Portable Digital Wireless Baby Monitor UBR243 User’s Guide ZOOM TALK Vol CH MENU OK CH Vol BACK MIC Rev 1, August 2013
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WARNING TO PARENTS AND OTHER USERS Failure to follow these warnings and the assembly instructions could result in serious injury or death. This product is not designed or intended for use as a medical monitor, nor should this product be used as a substitution for medical or parental supervision. Always be sure that both the transmitter and receiver are working properly, and are within range of each other. •• STRANGULATION HAZARD. Keep the adapter cords out of the reach of children.
Contents OVERVIEW........................................................5 Vox................................................................................................29 Overwrite....................................................................................30 FEATURES........................................................................................................5 CAMERA........................................................................................................ 30 Camera.
OVERVIEW FEATURES •• Digital wireless technology provides excellent image quality and clarity •• Interference free, secure, and private signal •• Up to 500 ft. transmission range Maximum open space transmission range. The actual range varies depending on building materials and other obstructions in wireless signal path.
•• Built-in battery for true portable wireless operation •• Night vision allows for low light viewing up to 15 feet / 4.5 meters IR illumination range of 15ft./4.5m under ideal conditions. Objects at or beyond this range may be partially or completely obscured, depending on the camera application. Monitor •• 4.
•• Maintaining Your System. This section provides tips on how to keep your UBR243 hardware clean and in excellent working condition. •• Solving Problems. Troubleshooting tips are located here. •• Specification. This last section contains hardware and software specifications.
GETTING STARTED WHAT’S INCLUDED The system comes with the following components: Digital Wireless Monitor (1) UBR243 Charger Cradle (1) Digital Wireless Camera (1) Suction Cup Adapter Bar (1) Screws and Anchors Owner’s Manual AC Power Adapter (2) CD AV Cable USB cable 8
If any items are missing or damaged, contact our Customer Care Line immediately. Never use damaged products! MONITOR INSTALLATION 1. Place the monitor in a location with clear reception from your camera(s). 2. If you are using the monitor as a stand-alone unit, flip out the stand on the back of the monitor and extend the antenna. Connect an AC adapter to the power input on the side of the receiver.
•• When you are positioning the camera, bring the monitor along; it’s much easier to get the camera into the right position when you have the display handy. Check the image on the monitor before you install the camera. •• Out of range displays when the camera is out of range, turned off, or unsuccessfully paired to the monitor. It also displays when the monitor is out of range. You can install additional cameras (maximum of 4 cameras).
4. Clip-Mount Clip the UBR243 on ledges and shelves. 1. Press the mounting clip as shown. 2. Place the unit over the mounting surface and release. 3. Adjust the camera as needed. Connect Power 1. Insert the AC adapter power plug into the camera’s DC adapter input jack. 2. Plug the other end into a 120 volt AC (standard indoor) power outlet or surge protector. The red charging LED turns on. 3. Press POWER. The green power LED turns on and the monitor now displays camera video.
BASIC OPERATION WIRELESS CAMERA Left side Front Right side NOTE: The RESET button is on the back. 1 10 2 3 17 6 7 11 8 9 12 15 13 16 14 18 19 20 4 5 Item 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 What it is Camera Antenna: Sends and receives signals to or from the monitor. Temperature sensor: Detects temperature at camera side and displays it on the monitor LCD. PAIR: Pairs the camera to the monitor. Clip: This fastener can attach the camera to shelves or ledges.
Item 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 What it is Light sensor: Measures light intensity on the camera side. Lens: Camera lens. Microphone: Receives sounds for the area near the camera, and transmits sound from the camera to the monitor. Speaker: Produces the sound transmitted from the monitor. POWER: Turns the camera ON or OFF. NIGHT LIGHT: Press to turn the night light on or off.
WIRELESS MONITOR 20 NOTE: RESET button on back of monitor. 1 18 17 19 2 16 15 14 13 ZOOM TALK 3 4 Vol 6 CH MENU OK CH 12 11 Vol BACK 10 MIC 5 7 Item 1 9 What it is 2 Monitor Antenna: Sends & receives signals to or from the camera. POWER: Turns the camera on and off. 3 LED light bar. The bottom LED indicates power and the remaining LEDs indicate sound. 4 MicroSD card slot: Insert microSD card to record video. 5 6 4.3 inch LCD screen. ▲Vol: • Increase speaker volume.
Item What it is CH◄ : • In Menus: Scroll left. • In Zoom: Scroll left. • In Live view: Switch between available cameras. • In Video Playback - Reverse. ▼Vol: • Decrease speaker volume. • In Menus: Scroll down. • In Lullaby: decrease volume. • In Zoom: Scroll down. • In Video Playback - Pause playback. CH►: • In Menus: Scroll right. • In Zoom: Scroll right. • In Live view: Switch between available cameras • In Video Playback - Fast forward. MENU/OK: Select a menu option or accept a setting.
Item 12 13 What it is AV Out jack: Connect the included A/V cable to view video from the TV or computer monitor. PC Only (USB Port):Use the included USB cable to connect your computer to the UBR243 monitor to view video remotely or from your PC 14 LULLABY SKIP: Skips to the next lullaby in the series. See page 37 for details. 15 LULLABY PLAY/STOP: Press this button to remotely play lullabies. See page 37 for details. 16 TALK: Activate Intercom function (see page 38).
LCD DISPLAY 1 2 3 4 6 5 Cam 1 7 8 x2 77°F REC063020-1.AVI 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 01.02.2013 06:34:24 15 Item 1 Icon What it is Signal Indicator (displays in full screen mode only). The number of bars in the signal indicator shows the strength of the signal received from the camera. One or no bars indicates the signal is poor, and 4 bars indicate a very strong signal.
Item 2 Icon What it is Cam1 Camera Indicator. indicates which camera is displaying. Press CH► or CH◄ on the monitor to switch between available cameras. It will cycle in the following order: CH► : CAM1—CAM2—CAM3—CAM4—QUAD—AUTO SCAN — CAM1 CH◄ : CAM1—Auto SCAN—QUAD—CAM4—CAM3—CAM2—CAM1 3 microSD Card: This icon displays when there is a microSD card inserted into the card slot. 4 New Record Indicator. This icon indicates when a new video record is available.
Item 12 Icon Intercom (Talk). Displays in full screen mode only when you press and hold TALK on the monitor (see page 38). Volume indicator. Displays when ▲Vol or ▼Vol is pressed on the monitor. If the volume is muted, X displays. 13 14 What it is 1 15 Lullaby (displays in full screen mode only). Displays when a lullaby is playing. The number indicates which melody is playing (see page 37). Date and Time (displays in full screen mode only). Displays the time as set through the monitor. 01.02.
Common Operations To... Change between quad view, single view, and scan for Live view Check the temperature Turn on the night light Set the date and time Set the room temperature range for the temperature alert Use the Lullaby function Record Video Play back video Delete video Set the room temperature range for the temperature alert Adjust UBR243 volume Do This...
SYSTEM MENU DESCRIPTIONS Press MENU/OK to access system menus. Use the navigating buttons to navigate up (▲Vol), down (▼Vol ), left (CH◄), and right (CH►) in the menus, then press MENU /OK to confirm a setting. Use CH► or CH◄ to focus on the 5 different system menu selections on the clothesline.
•• Factory Reset •• Language •• Temp. display unit •• Temp. alert range Date/Time This option allows you to set the system date and time. The display format is Month.Day.Year Hour:Minute (Default = 01.02.2013 12:26) 1. From the System menu, select Date/Time and press MENU/OK. The Date/Time screen displays. 2. Press ▲Vol or ▼Vol to increase/decrease the number for that setting. 3. Press CH► or CH◄ to save the current setting and move to the next setting.
4. Press MENU/OK to save the completed date and time setting and return to the main System options. Press BACK to step backwards one level until you are out of the menu system. Brightness This option allows you to adjust the brightness level for each camera. (Default = 3) 1. From the System menu, select Brightness and press MENU/OK. The Brightness screen displays. 2. Press CH► or CH◄ to increase or decrease the brightness level (6 levels). 3.
2. Press ▲Vol or ▼Vol to select NTSC or PAL 3. Press MENU/OK to save the setting and return to the main System options Format Storage Turning on Format Storage allows you to delete the files on your memory card. (Default = No) 1. From the System menu, select Format Storage and press MENU/OK. The Format Storage screen displays. 2. Press ▲Vol or ▼Vol to toggle between accepting or canceling the microSD card reformat. 3. Press MENU/OK to save the setting and return to the main System options.
2. Press ▲Vol or ▼Vol to select or cancel a reset to factory defaults. 3. Press MENU/OK to save the setting and return to the main System options. All menu settings except Camera Pairing settings and the Date/Time Setting WILL be affected by a reset. Cameras will remain paired with the monitor. Language This option allows you to select the system’s display language from English, Español, or Français. (Default = English) 1. From the System menu, select Language and press MENU/OK.
2. Press ▲Vol or ▼Vol to select °C or °F. 3. Press MENU/OK to save the setting and return to the main System options. Temperature Alert Range Your UBR243 measures the ambient room temperature where the camera is. If the temperature falls outside of a preset range, the system alerts you. Temp. alert range lets you set that range. [Default = Low Temperature: 61°F ; High Temperature: 77°F; Off] 1. From the System menu, select Temp. alert range and press MENU/OK. The Temp. alert range screen displays. 2.
5. Press CH► or CH◄ to toggle between On (Enable) or Off (disable). Either button will work. 6. Press MENU/OK to save the settings and return to the main System options. ALERT Temperatures out of range or a camera out of range triggers alerts. This option allows you to set the alert volume. There are 6 levels available. [Default = Zero (Mute)] 1. From the main menu selections, select Alert and press MENU/OK. The Alert Volume screen displays. 2. Press CH► or CH◄ to adjust the volume. 3.
RECORD This option allows you to set the parameters for your recorded files. The RECORD options are: •• Quality •• Record Time •• Vox •• Overwrite Quality This option allows you to choose between a high or low resolution recording quality. (Default = Low 320 x 240) 1. From the Record menu, select Quality and press MENU/OK. The Quality screen displays. 2. Press ▲Vol or ▼Vol to select a level (High or Low). 3. Press MENU/OK to save the selection and return to the main RECORD options.
Record Time This option allows you to select how long the camera will record when the motion sensitivity function is activated. (Default = 30 secs.) 1. From the Record menu, select Record Time and press MENU/OK. The Record Time screen displays. 2. Press ▲Vol or ▼Vol to select a recording time block. 3. Press MENU/OK to save the selection and return to the main RECORD options. Vox VOX allows you to set the sound sensitivity for the camera. (Default = High) 1.
3. Press MENU/OK to save the selection and return to the main RECORD options. Overwrite Activating this function allows the oldest files to be deleted when you want to record but the memory card is full. 1. From the Record menu, select Overwrite and press MENU/OK. The Overwrite screen displays. (Default = No) 2. Press ▲Vol or ▼Vol to toggle between Yes and No to activate or deactivate this feature. 3. Press MENU/OK to save the selection and return to the main RECORD options.
1. From the main menu selections, select Camera and press MENU/OK. 2. The Camera options screen displays. Two options display: Pair and On/Off. (Default =Pair) Pair Pairing allows you to introduce additional cameras to the monitor. The monitor can then recognize and display video from them. The camera that comes with this system is already paired. (Default = Camera 1) Before pairing additional cameras, be sure they are powered and turned on. See page 11. 1. Select Pair from the Camera options screen.
2. Press ▲Vol or ▼Vol to select the camera you want to pair, then press MENU/OK. The monitor prompts you to press PAIR on the back of the camera within 30 seconds. 3. Press PAIR on the back of the camera within 30 seconds. 4. That camera’s video displays on the monitor when pairing is successful. PAIR Pair the cameras to the monitor before mounting them. On/Off This option allows you to turn individual cameras on/off so their video is not visible through the monitor.
Voice Activation (VOX) will turn the LCD back on. Even with the LCD off, the LED light bar is still active. 1. From the main menu selections, select Power Save and press MENU/OK. The Power Save screen displays. 2. Press ▲Vol or ▼Vol to toggle between turning the Power Save feature on or off. 3. Press MENU/OK to accept that setting and return to the main menu selections.
SPECIAL FEATURES RECORDING VIDEO You can manually record video to a microSD card (not included). The UBR243 supports up to 32GB microSD card. The system records video in 10 minute blocks; however, you can manually stop recording at any time. During recording, only TALK is active. All other buttons are disabled. Recording Be sure a microSD card is inserted into the microSD card slot. 1. Press MANUAL REC on the monitor. The New Record icon flashes yellow to indicate a new file has recorded.
—— —— —— —— ▼Vol - Stop CH► - Fast forward (up to x16 speed) CH◄ - Reverse (up to x16 speed) BACK - Back out of the video playback function, one screen at a time. Deleting Folders and Video Files You can delete a specific video record or an entire folder of records. As you scroll through folders, you will see a red "X" to the right of folders and video records on the PLAY FILE screen. 1. Press CH► to highlight the red "X" beside the folder or record you want to delete. Press MENU/ OK. 2.
Viewing on Your Remote PC or Wireless Decice Setup 1. Set up a Skype™ account linked to your UBR243. Please refer to Appendix A for details on setting up this free account. Be sure the Skype™ account is set to "Auto Answer." 2. Set up a Skype™ account on your wireless device or remote computer. 3. Invite the other Skype™ account into your contacts; accept the invitation from the invited account. Remote Viewing 1. Determine which camera you want to be available for remote viewing.
3. Select the files you want to view and click Open. 4. The files begin playing, in order, through your default media player. ZOOM Press ZOOM to display the camera image in double size. Press ▲Vol, ▼Vol, CH►, or CH◄ to see the parts of the image not displayed on the LCD screen. Press ZOOM again to return to normal view. NIGHT LIGHT You can control the UBR243 night light using the NIGHT LIGHT button on the top of the monitor or the right side of the camera.
3. 4. 5. 6. Press LULLABY SKIP to skip to Lullaby #2. The system plays Lullaby #2 then repeats it. Press LULLABY SKIP to skip to Lullaby #3. The system plays Lullaby #3 then repeats it. Press LULLABY SKIP to skip to Lullaby #4. The system plays Lullaby #4 then repeats it. Press LULLABY SKIP to skip to Lullaby #1. The system plays Lullaby #1 then cycles through all lullabies. 7. Press ▲Vol and ▼Vol on the monitor or camera to adjust the volume.
MAINTAINING YOUR SYSTEM MONITOR As you use your monitor, keep the screen clean by wiping it with a microfiber cloth to remove fingerprints, dust, etc. CAMERA When dust and grime builds up on the camera lens and glass, it affects the camera’s “vision.” Use a microfiber cloth to regularly clean the cameras or when night vision video is cloudy or unclear.
SOLVING PROBLEMS If you have problems with the system, there is often a quick and simple solution. Please try the following: If Try There is no picture from the camera • checking all connections to the camera. Make sure the adapter is plugged in. • making sure that the cameras and monitor are both ON. • making sure that the camera is in range of the monitor. The picture is dropping • moving the camera closer to the monitor. • repositioning the camera, monitor or both to improve the reception.
If You can't record video (the New File icon is flashing red) Try The New Record icon flashes red when the microSD card is full. Either manually delete video records (see page 35), enable Overwrite (see page 30), or reformat the microSD card to delete all records (see page 24).
SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL Operating Frequency Range TX Power RX Sensitivity Type of Spread Spectrum Used Type of Modulation Used Communication Range Camera Monitor 2.400 ~ 2.4835GHz 15dBm NA NA –81dBm FHSS GFSK 500ft. Line of Sight CAMERA Image Sensor Type Manufacturer/ Model # 1/6.5” Color CMOS Image sensor Effective Pixel Image Processing Lens Exposure White Balance Power Requirement Power Consumption 640 x 480 MJPEG 3.0mm / F2.8 Auto Auto 5.
MONITOR Display Size/Type Resolution Power Requirement Power Consumption 4.3” TFT LCD 480 x 272 5.0VDC +/–5% 350mA Max (Normal) Operating Temperature Range Operating Humidity Range RoHS Compliance 900mA Max (Charging) 14°F ~ 104°F ( –10°C ~ 40°C ) Within 85% RH Yes Battery Life 4.
APPENDIX A: HOW TO SET UP YOUR UBR243 FOR REMOTE VIEWING VIA SKYPE™ REQUIREMENTS •• Two Skype™ accounts •• A PC computer •• A second computer OR separate Skype™-ready device (i.e. Android or iPhone/tablet) •• Uniden Model UBR243, Wireless Video Surveillance Camera PROCEDURES 1. Follow the owner’s manual instructions for viewing video on your computer (see page 34). Insert the CD included in your package into your PC. Select the USB Driver file and double-click to run the program.
2. Follow the instructions from the InstallShield Wizard. Select Finish, completing the installation. 3. Connect your home computer to the monitor with the USB cable (included). The monitor screen goes blank. Your UBR243 system is now connected to your PC. 4. Setup a NEW Skype™ account specifically for your UBR243. DO NOT USE AN EXISTING ACCOUNT. A second personal Skype account is required to view camera video. (Simplified instructions can be found on page 36 of the owner’s manual). Go to www.skype.
Fill out the profile information requested by Skype™ and click I agree – Continue at the bottom of the page. Skype Name is the name you create for your UBR243 system. If you have a Windows 8 machines, you must download Skype for Windows desktop. The native Skype app is not compatible.
Select Download a different version and then select Skype for Windows desktop. Install Skype™ using the Install Wizard. Once installed and logged in, Skype™ should have setup the camera automatically (as long as the camera was still plugged into your computer as mentioned in Step 3 on page 45). If your computer already has a web cam setup or you don’t see video from your UBR243, you will have to go into Tools/Options/Video settings to select the correct camera.
Click the Tools menu and select Options. Select Video settings and then select Wireless Monitoring System in the Select webcam dropdown box.
Next, you will need to set Skype™ to answer automatically under certain circumstances. In the Call settings screen, select Answer incoming calls automatically and Start my video automatically when I am in a call options. 5. Invite your second Skype™ account into your contacts by clicking the Add Contact button.
6. On another device, log into the second Skype™ account and accept the invitation. 7. If you do not have a second Skype™ account, you will have to create one by following the previous instructions in this Appendix (beginning on page 45). 8. From your second Skype™ account on a different device, call your first Skype™ account that you just added to your contacts list.
FCC Notices FCC Compliance Information Part 15 Compliance Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subjected to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Privacy of communication may not be ensured when using this device.
WARRANTY DURATION: This warranty to the original user shall terminate & be of no further effect 36 months after the date of original retail sale.
