VTech Telecommunications Ltd 80-1318-01 Manuel D’Utilisation

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Before using this product, please read 
Important safety instructions. 

This manual has all the feature operations 
and troubleshooting necessary to install and 
operate your new VTech product. Please 
review this manual thoroughly to ensure 
proper installation and operation of this 
innovative and feature rich VTech product.

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NOTES

The rechargeable battery is pre-installed in your 

parent unit.
Use only the power adapters supplied with this 

product.
Make sure the electrical outlets are not controlled 

by wall switches.
The power adapters are intended to be correctly 

oriented in a vertical or floor mount position. The 

prongs are not designed to hold the plug in place 

if they are plugged into a ceiling, under-the-table 

or cabinet outlet.
Make sure the parent unit, the baby unit and the 

power adapter cords are out of reach of children.

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When you have connected and turned on

and turned on 

the parent unit, the battery will be charged

, the battery will be charged 

automatically. The battery icon indicates the 

battery status (see the following table).

NOTES

The parent unit battery is fully charged after  

11 hours of continuous charging.
It takes longer to charge the battery when the 

parent unit is turned on. To shorten the charging 

time, turn the parent unit off while charging.
The standby time varies depending on the 

volume level you set and your actual use.

The screen 

displays 

. The 

 or 

 

light flashes.

The battery 

has very little 

charge and 

may be 

used 

for only a 

short time.

Charge 

without 

interruption 

(about  

30 minutes).

The battery 

icon 

becomes 

solid 

.

The battery is 

fully charged.

To keep 

the battery 

charged, 

connect it to 

AC power 

when not in 

use.

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NOTES

This baby monitor is intended as an aid. It is not a 

substitute for proper adult supervision, and should 

not be used as such.

You may test the baby monitor before initial 
use, and at regular times thereafter. 

CAUTION

For hearing protection, make sure the 

parent unit is more than 3 feet (1 meter) 

away from both baby units. If you hear any 

high-pitched noise, move the parent unit 

further until the noise stops. You can also 

press 

VOL  on the parent unit to lower or 

mute the noise.

Make sure your baby unit and parent unit 

are on.
The parent unit displays images from the 

baby unit. 

Speak towards the microphone of the 

baby unit. You will hear the sound at the 

parent unit.

If you have two baby units, view the image 

from one of them by switching cameras via 

menu. Then, repeat step 2.

NOTES

When the parent unit displays   

Camera, and the POWER LED light flashes, 

move the parent unit closer to the baby units 

(observe the minimum distance of 3 feet /  

1 meter). You can also check if the baby  

monitor is connected to a live power socket  

and switched on.

TIP

Increase the speaker volume of the parent unit if 

you cannot hear the sounds transmitted from the 

baby units.

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CAUTION

Keep the baby unit out of the reach of your baby. 

Never place or mount the baby unit inside the 

baby’s crib or playpen.

NOTE

To avoid interference from other electronic 

devices, place your baby monitor far away from 

devices such as wireless routers, microwaves,  

cell phones and computers.

Place the baby units more than 3 feet  
(1 meter) away from your baby.

Place the parent unit more than 3 feet  
(1 meter) away from the baby units. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Adjust the angle of the baby unit camera to 
aim at your baby. 

 

CAUTION

The default volume of your parent unit is level 3. 

If you experience high-pitched screeching noise 

from your baby monitor while positioning:

Make sure your baby units and parent unit are 

more than 3 feet (1 meter) apart, OR
Turn down the volume of your parent unit.

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The operating range of the baby monitor is 

up to 1000 feet (300 meters) outdoors or 

160 feet (50 meters) indoors. The actual 

operating range may vary depending on 

the environmental conditions and other 

interferences such as walls, doors and other 

obstructions. 

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On when the baby unit is turned on 

and is paired to the parent unit.
Flashes when the baby unit is not 

being viewed; or when the link to the 

parent unit is lost.

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Slide to turn on or off the baby unit.

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Connects with AC power adapter.

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Green when the parent is powered on.
Flashes green when no link to camera.

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Press and hold to talk to the selected 

baby unit in 

SINGLE-CAM or 

PATROL mode. 

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Press to enter or exit the menu.
While in a sub-menu, press to 

choose an item, or save a setting.

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•  Press to increase the parent unit 

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

or to enter an item’s sub-menu.
While zooming in 

SINGLE-CAM or 

PATROL mode, press and hold to 

move the zoomed image upward

•  Press to decrease the parent unit 

speaker volume.
While in a menu, press to scroll 

down.
While zooming in 

SINGLE-CAM or 

PATROL mode, press and hold to 

move the zoomed image downward.

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While in a menu, press to choose the 

next item on the left.
While zooming in 

SINGLE-CAM and 

PATROL mode, press and hold to 

move the zoomed image leftward.

While in a menu, press to choose the 

next item on the right.
While zooming in 

SINGLE-CAM or 

PATROL mode, press and hold to 

move the zoomed image rightward.

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Red when battery is charging.
Flashes red when battery is low.

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The visual sound indicator can show 

the sound level detected by the baby 

unit. 
Sound level detected by the baby 

 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).

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Press to zoom in or out while viewing 

image in 

SINGLE-CAM or PATROL 

mode.

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Slide to turn on or off the parent unit.

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 or 

 displays when 

strong signal strength is detected 

between the baby unit and the 

parent unit.

 or   or   displays when 

moderate or low signal strength 

is detected between the baby unit 

and the parent unit.

 displays when the link between 

the baby unit and the parent unit 

is lost.

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Displays when the parent unit is in 

PATROL mode. 

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Displays the baby unit number that 

is being viewed when in  

SINGLE-CAM or PATROL mode.

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Displays when the camera at the 

baby unit has zoomed in.

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Displays when the baby unit being 

viewed has activated the night 

vision feature.

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Displays when the parent unit 

speaker volume is set to off.

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Displays the real-time temperature 

detected by the baby unit in 

Fahrenheit (

o

F) or Celsius (

o

C) 

(e.g. 

F or 14 

C).

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 animates 

when the battery is charging.

 displays solid when the 

battery is fully charged.

 displays when the battery is 

low and needs charging.

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Displays the parent unit speaker 

volume level while adjusting.

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Monitoring mode
You can enter the monitoring mode 

to view the video from the baby 

unit.

Brightness
You can change the brightness of 

the parent unit screen.

LCD screen off timer
You can set a specific time to turn 

the screen off.

VOX Sensitivity
With this feature, 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.  

Sound-activated screen
Automatically turns on the 

parent unit screen when a baby 

unit detects a sound after the 

screen is turned off. When no 

sound is detected, the screen is 

automatically off to save power.  

Temperature
You can turn on the temperature 

alert tone so that the parent 

unit beeps whenever the room 

temperature detected by the baby 

unit falls outside of the desired 

temperature range.
You can also set the temperature 

format to display the real-time 

temperature in baby’s room, 

or set the maximum/minimum 

temperature limit for alerts.

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The selected baby unit is 

out of range or is turned 

off.

The battery is empty and 

needs to be recharged.

The parent unit is 

searching for baby units.

too high 
or

The temperature 

detected by the baby unit 

is higher/lower than the 

desired temperature alert 

range.

The parent unit is 

searching for baby units.

 represents the selected baby unit number.

Slide the   

ON/OFF switch up to turn on 

the baby unit. The 

POWER LED light turns 

on.
Slide the   

ON/OFF switch down to turn 

off the baby unit. The 

POWER LED light 

turns off.

Slide the 

ON/OFF switch to ON to turn 

on the parent unit. The screen and the 

POWER LED light turns on.
Slide the 

ON/OFF switch to OFF turn 

off the parent unit. The screen and the 

POWER LED light turns off.

Press 

VOL /VOL  on the parent unit to 

adjust the speaker volume

.

NOTE

When the parent unit speaker volume is set to off, 

 appears on the screen.

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You can change the brightness of the parent 

unit screen from 

Level 1 to Level 5. The LCD 

brightness is preset to 

Level 3.

Press 

 when the parent unit is idle.

Press   or   to choose 

, then press  .

Press   or   to choose the desired level of 
brightness, then press 

 to confirm your 

selection. 

Every time the parent unit is turned on, it 

displays a baby unit in 

SINGLE-CAM mode.  

If there are more two baby units in your 

system, you can also monitor your baby in 

PATROL mode.

The screen displays 

image of a single baby 

unit in full screen.

A single cam view that 

transits to a different baby 

unit every 10 seconds.

Press 

 to enter the main menu.

Press   or   to choose 

, then press   to 

open the submenu.
Press   or   to select   to enter 

PATROL 

mode to alternately view the image from 
one baby unit to the next one in every 10 
seconds. 

Press 

 to enter the main menu.

Press   or   to choose 

, then press   to 

open the submenu.
Press   or   to select a camera number to 
enter 

SINGLE mode. 

 
 

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If one or more paired baby units are powered off 

or disconnected during patrolling, the parent unit 

will keep searching until its power has run out or 

a baby unit is connected once again

You can set the screen off time for the parent 

unit so that the screen will be automatically 

turned off after it is idle for a specific time 

interval. When the screen is turned off, you 

can still hear sound from the baby unit.

Press 

 to enter the main menu when 

the parent unit is idle.
Press   or   to choose 

, then press   to 

open the submenu.
Press   or   to choose the desired time 

period to automatically turn off screen  

(

 /   - 5 min./   - 30 min. /   - 60min.), 

then press 

 to confirm your selection 

and return to idle screen.

 

 

You can choose to hear sounds from the 

baby unit all the time, or to hear sounds that 

exceed a designated level. You can use 

the parent unit to adjust the microphone 

sensitivity of your baby unit. The higher the 

VOX sensitivity level, the more sensitive 

the baby unit is in detecting sounds for 

transmitting to the parent unit. The VOX 

sensitivity level is preset to the highest level 

(

Level 5).

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