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Offline tipiguy

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Rino 120
« on: November 25, 2006, 11:27:49 AM »
My buddy and I are considering buying some RINO 120 units by Garmin.  Anyone else have these units?  Are you happy with them?  Do they communicate well with each other and connect well to the satelites?  Everything good and bad would be appreciated.

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Re: Rino 120
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2006, 12:46:48 PM »
Here's a little earlier discussions on the Rino 120  http://www.graybeardoutdoors.com/smf/index.php/topic,37433.0.html
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Re: Rino 120
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2006, 01:58:39 PM »
In the GMRS mode they do okay for communicating.  I have three people I hunt with that use them and I spent the time to set them up.  My only personal complaint is the screen size.  My eyes are no good for reading a small screen so I carry my old trusty Garmin 12 and a Motorola radio.  I am still able to talk with the others in my group.

If your eyes are up to it .... go for it.  They do tend to get battery hungry if you talk on them alot.
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Re: Rino 120
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2006, 12:23:11 PM »
I have to agree with Bob_VT regarding the screen size.  It maybe okay for those with young 20-20 eye sight, but on the tough side for those who have less then 20-20 vision.

But I like the concept of seeing my partners location on a screen.  This past season we were equiped with FRS/GMRS radios that did a good job for us.  If we all had gps units we could have advised our counter parts our lat/long and new waypoints could have been created if needed.  A time consuiming but workable answer.  If your partner gives you a discription of the next to the large rock, up in the big brush field it may or may not work.  I know my old English teacher and outdoors woman would not have bought off on it.  Which brush field and what rock.  It may work in areas that the hunting party knows, but difficult when members do not know the area. 

A hunting partner suggested that he might like buy a pair of the Rhino series radio, but I think I will talk him into looking at the screen before he buys.  I notice that he was putting on a pair of reading glass to look at a map this fall.

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Re: Rino 120
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2006, 05:54:31 AM »
I have had mine for about two years and am absolutely satisfied with mine. Got great features. BUT, yep you will go thru a lot of batteries if you talk a lot on them. I usually just turn the radio porion off if I dont need it. The first option I bought was the protective orange case. Good protection and plus it stands out like asore thumb in the forest if you should put it down while doing something else. Not to hard to find in the green color.

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Re: Rino 120
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2006, 06:01:29 AM »
Just remembered something!!!!

Does anyone have aToshiba laptop and a Rino120? For some reason the garmin cables do not work on my Toshiba Satellite laptop. I have talked to a local dealer and all he could say was to go and buy an adapter for my laptop. The cable end for my rino120 is female and the laptop connector is female. I cannot find an adapter anywhere. Can someone lead me to a source so I can just download my waypoints instead of having to manually enter them. Sure would save me a lot of time.

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Re: Rino 120
« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2006, 08:06:07 AM »
Kaimia help me out here.  There are many models of Toshiba Satelllite laptops.  My old Satellite had a serial port connect which worked great with my old Garmin Legend.  I believe the new Satellite Laptop have a USB 1.0 or 2.0 connection.  If yours does not have the serial port connector then you need an adaptor.  I'll take a picture on mine and post it if you need it.

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Re: Rino 120
« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2006, 09:16:01 AM »
talked to someone at gpscity and they also said to just get an adapter that would plug into my usb port. guess that is what i am going to have to do then.

Mahalo for the tip,

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