Philips SCD498 manual Operating range, Dry materials, Material thickness, Loss of range, Features

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,The LINK light flashes red briefly and then starts to flash green while the parent unit tries to establish connection with the baby unit.

,The LINK light on the parent unit flashes green until connection has been established.

This takes up to 30 seconds.The LINK light on the parent unit then lights up green continuously (Fig. 13).

,If no link is established after 30 seconds, the LINK light on the parent unit flashes red and the parent unit beeps from time to time.

4Place the baby unit at least 1 metre/3 feet away from your baby (Fig. 14).

5Position the parent unit within the operating range of the baby unit. Make sure it is at least 1 metre/3 feet away from the baby unit (Fig. 15).

For more information on the operating range, see section ‘Operating range’ below.

Operating range

The operating range of the baby monitor is 300 metres/900 feet in open air. Depending on the surroundings and other disturbing factors, this range may be smaller. Indoors the operating range is up to 50 metres/150 feet.

Dry materials	Material thickness	Loss of range
Wood, plaster, cardboard, glass	< 30cm/12in	0-10%
(without metal, wires or lead)
Brick, plywood	< 30cm/12in	5-35%
Reinforced concrete	< 30cm/12in	30-100%
Metal grilles or bars	< 1cm /0.4in	90-100%
Metal or aluminium sheets	< 1cm/0.4in	100%

For wet and moist materials, the range loss may be up to 100%.

Features

Adjusting loudspeaker volume

1Briefly press the volume + and – buttons on the baby unit until the desired loudspeaker volume for the baby unit has been reached (Fig. 16).

2Briefly press the volume + and – buttons on the parent unit until the desired loudspeaker volume for the parent unit has been reached (Fig. 17).

Note: If you press the volume + and – buttons too long, the volume is not adjusted.

Note:You only have to adjust the baby unit volume when you use the talk function (see below).

Note: If the volume is set to a high level, the units consume more power.

Adjusting microphone sensitivity

You can set the microphone sensitivity of the baby unit to the desired level.You can only change the microphone sensitivity when a connection between the baby unit and the parent unit has been established, i.e. when the LINK light on the parent unit lights up green continuously.

1Briefly press the SENSITIVITY button on the parent unit (Fig. 18).

,The sound level lights on the parent unit light up for approx. 2 seconds to indicate the current sensitivity level.