This question is for anyone who uses this product as a baby monitor. Will you be able to hear noises without the app being open?
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You can open the app and turn on the volume. Once the volume is on you can lock the phone or open a different app and the volume will still be on. I use the foscam pro app as my baby monitor with five of these cameras and have been very happy.
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No. You have to have the APP open and select the "listening" button. As soon as you close it the app, everything closes.
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You can find the app on Google play. The Cool Cam works great never regret purchasing it. Vision is clear in the darkest places. As long as you have a good internet connection you should not have any problems. I use it to monitor my baby and it works well even when I am away from home. Hope you get through with yours.
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Well max volume on the iphone barely leaks. And more than 2feet away you cant hear it. The isolation imo is satisfactory, with nothing playing, you can still hear your environment, but it's still quite muffled. With sound on forget location awareness the music takes over :)
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Sorry for the delay, my internet has been acting up. I bought this for my son's new addition who hasn't arrived yet. He had hooked up a camera to veiw the baby via the internet on his phone but it had no sound. I had bought my daughter a video monitor system and I really liked that. I would think either one you go with will give you peace of mind with a new baby around. Best of luck and congratulations!
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Yes, there is a little bit of a "click" sound when you manually turn it off and on, but nothing that should wake your baby up! I was able to edit my review to include a video where I turned it on and off a few times.
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I bought this as a gift for my son so I haven't personally used it but I do know from baby sitting occasionally that it had to be unplugged from the TV for others to hear the sound. He uses it at night to watch TV in bed while his wife is sleeping.
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Good question---It is pretty quiet, but if you have it on full speed it can get a little loud, but I still think you could hear the baby. I had in the living room with about 12 people in it and we didn't have to turn up the volume on the tv and it really helps circulate the air when it is warm out.
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No not at all, it's nice and quiet all I can hear is the baby's little snores. I have the volume up pretty high too and still no static.
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Yes. We are using it to monitor our puppies. Works great. Even in black and white night vision mode. The two way audio is great too. Obviously you'd need to keep the app open all the time to use as a real time baby monitor. We use it for quick checks of the puppies when we are at home or away. Only complaint, it only allows one person to log into the app at a time.
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I also use this as a baby monitor, and would definitely recommend it. I use the app "Baby Monitor" by SunshineApps on my iPad and iPhone and yes, the audio is transmitted along with the video. There are similar apps for Android as well. If you punch a hole in your home firewall, you can monitor your camera from anywhere you have an internet connection.
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there is a built-in mic which allows you to hear your baby. the image is pretty good, but gets "grainy" after about 5ft distance. it also has night vision which i think is an excellent feature. the monitor allows for upto 4 cameras so if you purchase additional cameras, you can switch which camera you want to view.
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It's really good lol. I scared someone with it last week. Ironically I was using the app on my iPhone just playing with it and I clicked on the microphone icon and I could hear what was going on.
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Mine is very loud too and I was also wondering if it was defective. Can barely hear the baby speak over the noise. Also, I have had to change the batteries twice since Christmas 4 days ago- this can't be normal.
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I would say yes because the sound quality is very nice. You can turn the volume up and down. I use it a lot with my windows down and my sunruff open and I can hear fine no one have ever made a comment about the noise.
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YES!!! This would make a very good baby monitor. On occasion this lock button will be left on here at my house and I can hear my wife talking on the phone in her study. Hope this answers your question. Jim S.
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Unfortunately not. You only hear audio from the room that is showing on the monitor display screen. I have this issue sometimes too. Hopefully Summer will eventually make a "split screen" monitoring system.
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I've never used this feature, but to answer you question my husband turned on the music. Apparently each of the 5 songs plays for about 30 seconds and then plays again,and again, and again for approximately 20 minutes. You select which song you want to play. I hope this answers your question. The monitor is really a sanity saver because it lets me do some things while the baby sleeps. One more thing, don't expect to see anything on the screen in bright sunshine. It is completely washed out in that kind of light, but well worth having outside because you can hear the baby when he wakes up. I wouldn't be without it.