If background noises in rooms are different (one w/ white noise machine, one w/o), does the autoscan's changing rooms make sleeping difficult?
2023405
I have a heater and a humidifier in the room, low white noise and that doesn't bother me at all. I keep the volume at 1 or 2 bars and can still hear the babies just fine without much background noise. If it is a very loud white noise, I would recommend putting a white noise machine with the same volume in the 2nd room as well. Because you will hear the difference on scan (unless you keep it at the lowest volume level). There is also a quiet noise made when it scans from room to room which bothered me at first, but I have adjusted just fine.
2023406
Difficult for you? If so, that's not the case with us. One has white noise the other doesn't and we sleep just fine. We also don't have the volume way up since the cameras are sensitive to sound.
680871
You can select waves only (which I use, finding the "enhanced" variations distracting). There are 3 levels of enhancement (all the way up to barking seals apparently), but on setting 1 all the noises are appropriate background for sleeping.
767307
Yes, you just have to remember to turn the monitor off. I like the monitor that only detects movement because the off/on switch stays in the baby's room. It is easy to turn off if you forget (I nurses baby in her room). You can use a regular sound monitor with it (or my baby's room is close enough to our room I really don't use a sound monitor at all because I can hear the alarm without it). This monitor still amazes me. Best thing I have ever bought - gives me such peace of mind.
2259795
Not unless you can fall asleep in four minutes. There's an Auto mode, but it takes only three readings, and you have only a few choices for the delay, the longest being two minutes. Since they could have easily offered a one-hour option with a small software change, there may a reason they didn't. I wonder if the device isn't approved for use on a sleeping person.
174889
As far as I know the snuza only alarms if there is an absence of movement. The sound machine should not interfere unless you of course you can't hear the alarm.
1485040
I always have the sound machine on when baby is in bed to sleep and I am using the monitor. There is no way one could confuse the baby's noises with the background whir of the sound machine.
1676712
I would not count on it for white noise. Have you checked into a sound machine?
1101848
If you're trying not disturb anyone else that may be in the next room ain't gonna happen. It's a machine, it makes noise. Is it extreme? No. Would you be able to epilate and go un noticed? No. Slitely more noise than an electric face shaver but much less than a hair blow dryer. Does this help?
1043229
No, but there is a secondary alarm you could use for napping without disturbing the main alarm.
493137
Yes, I would say this machine is fairly quiet. I have definitely heard and used much louder machines. It wouldn't wake someone up if they were asleep.
2024988
If it was on low during the night it might not be that bad. I have mine on auto so it's usually running at a higher speed, it's not bad in the family room but in the bedroom it would be too noisy for me
203340
Let's face it: if you're in the same room with a snorer, you're out of luck. This is a wonderful little machine, and its purpose is to provide a nice steady ambient noise. It's great for helping you stay asleep through occasional sounds like cars going down the street or the furnace kicking on and off. But if you're partnered with someone who snores loudly, you're still gonna hear that. Best I can tell you is try the machine out, and if it doesn't drown out the sawmill next to you, take it to another room and shut the door behind you!
2024989
On the two highest settings it can be loud.Easy solution is to turn the unit on either the highest setting or Auto about an hour prior to going into the room.At that point you can put it on the first or second settings overnight and it shouldn't disturb you.I leave it on Auto and sometimes it will cycle into high while I'm sleeping but that no longer bothers me.Effective machine the easier breathing makes the noise issue tolerable.
1553943
No, the machine's noise is minimum and nice. You can check it out on YouTube.
804285
Depends. If you mean background music on the show itself, I don't see how that could be possible. If you mean background music or noise in a room, if the noise isn't too loud and is some distance away, I'd guess that the system woud not pick it up. I've never had that kind of problem, anyway...
1245810
As ColoradoWest mentioned, you may be able to hear some of the loop patterns repeating, but only in some of the sounds. Most of them are very smooth.I also tried the Ecotones Sound Machine (http://www.amazon.com/Ecotones-Sound-Sleep-Machine-ASM1002/dp/B002SMJQT4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid;=1397818041&sr;=8-1&keywords;=adaptive+sound+technologies+sound%2Bsleep), and I think for the most part the sounds are more uniform and blend better in the background than the Sound Oasis. But either machine is great anyway!
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No, which is exactly why I returned it. I use it in the bedroom and it kept going on and off (testing the temp) and each time it woke me up. I needed the constant hum to help me sleep, so I had to return it to Amazon. I then went to Ace Hardward and purchased a Lasko no fillls window unit that did what I wanted. The Holmes was well built and a much nicer unit than the Lasko (by far), but the Lasko was better in the long run. Good luck Melissa.