Has anyone tried this across two separate buildings? My mother has dementia and lives in a cottage just 10 feet next to our house. She has fallen, forgot that she has a Lifeline, and just yells out to me (fortunately she got up ok that time). She keeps her TV on all the time so I am also wondering whether we would hear her voice separate from the TV? Has anyone tried this across two separate buildings? My mother has dementia and lives in a cottage just 10 feet next to our house. She has fallen, forgot that she has a Lifeline, and just yells out... » Read More Has anyone tried this across two separate buildings? My mother has dementia and lives in a cottage just 10 feet next to our house. She has fallen, forgot that she has a Lifeline, and just yells out to me (fortunately she got up ok that time). She keeps her TV on all the time so I am also wondering whether we would hear her voice separate from the TV? « Show Less
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Have not used my unit that way. But if unit made for one structure I doubt if signal can penetrate one exterior wall to enter the wall of another house. That just my opinion.
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i can honestly and highly recomend this product i live 100+ feet from a disabled man that i take care of and it works very well it muffels the background noise and allows his voice to come thru clearly i love it and when i talk to him he can hear me it is pretty loud i recomend this vtech product
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Line of sight seems to help this device. Some seem to have varied results. I'd say I can go 50' or so without breakup. As it gets out of range it continues to broadcast but with interruption and disruption. It's a great device.
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I bought this item . This would work for your mother if she will respond to your command. If she does not want to respond to your command this item will not solve your problem, This unit is simple to use. Good luck!
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We have a fairly large house and yard and never had an issue with the range inside or out. If you're going beyond ~75 yards I can't really comment b/c never tried to use it further than that. The problem with this device though is NOT the range...it's the delay you must suffer through between when you click to 'wake up' the remote and when you are actually able to deliver the shock. In my experience the delay was so long that the dog had finished doing the bad thing before I could shock him. I suggest not buying this model and looking for one that is always on and ready to work exactly when you need it.
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I believe the information stated the caregiver could have the caregiver's "box" 100 feet away and it would pick up the signal, but I had seen elsewhere that it could reach as far as 300 feet. It would probably be best to contact the company about this. I will say that it is very sensitive and adjustable in positioning. I was amazed at how well it works. Good luck!
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this is weird - this question is over a year old and it just showed up in my mail box. I hope the units have worked out for you. They have worked well for me in various rooms on both floors of my home.
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yes. for god's sakes hold on. We lost grandmother when she torqued up the treadmill to 6 miles an hour. off the back she went flying through the wall board, between the wall studs and splatted against the brick siding. I was on the treadmill at 4 miles an hour Thursday and it recorded all steps effortlessly. Sara used the elliptical with success also. I have to see about biking, I used the recumbent and it did not register.
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My husband discovered that the base operates based on light. At first, we could barely get it to work and then it would only do Sofia's voice. When we put it near a light, we got the correct voice every time.
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I am interested in knowing the same thing. My father wears hearing aids and still the tv is so loud you can't hear yourself think. I would like to know if I can sit in a room and watch the same program with him, have the tv at a normal level and have him be able to turn his headphones up so he can hear or does the tv itself have to be muted? No one mentions this information in the reviews.
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We love this alarm, but do carry it with us if we are very far from the kitchen. If you mean could you hear it in the garden while the timer was in the house the answer is no, but my husband has a hearing problem and he has no trouble hearing it in the house. You could carry it out with you or even put it in your pocket while working in the garden. It is by far the best we have used.
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I bought the First Alert OLCOMBOV SmartBridge Wireless Interconnected Smoke/Carbon Monoxide Combo Alarm with Voice and Location with these two and connected all three. I put the talking one in my bedroom and one of these in hall and the other in 2nd bedroom thinking if it went off at night I would want to hear the talking one. they work well together. how many you can add I'm not sure but it looks like adding to them is not a problem.
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Sorry, don't know the answer to that scenario. My dad uses it. He always has the TV on Pretty loud. Just abouttoo loud to talk over. He did complain that the beeper wasn't Los enough. It didn't dawn on him to lower the tv volumn. He has since become used to it. And we can tell that he is doing better now that he is taking his medicine when he is supposed to. Instead of hit and miss. Overall a great product. Keep on mind that you can set this device next to where the person sis the most.
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If you are referring to the operating distance from each other,then all I can say is not having read the specification on the unit I can only tell you of my experience. I have 5 units installed and one in the kitchen is approximately 50ftfrom the master bedroom. With only those two being active they connect just fine. As you probably know when one alarms, they all go. In the description at the website it says:This alarm can also be placed in a detached workshop or shed and linked into the home's interconnected system. This sort of indicates a distance greater than what I have.
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Hi Melissa. I'm not sure about your particular issue. ...I had not problem hearing other things and conversation. ...but other people heard their voice echo back to them. ...to such extreme that they would not talk to me unless I disconnect the device
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Yes, Susan. This was purchased for my 84 yr old mother to take to her church choir practices. She doesn't read music or hear as well as she used to, but she still loves to sing and is very active in her church choir and also a Senior Music Group my sister in law has at her church. So, Momma takes the cassette player and her 120 minute tapes that we also bought from Amazon as they are getting hard to find so when we find them, we buy several, and she comes home with her sheet music and listens to the playback and learns the songs. Hope this helps you in making a decision about this cassette recorder. We have been very pleased with the purchase Yes, Susan. This was purchased for my 84 yr old mother to take to her church choir practices. She doesn't read music or hear as well as she used to, but she still loves to sing and is very active in her church choir and also a Senior Music Group my sister in law has at her church. So, Momma takes the cassette player and her 120 minute tapes that we also bought from Amazon as they are getting hard to find so when we find them, we buy several, and she comes home with her sheet music and listens to the playback and learns the songs. Hope this helps you in making a decision about this cassette... » Read More Yes, Susan. This was purchased for my 84 yr old mother to take to her church choir practices. She doesn't read music or hear as well as she used to, but she still loves to sing and is very active in her church choir and also a Senior Music Group my sister in law has at her church. So, Momma takes the cassette player and her 120 minute tapes that we also bought from Amazon as they are getting hard to find so when we find them, we buy several, and she comes home with her sheet music and listens to the playback and learns the songs. Hope this helps you in making a decision about this cassette recorder. We have been very pleased with the purchase « Show Less
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We had the baby unit in my 86 year old mom's house which was right across the street from our house.We had two monitors and it worked beautifully. She would just need to talk to me and I could go to the monitor and push the button to answer her.
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Now, I presume some logical stuff here... the rooms are all in the same normal-size house... they are on the same electrical system... you install them as prescribed... YES. I have used them in three rooms, but I have never tried to hold three simultaneous discussions. Worked pretty well too.