Operating Range; Change The Microphone Sensitivity; Eco Mode - Philips AVENT SCD505 User Manual

Operating range

In normal mode:
•
• Outdoors: up to 330 metres/1000 feet
• Indoors: up to 50 metres/150 feet
• In ECO mode:
• Outdoors: up to 260 metres/850 feet
• The operating range varies depending on
the surroundings and other factors that
cause interference. For interference from
wet and moist materials, the range loss
is up to 100%. For interference from dry
materials, see the following table:
Dry materials Material
thickness
Wood, plaster, < 30 cm/12 in
cardboard, glass
(without metal,
wires, or lead)
Brick, plywood < 30 cm/12 in
Reinforced < 30 cm/12 in
concrete
Metal grilles or < 1 cm/0.4 in
bars
Metal or < 1 cm/0.4 in
aluminium sheets
Change the microphone
sensitivity
You can change the microphone sensitivity
of the baby unit. There are five levels. At level
1-4, the baby unit can go to sleep mode if the
surrounding sound is continuously low and only
a louder sound can wake it. At level 5, the baby
unit is in constant monitoring mode and will not
go to sleep mode.
1
Press sensitivity repeatedly on the parent
unit, to adjust the sensitivity according to
the environmental noise of the room.
» The sound level lights illuminate briefly

ECO mode

When you monitor your baby from a small
distance, you can enable ECO mode. In ECO
mode, the baby monitor consumes less energy,
Loss of
but still ensures that you can hear your baby
range
clearly without any distracting noise. For the
0-10%
operating range in ECO mode, see Section
"Operating range".
5-35%
30-100%
•
Make sure that the parent unit is linked to the baby unit.
90-100%
1
To enable ECO mode, press and hold
on the parent unit for two seconds.
100%
» The ECO mode indicator lights up
and indicate the current sensitivity
settings on the baby unit. If only one
light is on, the minimum sensitivity
is selected. If five lights are on, the
maximum sensitivity is selected.
Note
green and the parent unit reboots.
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