Garmin 190-00742-01 Prospecto

The Rino operates on a rechargeable lithium-ion battery pack 

attached to the back of the unit. See the Rino Owner’s Manual for 

more information about batteries. Stored data is not lost when the 

battery is removed. The first time you charge the battery, charge 

it completely while attached to the unit in order to set the battery 

capacity gauge calibration.

1.  Remove the battery pack from the product package and 

install it on the back of the Rino.

2.  Insert the tab at the base of the battery pack in the slot at the

bottom of the Rino and rotate the battery pack up into the cavity 

on the back of the Rino with the D-Ring vertical. Secure in place 

by turning the D-Ring on the battery pack 1/4 turn clockwise.

3.  Insert the charger power cord into the jack in the side of the

charger. Connect the other end of the power cord into a wall

outlet. Then, clip the charger onto the battery pack, making

certain the tabs on the charger engage the detents on the bat-

tery pack. A red LED indicates that charging is in progress.

4.  As charging is in progress, a Battery Gauge displaying the

percentage of charge appears on the screen. A fully depleted

Lithium-ion battery pack may take up to 6 hours to charge.

 The Rino can be operated while charging is in progress, but

unless you are outdoors, you cannot receive satellite signals.

   Extensive use of backlighting, WAAS, and/or FRS or GMRS 

transmitting can significantly reduce battery life. 

All of the information you need to operate the Rino can be found on 

five default main pages (only four for the Rino 520HCx). Simply 

press and release the Page/Quit key to cycle through the Radio 

page, Map page, Compass page, Altimeter page (Rino 530HCx 

only), and Main Menu page. You can also access the Main pages by 

pressing the on-screen Main Page Menu button 

. 

If you are navigating a route, an additional Active Route page 

becomes available.

While these Main pages provide you with different types of infor-

mation, they all share common features like Option Menus and a 

Main Page Menu. Access the Option Menu and Main Page Menu 

by using the Rocker to highlight the on-screen button. Then press 

Enter. 

Before the Rino can be used for navigation, the GPS receiver must be 

initialized. Initialization allows the Rino to receive and store satellite 

information and begin using the satellites for navigation. The initializa-

tion is automatic and should only take a few minutes.

1.  Take the Rino outside where it has an unobstructed view of 

the sky and turn it on.

2.  The unit begins to search for satellite sig-

nals. A satellite signal graph is displayed

on the radio page or you can get more

detailed information by accessing the

Satellite page from the Main Menu.

  The first time you use your Rino, initialization could take up to 

five minutes. 

3.  When the GPS is initialized and ready for navigation, three or 

more green GPS signal bars are displayed.

If for some reason the unit is not able to gather the necessary satel-

lite information, refer to the Owner’s Manual.

Use the Rocker like a joystick that you control with your thumb. 

Move the Rocker up, down, right, or left. Press the Thumb Stick in 

to select an item on the screen, much like pressing the Enter key on 

a computer keyboard. 
Sometimes you will need to spell out things using 

the Rocker and an on-screen keyboard. To enter 

characters with the on-screen keyboard, press the 

Rocker up, down, left, or right to highlight the 

desired character (letter, number, or a space). Press Enter to select 

that highlighted character. Choose Back to delete the character to 

the left of the cursor. When you are finished entering characters, 

highlight OK and press Enter. 

Select a channel and code to transmit on. Channels 1-7 and 15-22 

are GMRS*, channels 8-14 are for FRS. Be sure to tell the other 

members of your group what channel and code you are using so they 

can communicate with you.

1.  Highlight the

Channel field and press 

Enter.

2.  Select an available channel and press 

Enter to accept the selection.

1.  Select the

Code field and press the 

Thumb Stick in.

2.  Select one of the thirty-eight (38) available codes. Press 

Enter to accept the selection.

  *Using GMRS channels requires an FCC license. See the        

Owner’s Manual for details.

The Name and symbol (icon) identifies you to other Rino users.

1.  Highlight the Name field and press 

Enter

to activate the field and display the 

keyboard.

2.  Highlight

Clear, then press Enter to

clear the default name.

3.  Enter a name, up to ten (10) characters

long.

4.  When you have entered your new name, 

highlight

OK and then press the Thumb 

Stick in.

1.  Highlight the face symbol to the left of the

Name field. Press 

Enter to show a list of available face symbols.

2.  Highlight a symbol from the list of selections.
3.  Press

Enter to select that symbol.

The Rino can transmit to and receive voice communications from 

other FRS/GMRS radio users on the same channel and code. Com-

municate with other Rino units in order to utilize all of the features 

of the Rino, such as position sending. 

1.  Press and hold the

Talk key and speak in a normal voice into 

the microphone area from a distance of about 3–4 inches.

2.  When you are finished talking, release the 

Talk key. Your

location is updated on all receiving Rino units. 

If you need to adjust the Volume and Squelch, 

press the V (Volume) key on the front of the unit to 

display adjustment sliders. To change the volume, 

press the Rocker up or down to raise or lower the 

slider. To set the squelch level (which allows you 

to hear only the individuals you want to communicate with and not the 

weak background noise signals), press the Thumb Stick right or left 

to move the slider. Move the slider to the left (-) until the background 

noise is audible. Then move it to the right until the background noise 

stops and you have squelched the unwanted signals. Stop at this point 

by pressing the V key or Enter.  
If lighting conditions make it hard for you to see the display screen, 

you can turn on the Backlight.

1.  With the unit on, briefly press and release the 

Power

key to display the Backlight adjustment slider.

2.  Press the

Power key repeatedly to cycle the slider,

or press the

Rocker up or down to adjust the

Backlight brightness level. When you use the Power 

key to set the level of brightness, the last setting is selected 

on the second press of the key. The backlight remains on

until the set timeout period is completed or the

Power key is

pressed again. The unit is factory set to timeout 15 seconds

after the last key press.

3.  Press

Enter to close the Backlight window.

You may want to customize the Display Mode and Color Scheme 

to your own preferences by accessing the Main Menu, Setup and 

Display options.

Main Page Menu button

Option Menu button

The on-screen keyboard

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Part Number 190-00742-01 Rev. A                      Printed in Taiwan

Radio Page GPS  

signal graph

Battery pack

Charger

Power cord

Mini USB

port

D-Ring

Detent

Headset

connector

Charger

contacts

Battery tab

Radio Page

Map Page

Altimeter Page

Compass Page

Main Menu

(Rino 530 Only)

Selecting the channel

Name field

Symbol icon