You may even avail of the web cast feature that makes it possible for a parent, who's away on a business trip, to keep track of their baby or kid at home. This is definitely an excellent alternative especially when one of the parents needs to work away from home for a certain period of time. Walkie-talkie Features This option provides you with the ability to talk to your little one through the baby monitor. However, if your home is made of thick concrete walls or has aluminum siding, then this can terribly decrease the strength of the transmitted signal. Parents who own baby monitors have also reported instances of interference. From time to time, their receivers are able to pick up signals from their neighbors' wireless devices baby monitors included. Before switching on any other wireless device, switch your baby monitor first. This will help the device get the best reception. It would also be good to note that you should switch the cordless phone base last. 4) Using Digital Monitors The latest technology has spawned a new breed of baby monitors digital. Factor in your wireless phone. In order to reduce the likelihood of interference, pick a baby monitor that works on a different frequency band from your other wireless household devices. These days, most cordless phones operate on the 2.4GHz frequency band. Therefore, if you use the same channel for your baby monitor, you'll definitely encounter problems with the signal. But as long as one knows how to set certain prevention methods such as placing the monitor at a safe distance from the baby (at least one meter) and not adding a lot of other appliances inside the baby s room such as televisions or computers, then much harm on the child s health can greatly be prevented. Audio baby monitors only make use of sounds while video baby monitors make use of a camera and transmitter to send video feeds to a LCD receiver. LCD or Liquid Crystal Display are the choice of manufacturers in video baby monitors since it is light, and is the best mobility wise compared to CRT devices.