13 Baby monitor

Your phone supports the baby monitor function which sends an alert if the sound level exceeds the set limit.

Caution

•• Make sure that you do not leave the handset that has the active monitor in the baby room.

•• Make sure the baby unit and the cord are always out of reach of the baby.

•• Place the baby unit at least 1 meter/3 feet but not more than 2 meters/6 feet away from the baby.

1-2m

Activate/Deactivate the baby monitor

Select [Menu] > > [Activate], then press [OK] to confirm.

»»The baby monitor mode is activated.

Tip

•• If you have not set the parent unit, a notification message appears.Then you are asked to select to where you send the alert: external lines or other handset number. For information, see the next section.

•• To exit from the baby monitor menu, press [Off].

Note

•• When the baby monitor mode is activated, the baby handset does not ring on incoming calls.

Send an alert

You can send an alert to other handsets within the home or an external line. External line can be a cell phone or another fixed line outside the house.

Note

•• Make sure that any prefix digits and/or country code are included when you send an alert.

Send to other handsets

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Select [Menu] > > [Send alert to] >

 

[Connected line], then press [OK] to

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confirm.

Select the handset number, then press

 

[OK] to confirm.

Note

•• Make sure that the distance between the baby unit and the parent unit is at least 1.5 meter away from each other to prevent the howling effect.

 

1.5m

Send to an external line

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Select [Menu] > > [Send alert to] >

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[External line], then press [OK] to confirm.

Enter a telephone number, then press

 

[Save] to confirm.

Note

•• You can still send an alert to the external line even though it is in the barred list.

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Philips CD490, CD495 user manual Baby monitor, Activate/Deactivate the baby monitor, Send an alert, Send to other handsets