| Philips Avent Basic Baby Monitor w/ DECT Technology | 
| Brand: Philips Avent
Department: Cookware
List Price: $119.99
Buy New: $98.44
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Seller: ANTOnline
Rating:  97 reviews
Color: White
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.6
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 3.7 x 6.1
MPN: SCD510/00
Model: SCD510/00
UPC: 075020004932
EAN: 0075020004932
Release Date: October 21, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Zero Interference DECT Technology | | • | Crystal clear sound | | • | Sleek parent unit | | • | Simple to use and easily mobile | | • | Over 100 channels |
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Product Description
Avent DECT Basic Baby MonitorEnjoy complete peace of mind with the new Avent range of DECT baby monitors you can relax, safe in the knowledge your baby's happy even when you are out the room. This monitor guarantees zero interference from any other device (other baby monitors, cordless phones and cell phones) and provides a secure and private connection using data encryption. You will be the only one who can hear your baby and you only hear your own baby. The adjustable sound sensitivity function will allow you to increase/decrease the microphone sensitivity, to enable you to listen to your baby breathe.The DECT Baby Monitor indicates a continuous connection between the baby and the parent unit with visible and audible link indicators. With a range up to 330 m you are ensured a secure reception in and around the house. The rechargeable parent unit will give you the freedom of cordless roaming for 24 hours before re-charging is required.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 97
Good Purchase..... July 30, 2010
MAX
I bought this to keep a close ear on my grandma who is ill, and so far have been very satisfied with it's performance. The only thing I would list as a drawback is that the volume level is to low in loud environments. Other than this small gripe, the sound quality itself is great. Overall a good choice.
 Fantastic, until it quit working! July 25, 2010
elcraw
This was a wonderful monitor - loved the light indicator, no interference with phones or wifi, and the volume and sensitivity were easily adjusted - but earlier this week, it just started turning itself off in the middle of the night. No beeps, nothing - we'd just wake up to the baby crying in his room on the other side of the house (who knows how long he'd been going), and the monitor would have turned itself off. We tried several different things to fix it, and nothing worked, and his room is just too far from ours for us to not be able to trust our monitor.
So, the monitor was great until it just stopped working. We'll be buying a new monitor this afternoon.
 Mostly great, but backup battery feature is very flawed July 20, 2010
Kenneth Simon (Los Angeles, CA USA)
We've been using the Aveda SCD510 for seven months. We bought it based on the positive reviews we've seen and the fact that it has a two-year warranty. We find the signal to be reliable, the sound to be perfectly adequate in every corner of our two-story apartment, and the design to be easy to use. One feature that sold us on this product is that both the base (baby) unit and the end (parent) unit can run on battery power when not plugged into the wall. If you're roaming around the house, you can take the parent unit with you as long as you keep the rechargeable batteries charged. That's always worked just fine for us.
As it turns out, though, the batteries in the _baby_ unit are another story. The manufacturer's assumption is that the baby unit stays in the nursery and doesn't get moved around. Thus, the battery backup is not designed for portable use, but rather for power backup in case of a blackout. It uses AA batteries, not a rechargable battery pack. This is a problem, because as a power backup, the battery feature doesn't do its job.
If you have a clock radio or other devices that use a battery backup, you know that every 6-12 months, you need to swap out the battery for a fresh one. This is because installed batteries slowly drain over time, even if you haven't been using them. With the Avent, though, the batteries drain in mere days. We found that within a few days of installing the batteries, we couldn't get them to work for more than a few minutes before the unit just shut down due to low batteries.
I called Philips Avent customer service, and their answer was such a disappointment. They acknowledged that batteries installed in the baby unit will be drained in a short time. So, they recommend keeping the batteries separate. If the power goes out, you have to open up the unit, install the batteries, and then remove them again when the power is on again.
This defeats the purpose, doesn't it? If the power goes out at night and you're asleep, the baby unit will fail either because you've removed the batteries as the manufacturer recommends, or because you left the batteries in and they're dead.
This design flaw knocks what would be a 5-star rating down to 3 stars.
 Couldn't ask for more, very pleased July 19, 2010
Phillip Caine (Baltimore, MD)
As brand new parents we wanted some piece of mind with our monitor but didn't want the tempation of watching a video monitor all the time. The Philips Avent monitor has been perfect. We have had no problems with it what so ever and I think it has spoiled us. If we take it to another person's house and put him down for a nap/sleep the other parents marvel at the range and clarity of our monitor. We are very confident when we turn it on. Our range has been up to a block away in the city and even farther in the burbs. It was more expensive but it remains one of the best purchases we've made. The battery lasts very long, we often go days with out remembering to charge it without any problems. It is lightweight and small. I like being able to use it as a intercom as well. This is my 1st internet review of a product, I wanted to make sure I gave this monitor the props it deserves.
Adult monitor, too July 18, 2010
Peter Matthews (Roslindale, MA United States)
Works fine. We use it to monitor a diabetic's Continuous Glucose Monitor - its beeps are not loud enough to wake a sound sleeper. At top volume, it does wake me over my CPAP (boy do we have devices). Ambient noise is not an issue for us, due to the CPAP.
Other reviewers commented that the monitor goes to sleep, only waking up after a few seconds of noise, when set to lower than maximum volume. If true, this would be a major issue for us, except that ours is always at top volume.
DECT is a big plus in this situation, both for clarity and privacy. Since the mobile unit is always plugged in and stationary, this model is the right one for us. For monitoring a baby, I'd prefer Philips Avent Digital Screen Baby Monitor with DECT Technology or maybe Philips AVENT DECT Baby Monitor with Temperature and Humidity Sensors, SCD530, White / Blue, both of which feature charging cradles.
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