Vtech VM4261-2, VM4261 User Manual

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Strangulation

Hazard

Keep this cord out of reach of children.

The cord needs to be at least three feet

away from the child at all times. Do not

use with an extension cord. Do not

remove this tag.

Éloignez ce cordon des enfants. Le

cordon doit se trouver à au moins trois

pieds d’un enfant et ce, en tout temps.

N’utilisez pas de rallonge. Ne retirez pas

cette étiquette.

Mantenga este cable fuera de la alcance

de los niños. Este cable debe estar por

lo menos tres pies fuera de la alcance

del niño en todo momento. No lo use

con una extensión inalámbrica. No quite

esta etiqueta.

Risque

d’étranglement

Riesgo de

estrangulación

Strangulation

Hazard

Keep this cord out of reach of children.

The cord needs to be at least three feet

away from the child at all times. Do not

use with an extension cord. Do not

remove this tag.

Éloignez ce cordon des enfants. Le

cordon doit se trouver à au moins trois

pieds d’un enfant et ce, en tout temps.

N’utilisez pas de rallonge. Ne retirez pas

cette étiquette.

Mantenga este cable fuera de la alcance

de los niños. Este cable debe estar por

lo menos tres pies fuera de la alcance

del niño en todo momento. No lo use

con una extensión inalámbrica. No quite

esta etiqueta.

Risque

d’étranglement

Riesgo de

estrangulación

Strangulation

Hazard

Keep this cord out of reach of children.

The cord needs to be at least three feet

away from the child at all times. Do not

use with an extension cord. Do not

remove this tag.

Éloignez ce cordon des enfants. Le

cordon doit se trouver à au moins trois

pieds d’un enfant et ce, en tout temps.

N’utilisez pas de rallonge. Ne retirez pas

cette étiquette.

Mantenga este cable fuera de la alcance

de los niños. Este cable debe estar por

lo menos tres pies fuera de la alcance

del niño en todo momento. No lo use

con una extensión inalámbrica. No quite

esta etiqueta.

Risque

d’étranglement

Riesgo de

estrangulación

Strangulation

Hazard

Keep this cord out of reach of children.

The cord needs to be at least three feet

away from the child at all times. Do not

use with an extension cord. Do not

remove this tag.

Éloignez ce cordon des enfants. Le

cordon doit se trouver à au moins trois

pieds d’un enfant et ce, en tout temps.

N’utilisez pas de rallonge. Ne retirez pas

cette étiquette.

Mantenga este cable fuera de la alcance

de los niños. Este cable debe estar por

lo menos tres pies fuera de la alcance

del niño en todo momento. No lo use

con una extensión inalámbrica. No quite

esta etiqueta.

Risque

d’étranglement

Riesgo de

estrangulación

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Strangulation

Hazard

Keep this cord out of reach of children.

The cord needs to be at least three feet

away from the child at all times. Do not

use with an extension cord. Do not

remove this tag.

Éloignez ce cordon des enfants. Le

cordon doit se trouver à au moins trois

pieds d’un enfant et ce, en tout temps.

N’utilisez pas de rallonge. Ne retirez pas

cette étiquette.

Mantenga este cable fuera de la alcance

de los niños. Este cable debe estar por

lo menos tres pies fuera de la alcance

del niño en todo momento. No lo use

con una extensión inalámbrica. No quite

esta etiqueta.

Risque

d’étranglement

Riesgo de

estrangulación

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Dim Mode

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NOTESNOTE

Strangulation

Hazard

Keep this cord out of reach of children.

The cord needs t

o be at least three feet

away from the child at all times. Do not

use with an extension cord. Do not

remove this tag.

Éloignez ce cordon des enfants. Le

cordon doit se trouver à au

moins trois

pieds d’un enfant et ce, en tout temps

N’utilisez pas de rallonge. Ne retirez pas

cette étiquette.

Mantenga este cable fuer

a d

e la alcance

de los niños. Este cable debe estar por

lo menos tres pies fuera de la alcanc

del niño en todo momento. No lo use

con

una extensión inalámbrica. No quite esta etiqueta.

Risque

d’étranglement

Riesgo de estrangulación

Strangulation

Hazard

Keep this cord out of reach of children.

The cord needs to be at least three feet

away from the child at all times. Do not

use with an extension cord. Do not

remove this tag.

Éloignez ce cordon des enfants. Le

cordon doit se trouver à au moins trois

pieds d’un enfant et ce, en tout temps.

N’utilisez pas de rallonge. Ne retirez pas

cette étiquette.

Mantenga este cable fuera de la alcance

de los niños. Este cable debe estar por

lo menos tres pies fuera de la alcance

del niño en todo momento. No lo use

con una extensión inalámbrica. No quite

esta etiqueta.

Risque

d’étranglement

Riesgo de

estrangulación

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VM4261

VM4261-2

Full Color Video Monitor

Quick start guide

What’s in the box

VM4261 VM4261-2

Install the battery

Connect the baby monitor

• Use only the power adapters supplied with this product.

• Make sure the baby monitor is not connected to the switch controlled electric outlet.

• Connect the power adapters in a vertical or ﬂoor mount position only. The adapters’ prongs are not designed to hold the weight of baby monitor, so do not connect them to any ceiling, under-the-table, or cabinet outlets. Otherwise, the adapters may not properly connect to the outlets.

• Make sure the parent unit, the baby units and the power adapter cords are out of reach of children.

Power on or off the baby monitor

Slide the ON/OFF switch to power on or off your baby unit.

Press and hold to power on or off your parent unit.

Positioning the baby monitor

> 3ft (1m)

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> 3ft (1m)

< 3ft (1m)

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Caution

• The default volume of your parent unit is level

4, and the maximum volume is level 7. If you experience high-pitched screeching noise from your baby monitor while positioning:

- Make sure your baby unit and parent unit are more than 3 feet (1 meter) apart, OR

- Lower the volume of your parent unit.

Status check

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3ft (1m)

≥

3ft (1m)

Note

• To avoid interference from other electronic

devices, place your baby monitor at least 3 feet (1 meter) away from devices such as wireless routers, microwaves, cell phones and computers.

Basic operation - Parent unit

Adjust speaker volume

Press +/VOL /- to adjust your parent unit speaker volume.

The sound sensitivity setting also affects the speaker volume. For details, refer to Sound sensitivity and sound activation.

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Talk to your baby unit

Press and hold TALK and speak to your parent unit. Your voice is transmitted to the baby unit.

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Pan, tilt, zoom

Press and hold , , or to pan or tilt the camera upward, downward, leftward or rightward.

Zoom

Press to zoom in or out.

Turn off the screen

Press and hold LCD ON/OFF to switch off the screen. You can still hear sound from the baby unit.

Use the menu

Press to enter the menu, choose a menu item, or save a setting. You can use the parent unit for advanced settings or operations, such as to play or stop the baby unit lullaby, or to adjust the baby unit sound sensitivity.

While in the menu:

• Press or to scroll among the menu options.

• Press or to select an item.

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LCD is turning off...

Long press

Tip

Press and hold

• Press any keys on the parent unit to turn on the screen again.

• Press to return to the main menu or idle screen.

Alert Tone

Low Battery Tone

No Link Alert

Sound alert in split-view

Dim mode

With dim mode preset to on, your parent unit display will dim to conserve energy after 10 minutes of inactivity, in which there is neither key pressed nor alert received from the baby unit.

LCD

Brightness

Dim Mode

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Long press

Once you power on both your baby unit and parent unit, your parent unit displays image from the baby unit, and the LINK LED light turns on.

The ON/OFF LED light of the baby unit turns on.

Press and hold

10 min inactivity

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Press any buttons

Note

• If you do not want LCD to dim automatically, turn off the Dim Mode.

NOTESNOTE

Overview - Parent unit

Sound sensitivity and sound activation

NOTESNOTE

Mount the baby unit (optional)

For VM4261-2 only

VIEW / LCD ON/OFF

PATROL

SPLIT

Antenna

LED lights

Microphone

Zoom

TALK

+/VOL/-

Power jack

Overview - Baby unit

Light sensor

Camera

Infrared LEDs

Microphone

Speaker

ON/OFF LED light

ON/OFF switch

Antenna

Temperature sensor

On/off

MENU/SELECT

Arrow keys

Threaded socket

Speaker

Stand

Battery compartment cover

Power jack

With sound sensitivity setting, you can choose to hear sounds from the baby unit all the time, or to hear sounds that exceed a certain level.

Night vision

Sound activated screenAdjust sound detection sensitivity

VOX Sensitivity

Low

Medium

High

Highest

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Parent unit

setting

Speaker volume: LOW

Sensitivity: Highest

[Default]

Speaker volume: MAX

Sensitivity: Low / Medium

What

happens...

Hear all sounds all the time, including background sounds.

Only hear sounds that exceed the selected sound sensitivity level.

You may

experience...

Difﬁculty in hearing your baby’s soft sounds if the background sounds are louder.

No sound; or sounds that cut in and out at times as the baby unit may not detect extra soft sounds.

What you could do...

• Increase parent unit’s speaker volume, and lower sound sensitivity.

• If you are using a white noise machine or sound machine, set its volume to low, or relocate it to minimize background sounds.

Increase the sound sensitivity, and adjust the volume level if necessary.

When sound activation is on, the parent unit screen stays off to save power when the baby unit detects no sound.

Once the baby unit detects sounds that are louder than the chosen sound sensitivity level, the parent unit screen turns on automatically. It will then turn off again after 50 seconds of no sound detection.

For details, please see Adjust the sound sensitivity of the baby unit in the User’s manual.

Sound-activated Screen

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Note

• The types of screws and anchors you need depend on the composition of the wall.

Note

• Check for reception strength and camera angle before drilling the holes.

Place the wall mount bracket on a wall and then use a pencil to mark the

Align the wall mount bracket and screws with the holes in the wall as shown. Tighten the screw in the middle hole ﬁrst, so that the wall mount bracket position is ﬁxed. You can tighten the other screw in the top hole.

Insert the screws into the holes and tighten the screws until only 1/4 inch of the screws are exposed.

Status check - Two baby units

If you are viewing baby unit , the ON/OFF LED light of baby unit turns on. As baby unit is not being viewed, its ON/OFF LED light ﬂashes.

Change different views - Single CAM

In Single CAM or Patrol mode, press VIEW on the parent unit to switch between the image of baby units and .

Press VIEW

Change different views - Patrol

Press PATROL on the parent unit to alternately view the image from baby units

and every 10 seconds.

top and the bottom holes as shown. Remove the wall mount bracket and drill two holes in the wall (7/32 inch drill bit).

If you drill the holes into a stud, go to step 3.

-OR-

If you drill the holes into an object other than a stud, insert the wall anchors into the holes. Tap gently on the ends with a hammer until the wall anchors are ﬂush with the wall.

Place the baby unit on the wall mount bracket. Tighten the screw into the threaded socket at the bottom to secure the baby unit.

Place the baby unit on the wall mount bracket. Tighten the screw into the threaded socket at the bottom to secure the baby unit. Align the holes on the wall mount bracket with the screws on the wall, and slide the wall mount bracket down until it locks into place.

You can maximize your baby unit’s viewing angles by tilting the wall mount bracket.

Hold the baby unit, and then rotate the knob in anticlockwise direction. This will loosen the joint of the wall mount bracket. Tilt your baby unit up or down to adjust to your preferred angle. Then, rotate the knob in clockwise direction to tighten the joint and secure the angle.

Note

• If you power on only one baby unit, you may see the parent unit displaying and then

No link to CAM # (# represents the baby unit number), and the LINK LED light ﬂashing. Press VIEW in Single CAM or Patrol mode to switch to the baby unit you have powered on.

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Change different views - Split

Press SPLIT on the parent unit to view the images from both baby units at once.

The baby unit has infrared LEDs that allow you to see your baby clearly at night or in a dark room. When the baby unit being viewed detects low light levels, the infrared LEDs are switched on automatically. The images from the baby unit are in black and white, and appears on the screen.

Notes

• It is normal if you see a short white glare on your parent unit screen as the baby unit is adapting to the dark environment.

• When the infrared LEDs are on, the images are in black and white. This is normal.

Tip

• Depending on the surroundings and other interfering factors, like lightings, objects, colors and backgrounds, the video quality may vary. Adjust the baby unit’s angle or place the baby unit at a higher level to prevent glare and blurry display.

Install the lens (optional)

The wide-angle lens (VM101) provided allows you to view more of your baby’s room from the parent unit screen. Install the wide-angle lens onto the baby unit camera as shown below.

Notes

• When the lens is not in use, cover both sides of the lens with the lens covers provided to avoid scratches.

• You can purchase and install an extra new wide-angle lens (VM101) onto your baby unit if necessary.

Remove the lens