The First Years True Choice P400 Premium Digital Monitor, 2 Parent Unit
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From the Manufacturer
The True Choice P400 Premium Digital Monitor brings baby monitoring to the next level. This monitor houses all the features you expect in a digital monitor including sound-light, out-of-range and low-battery indicators, volume control, battery and plug-in options and wall mounting for the child unit. We have added other great features to make the monitor easier to use including rechargeable batteries, headphone jack, parent unit finder and a belt clip th…
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5:05 am on May 22nd, 2010
We have had the monitors for about 2 weeks now, and the wife and I love um. We are in a 2500sqft 2 story house with the main monitor at the top NE corner of the house, and the parent monitor(s) working very well downstairs, even to the SW corner of the house (As far as you can get away from each other). Occasionally the parent monitors have had problems talking with each other.
Pros
- Ok range
- 2 different push-to-talk buttons on parent monitors, “parent only” or “child / parent”
- kickstand to prop up parent monitor on desk
- belt clip on parent monitor works great and its very light
- touching the child monitor near the transmitter light, turns on a blue colored nightlight so you can see in room without waking up kiddo
Cons
- Power button on Parent monitor is on long side of unit (the natural way to hold the unit will have you turning it off with your middle finger when you try to use it). Would have been better if Push-to-talk buttons were in that location and power button was on the left side of unit. very frustrating
- Sometimes when parent monitor is charging, it flashes the blue battery light. (In a dark room it would be pretty bright)
Other Facts about the Unit that are neutral.
- the child monitor is the base transmitter so, trying to use the parent monitors with the base OFF will not work.
- walking into the child’s room with a parent monitor in hand, will wake-up everyone in the house from the feedback.
Randy
6:55 am on May 22nd, 2010
This is everything a baby monitor should be and more. I’ll only list the key points that distinguish this from your typical monitor.
1. 2.45 Ghz encrypted. With our old monitor in the 900 Mhz range, I could pick our monitor on a police scanner. It’s more than a little disconcerting that with most baby monitors, anyone could be eavesdropping on those personal family moments. It’s just creepy to me. The P400 features a digitally encrypted signal, so no worries if your lullaby to your child would get you laughed out of an Idol audition.
2. The parent unit automatically tunes to the channel of the baby unit. No more worrying that you have the right channel selected. With our old monitor, there was a channel button on the side of the device, and I would sometimes accidentally push when I picked it up. This one stays tuned to the right channel automatically, based on a pairing code that is assigned at the factory.
3. The P400 includes two parent units that double as two-way radios. There are two talk buttons on the parent units. Push one button to talk to your spouse and choose the other to talk to your child. It’s nice to be able to talk to my wife, when we are not in the same room of the house. This is such a nice feature to this product that I’m hardly doing it justice here.
I couldn’t find another product on the market that combined all three of these features.