The First Years Gentle Vibrations 3-in-1 Crib Soother
by The First Years
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: The First YearsBrand: The First Years
Model: Y3094
Product features:
- The only under-mattress vibration system designed for the crib
- Offers three features in one, including a gentle vibration to calm baby, soothing sounds and a crib light
- Vibration feature can be set to three speeds
- Control unit easily mounts on a crib rail or can simply stand alone
Description of The First Years Gentle Vibrations 3-in-1 Crib Soother
The First Years introduces the only in-crib, under-the-mattress vibration system. The 3-In-1 Gentle Soother comes with soothing sounds, vibration, a criblight, 6 audio options, 3 vibration speeds, a baby-activation mode and an auto shut-off. Control unit mounts on crib rail or stands alone. Uses a wire-free connection.Baby Products Reviews of The First Years Gentle Vibrations 3-in-1 Crib Soother
Customer Review: READ if you want to FIX this thing - its nice when it works
Summary: 3 Stars
I needed a crib vibrator, and after looking, I could not find much else like this product. I read the reviews and saw that people had mixed results with getting it to work, but I took a chance and ordered it.
Sure enough, when I hooked it up, our baby monitor interfered with the signal. When the monitor was on, the vibrator would only work when 2-3 feet from the base, and would stop if you moved it around. With the monitor off, it worked within 15 feet or so.
Changing the channel on the monitor made no difference. Neither did taking one reviewer's advice to strip the wire antenna on the receiver.
So, here is what I did - I converted it from "wireless" to "wired". It worked like a charm and no more interference. Drawback is now there is a wire between the two units.
READ ON if you want to know how to do it:
1) Get a long piece of thin wire. I used some narrow gauge speaker wire that I had around. It needs to be the length you want to put the two units apart, with some extra to make life easier. You only need one of the two strands. Strip about an inch off of the ends.
2) Take the covers off of the units using a small screwdriver. Take out the batteries!
3) On the base, you will see a long rod with wire coiled around it. This is the transmitter. The wire is very fine and delicate but it connects to a thicker wire that attaches to a circuit board. Wrap one end of your stripped wire around this thicker wire, not the very thin wire, so you don't break it. Replace the cover on the base unit. If your wire is thin enough you can just have it stick out somewhere on the bottom of the crack, without making a hole or slot for it.
4) On the remote unit (the vibrator), you will see a long orange wire that is only connected at one end. This is the antenna. Strip the other, loose, end of it and twist your wire onto it. Replace the cover with the wire coming out the crack between the cover and the unit.
5) When you set up the crib, make sure to use wire ties or something like that to tie down the wire and keep it from being a tangling/choking hazard.
That is all there is to it! You will find that, with the two units wired together you get no interference and it works like a charm.
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