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Garmin: Rino 120 - GPS-Integrated FRS/GMRS Radio
by Rattle at 12:16 pm EDT, Jul 21, 2004

] The Rino 120 is state-of-the-art GPS navigation and
] two-way communications combined, with enough memory to
] download detailed mapping for driving, hiking, hunting,
] fishing or 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.


 
RE: Garmin: Rino 120 - GPS-Integrated FRS/GMRS Radio
by Dolemite at 9:36 am EDT, Jul 22, 2004

Rattle wrote:
] ] The Rino 120 is state-of-the-art GPS navigation and
] ] two-way communications combined, with enough memory to
] ] download detailed mapping for driving, hiking, hunting,
] ] fishing or 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.

I've had one of these since last year. It's very handy, but I wish that I knew other people with one. I like the fact that I can use the FRS radios with others and at least one of us knows where we are. One drawback is that it goes through batteries when both the radio and GPS are turned on.

Dolemite


 
 
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