Can the monitor in the baby's room be plugged in or does it have to run on batteries?
1024509
Hi! The monitor has to be plugged in. However the receiving part, the one were you listen to the baby has a rechargeable battery. It last a long time but not all night. You should plug both parts during the night because the batteries could die in middle of the night.
1024510
It is rechargeable. If it starts to run out of power, it starts to beep. Also it beeps if you go out of range of the base. If you want to plug it in while you use it, that is fine. Great item!
1024511
The monitor in the baby's room can be plugged in. It does not need batteries to work.In fact both units have AC adapters. Either can be plugged in or use batteries. I always leave the baby monitor (microphone) unit plugged in under my baby's crib. The parent unit (speaker) is plugged in when next to my bed at night, but I use the batteries when I am awake and carrying it with me.
1024512
The monitor in the baby's room can be plugged in. It does not need batteries to work. In fact both units have AC adapters. Either can be plugged in or use batteries. I always leave the baby monitor (microphone) unit plugged in under my baby's crib. The parent unit (speaker) is plugged in when next to my bed at night, but I use the batteries when I am awake and carrying it with me.
1687709
This clock needs to be plugged in. I also thought it would run on batteries. The use of the batteries seem to be to keep the clock set when the electricity goes out (because the numbers do not glow when unplugged) but when plugged back in, the time is correct. Strange, I know, but it is a great size and can been seen across the room with ease.
1651531
The camera part plugs in or runs on batteries. The monitor plugs in and charges then can be unplugged. It's charge lasts one night on mine if I leave it on all night. It comes with both cords and they are interchangeable.
609949
Either. It can use batteries or use the ac adapter. We always use it plugged in but it does have battery option.
634044
Sorry Don, they are plug in only. I am still more than pleased with the monitors. They are very very sensitive as far as picking up any sounds! Plus, the parent monitor is quite loud at its highest setting.
1166885
You can plug it in and/or use batteries. Battery life is quick with much use, so we keep ours plugged in.
2242136
There is a place on both the parent end and the baby end where you can put batteries. The unit also beeps if it loses power. I'm also not sure about the dual voltage. This is a great monitor though. My son is now almost 2 1/2 and mine still works wonderfully.
1174982
monitor in baby room plugs in the handheld has a changing base = have had this monitor for over a year and not one complaint and absolutely no interference from any other source
1665224
No, it does not run on batteries. Both the camera and the monitor plug into the wall.
790486
The camera has to be plugged in to an electrical outlet. My grandkids used it while camping recently by putting little Mason's bed near the car and used a power inverter plugged into the car's 12-volt accessory plug. They say it worked great. The monitor, though, is hard (read that impossible) to see in the sunlight.
589293
It runs on batteries. I wouldn't want one that runs on electricity - with babies you never know what's going to happen with liquids and water and it could easily short out or worse, catch on fire. They loved this one and it served baby well for months.
674167
The monitor must be plugged in but the camera's themselves can be battery operated. I just never found the battery operation to last all that long so I plug it all in.
1174981
Yes. I keep mine plugged into their wall at all times. But they do have battery back up. The electricity went out once and the monitor worked fine.
1240766
No, but it would work perfectly fine other than not having audio. So if you just want to view, it would work. Most baby monitors would be wireless and let you carry around something that has audio / video. With this system, you'd have to wire the camera to the room, only have video, but can watch the video on a mobile device.
958638
I've never seen a cordless monitor. I wouldn't recommend putting it in the baby bed anyway even if it were cordless. The noise sensitivity is so great with the Sony monitor that you don't even need to put it close to the crib or bed. When my daughter was still in her crib, we left it under her crib and still had really great sound transmission. Now that she's 3 and in a full size bed, the monitor is in the opposite corner of her room from her bed, and we still have the same great sound transmission as if it were right next to her bed.
17501
The monitor does have batteries, so it does have portable applications. I have only used the monitor in starionary applications, and it works very well.
17500
Monitor Is portable! Has a rechargeable battery. Another reason I bought it.... The camera can be portable with batteries but doesn't last an entire night so the camera should plug in for best performance.