GARMIN 010-00270-02 Rino Series 120 GPS with 2-Way Radio

Per Garmin support, microphone and speaker have problems working
together. Software fix to adjust mic gain fail to fix the problem. I hope there is a hardware fix soon.

Had to return two units.

To be fare, the GPS works well and has lots of nice features.
The serial interface also functioned with Topo USA well.

I Truly look forward to a unit that works as advertized.


GPS Great/ Radio   December 9, 2002
 19 out of 19 found this review helpful

In Regards to the GPS functions/features it a great deal for the price. While the 2 way radio, well my title says it all, it's not a Motorola. The microphone is not sensitive enough no matter how loud you talk into mic, in addition people can not here you on other 2 way radios. However on Dec 23, 2002 new firmware (version 2.20) was released, and this appears to have fixed the several key issues, i.e. the microphone sensitive.


It's currently defective   December 3, 2002
 62 out of 64 found this review helpful

I bought 3 units and they all have the same problem: the slightest impact can cause them to lose power and require that the power be switched back on. Specifically, when dropped from a height of less than an inch, they shut off w/o beeping or other notice. While attempting to use them in practice, everyone's unit was always off due to this problem, so I will be returning mine in the hope that they will fix this problem in future units. The problem is that the batteries are on squishy springs, unlike the Motorola Talkabout's taut ones; and the circuit lacks a capacitor or other means of storing milliseconds worth of power. They will probably fix it, so not the date of this review: 12/3/02.
Also, I assumed that the units would provide automatic position updates to others in a group, but discovered that it only transmits one's location if one presses TALK. Perhaps this will be fixed by a future software release.


rino is junk   December 2, 2002
 29 out of 35 found this review helpful

im very disappointed in my rino 120.its plagued without problems.the microphone is not sensitive enough no matter how loud you talk into mic people can not here you on other 2 way radios.the input jack for headset is faulty you have to wiggle headphone plug around to get headphones and mic to work.basemap that is included with rino is vagued so plan on spending at least another [money]100 for mapsource cd.rino uses a click and stick button to switch modes and change setting the botton is small and difficult to use.lcd screen is so small you need a pair of binoculars to read it.i contacted garmin and they said tey were aware of the problems and were working on solutions.they would contact me when they come up with something.that was a month ago.


Great combo unit!   November 28, 2002
 11 out of 16 found this review helpful

This is a nice, handy item that performs both functions well, at a reasonable price. Do keep in mind that you have to have a ... FCC GMRS license to operate this GMRS radio!