Garmin Rino 530 GPS Two-Way Radio

Garmin recently announced the gray colored Garmin Rino 530 GPS Two-Way Radio, has an estimated retail price of $500.

Whopping 5 watts of transmit power (GMRS) means you can now call for help from 12 miles away

Bold color TFT display makes it easy to see and navigate to family or friends with Rinos at an amusement park, lake, or other outdoor group activity

Automatic route generation, off-route recalculation, turn-by-turn directions with alert tones, and icon-driven menus for finding points of interest (when combined with Garmin’s optional MapSource® City Select® software) navigate you safely to your next outdoor adventure

Mini USB and 56 megabytes of internal memory for rapid download and lots of map storage of Garmin’s entire line of outdoor cartography

Rechargeable internal lithium-ion battery for up to 16 hours of outdoor use

Barometric altimeter provides extremely accurate elevation for hikers and climbers

Electronic compass so you can get a heading when standing still

NOAA weather capability to keep you informed of changes in weather

Garmin Rino 530 GPS Specification:

Channels:	15 GMRS channels*, 7 FRS channels, 8 GMRS repeater (USA only)
Range:	Up to 2 miles on FRS channels; Up to 12 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; allows user to poll other user's position
Contact GoTo:	Navigation data automatically updated to contact’s latest location
Contact TracBack®:	Lets you retrace the path of up to 20 contacts
Contact Quick View:	Lets you quickly center all contact locations on map
Contact Assembly:	Lets you and your contacts 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:	1000 autoroute waypoints 500 with name, graphic symbol and notes
Routes:	50 reversible
Tracks:	10,000 track points. 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, trip distance, electronic compass (530 only) and barametric altimeter (530 only)
Tables:	Built-in celestial tables for best times to fish and hunt, sun and moon rise/set based on date and location
Map datums:	More than 100
Position format:	Lat/Lon, UTM/UPS, Maidenhead, MGRS, Loran TDs and other grids, Light Autorouting Basemap included
Receiver:	WAAS-enabled, 12 parallel channel GPS receiver continuously tracks and uses up to 12 satellites to compute and update your position
Warm:	Approximately 15 seconds
Cold:	Approximately 45 seconds
AutoLocate™:	Approximately 5 minutes
Update rate:	1/second, continuous
GPS accuracy:	Position: < 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: < 3 meters, 95% typical*** Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state
Dynamics:	6g’s
Interfaces:	USB RS232 serial interface requires optional accessory cable 010-10572-00
Antenna:	Quad-helix
Power Source:	High capacity 8.4v 2400 mAh Li-Ion Battery Pack
Battery life:	18 hours typical with Alkaline battery pack, 16 hours typical with Li-Ion pack
Size:	5.1"H x 2.3"W x 1.8"D; 7.5"H with antenna (13 x 5.8 x 4.6 cm; 19 cm with antenna)
Weight:	10.3 ounces (294 g) with Li-Ion battery pack; 6.2 ounces (175g) without battery
Display:	1.3"H x 1.7"W; 176 x 220 pixels, 256-color transflective TFT
Case:	Waterproof to IEC 60529 IPX7 standards
Temperature range :	-4º to 140º F (-20º to 60º C)
User data storage :	Indefinite, no memory battery required
Accuracy:	510 feet with proper calibration (user and/or automatic calibration)
Resolution:	1 foot
Range:	–2,000 to 30,000 feet
Elevation computer:	Current elevation, resettable minimum and maximum elevation, ascent/descent rate, total ascent/descent, average and maximum ascent/descent rate
Pressure:	Local pressure (mbar/inches HG), 12-hour automatic pressure trend recording

Stumble It! | Posted by Paul on August 12, 2005 2:40 AM | Permalink