
Update rate: 1/second, continuous
GPS accuracy:
Position: under 15 meters, 95% typical
Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state
DGPS (USCG) accuracy:
Position: 3-5 meters, 95% typical
Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state
DGPS (WAAS) accuracy:
Position: under 3 meters, 95% typical
Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state
Dynamics: 6g's
Interfaces: RS232 with NMEA 0183, RTCM 104 DGPS data format and proprietary GARMIN
Antenna: Quad-helix
Power Source: 3 "AA" batteries (not included)
Battery life:
GPS only: 28 hours
FRS only (5, 5, 90 duty cycle): 20 hours
FRS (5, 5, 90 duty cycle) and GPS: 15 hours
Physical Size: 4.5"H x 2.3"W x 1.6"D; 7"H with antenna (11.4 x 5.8 x 4.1 cm; 17.8 cm with antenna)
Weight: 7.6 ounces (236 g) with batteries
Display: 1.4"H x 1.4"W (3.6 x 3.6 cm) 160 x 160 pixels, high-contrast LCD with bright backlighting
Case: Waterproof to IEC 529 IPX7 standards
Temperature range: 5°F to 158°F (-15°C to 70°C)
User data storage: Indefinite, no memory battery required
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