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You can choose to hear sounds from the baby 

unit all the time, or to hear sounds that exceed 

a certain level. You can use the parent unit to 

adjust the microphone sensitivity of your baby 

unit. The higher the sensitivity level, the more 

sensitive the baby unit is in detecting sounds 

for transmitting to the parent unit. The sound 
sensitivity is preset to 

Level 5. 

 

The parent unit speaker is 
constantly on, and you will 
hear all sounds (including 
background noises) from 
your baby’s room.

 

 

The parent unit speaker 
turns on for soft babbling 
and louder sounds from 
your baby. It remains 
quiet when your baby 
sleeps soundly.

 

  

The parent unit speaker 
turns on for loud babbling 
and louder sounds from 
your baby. It remains quiet 
when your baby makes 
soft sounds.

   

  

The parent unit speaker 
turns on for crying and 
louder sounds from your 
baby. It remains quiet 
when your baby makes 
soft sounds.

       

The parent unit speaker 
turns on for loud crying or 
screeching sounds from 
your baby. It remains quiet 
when your baby makes 
soft sounds.

Press 

menu when the parent unit is not  

in use.
Press 

select.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose the 

sensitivity level.
Press 

select to confirm your selection.

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When it is on, it projects some image 
patterns to the user environment.

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Press to power on.
Press and hold to power off.

Press to start or stop paging parent unit.

Press to increase the listening 

volume or lullaby volume.

Press to decrease the listening 

volume or lullaby volume.

Press to turn on or off the projector 

and lullaby.

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Press to turn on or off the sensor alert 

system.

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The visual sound indicator has two 
functions. One is to show the sound level 
detected by the baby unit. The other 
one is to show the volume level during 
speaker volume setting.
Sound level detected by the baby unit

   One to three green 

lights indicate a moderate sound level 
detected by the baby unit.

   Additional red 

lights indicate a higher sound level 
detected by the baby unit (e.g. baby 
crying loudly).

   One to three green 

lights indicate 

Level 1 to Level 3 of the 

speaker volume setting.

   Additional red 

lights indicate 

Level 4 to Level 5 of 

the speaker volume setting.

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Press to enter the settings menu 

while idle.

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While in a menu, press to choose an 
item, or save a setting.

While in a menu, press to return to 
the previous screen.

Press to increase the speaker volume.
While in a menu, press to scroll up.

Press to decrease the speaker 
volume.
While in a menu, press to scroll down.

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Light on when the parent unit is 
connected to AC power.
Light flashes when the parent unit 
battery is low and needs charging.
Light off when the parent unit battery is 
fully charged, or when not connect to  
AC power and with no battery installed .

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Press to power on.
Press and hold to power off.

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Press and hold to talk to the baby 
unit; release to stop talking. 
While in a menu, press to return to 
idle screen.

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Press

 

power on to turn on the baby unit. The 

power on lights up

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Press and hold 

power on again to power off 

the baby unit. The 

 turns off.

Press   to power on the parent unit. The 

screen turns on.
Press and hold   again to power off the 

parent unit. The screen turns off.

NOTE
The parent unit powers on automatically once 

it is connected to AC power or battery installed. 

The baby unit also powers on automatically once 

connected to AC power. 

Press 

volume + or volume - on the baby 

unit at any time.

Adjust the speaker volume for parent unit
You can adjust the speaker volume from 
VOLUME 1 to

to 

VOLUME 5, or turn it off. The 

speaker volume is preset to 

VOLUME 3.

Press 

volume + or volume - when the 

parent unit is not in use.

When the speaker volume is set to off, the 
screen displays   .

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Press 

volume + or volume - to choose On 

or 

Off.

Press 

select to confirm your selection. The 

screen displays 

Saved and you hear a 

confirmation tone.

NOTES
Each time you set the vibration alert to 

ON, the 

parent unit vibrates briefly after you press 

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We recommend you not to turn on the vibration 

alert and the lullaby at the same time, as the 

lullaby will trigger the vibration alert frequently.
The vibration alert setting on each parent unit is 

independent.

You can turn on or off the baby unit projector.

Press 

menu when the parent unit is not in use.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose 

Project, then press select.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose On 

or 

Off.

Press 

select to confirm your selection. The 

screen displays 

Saved and you hear a 

confirmation tone. 

You can select a language (English, French or 

Spanish) to be used in all screen displays. The 

language is preset to 

English.

Press 

menu when the parent unit is not in use.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose 

Language, then press select.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose 

English, Français or Español.

Press 

select to confirm your selection. The 

screen displays 

Saved and you hear a 

confirmation tone. 

NOTE
The language setting on each parent unit is 

independent.

You can change the settings for the 

temperature’s range, alerts, format.

You can set the desired minimum and maximum 

room temperature of the baby unit.

Press 

menu when the parent unit is not in use.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose 

Temperature, then press select.

Press 

select to select Range.

Press 

volume + or volume - to adjust the 

minimum temperature between 

55 F and  

59 F (11 C and 20 C), then press select.

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NOTE
To enter the sensitivity menu of the parent unit, 

the baby unit must be turned on.

You can set the date and time to be displayed 

on the idle parent unit.

Press 

menu when the parent unit is not in use.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose Set 

date/time, then press select.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose the 

month, then press 

select.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose the 

day, then press 

select.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose the 

year, then press 

select.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose the 

hour, then press 

select.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose the 

minute, then press 

select.

Press 

select to confirm your selection. You 

hear a confirmation tone.

Sound alert feature works only when the parent 

unit is in mute.
If you turn on the sound alert, the parent unit beeps 

when the baby unit detects sounds which light up 

four sound level indicators on the parent unit.
When the sound alert of the parent unit is turned 

on,   displays. The sound alert is preset to 

Off.

Press 

menu when the parent unit is not in use.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose 

Sound alert, then press select.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose On 

or 

Off.

Press 

select to confirm your selection. The 

screen displays 

Saved and you hear a 

confirmation tone.

NOTE
The sound alert setting on each parent unit is 

independent.

You can turn on the vibration alert so that the 

parent unit vibrates when the baby unit detects 

sounds which light up four sound level indicators 

on the parent unit.
When the vibration alert of the parent unit is 

turned on,   displays. The vibration alert is 

preset to 

Off.

Press 

menu when the parent unit is not in use.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose 

Vibration alert then press select.

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Sensor unit

Magnet unit

Spacer for 

sensor unit

Spacers for 

magnet unit

Double-sided 

mounting tapes

Screws x 2

Small screw x 2

Press 

volume + or volume - to adjust the 

maximum temperature between 

83 F and  

86 F (21 C and 30 C), then press select.

Press 

select to confirm your selection. The 

screen displays 

Saved and you hear a 

confirmation tone. 

You can turn on or off the alerts which reminds 

you the current room temperature is beyond of 

temperature range.

Press 

menu when the parent unit is not in use.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose 

Temperature, then press select.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose 

Alerts, then press select.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose On 

or 

Off.

Press 

select to confirm your selection. The 

screen displays 

Saved and you hear a 

confirmation tone. 

You can set the temperature format to 

Celsius 

or 

Fahrenheit.

Press 

menu when the parent unit is not in use.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose 

Temperature, then press select.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose 

Format, then press select.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose 

Celsius or Fahrenheit.

Press 

select to confirm your selection. The 

screen displays 

Saved and you hear a 

confirmation tone. 

You can change the settings for each individual 

sensor paired to the baby unit.

Press 

menu when the parent unit is not in use.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose 

Sensor settings, then press select to enter 

the sensor settings menu.

You can turn on or off the sensor alert for each 

individual sensor.

Press 

menu when the parent unit is not in use.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose 

Sensor settings, then press select to enter 

the sensor settings menu.
Press 

select to select Set alert.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose 

the desired sensor, then press 

select.

4.  Press 

volume + or volume - to choose On 

or 

Off.

5.  Press 

select to confirm your selection. The 

screen displays 

Saved and you hear a 

confirmation tone. 

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Parent unit

Baby unit

Battery compartment 

cover

Baby unit adapter

Battery

Parent unit adapter

BATTERY LOW 
AT PARENT 
UNIT 

The parent unit uses only 
the rechargeable battery 
pack and it needs to be 
recharged.

BATTERY LOW 
AT SENSOR X*

The sensor battery is low 
and it needs to be replaced.

SENSOR X* 
is open / 
MOTION X* 
detected 
motion

The monitored door, 
window, or medicine 
cabinet is opened, or there 
is a motion detected in the 
monitored area.

NO LINK TO 
BABY UNIT

When the link between the 
parent unit and the baby 
unit is lost continuously for 
over 10 seconds.

PAGING

All idle parent units are 
being paged by the baby 
unit.

Saved

Your selection has been 
saved.

SEARCHING...

The parent unit is out of 
range of the baby unit, 
or the baby unit is out of 
power.

TALKBACK

The parent unit is talking to 
the baby unit.

<X> new 
event(s)

The number of new sensor 
activity(ies).

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F/20

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The real-time temperature 
of the baby unit.

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TOO HOT / 
TOO COLD

The temperature of the 
baby unit is too high or too 
low.

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Sensor X or Motion X refer to the sensor’s name.  

      

X X refers to the system-assigned number of the  

      sensor. You can edit the sensor’s name to your  

      preferred name. See 

Rename the sensor.

High 

sensitivity

Low 

sensitivity

User’s manual

User’s manual

You can choose the type of notification to 

receive when a sensor is triggered. The preset 

alert notification is 

Msg, tone, voice.

Msg - The LCD display messages of alert on 

the handset and telephone base.
Tone - The long alert tone that you will hear 

prior to the voice announcement and LCD 

display message. 
Voice - The voice announcement of the alert, at 

the handset and telephone base. 

* Sensor 

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Press 

menu when the parent unit is not in use.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose 

Notifications, then press select.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose  

All alerts off, All alerts on, Msg & tone, or 

Message only. 

Press 

select to confirm the setting. The 

screen displays 

Saved and you hear a 

confirmation tone. 

The sensor log menu appears when there is at 

least one sensor paired to the baby unit.

The sensor log stores a maximum of 50 entries 

for sensor activities from all sensors.

Press 

menu when the parent unit is not in use.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose 

Sensor log, then press select to view the 

sensor log entries. 

You can rename each individual sensor to a 

customized name.

Press 

menu when the parent unit is not in use.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose 

Rename, then press select.

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose the 

sensor to rename, then press 

select. 

Press 

volume + or volume - to choose 

the desired sensor, then press 

select.

4.  Press 

volume + or volume - to choose a name.

5.  Press 

select to confirm the name. The 

screen displays 

Saved and you hear a 

confirmation tone. 

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User’s manual

DM271 

DM271-102

Wireless Monitoring System  

with Safe & Sound

®  

Digital Audio Monitor

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support and the latest 
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Installation 

guide

Installation guide

Press to open the battery compartment 
case.

When the sensor has been 
deregistered from the baby unit,  
press and hold to enter the registration 
mode.

Flashes red when the sensor is in the 
registration mode.

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 displays when strong signal 

strength is detected between the 

baby unit and the parent unit.

 displays when moderate signal 

strength is detected between the 

baby unit and the parent unit.

 displays when the weak link signal 

strength is detected between the 

baby unit and the parent unit.

 flashes when the link between the 

baby unit and the parent unit is lost.

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Displays when the lullaby and the 
projector of the baby unit is on. 

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Displays when the projector of the 
baby unit is on.

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Displays when the sound alert of the 

parent unit is turned on.
Flashes when there are sounds 

detected from the baby unit.

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Displays when the vibration alert of 

the parent unit is turned on.
Flashes when there are loud sounds 

detected from the baby unit.

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Displays when the volume is turned off.

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The door, window, or medicine cabinet 

is opened; or there is a motion 

detected in the monitored area.

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Sensor alert system is turned on

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 animates when 

the battery is charging.

 displays solid when the battery is 

fully charged.

 flashes when battery is in low 

level and needs charging.
No battery icon displays when there 

is no battery installed.

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