Using the rino radio features – Garmin RINO 530HCx User Manual
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Using the Rino Radio Features
Your Rino provides many features, such as transmitting
your location and receiving contact information.
Peer-to-Peer Positioning
The Rino’s most unique feature is being able to send its
location to another Rino, which is called Peer-to-Peer
positioning. With peer-to-peer positioning enabled (see
the “Setup Radio” section) and a GPS position, whenever
you press and release either the Call key or the Talk
key, the unit automatically sends out its location. This
information is available to all other Rino users that are
monitoring the same channel and squelch code. You can
track the movement of other Rino users and navigate to
their location. Locations can only be sent once every 30
seconds due to FCC restrictions.
To transmit your location to other Rino users:
1. Enable
Send Location (see “Setup Radio”).
2. Press and release either the
Talk or Call key. A
bright flag on the Status Bar indicates the unit
is ready to transmit its position. A dimmed flag
indicates the unit is waiting for the 30 second delay.
New Contact Page Overview
The first time that a signal is received from another
Rino user, a New Contact page is shown. From the New
Contact page you can show their location on your Map,
Go To their location, or select OK to add it to the contact
list. Press the Page/Quit key to disregard the contact.
New
Contact Page
Name and
symbol
Contact information
field
The Rino can manage up to 50 contacts at any time. Each
time you receive a signal from a contact, your map is
updated showing the new position. A track log of their
movement is created and shows on your map (see the
“Track Logs” section). After a contact is established, a
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bottom of your display each time the contact updates.
All contacts are listed on the Find Contact page and