Multiple Children / Multiple Baby Monitors?

Nathaniel'

My son is 2.5 years old and we still use a Video Baby Monitor in his room. I am due in May with my 2nd child and will also need a Video Baby Monitor in the babies room.

My question is.. If I get 2 similar systems, will the channels interfere with each other? Is there a brand that makes Dual Camera systems?

Parents that have run into this situation... what did you do?

I'm not comfortable with not having a monitor in my older son's room just yet.... so I really will need two.

Thanks for your help!
Yeah, I know he will be fine... but I'm not ready yet.
So if you are going to answer my Q, then please answer it... I don't need to hear all the other crap.

Thanks.

Answer
Neither of my kids were okay with opened door check ups, ever, if we opened the door to see if they were ok, they woke up and refused to go back to sleep. Add to that that we can't even hear the doorbell or phone while in the basement, well, monitors are a necessity and we went with video monitors so we didn't end up waking the kids all the time instead of just checking on them. My son has a sleep disorder so there was no way I wanted to interrupt his sleep if I could help it. He was 21 months when his sister was born so what we did is buy two of the basic Safety 1st video monitors. I put each kid on a different channel. I mainly monitored the baby, but if I heard something from my son, I could switch channels and see if I needed to go in to him or if everything was okay. If I needed full-time monitoring of my son, say if we were watching a movie in the basement, I put on a voice only monitor I had for him -- whatever the cheapest fisher price one is -- but I could still look at him if I needed to by flipping channels. It worked fine at the same time as the video ones. It sounds really complicated but it worked out well for us.

As for dual monitoring video ones -- I couldn't find one that worked the way I needed it to work -- thus the above. They have dual systems that will monitor more than one room at a time but you're only able to keep the receiver end on one room. Basically, doing what we did above, but I think the way we did it ended up being less expensive (I think the dual system was like $250).

You can't run two videos in the same room at the same time, even on different channels, as they do interfere and you either get static or screaming. At least the ones we tried did.

two room (dual) monitor?

030809

can anybody recommend a two child room (dual) baby monitor? Regular and video ..

Answer
you can use any monitor, just buy two, set them on the same channel and there you go. It happens in apartments all the time, your baby is sleeping and you hear crying over the monitor and it turns out to be the baby a few doors down, that's why they have different channels.

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ISO baby video/audio monitors with 2 video screens to watch and 2 cameras to record 2 different rooms at once.?

best baby monitor dual image

Elaine

I need to find a video/audio baby monitor that has 2 screens to watch from 2 different rooms. Ex...one video screen so I can watch from downstairs kitchen and one video screen for my husband to watch from upstairs office. Even with 2 video screens AND 2 cameras also, would be ideal. I can watch from kitchen and husband can watch from upstairs office as well as dual cameras to record when 1 baby is upstairs and 1 baby is downstairs. does such a creature even exist?
Can anyone recommend a good baby monitor that has these features? I need the capability to have screen/receiver in 2 different rooms at once. It would be good if I had a base in two different rooms but that's not as important as the screen. We need to be able to watch the screens simultaneously when mommy is downstairs in the kitchen and daddy is upstairs in his office. If it also has 2 bases to watch one baby in one room and 1 baby in another room would be good too but not as important as the screen/receivers. At this point, I'm ready to have the entire home wired with closed circuit monitoring throughout b/c I haven't had any luck finding what I need. :(

Answer
What is your question, Elaine? Also, have you googled to see if such equipment even exists? Why do both of you have to keep such a close eye on your baby? Millions of us raised our babies safely before these fancy accoutrements even existed!

How do I change bands on my Belkin n450 router?

Akash Sing

The router says it is dual band but I do not know how to change bands. How do I change them?

Answer
You don't change them,

Dual band routers have multiple wireless radios enabling broadcast on the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands simultaneously. Using the 5 GHz band cuts down on interference from cordless phones and microwave ovens.. Not all devices can use the 5 GHz frequency. Many laptops and other devices only operate at 2.4 GHz. Thus the need for dual band routers.

You can log into the router and enable or disable either frequency. There is no sense having the 5 GHz band enabled if none of your wireless devices support 5 GHz.

Here is the support page and instructions for configuring a Belkin N450 DB. http://www.belkin.com/us/support-product?rnId=6137

In any case,

You should try to centrally locate your wireless router or gateway up high and away from dense walls and electrical and wireless interference such as microwave ovens, cordless phones, baby monitors, etc.

Wireless signals are affected by many factors including distance, wall density, electrical interference, directional antenna range, etc.

All of these factors will affect your actual wireless range. As wireless connection quality varies the connection speeds are renegotiated. The WLAN connection may start at 150 Mbps and end up at less than 10 Mbps or drop entirely.

For serious gaming or video streaming your best bet is a direct Ethernet connection. Ethernet is unaffected by wireless interference and will give you a rock solid, stable network connection.

Good Luck...

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