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Baby Monitor

Instruction Manual

Camera (Baby Unit) Model# B180C

Monitor (Parent Unit) Model# B180M

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Page 1 Baby Monitor Instruction Manual Camera (Baby Unit) Model# B180C Monitor (Parent Unit) Model# B180M Doc V3.1.3 EN...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS........1 2. WHAT IS INCLUDED..........4 3. SYSTEM INTRODUCTION........5 3.1. ABOUT THE MONITOR......5 3.2. ABOUT THE CAMERA......7 4. GETTING STARTED..........9 4.1. POWER THE CAMERA......9 4.2. POWER THE MONITOR AND CONNECT 9 4.3. MOUNT THE CAMERA ON THE WALL.10 5.
Page 3: Safety Instructions
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Thank you for choosing our products and allowing us to serve you and your family. We hope you will enjoy the exceptional quality of our products and services. We will continue our efforts to meet your needs and expectations in the future. Your suggestions will help us think more deeply to meet your standards perfectly.
Page 4  This product is intended for indoor use only.  This product must be assembled by an adult. Please keep small parts away from children during assembly.  Never cover the set with a towel, blanket, etc.  Never install the baby monitor set near a heat source. ...
Page 5 observed.  Keep the camera's temperature sensor away from the cooling holes at the back to ensure precise ambient temperature.  Please keep this manual in a secure location for future reference. Important Notes for Installing Baby Monitor  When using your baby monitor, you must ensure that the devices can establish radio communication.
Page 6: What Is Included
2) Baby unit: Each baby unit is equipped with a camera and a set of accessories. 1 x Camera, 1 x 5V/2A Power Adapter for Camera, 1 x 9ft/3m USB cord, and 1 x Wall Mount. For camera B180C camera (baby unit) Accessories 3) 1 x Instruction Manual Page 4 / Total 45...
Page 7: System Introduction
SYSTEM INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE MONITOR 3.1. The B180M is a monitor designed for parents, featuring a 5-inch HD screen and 11 buttons (M, Fn, and OK are multi-function buttons, following the guidance on the screen). Figure 1: B180M Monitor (Front view) Figure 2: B180M Monitor (Side and Back view) Page 5 / Total 45...
Page 8 Table 1: Monitor Operation Buttons Buttons Descriptions 1 Power Press and hold for on/off. Sleep/Wake up. 2 Talk Push and hold to talk. 3 Left Pan left. 4 Up Tilt up. 5 Right Pan right. 6 OK OK For recording or confirmation in menu. 7 Down Tilt down.
Page 9: About The Camera
ABOUT THE CAMERA 3.2. Figure 3: B180C Camera The B180C camera can monitor the baby, play lullabies, and detect sound, motion, and environmental temperature. Table 3: Camera Interfaces and descriptions Interfaces Descriptions 1 Camera lens Full HD lens with infrared night vision.
Page 10 on, Flashing Green for connecting/updating, and OFF for successful operation. * It can be turned off/on by the monitor. Detect the environment temperature. 6 Temperature sensor * Keep it away from back cooling holes. 7 USB type-C jack Supplying power, supporting 5V/2A only. For mounting on the wall using the wall 8 Mounting hole mount accessories.
Page 11: Getting Started
GETTING STARTED This standard baby monitor system consists of a monitor (parent unit) and a paired camera (baby unit). To connect a SEPARATLY PURCHASED camera, please follow Section 5: "MENU" > "Camera Management" > "+" to add. 4.1. POWER THE CAMERA 1) Correctly insert the USB-A plug of the 9ft power cord into the 5V/2A power adapter jack.
Page 12: Mount The Camera On The Wall.10
If you cannot view the live stream, you may see operation guidance on the screen, or you can refer to Section 6 (Troubleshooting) for further assistance. MOUNT THE CAMERA ON THE WALL 4.3. Bracket seat Head bolt Seat bolt Bracket head Anchor Screw Figure 4: Wall Mount...
Page 13 the hole until it is firmly attached to the bracket. 6) Rotate the head bolt of the bracket to securely attach the camera. Next, adjust the camera to a suitable position and securely tighten the bracket's seat bolt. 7) Connect the power adapter to the camera unit. 8) Ensure that the camera unit is properly secured.
Page 14: Operation On The Monitor
ON THE MONITOR OPERATION You may operate the baby monitor by menu (the "M" key) or shortcut (the "Fn" key) or key-pressing. Some of the frequently functions of the menu are in the Fn, the shortcuts key. 5.1. SHORTCUT MENU in Fn Press Fn you will find this human-machine interface: 5.1.1 ZOOM Press Fn and then press OK, you will zoom the image, the...
Page 15 5.1.2 LULLABIES Press Fn and then press Up, it will play lullabies. If none camera is connected you will see a notice: If you have selected an online camera you will see this: The default focus is all loop mode, you can loop all the lullabies one by one after you press OK on the ALL icon.
Page 16 You can press Down to Stop icon on bottom bar. You can press Stop icon to stop lullabies. It will be changed to Play icon , you can press the Play icon to start playing again. You can press Left button after you pass by Stop/Play icon to go to lullabies timer icon, Press OK on timer icon, you can press Right / Left button to select a lullaby timer duration.
Page 17 On the bottom bar you can see the progress of each piece of music that is playing. 5.1.3 TIMER Press the Fn and Right buttons simultaneously to enter the timer interface. You will see four sets of timers that can run in parallel. To adjust any timer, press OK on the hour and minute icon after shifting different icons using the Up / Down / Left / Right buttons.
Page 18 5.1.4 CAMERA SWITCH You can press the Fn and Down button to enter Camera switch interface. If there is only one camera you can just find a camera icon. If there are more than one camera, you can select different camera to display on your monitor.
Page 19: Operation Menu In M
corner of the camera icon. Under patrol mode, the monitor will quickly jump from the offline camera to another online camera. 5.1.5 BRIGHTNESS You can press the Fn and Left button to enter Brightness interface. You can press Left button to make the screen darker, or press the Right button to make the screen brighter.
Page 20 etc. Duration, Volume, Sound, Timer, and more. Alarm *Alarm may conclude Timer in some versions. General Settings Date, Time, Display, Patrol, etc. Remove the Camera on the Monitor: Press M button to enter menu > Navigate to camera management > Select a camera > OK to remove camera >...
Page 21 In the menu, you can operate as follows: 1) Press the Right button to enter the next menu, and press the Left button to return to the previous menu or left button. 2) Press M button to exit the menu. 3) Press the Fn button to enter the shortcut menu.
Page 22 In the button bar on the left, there are seven icons. The Closest Day icon: You can find the newest media files here. The Closer Day icon. The Date icon: It will automatically show the date of the media and jump to a specific day that you want to go to. The Farther Day icon.
Page 23 locked. Events: The media comes from events-triggered  recording. Manual: The media comes from user’s manual operation.  Locked: The media is protected by users.  The Delete icon: You can delete the files according their lifespan. When you enter the Media menu, you can shift among button bar and media file using the Navigation Keys of Left / Right / Up / Down and OK.
Page 24 When you move to a media file its frame will turn green. Then, you will find events warning icons of Sound / Temperature / Motion in some thumbnails of the video files. You can press Fn to lock or unlock the media file according its status.
Page 25 the video you can move the focus to the delete icon and press OK to do so. You can increase or decrease the volume by pressing +/- buttons, lock or unlock the file by pressing Fn. You can press backward icon or forward icon to move backward or forward for some time in the video.
Page 26 If there is only one camera, the interface will look like this: If there are two or more cameras, the interface will look like this. You can press Right or Left to shift among the cameras. You can press Down or Up to shift among the Camera settings sub-menu.
Page 27 High Sensitivity means a small sound can trigger a sound alarm. Low Sensitivity means a loud sound can trigger a sound alarm. 2) You can press OK to turn on/off the Temperature detection. If you turn on the Temperature detection you can set its range from Min to Max level.
Page 28 If you turn on Motion detection you can set its Sensitivity to High / Medium / Low. High Sensitivity means a small movement can trigger an alarm. Low Sensitivity means a big movement can trigger an alarm. 4) You can press Right on the Speaker volume to enter its interface, then you can press Up / Down to adjust the camera’s volume.
Page 29 Auto: The camera will automatically decide its mode of color or night vision according the light intensity. Off: The camera will select color mode of daylight. On: The camera will force night mode. 6) Indicator light:You can turn on/off the indicator light at back of the camera.
Page 30 9) Storage You can press Right to select the “Format SD Card“ icon. Then press the OK button to confirm.. 5.2.3 ALARM You can press M and then press Down, Right to enter Alarm settings. Page 28 / Total 45...
Page 31 1) Alarm duration You can press Right on Alarm duration and then Down/Up to change the option, then press OK to confirm. The longer the duration the longer the alarm exists. 2) Alarm sound You can press Right on Alarm sound and then Down/Up to change its sound.
Page 32 1) Date set: This is used to set the system date which will be displayed on the top bar of the monitor. 2) Time set: This is used to set the system time which will be displayed on the top bar of the monitor. 3) Patrol interval: This is used to set the patrol interval for different cameras ’...
Page 33 You can choose between Celsius or Fahrenheit temperature units. 9) Language: You can your language. The early version just support English. 10) Monitor default settings: You can press OK and then conform to recover the default setting of the monitor. 5.2.5 CAMERA MANAGEMENT 1) Add a camera You can press Right and move to “+”...
Page 34 2) Remove a camera You can press OK a camera , then you will find a dialogue to conform. If you select YES then the camera will be disconnected. 5.2.6 SOFTWARE UPDATE You can press Right to enter Software update. 1) Version: for checking the system version information.
Page 35 If there is a upgrade firmware, it will show a new version and you can press OK to upgrade and then press OK on YES. 3) Camera update It is nearly the same with Monitor update. If you have prepared the upgrade firmware, it will show a new version and you can press OK to upgrade page.
Page 36 4) Prepare the upgrade firmware * Before you operate these functions you must prepare the upgrade firmware from the supporting website listed in Help. (1) You can download the firmware files to your PC. (2) Connect the monitor to your PC with a Type-C cord and you will find a new U-Disk on your PC.
Page 37: The Operation Keys
5.3. THE OPERATION KEYS 5.3.1 POWER KEY If the monitor is turned off, you can press the Power and hold to turn on the monitor; If the monitor turned on, you can press the Power to turn off the screen of the monitor, and you can press the Power and hold to enter the turn off interface.
Page 38 camera but not talk again. 5.3.3 NAVIGATION and OK There are four direction keys and one OK on the navigation. On the watch mode, you can see the live streaming from a camera. You can press Left / Right to control the camera turn left / right. In the same way you can control the camera to tilt up or down by pressing Up / Down.
Page 39: The Notice Of The System
5.4. THE NOTICE OF THE SYSTEM 5.4.1 Timer 5.4.2 Abnormal Temperature Warning 5.4.3 Motion Warning 5.4.4 Sound Warning 5.4.5 Low Battery Warning Page 37 / Total 45...
Page 40 5.4.6 Operation Notice Page 38 / Total 45...
Page 41: Troubleshooting
TROUBLESHOOTING  Make sure every device is powered on.  Wait for 20 seconds after each step to verify if it runs correctly. Table 5: Troubleshooting for Baby Monitor Questions Solution steps (1) Take the monitor and move closer to the camera to reconnect them.
Page 42 Sometimes the screen is bright and it is easy to find it is frozen, but sometimes the screen is dark and you insert the charge cord and you cannot power on the monitor, it is also a kind of frozen screen. You need to restart the monitor as below: To force shutdown: If the screen is bright and the monitor is frozen,...
Page 43 When you want to pair a new compatible camera into the baby monitor system, you get a Timeout failure after you have operated following the manual instruction. (1) Check the compatible camera is powered on. Timeout (2) Make sure the monitor and camera are near failure enough, better in the same room.
Page 44 the link with your PC. For example, if the H/W suffixes is _a, you can only download the S/W x.x.x_a.img. Note: If the H/W suffixes is none, you can download the S/W x.x.x_b.img. (3) Transfer the new firmware to your monitor by the provided USB cord from the PC.
Page 45 watch instructional videos, download the latest firmware, and more. If you continue to have trouble with your device, please contact us and provide your order number. Rest assured and we will make things right for you. Page 43 / Total 45...
Page 46: Specification And Tests
SPECIFICATION AND TESTS All nominal specifications are tested under real conditions by wireless test engineers. Since the wireless signal is unstable and constantly changing, it is normal for your test results to vary, whether they are better or worse. System General RF Frequency 902-928 MHz Select-able camera channels...
Page 47 Sensors Sound, temperature, motion Monitor Unit Input voltage 100-240VAC@50/60Hz Operating voltage 5V DC / 680mA (maximum) Power adapter Input 100-240VAC@50/60Hz; Output 5V/2A Resolution (Pixels) 1280x720 Battery 5000mAh lithium-ion 3.7V, rechargeable LCD Display 5-inch color display Time to charge full: 3.5~4 Hours (with our own 5V/2A power adapter) @1.5A (max charge current) Duration (Screen on 16hours (lightness level=0,1,2)
Page 48 Some other tests results are shared here for your reference. Transmission range (1 Up to 3000 feet for the smooth and channel, line of sight, open clear video and music and two-way area, no obstruction, 2 meters speak. above the ground. Sunny, dry and hot) Transmission range outdoors Up to 800 feet for stable, smooth and...
Page 49: Warranty
8. WARRANTY ONE-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY Your Baby Monitor set, which includes both the baby unit and parent unit, is covered by a one-year warranty starting from the original purchase date. This warranty covers both the camera and the monitor. We guarantee that your baby monitor will be free of any defects in materials and workmanship when used under normal conditions.

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