Sony 900 MHz BabyCall Nursery Monitor
From Sony
Relax with confidence while your baby rests. The NTM-910YLW 900 MHz BabyCall nursery monitor uses the clearest channel available to deliver crisp, clear audio of your baby's actions. And don't worry about battery power - the built-in rechargeable battery receiver means you won't have to bother with continuous replacements. For added security, 5 Sound-Sensor activity lights, out-of-range indicator and low-battery warning keep you informed of your baby's actions and the status of your equipment. A belt-clip is included for the receiver, keeping your hands free for other activities. Finally, the receiver is water-resistant - the perfect choice for use in the bathroom or kitchen.
Amazon Sales Rank: #160 in Baby Product Color: White Brand: Sony Model: NTM-910YLW Dimensions: 4.25" h x 4.25" w x 1.93" l, 1.30 pounds
900 MHz Technology extends the range of BabyCall Monitor to let you take the receiver farther from the nursery, yet still hear activities in the nursery. It comes with 27 channels to greatly minimize interference and uses FM transmission system with channel selector to locate the clearest channel, helping to eliminate interference for clearer communication.
Great features, works great! We purchased this monitor after spending way too much time reading product reviews on Amazon. Note that this monitor is the exact same product as the more-popular blue model NTM-910 also listed here, but the NTM-900 also listed here does not have a rechargeable battery. We went with the yellow NTM-910 -- more like a warm light tan in real life -- because it was slightly cheaper than the blue one the day we bought it. I especially like the rechargeable battery on the receiver, the monitor lights for use when the volume is turned off, and the voice-activated setting. The belt clip and water-resistant housing are also nice. Unlike some other reviewers, we have found that: 1. The signal is completely clear, except right next to some of our cordless appliances. We have a fair amount of wireless signals pulsing through our house (home phone, cell phones, internet, video game controllers) and were able to find a clear channel (there are 27 available) on the second try. Most less expensive monitors operate at a lower (and more commonly used by other appliances) frequency; we've found that this monitor's 900 MHz works great. 2. The voice activation setting works as it should. The receiver shuts off when the baby's room is transmitting only white noise (in our case, the loud clock on the wall and the music box in the crib), turns on when the baby whimpers, and turns off when the baby is quiet. There is no "click" when the receiver comes on. 3. The range alarm, which is designed to tell you when your receiver is out of range of the baby's transmitter (not when the baby is out of range of the transmitter) has never gone off as I walk around our 2000 sq. ft. house and small yard. In sum, we're delighted with this product. Our intuition to go with a manufacturer of electronics rather than toys seems to have been a good one. I highly recommend the BabyCall NTM-910, in either yellow or blue. Has its pluses and minuses About a year ago I read a lot of reviews of baby monitors, then bought a Sony BabyCall monitor. It has some good features, but also some that I think are big drawbacks. This is about my fifth baby monitor, so I have some experience to compare it to. Things I like: ============== * When I'm in range of the baby and all is working well, the monitor is very quiet. * The rechargeable battery works great! Even when I occasionally forget to plug it in overnight, the receiver doesn't run out of juice. * It's nice to have 27 channels to choose from. Our monitor gets so little interference that we've only ever used the default channel. But it's good to know that we have options if we ever do need to switch. * It hooks nicely into my pocket or belt, so I can wear it on my hip as I do other things around the house. Things I don't like: ==================== * It's easy to be out of range in my (average-sized) house. The baby's room is at a top corner of the house. When I'm in the dining room or living room, the monitor makes a lot of badly noisy static, and its out-of-range signal makes endless beepitty-beep noises. * When the receiver is plugged in but there's no power being supplied to its plug, instead of getting power from its battery -- it just stops working!!! This is a problem if (1) you plug in the receiver incorrectly (I've done that a few times), or (2) during a power outage. If there is a power outage, then the receiver is completely silent. A nighttime power outage is the one time when I *do* want it to make beepity-beep noises, and static, and all kinds of other racket, because I want it to wake me up so that I can go sleep someplace where I can hear the baby. * I wish it was harder to turn the volume control. I frequently find that it has dialed itself down to the quietest setting, where the only indicator that the baby is making noise is the lights on the display -- you can't hear the baby at all when the monitor is on that setting. I'm pretty sure I've failed to hear the baby when he cried when this happened. I've become fanatical about checking and re-checking the volume setting. But I wish I didn't have to do that. I wish it was harder to turn the dial so that the volume setting would stay the way I set it. Also I would be happy if it were a little harder to turn on and off, because sometimes I find it turned off and I'm sure I left it turned on, so I guess something must have bumped the power switch and turned it off. Overall: ======== Of the five baby monitors I've had over the years, this is probably the best, because of its quietness and good rechargeable battery life. But the too-easily-changed volume control knob, the beepitty-beep stuff, and the silence during power outages all drive me crazy. I wish someone would design a better baby monitor than this. Good Monitor for the money This is my 3rd monitor that i have bought, and I LOVED it until yesterday when for some reason it just stopped working ( i have had it right around a year). It has good sound quality, picks up the smallest noises, which is good and bad depending on how soundly you sleep :-) The feature that i like best, (which is actually why i am buying another one now that mine is broken)is that it has 2 ON settings. One has the monitor on and the other is sound activated. The reason i love this is that we have white noise makers in my sons room and the monitor obviously picks it up, but because it is a constant sound it doesn't stay on when on the sound activated setting. It is great for us because the white noise keeps me up so i don't like to hear it through the monitor. All in all a great product and i have and will continue to recomend it to anyone who will listen!!!
