Does the video activate when there is movement, or is the video on all the time? I am thinking of it for someone with dementia who need monitoring.
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Thank you for your question. The Wide View Digital Color Video Monitor features Power-Save Mode. While operating on battery power, the video screen will go to sleep to conserve battery power. Audio and sound lights continue to function normally. To resume viewing, press the Video On-Off Button.
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I have spent a lot of time with the unit and I don't believe you can do both. It is very specific for one activity at a time in playback. Could ask company? Pamphlet is vague and most of what I have learned has been trial and error.
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It can't be set to only turn on by motion it is always on, but your recorder can be set to only record from camera when motion is detected. That is all controlled by your recorder though and not the camera.
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It only turns on when there's motion. I've actually been having trouble with the two. They periodically do rapid blinking when motion is detected. Very irritating. I'm looking to replace them.
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If you set the Video AF to "Continuous" it does indeed seek a lot especially if there is any motion in your subject. If not in Continuous mode, it will stay fixed.
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Yes. I have my system set to motion detection so that it doesn't record all the time. Be sure to check the recordings periodically so that the memory/hard drive doesn't fill up too quickly.
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Hello Gail, I bought mine several years ago for my wife. She uses it at work and to this day she has yet to have any problems with it. She watches it everyday at work during lunch. My suggestion is to make sure you have it on the right settings for watching TV,DVD,and aux input, if you try all those and the picture still doesn't work then you may need to send it in to Coby. The only other thing that I may say is the region setting may be off but, only if the picture doesn't work for the DVD only, if you aren't getting any picture on any of the input methods there may be some internal malfunction going on. Hope this helps. Hello Gail, I bought mine several years ago for my wife. She uses it at work and to this day she has yet to have any problems with it. She watches it everyday at work during lunch. My suggestion is to make sure you have it on the right settings for watching TV,DVD,and aux input, if you try all those and the picture still doesn't work then you may need to send it in to Coby. The only other thing that I may say is the region setting may be off but, only if the picture doesn't work for the DVD only, if you aren't getting any picture on any of the input methods there may be some internal... » Read More Hello Gail, I bought mine several years ago for my wife. She uses it at work and to this day she has yet to have any problems with it. She watches it everyday at work during lunch. My suggestion is to make sure you have it on the right settings for watching TV,DVD,and aux input, if you try all those and the picture still doesn't work then you may need to send it in to Coby. The only other thing that I may say is the region setting may be off but, only if the picture doesn't work for the DVD only, if you aren't getting any picture on any of the input methods there may be some internal malfunction going on. Hope this helps. « Show Less
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Barry! I just read now in the manual: Motion detection ON (enable) OFF (off). Try this when you connect 12 VDC to camera. It should detect motion. I never used this function either:-( Steve
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It has motion senors built in. If anything walks within the field of vision it will auto record if you set that feature up.
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It depends. If you keep the video on the whole time, the battery will drain quickly. Try Turing the video off and see if that helps. If not, then yes, that might be a defective unit.
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Yes - the video is still visible. You can also turn the screen off and just listen to audio. This is a great baby monitor - I would buy it again.Addendum: we ended up buying another one of these monitors and after just a few months use neither unit works anymore. The product I bought on Amazon has no audio - we had to buy an audio monitor to substitute for the malfunctioning unit. The warranty process to return the defective unit is incredibly tidious and with significant delay. After spending more money to buy a audio monitor and paying for shipping this unit back to the manufacturer I no longer recommend this monitor - all in all its not worth the money or time Yes - the video is still visible. You can also turn the screen off and just listen to audio. This is a great baby monitor - I would buy it again.Addendum: we ended up buying another one of these monitors and after just a few months use neither unit works anymore. The product I bought on Amazon has no audio - we had to buy an audio monitor to substitute for the malfunctioning unit. The warranty process to return the defective unit is incredibly tidious and with significant delay. After spending more money to buy a audio monitor and paying for shipping this unit back to the... » Read More Yes - the video is still visible. You can also turn the screen off and just listen to audio. This is a great baby monitor - I would buy it again.Addendum: we ended up buying another one of these monitors and after just a few months use neither unit works anymore. The product I bought on Amazon has no audio - we had to buy an audio monitor to substitute for the malfunctioning unit. The warranty process to return the defective unit is incredibly tidious and with significant delay. After spending more money to buy a audio monitor and paying for shipping this unit back to the manufacturer I no longer recommend this monitor - all in all its not worth the money or time « Show Less
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If you have the video monitoring open all the time it's going to put an obvious drain on the battery. What I do I crank the app up- take a peak - then turn my iPhone video off but allow audio. It's very useful when baby might get a little fussy when first putting her down. Allows you to see whether she is really out of sorts or just working it out on her own.
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Yes...it's motion activated...but you can also set it for intervals...As I understand it, you can set it for intervals and it will still pick up motion...
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No. It's triggered only by a photo or vid being taken according to its settings.
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2to 3 days,then the memory will get full,its best to set it on motion detection record,that way you only record when it detects motion,that way you don't use a lot of memory up for nothing.
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Mine only records when motion triggers it and it records for 30 seconds or as long as there is enough motion to be detected. You can set it to record over old recording if it is at capacity. I have a SD card that I download to my pc if I want to keep it, otherwise I just delete everything after a few days.
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There's no active monitoring. This is a camera surveillance system. You can set up to system to have remote access to the video, and of course you can review the footage, but there is no monitoring being done by anyone else, so no fees. You just set the system up and use it. If you want active monitoring, then you'd need a different product (one sold with a service).