Do I need a navigation cube for every room in my house? My living room and dining room are connected by an archway, will it do both rooms?
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No you do not. I would set the navigation cube in the door way. The cube bounces light off the ceilings to determine where to go. I can't keep my "Millie" from going through the whole house. I like to do one room at a time and so I set a 2 x 4 in the doorway to keep Millie in one room. Buy it you will love it!
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It would depend on how big the rooms are I think. If they're fairly large rooms you might want to get an extra cube... then see how far it goes and does to know if you need any additional ones.. or just section off each room if you can and do a room at a time and move the cube!
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Mine does the dining room, living room and hallway with one cube. The hallway is connected to the living room with a regular doorway. You should be fine with one cube. Rarely, I get interference and it doesn't do the hallway. When that happens, I wait until it finishes the living and dining rooms and then move the cube to the hallway and do it separately. The Mint is by far the best investment I have ever made!!!
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Hard to say without knowing the layout, but ours generally has no problems doing our foyer and living room (connected by an arch) without moving the cube.
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I think it depends on how big the archway is; i noticed that the Mint missed some spots when I placed the navigator in between the kitchen and the living room (and it's an open space!). If your room is big, then I think it would be better to get another cube.
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You can position the same cube in different places. Question 2: depends on room size and shape. Our mint works around a kitchen island, covering a span of about 20 ft.
1118562
no, the one will do the work, but for the upstaires rooms, i take the one navigation cube up. and this machine does work.
1118563
i put the cube in my foyer facing great room with a dining room to the right, it works perfect in all 3 rooms and i never have to move it.
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Josie, I have installed two of these kits. One in my master bedroom, the other above my staircase and both work without issue. I did have a problem that is difficult for me to remember(it's been a long time since the install) that involved the light, it wouldn't operate. The issue turned out to be a wiring cross because I misread the directions, it was resolved when the wiring issue was corrected. Your problem sounds like it might be an issue with two light switches in the room. If you only have one switch in the room then I would recheck the wiring or return the unit affected by the switch. Josie, I have installed two of these kits. One in my master bedroom, the other above my staircase and both work without issue. I did have a problem that is difficult for me to remember(it's been a long time since the install) that involved the light, it wouldn't operate. The issue turned out to be a wiring cross because I misread the directions, it was resolved when the wiring issue was corrected. Your problem sounds like it might be an issue with two light switches in the room. If you only have one switch in the room then I would recheck the wiring or return the unit affected by the switch.
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This is only a GPS transmitting device. Any navigation feutures depend on the apps installed on your iDevice.
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That is exactly what I did. It sits up stairs in the middle of the house. Router is downstairs at one end of the house. I was having issues getting wifi upstairs to the opposite side of the house. Now I connect to this instead and have no issues having great wifi upstairs or downstairs. Can have issues if portable device is attached to upstairs(this device) and device is on opposite floor. This has not been an issue for my family of 5 or our devices. Works great!
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Daniel's response below is accurate. I really like mine... I was looking for something for the kids and I to enjoy. We all enjoy the table and I wanted the table to be able to easily get out of the doorway and into another room if needed... I have it in a room that is multifunctional and I didn't want the size or weight to require a dedicated room.
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I've had the metra faceplate for over a year now. The navigation feature depends on the type of head unit you purchase. The navigation unit you probably have in your car is a part of the radio and will be swapped out when you get your new stereo receiver. I recommend a Sony head unit with a feature called "mirror link". This feature allows you to connect your smart phone to the receiver and use features like navigation on the head unit. This choice is much cheaper than buying a head unit with navigation built in.
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You can move the cube from room to room. It "maps" each room that it is in.
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Not sure about a dining room. The feet are somewhat large and could be a trip hazard. The light has a self built in dimmer however your limited on movement in terms of swing on the arms.
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No. This is generally considered a line-of-sight wireless system. That being said, it is the only system I know of that doesn't require dead-on alignment and you and walk between the TX/RX without ANY interruption or signal degradation. It is amazing! (you have to consider the bandwidth involved and error free WIRELESS TX/RX) That's NOT to say it is omni-directional it is point-to-point -- So between floors won't work and large solid objects won't work. The use case is the same room. For room to room you may want to look at something network based like DLNA devices/adapters.
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You can use the same cube. : ). When it is close to finishing one section, I move it to the next part. By experimenting on the position, I can do three rooms with two moves.
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We have ours between the kitchen(galley style) and the living room. One side is on the wall and the other at the kitchen cabinet. We never had any problem. It works great for us. Our big lab sometimes try to open the gate with his head but never worked for him. You can also just close the gate or use the red part on top of it to lock it.
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Not at all. There is nothing attaching the staircases to the house, so it takes only a second to reposition it between different floors. Not having another staircase actually makes playing easier, because the space isn't cluttered between the halves of the house.
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Josie, I have installed two of these kits. One in my master bedroom, the other above my staircase and both work without issue. I did have a problem that is difficult for me to remember(it's been a long time since the install) that involved the light, it wouldn't operate. The issue turned out to be a wiring cross because I misread the directions, it was resolved when the wiring issue was corrected. Your problem sounds like it might be an issue with two light switches in the room. If you only have one switch in the room then I would recheck the wiring or return the unit affected by the switch.
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Domestic Diva:It doesnt come with the virtual walls. But it is already built to avoid stairs. Mine goes near them, senses them somehow and backs away. It will work with a virtual wall though if you want to buy one to keep it from going to another room. My first floor is 3 rooms plus a kitchen because we live in a rowhouse so if I dont use the virtual wall it spends an hour cleaning the entire floor going from room to room, climbing over the floor divider strips no problem. I use the virtual wall when one room needs more attention so it spends the hour in their only. Hope this makes sense. Domestic Diva:It doesnt come with the virtual walls. But it is already built to avoid stairs. Mine goes near them, senses them somehow and backs away. It will work with a virtual wall though if you want to buy one to keep it from going to another room. My first floor is 3 rooms plus a kitchen because we live in a rowhouse so if I dont use the virtual wall it spends an hour cleaning the entire floor going from room to room, climbing over the floor divider strips no problem. I use the virtual wall when one room needs more attention so it spends the hour in their only. Hope this makes... » Read More Domestic Diva:It doesnt come with the virtual walls. But it is already built to avoid stairs. Mine goes near them, senses them somehow and backs away. It will work with a virtual wall though if you want to buy one to keep it from going to another room. My first floor is 3 rooms plus a kitchen because we live in a rowhouse so if I dont use the virtual wall it spends an hour cleaning the entire floor going from room to room, climbing over the floor divider strips no problem. I use the virtual wall when one room needs more attention so it spends the hour in their only. Hope this makes sense. « Show Less
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Yes it does. Like it very much. It separates my livings from my dining room.
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No...you will need 2 pieces....a sending unit (which you depict in the picture) and a receiving unit. You would mount the wireless unit in the living room....and then wire in the receiving unit to replace your existing dining room switch.
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This set will allow you to connect (1) unit (single port) to router. The other (4 port) anywhere in the house you need internet. To add more rooms, you can buy extra single port units or buy another set like this and plug them around the house. Any single or multiple port units work as long as you have one unit to the router.