vtech Baby Monitor User Guide

June 7, 2024
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vtech Baby Monitor User Guide
vtech Baby Monitor

What’s in the box

What’s in the box

VM5261 baby monitor system

baby monitor system

  1. Connect and power on – Baby unit
    power on - Baby unit

  2. Positioning – Baby unit
    Positioning - Baby unit

  3. Install the battery
    Install the battery

  4. Connect and power on – Parent unit
    Connect and power on - Parent unit
    Connect and power on - Parent unit
    CAUTION
    The default volume of your parent unit is level 4, and the maximum volume is level 7. If you experience high-pitched screeching noise from your baby monitor while positioning:

    • Make sure your baby unit and parent unit are more than 3 feet (1 meter) apart, OR
    • Turn down the volume of your parent unit.
  5. Status check
    Once you power on both your baby unit and parent unit, your parent unit displays image from the baby unit, and the LINK LED light turns on. The ON/OFF LED light of the baby unit also turns on.

Overview – Parent unit
Overview - Parent unit

Overview – Baby unit
Overview - Baby unit

Install the lens (optional)
The wide-angle lens (VM101) provided allows you to view more of your baby’s room from the parent unit screen.
Install the lens
If you do not use the lens at the moment, cover both sides of the lens with the lens cover provided to avoid scratches.
Install the lens

Basic operation – Parent unit

Press VOL / VOL to adjust your parent unit
speaker volume. It determines the volume of sound
transmitted from your baby units.
Basic operation
Pan, tilt, zoom
Press and hold    , , or to move the camera
Basic operation
Press to zoom in or out
Basic operation

Talk to your baby unit
Press and hold TALK and speak to your parent unit. Your voice is transmitted to the baby unit.
Talk to your baby unit

Turn off the screen
Press and hold LCD ON/OFF to switch off the screen. You can still hear sound from the selected baby unit.

Turn off the screen

TIP

  • Press any keys on the parent unit to turn on the screen again

Use the menu
Press MENU/SELECT to enter the menu, choose a menu item, or save a setting. You can use the parent unit for advanced settings or operations, such as to play or stop the baby unit lullaby, or to adjust the baby unit sound sensitivity.
While in the main menu:

  •  Press  or to scroll up or down.
  • Press  to select an item.
  • Press  to return to the main menu or idle screen.

Use the menu

Turn off the parent unit
Press and hold POWER to power off your parent unit.
Turn off the parent unit

Sound activation

When the baby unit detects no sound, the parent unit screen stays off to save power. Once a sound is detected, the parent unit screen turns on automatically. It will then turn off again after 50 seconds of no sound detection.
Sound activation
Sound activation

Dim mode

With dim mode preset to on, your parent unit display will dim to conserve energy after 10 minutes of inactivity, in which there is neither key pressed nor alert received from the baby unit
Dim mode
Dim mode

NOTES

  • If you do not want LCD to dim automatically, turn off the Dim Mode.

Basic operation – Baby unit

Turn off the baby unit
Slide the ON/OFF switch to OFF to power off your baby unit.
Basic operation - Baby unit

Night vision

Night vision

The baby unit has infrared LEDs that allow you to see your baby at night or in a dark room. When the baby unit detects low light levels, the infrared LEDs turn on automatically. The images from the baby unit are in black and white, and appears on screen.
**** NOTES

  • It is normal if you see a short white glare on your parent unit screen as the baby unit is adapting to the dark environment.

  • When the infrared LEDs are on, the images are in black and white. This is normal.
    TIP

  • Depending on the surroundings and other interfering factors, like lightings, objects, colors and backgrounds, the display resolution may vary. Adjust the baby unit’s angle, or place the baby unit at a higher level to prevent glare and blurry display

Mount the baby unit (optional)

Mount the baby unit \(optional\)

**** NOTES

  • Check for reception strength and camera angle before drilling the holes.  Place the wall mount bracket on a wall and then use a pencil to mark the top and the bottom holes as shown. Remove the wall mount bracket and drill two holes in the wall (7/32 inch drill bit). If you drill the holes into a stud, go to step 3.
    -OR-
    If you drill the holes into an object other than a stud, insert the wall anchors into the holes. Tap gently on the ends with a hammer until the wall anchors are flush with the wall.
    Mount the baby unit
    Align the wall mount bracket and screws with the holes in the wall as shown. Tighten the screw in the middle hole first, so that the wall mount bracket position is fixed. You can tighten the other screw in the top hole. Place the baby unit on the wall mount bracket. Tighten the screw into the threaded socket at the bottom to secure the baby unit.
    OR
    Mount the baby unit
    Insert the screws into the holes and tighten the screws until only 1/4 inch of the screws are exposed. Place the baby unit on the wall mount bracket. Tighten the screw into the threaded socket at the bottom to secure the baby unit. Align the holes on the wall mount bracket with the screws on the wall, and slide the wall mount bracket down until it locks into place.

Mount the baby unit

The default angle of the wall mount bracket is 90 degrees. You can maximize your baby unit’s viewing angles by tilting the wall mount bracket. Hold the baby unit, and then rotate the knob in anticlockwise direction. This will loosen the joint of the wall mount bracket. Tilt your baby unit up or down to adjust to your preferred angle. Then, rotate the knob in clockwise direction to tighten the joint and secure the angle.

instructionSpecifications are subject to change without notice.
© 2018 VTech Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.
01/18. VM5261_QSG_V1.
Document order number: 96-012021-010-100
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