Garmin Rino 120 2-Mile 22-Channel FRS/GMRS Two-Way Radio and GPS Navigator

by Garmin

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 2.8 inches ; 1.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009VCHBA
• Item model number: 010-00270-22
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #150,106 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

The Rino 120 Portable Navigator is state-of-the-art GPS navigation and two-way communications combined. It's waterproof and can beam your exact location to another Rino user on FRS or GMRS channels using position reporting. The radio functionality of the Rino 120 Portable Navigator provides two-way communications for up to two miles using FRS channels, 5 miles using GMRS channels, and you can talk to friends or family who own conventional FRS/GMRS radios. There's also a voice scrambler and a vibration mode for silent calls. It has8 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.

Main Features

Manufacturer: Garmin, Ltd

Manufacturer Part Number: 010-00270-22

Manufacturer Website Address: www.garmin.com

Product Type: Handheld Navigator

Number of Channels: 12

Acquisition Time: Warm Start 15 Second(s) Approximate , Cold Start 45 Second(s) Approximate

Display Screen: 1.97" LCD Backlit

Interfaces: 1 x Serial

Form Factor: Portable

Dimensions: 4.5" Height x 2.3" Width x 1.6" Depth, 7" Height x 2.3" Width x 1.6" Depth - With antenna

Weight: 7.6 oz - With batteries

Standard Warranty: 1 Year(s) Limited

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great concept but obsolete design, June 7, 2011

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Allan Ray Miller "Ray's Reviews" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Garmin Rino 120 2-Mile 22-Channel FRS/GMRS Two-Way Radio and GPS Navigator (Electronics)

PROs:

I've had two Garmin 120s and one Garmin 130 for years. My family uses them all the time when we're out riding our bikes. I especially like them at amusement parks because we sometimes split up, and over reasonable distances can use them to communicate and find each other. I believe Garmin holds the patent for transmitting locational information in the way that they do for these types of radios. Very handy.

CONs:

On the other hand I think there are two main design problems. The minor one is that the battery compartment spring connectors wiggle loose over time and with no capacitor to ride through a millisecond of loss of power, the units simply crash or die. The more major problem is that the only way to update these rinos (maps, software updates, etc.) is through an old obsolete DB9 serial cable. No modern computer even comes with serial connectors anymore! Seriously Garmin, you've already gotten a huge return on investment in your design that is well over a decade old now - can't you even see your way clear to refresh the computer interface so that your customers can download maps (which you also sell) on a modern computer? (Note: the more modern/expensive rino models do have better interfaces, but the low end models are stuck in the past with an unusable connector. If you have to have a rino, get a different model.)

I love the concept, but I can't recommend any product that can no longer communicate. It would be like asking someone to recommend an old analog NTSC TV set. Just say no.