looking for a baby monitor?

Stella

I am looking for a baby monitor that will work best in my situation.

It will be used in a 2 story townhouse and only for nap times when he is sleeping upstairs and I am downstairs. I don't need it to work outside b/c we don't have a yard. It needs to work with wireless internet without static interference. I am not interested in a motion mat or video. I'd like to find a good one that is relatively inexpensive.

We bought a fisher price one but it has too much static.

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You will find static on all that are analog --- just to varying degrees. Digital monitors aren't prone to interference like analog monitors are. So, digital ones don't get interference from other devices.

I've had two monitors that I really like ... one digital and one analog.

The digital one is by Safety First. It had no static interference, good battery life and good range:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Safety-1st-High-Definition-Digital-Nursery-Monitor/8342864


The analog one is Sony Baby Call. It does have static, but it has "noise sensing technology" so when the level of ambient noise in the room is constant it shuts off --- so you hear absolutely nothing. When the noise changes (ie: your baby crying, moving around etc) it will turn on. It also has 27 channels to choose from so you are likely to find one with minimal static interference. And, because it shuts off you won't hear any noise coming from the monitor when your baby is asleep.

http://www.amazon.com/Baby-Call-Nursery-Monitor-Channel/dp/B000S35QLC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=baby-products&qid=1268509500&sr=8-1

Do ALL baby monitors produce static throughout the day?

I had a basic Safety First baby monitor. I think it cost all of $18 USD. Every night it would go through these spasms of 10 minutes of nothing except static. I would unplug everything that did not need to be plugged in to help stop it but it didn't.

The other day I bought a Fisher-price Lights & Sounds baby monitor for about $ 40 USD. It seems to be working well but it ALSO produces a TON of static. I have tried it on both channels...still goes through spasms.

Has this happened to anyone else? Or is there something with the electrical system in my apartment?
Blue- That is SO creepy and very weird that you picked that up! LOL

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I have the same Fisher Price monitor that you do. It is ALWAYS staticy, but from my understanding, all monitors are. Oh, and if you keep a cell phone too close to it, it makes funky screechy sort of noises. I just turn a fan on at night for "white noise" and I don't really notice the static anymore.

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Do ALL baby monitors produce static throughout the day?

I had a basic Safety First baby monitor. I think it cost all of $18 USD. Every night it would go through these spasms of 10 minutes of nothing except static. I would unplug everything that did not need to be plugged in to help stop it but it didn't.

The other day I bought a Fisher-price Lights & Sounds baby monitor for about $ 40 USD. It seems to be working well but it ALSO produces a TON of static. I have tried it on both channels...still goes through spasms.

Has this happened to anyone else? Or is there something with the electrical system in my apartment?
Blue- That is SO creepy and very weird that you picked that up! LOL

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I have the same Fisher Price monitor that you do. It is ALWAYS staticy, but from my understanding, all monitors are. Oh, and if you keep a cell phone too close to it, it makes funky screechy sort of noises. I just turn a fan on at night for "white noise" and I don't really notice the static anymore.

Does anyone know how to eliminate the static noise my baby monitor emits while on my night table?

Jason Z

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It isn't unusual for static to be traveling right thru your electric wire as result of causes outside and even away from you home.

The most affective home device creating static would be florescent lighting of any kind. They can even buzz a television if the tv has insufficient shielding installed.. Second to that would be small motors such as clocks and fans of home appliances and electronic toys such as computers,

You may not hear the noise of these devices but they do emit a static frequency that can be amplified with a microphone and transmitted elsewhere such as does your baby monitor.

There are monitors with squelch controls but can be very costly as well.

Lowering the input level on the monitor in the baby's room will help some.

It would also help a great deal if you placed that one on a soft foam pad because your home is literally satuated with sounds you do not hear and a great deal of this is bouncing around furniture, walls and ceilings. The soft foam will insulate the baby monitor from carrying sound from the stand or table it is placed on.

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How do you get better reception on a baby video monitor?

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KMCelio

I just bought a Summer Video Monitor and it doesn't work without static between two rooms in our small condo. I am hoping there is a way to improve reception, because right now I can't even keep it on at night because the static noise is so great, and when I turn the monitor on the picture is pretty fuzzy and jumps in and out. Any advice?

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Try unplugging any electronic devices between the transmitter and receiver, see if something is causing interference.

I need a better baby monitor?

Mama_Of

I have the cheapest baby monitor that you can buy from Wal-mart and I have to change the battery like every 3-4 days. Can anyone PLEASE recommend a good quality baby monitor that doesn't go through batteries so quick?! These batteries are getting expensive and I'd rather invest in a better monitor than all of these batteries. If you can provide links to them that would be great. Thanks for all the help!

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I have the Phillips Avent monitor, it has worked great for the last 1.5 years and I LOVE it. It is digital so no static and you don't change any batteries, it sits on the charger when you aren't using it, like a cordless phone basically. I have never changed a battery for it.

You can talk to the baby and it tells the temp in the baby's room and does lullabies and all. (I actually never used the talking thing until now, my 18 month old thinks it's hilarious when I talk through it to him!)

This is the newer version of it (I have the older one)

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3471722

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Are there any good baby monitors out there?

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Finn

We are looking for a good, secure, low static monitor for our upcoming arrival. We also have a older son who we still use a monitor for, but that monitor is going out. Anyone have a two room system, or use two seperate monitors? If so what brands work well together?

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We use the Angelcare Sight, Sound, and Movement Monitor. It's definitely pricey but wonderful because aside from having the breathing and movement detected, we can also see what's going on. When we did use only a sound monitor, we ran into our son's room with every sound he made (except he makes lots of sounds in his sleep, even cries out in his sleep), so with this we can look and see if he's awake or asleep before going in his room. Plus there's a talkback feature on it, so if he's really fussing when he wakes up, we can assure him over the monitor as we walk to his room. It is a secure monitor and on the quiet side. It also has a voice activation feature, but I'm not crazy about it because sound (even voice) cuts in and out with it. Either way, you can barely hear the white noise it lets off without the voice activation feature.

Is there a baby monitor with two receivers where the parents can talk to each other?

ginsuguy

I've seen "Talk to Baby" monitors and monitors with two receivers, but not one where the parent receivers can be used to talk to one another (i.e. "I got this")

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Yes my wife and I bought the motorola MBP16-2 Digital Audio Baby Monitor it comes with two parent units that can talk to baby and the other parent unit for $70 at babies-r-us and they have great range without the static and interferance of other models

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