Alecto DBX-99 User manual

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ALECTO DBX-99
Owner’s Manual
(DRAFT)
1.8GHz DECT Baby Monitor, Talk Back,
Flashlight, Nightlight, Temperature,
Recordable Lullaby, with Auxiliary Input

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Safety Information
Getting Started
Unpacking
Baby Unit
Parent Unit
Basic Steps to Install
Wall mounting the Baby Unit
LCD Display
Power On/Off
Monitoring
Sensitivity
Adjusting Volume
Talk Back
Paging
Torch
Nightlight
Temperature
Setting the Temperature Range
Setting the Temperature Alert
Sound Alert
Vibrate Alert
Lullaby
Playing the Lullaby
Stop lullaby
Temporarily Stopping the Lullaby Play
Start countdown Timer
Start, Stop and Reset the count up timer
Out of Range
Low Battery
Charging the Battery
Restore to Default Setting
Appendix: Default Settings
Environmental Care
Recycling & disposal

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Safety Information
•Avoid exposure of the units to moisture or liquid.
•Clean the units with a damp cloth.
•Do not expose the units to extreme heat or direct sunlight.
•To prevent electric shock, do not open the cabinets of the baby
unit, parent unit and charger.
•Avoid metallic contact (e.g. metal clips, keys) between the battery
contacts and charging conductors.
•Read the marking on the mains adapter for the mains supply
required for this baby monitor.
•Make sure the baby unit and mains adaptor cable are always out of
reach of the baby.
•Never place the baby unit inside your baby’s cot, bed or playpen.
•Never cover the units such as with clothes, towels or blankets.
•Follow the local regulations regarding the disposal of your packing
materials, exhausted batteries and used units. Wherever possible,
recycle those materials.
Getting Started
Unpacking
This package should contain the following:
1 Baby Unit
1 Parent Unit with belt clip
1 Charger
2 mains power adapters
2 Rechargeable Batteries – NiMH, 1.2V 1300mAh, AA size
1 Wall Mount for Baby Unit
1 Owner’s Manual
Baby Unit
Baby Unit Front
Baby Unit Side

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Parent Unit
Basic Steps to Install
1. Connect the output plug of the mains adapter to the DC socket at
the back of the baby unit and the mains adapter to the wall mains
supply.
2. Plug the charger adaptor for the Parent Unit into the mains power
socket.
3. Remove the battery door on the Parent Unit by lifting the battery
door outward.
4. Insert 2 x AA rechargeable batteries, observing their polarities, into
the battery compartment on the Parent Unit.
5. Replace the battery door on the Parent Unit.
6. Place the Parent unit on the charger to charge. The red Led on the
charger will turn on
7. Let the batteries charge for a full 16 hours before using for first time
installation.
Note: The baby unit also works on battery power. You can insert 4 x
1.5V AA Alkaline batteries in the battery compartment on the
Baby Unit. In case of power interruption, the baby unit continues
to work on battery power. If the baby unit is on battery power,
Battery is displayed, together with the battery icon and current
temperature, on idle mode.
CAUTION
Use only the mains adaptor and charger adaptor supplied with
baby monitor. Incorrect adaptor type can cause damage to the
unit.
Input: 230 VAC 50 Hz
Output: 6 VDC 500 mA
CAUTION
RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS REPLACED BY AN
INCORRECT TYPE. Never use non-rechargeable batteries; use
recommended type supplied with this product. NiMH batteries
must be disposed of in accordance with applicable waste disposal
regulations.

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Wall mounting the Baby Unit
Use the following wall mount template to locate and install the mounting
pins/screws if you prefer to wall mount your base unit. The dimensions
are shown in millimeters (mm).
1. Insert screws into the wall through the wall mount.
The recommended mounting screw size is diameter 3mm and
length 20mm,the diameter of the screw head and the screw should
not be greater than 7.55mm and 4mm respectively.
2. Put the base unit down into wall mount directly.
Note: Other wall mounting methods are not recommended and may
damage the product.
LCD Display
Icon Function
•Speaker is muted
Sound alert is on and menu is not being navigated.
Indicates current battery level
•Animated when charging.
•When the battery indicator displays 3 blocks, the
battery is fully charged.
When the battery indicator displays no block, the
battery is almost empty, and requires charging.
Nightlight is on
Lullaby is currently playing on baby unit
Flashing - Lullaby is being paused
Shown together with temperature.
Countdown or Count up timer is running
Vibrate alert is on

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Power On/Off
Baby Unit
•To switch on, press . The Green Link light comes on to show
that the units are within range of each other.
•To switch Off, press until the display goes blank and the link
light goes off
Parent Unit
•To switch on, press . The Green Link light comes on to show
that the units are within range of each other.
•To switch Off, press until the display goes blank and the link
light goes off
Note: The parent unit can be used on or off the charging cradle. When
on cradle, the batteries will be recharged at the same time.
However, the time it takes to charge the batteries to full will be
longer when the unit is charged and used at the same time.
When off cradle, the batteries will lose charge over the time, even
if the parent unit is turned off.
Monitoring
•Position the baby unit accordingly. It should be placed at least 1
meter away from the baby.
•Take the parent unit to monitor.
•Audio picked up by the baby unit microphone is depicted on the 7
LEDs on the parent unit (4 green and 3 red). The more audio is
picked up, the more LEDs will be lit. When no audio is picked up,
all 7 LEDs will be off.
•If the volume of the Parent Unit is turned off, an alert will be sound
and the unit will vibrate when the audio picked up reach the second
red led.
Note: Do not position the baby unit and the parent unit close to each
other as a high-pitched feedback noise may be generated.
Sensitivity
You can adjust the sensitivity on Parent Unit to monitor the sound from
Baby Unit. For example, if your baby is a particularly quiet sleeper, you
can increase the sensitivity levels so that you are sure to hear if baby
disturbs or becomes uncomfortable.
•Press scroll to Sensitivity. Press
•Press or to select the level you want: For example,
when the current sensitivity level is level 3, digit “3” will be
displayed
•There are five levels of sensitivity; level 5 represents the
highest sensitivity, level 1 represents the lowest sensitivity.
•Press to confirm.
•Press to return to the standby display.
Adjusting Volume
There are 5 volume levels on each Unit and there is also an Off setting
on the Parent Unit.
On the units,
•Press the to increase the volume or the to decrease the
volume
Note: You cannot switch the volume off on the Baby Unit.
Changing the volume setting on the Baby Unit will also affect the
volume while talk back and also the volume of lullaby play.
Talk Back
You can use the talk back feature to talk to your baby.
•Press and hold TALK on the Parent unit to speak to baby.
•The display on the Parent shows Talk and the green link lights on
both Units flash.
•Talk into parent unit microphone.
•Release TALK to hear your baby again.

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Paging
If the Parent Unit is misplaced, you can use the page button on the
Baby Unit to locate the Parent Unit.
•Press on the Baby Unit. The Parent Unit will automatically
reset to mid volume and the paging alert will sound.
•PAGING is displayed on the LCDs of both units.
•To stop the Page alert, press any button on the Parent Unit, or
press again on the Baby Unit.
Note: If no button is pressed, the paging tone will stop after 2 minutes.
If the Parent Unit volume is off, the Parent Unit volume will reset
to mid-volume.
Torch
Press TORCH to switch the torch on and off.
Nightlight
The nightlight on the baby unit can be turned on or off from either the
baby unit or the parent unit.
Baby Unit
If the nightlight is off,
•press and release to turn nightlight on.
•Press repeatedly to select the brightness settings.
If the nightlight is on,
•press and release Nightlight button to turn nightlight off.
Parent Unit
If the nightlight on the baby unit is off,
•Press scroll to Light On?
•Press to confirm.
If the nightlight on the baby unit is on,
•Press scroll to Light Off?
•Press to confirm.
Temperature
You can monitor the temperature in the baby’s room. The room
temperature is constantly displayed in Celsius on both Units. Alert will
be sounded when the room temperature is raised or dropped out of the
pre-set temperature range.
Setting the Temperature Range
You can select your own minimum and maximum room temperatures.
The minimum temperature can be anywhere between 10˚C and 19˚C
and the maximum temperature anywhere between 22˚C and 30˚C.
•Press . Use or button to scroll until Temperature is
displayed.
•The current temperature is also displayed.
•Press .
•Scroll until Range is displayed.
•Press . Press or to change the minimum temperature
setting.
•Press .
•Press or to change the maximum temperature setting.
•Press to confirm.
•Press to return the display to standby.
Note: If the temperature goes beyond the minimum or maximum level,
“Low” or “High” indication displays and the current temperature
flashes in the displays of both Units. If the Temperature alert is
set to On, an alert will be sounded at the Parent Unit. The alert
sound will goes off automatically when the temperature falls
within the pre-set range.
If the Temperature falls below 7˚C or rises above 33˚C, -- will be
flashing on the 7-segment.
Setting the Temperature Alert
•Press . Use or button to scroll until Temperature is
displayed.
•Scroll until Alert On/Off is displayed.
•If the temperature alert is currently off, Alert On? is displayed.
•If the temperature alert is currently on, Alert Off? is displayed.

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•Press to confirm.
•Press to return the display to standby.
Sound Alert
Sound alerts are played only on the Parent Unit. You can turn on/off
the sound alerts through the menu.
•Press scroll to Sound alert. Press
•If the sound alert is currently off, Alert On? is displayed.
•If the sound alert is currently on, Alert Off? is displayed.
•Press to confirm.
•Press to return to the standby display.
Vibrate Alert
Vibrate alert is only available on the Parent Unit. You can turn on/off
the vibrate alert through the menu.
•Press scroll to Vibrate alert. Press
•If the alert is currently off, Alert On? is displayed.
•If the alert is currently on, Alert Off? is displayed.
•Press to confirm.
•Press to return to the standby display.
Lullaby
There are 5 lullabies. Each lullaby is played repeatedly for 15 minutes.
There are five lullabies to choose from, Twinkle star, Jack & Jill, Little
Lamb, Muffin man & 3 Sisters. You can also select Play All from the
menu to play for a medley of all 5 lullabies for 15 minutes.
You can also record your own lullaby or story lasting up to <64>
seconds. To play your own-recorded lullaby, select Own from the menu
list.
Playing the Lullaby
Baby Unit
•Press to play. The most recently selected lullaby will start
playing.
•Press again to stop playback.
Parent Unit
•Press scroll to Lullaby. Press
•Play? is displayed.
•Press to play the last selected Lullaby.
•Or
•Scroll to Select New and press .
•Scroll or to Lullaby 1-5, Own, Aux or Play All and press
. The selected lullaby will be played.
During playback:
•Pause - Press to stop playback for up to 60 seconds.
•Resume - Press to resume a paused lullaby.
•Stop -Press on the baby unit to stop playback.
Stop lullaby
•When a lullaby is playing, press . The display shows
StopLullaby?.
•Press to stop the lullaby.
•If an auxiliary player is connected, this switches of the Baby
Unit speaker but does not switch off the auxiliary player.
Temporarily Stopping the Lullaby Play
You can stop the lullaby play temporarily.
Parent Unit
When lullaby is playing,
•Press to pause. Paused is displayed and the icon flashes on
both units.
•Press again will resume the lullaby play.

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•If lullaby play is not resumed within 60 seconds, lullaby will stop
automatically.
Record a lullaby
Record your own Lullaby or story words up to <64> seconds long.
1. Press and hold RECORD key on the Baby Unit. Begin recording
after the beep. The display shows RECORDING,
2. To end recording, release RECORD. The unit beeps twice.
To play your recorded lullaby, follow the steps for Play Lullaby on
page 8 and select Own.
Note: Current lullaby has to be deleted to record your new own lullaby.
The baby unit will stop monitoring during lullaby recording.
Delete a recorded lullaby
1. Press and hold RECORD. After 2 seconds the displays shows
Deleted.
2. Release RECORD.
Connect an auxiliary player
At the Parent Unit:
•Press scroll to Lullaby. Press .
•Play Lullaby? Is displayed.
•Scroll to Select New and press .
•Scroll or to Aux and press .
You can now use the external player.
Timer
Set countdown timer
The timer can be set to countdown from 1 minute to 99hours 59
minutes.
The TIMER icon is displayed along with the countdown time.
•Press scroll to Timer. Press .
•Display shows Countdown. Press .
•Set Time is displayed. Press .
•Press or to set the number of hours. Press .
•Press or to set the number of minutes. Press .
•Press to return to the previous menu level.
Start countdown Timer
•Press scroll to Timer. Press .
•Display shows Countdown. Press .
•Timer On? is displayed. Press .
Cancel countdown timer
•Press scroll to Timer. Press .
•Display shows Countdown. Press .
•Timer Off? is displayed. Press .
•Press to return to the previous menu level.
Activate count up timer
The timer can count up from 1 second to 99hours 59 minutes.
The TIMER icon is displayed along with the countup time.
•Press scroll to Timer. Press .
•Scroll to Count up. Press .
•Timer On? is displayed. Press .
Start, Stop and Reset the count up timer
Parent Unit
When count up is activated,
•When it is stop and displays 00:00:00, press to start, it will count
from 00:00:00;
•When it is counting, press to stop. Counted time is displayed
steadily;

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•When it is stop and displays a counted time, press to reset it to
00:00:00;
•Press again to restart it.
Cancel count up timer.
•Press scroll to Timer. Press .
•Scroll to Count up. Press .
•Timer Off? is displayed. Press .
•Press to return to the previous menu level.
Set clock
This sets the clock on both units.
•Press scroll to Timer. Press .
•Scroll to Clock and press .
•Set Time is displayed. Press .
•Press or to set the hour then press .
•Press or to set the minute then press .
•Press or to set AM/PM for 12 hours then press
•Press to return to the previous menu level.
Set 12 or 24 hour format
•Press scroll to Timer. Press .
•Scroll to Clock and press .
•Set Time is displayed.
•Scroll to Format and press .
•Press or to select 12 or 24 hours and press .
•Press to return to the previous menu level.
Out of Range
When the baby and parent units have no link with each other (eg. Out
of range, parent unit or baby unit is not powered on), the green Link
LED flashes. If there is no link for more than 30 seconds, Not Linked
will be displayed on both units. The link break alert will also be emitted
from the speaker of the Parent Unit every 30 seconds. The red Link
LED will flash. When the units are linked, the green Link LED will be
steadily lit.
Note: Link break alert cannot be manually set on or off, but it can be
suppressed for 4 minutes by pressing any button.
There is only visual alert shown on the Baby Unit.
Low Battery
Baby Unit
When the unit is running on battery power and reaches low battery
level, the display will show Low Battery. Once the low battery level is
reach, the baby unit should still be able to operate for an hour.
Parent Unit
When the batteries on the Parent Unit reach a low level, the display will
show Low Battery. The low battery alert tone will be emitted from the
speaker every 60 seconds. Once the low battery level is reached, the
parent unit should still be able to operate for an hour. The low battery
alert message and alert tone will be turned off when fully charged
batteries are being replaced.
Charging the Battery
Place the parent unit on its charge cradle to charge the battery. When
charging, the red LED on the charger will light steadily. The bars in the
battery icon on the Parent Unit will scroll. When the battery is full, the
battery icon shows three bars and stop scrolling.
Note: The Parent Unit must never be operated on the charging cradle
without batteries.
Restore to Default Setting
You can return the baby and parent units to factory default settings.
•Press to switch the unit off.