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MOBI MobiCam Ultra 900 MHz Monitoring System with SW Power
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Manufacturer: MOBI
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Model#: 700.57
Weight: 1lbs
Height: 5" | | Width: 2"
Length: 2.75"
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Average Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars
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Retail Price: $129.95
Online Sale Price: $179.95
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Features:- 1.8-inch color high resolution TFT LCD Display and ultra clear sound and picture for nursery, home, or office
- Compact camera and receiver for easy portability with a transmission range up to 300¿ indoors
- Features a night vision with up to 25-feet range and extra wide camera viewing angle
- Comes with voice activated picture and sound with auto mute and versatile belt clip, table stand, and hanging loop
- Expandable up to two cameras and multiple monitors
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The MobiCam Ultra system is the most compact, portable and multi-functional wireless monitoring system available. Designed specifically for easy mobility of both the camera and the receiver, the MobiCam Ultra system can be moved to any location within the home (or any other location you choose to take it). With a transmission range of up to 300 feet and advanced new RF technology, security and peace of mind is always within sight. Features: - Includes Wireless Color Handheld Video Camera with AC 6V adapter
- Large color display for easy viewing
- New technology for clear sound and picture
- Compact camera and receiver for easy portability
- Night Vision with up to 25' range
- Extra wide camera viewing angle
- Voice-activated transmission feature with auto mute
- Versatile belt clip, table stand and hanging loop
- Efficient battery life or AC power
- Installation free - ready to use instantly
- Expandable up to two cameras and unlimited receivers
- Ultra-high resolution TFT Color 1.8" monitor with 900 MHz signal
- Monitor requires 3 "AA" batteries, not included
- Camera requires 4 "AA" batteries, not included
- Video Monitor measures 5.5" x 3"
- Video Camera measures 5" x 3.5"
User Submitted MOBI MobiCam Ultra 900 MHz Monitoring System with SW Power Reviews
January 6, 2009
Works great for us...
We've had this product for a little over two years. Used it with both our sons without any issues. The video and audio is great. Our son's room is in the basement; we get no video, nor audio interference on the 1st floor where two monitors are located. The only reason it gets four stars is because the camera can only be angled up or down. You have to position it just right to see in the baby's crib. Other than that, we haven't had any of the issues the other reviewers mentioned. I guess we just got lucky.
December 5, 2008
Big fat NO
Good grief...is this for real? I bought this for my daughter's baby shower and thought I'd try it out first so I could tell her how "great" it was. I plugged eveything in and got it up and running...that part was easy. The screen does NOT show a clear and sharp image. It was semi-clear one minute and fuzzy the next, and definetly NOT a sharp picture like the example. Constant static and way too unreliable to monitor a precious baby. I immediately took it back for a refund. I'd have given it a minus rating but there isn't one on the rating chart, so really a one star was too good. My advice? Save the money or invest on a better brand!
November 16, 2008
MOBI MobiCam Ultra 900 MHz Monitoring System with SW Power
I'm not fully impressed with this product. For the money spent I expected better quality. Nighttime picture quality is fuzzy, though daytime is very clear. Batteries don't last long. Back clip broke off easily and now I have to prop up the monitor with something else to view. At night it puts off quite a bit of light so I wouldn't recommend it if you need complete darkness to sleep.
November 5, 2008
Mobi Camera Hack
This product is just like everyone says. Works great in theory if you can get past all the static and jumping image. I was about to quit using it when I had a thought to open up the receiver unit. I popped off the battery cover and took out the three screws that hold the unit together. I then popped the whole thing in half and noticed the reason for the poor reception. The antenna is tiny!!! It is the smallest piece of wire imaginable. I guess the whole 2 cents it would have cost to put a decent size antenna wire was just too much. So I stripped back a section of the existing wire and attached a piece of 16 gauge speaker wire to it. I just twisted them together and plan on soldering it later. Presto the thing works great now. No static, no jumping image. Just a clear picture and wonderfully clear audio. I bet the camera unit has the same chincy wire antenna as well. So before you trash the thing you might look into it. I only had to break the unit in half and just barely open it to get the wire unrolled so I could work with it.
October 21, 2008
Do not buy anything from MOBI ever!!!
My husband and i have gone through two mobicam ultra and two mobi night lights in the last year. we have two boys age two and three who share a room so having a night light and a video monitor is imperative. all together we have spent over $500 on MOBI products and have tothing to show for it. the products just stop working for no reason, there is no way of getting a refund or replacement. we now have a new baby on the way and will never buy another product from MOBI.
DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY
September 13, 2008
pretty good, staticy, ui could use work
The ability to see our son in his crib is great, we can tell if he dropped binky or has worked his way out of his swaddle. Those benfits are offset by a lot of static and poor user controls. The display unit is about 50 feet from the camera and we still get interference on both channels. I tweaked the channel setting on my wireless router (802.11a/g) and cordless phone (5.8Ghz) but that did not help. On the camera unit, the switches are on the bottom, which is a challenge to operate with one hand holding the baby. Also there are seperate selections for night vision and day time, more than once we thought we had night vision turned on but did not and had to go to the baby's room to turn it on risking waking him up. On the display unit the switch is sometimes tough to turn off.
September 4, 2008
best tool
This product is working great for me. I can rest assure that my baby is safe asleep with using this monitor. I don't have to worry about checking on her frequently. The video image is great on the monitor. Only sometime I have bad reception but most of the time is good.
September 3, 2008
Piece of Junk
I received this monitor as a shower gift. I feel sorry for the person who spent this much money on this piece of junk. I've only used it for 2 months and it's already not working correctly. At night time it's hard to see inside the room- even with the night vision on. And if you turn the night vision on- then you can't see anything in the morning when there's daylight in the bedroom. I put batteries in it once to use outside and it didn't work at all- couldn't see a thing. I woke up this morning to a blank screen that turned poltergeist on me. I would NOT recommend this to anyone- waste of money!
August 21, 2008
Awful product!
This video monitor is just terrible. I set it up in my baby's room and at first I was quite impressed, because I've only used the normal (non-video) monitors before, so it was so cool that I could see the room as I walked out of it. Well as I walked further away (only a few feet) I noticed it getting fuzzy and loud static building up. By the time I got downstairs, all I could see and hear was static. In our house, all of the bedrooms are upstairs and everything else is downstairs, so I'd normally be watching him from downstairs except when I'm in bed, but even from my room, which is just down the hall from his, there was considerable static. I pulled out my old basic cheap monitor and could hear perfectly. Seeing your baby when you're not in the room is a definite convenience, but not being able to hear anythign except super loud static is unacceptable. Even the $15 monitors provide that. THEN, as I took my daughter to the bus stop one day, I noticed one of the other mom's holding a video monitor similar to the Mobicam. I asked if it actually worked all the way down there, because she was about 2 houses away from her house, and it did! She showed me the clear picture and you could hear the music in his bedroom! She had the Summer Infant one, so I am returning this for a Summer Infant one asap!! Oh, and with the Mobicam, if the room is dark, you can't see a thing. And I dont' know about you, but when I leave my baby in their room alone, it's usually dark. There are day/night ones out there...
August 11, 2008
Love the technology / dislike the product
This is our second purchase of the Mobicam. The first one lasted approx. 18 months. Be careful !! the unit is not durable and will break eventually.
Overall, we love the technology and have found the Mobicam to be extremely useful and user friendly.
LIKES:
1. Decent color and night vision picture quality. (I can see the baby's breathing chest movements).
2. Decent sound quality .. good enough to hear crying and calls for mommy.
3. Easily portable.
4. Provides just enough comfort and security that the baby is doing well.
DISLIKES:
1. You WILL HEAR tons of static. If you live in a basic suburban home, static should be tolerable ... if you live in an urban area or have a close proximity to an older 900mhz phone -- the static will drive you nuts.
2. Battery life is horrible .. always plan on plugging it in.
3. The units are NOT durable .. don't drop them, avoid being hard on the buttons and the extension cords.
For the price ... I'd buy the Mobicam again -- although I'm looking forward to improvements in the technology and quality before we have our next child.
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