Customer Reviews

Sylvania SY4225 2.4 GHz Wireless B/W Video Security System

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This system is a piece of cake to install. Two people make it easier and faster. Make sure you have electrical outlets at both locations where the monitor and camera will go. Then, FIRST take the camera and set it in the area where you will later mount it. Then set up the monitor where you want it. Good picture? Congratulations! Poor picture? Try adjusting the antennas on each device to hopefully achieve good reception. (Poor reception will have rolling lines through it.) Still poor reception? Box it up, send it back, and buy a wired system. Perhaps the First Alert brand. It worked well for me.

I bought this unit to monitor my barn. I have 17 mares to foal and want to keep a very close eye on them. My barn is over 300 feet away from my house and this unit works beautifully. The monitor works with up to four cameras. I now have 3 cameras hooked up to my unit and am considering buying the 4th camera. Its easy to install, easy to run. I have a crystal clear picture in one stall, and a not quite as good of pictures in the other two stalls which are a little further away. I love this product.

We were pleased to get this as quickly as we did, having ordered it July 5, and receiving it July 23 - much faster than the estimated delivery date of Aug 11-26!

We previously tried the Baby Quiet Sounds system purchased from Babies R Us for the same price - about a BenFranklin. This we returned in a few days because 1. There was a lot of interference/poor signal and 2. The wall transformer (the plug) for both the monitor and camera became extremely hot - almost too hot to touch. NOT SAFE! Other reviewers have commented on these flaws.

Well this device was a snap to "install" All you do is plug both camera and monitor in and turn them on. There are 4 channels that can be used. So up to 4 cameras can be hooked up. You can set the monitor to scan through all 4 channels for a variable number of seconds. You can output the video signal to a VCR - Sylvania apparently sells a timelapse VCR to record long periods of time on 1 tape.

We use it as a baby monitor. It has infrared capability so you get an image even in the dark. We set the camera a few feet from our kid, and can see her head in the dark although without fine detail. We place the monitor downstairs or upstairs in our bedroom. The signal is clear. It uses 2.4 GHz. We have a wireless computer network, 2 wireless phones, and our cell phone which all use 2.4GHz but so far the signal remains strong. Only the occasional line or 2 through the image.

The plugs still get hot on this one too, but not as hot as the Quiet Sounds. It's probably best to leave the monitor off most of the time, and just flip it on when you want to see what's going on. Unfortunately there is no setting for you to just get audio, so we are using the audio baby monitor we already had to do this.

Considering this was priced at One hundred fifty originally, it seems like a good deal, and so far we are pleased with the purchase.

THIS SYSTEM IS VERY HARD TO BEAT.
I HAVE ABOUT 6 OF THESE UNITS.
2 I USE 24 HOURS A DAY.
4 ARE FOR BACK-UP UNITS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT MAKE THIS MODEL ANYMORE.
THE CAMERA WORKS OFF OF 12 VOLTS AND THE NEW ONES WORK OFF OF 9 VOLTS.
I HAD A 9 VOLT CAMERA AND TRIED TO MAKE IT WORK OFF OF 12 VOLTS - NO LUCK SO IT WENT IN THE TRASH.
THE SYSTEM WORKS VERY WELL .

I have purchased 3 of these units over the years. Considering that i have the monitor in my basement and the camera in my kitchen (approx. 35ft away through the floor/ceiling) the unit works fairly well. However,a major complaint i have about this unit is the durability of the monitor. With all 3 of the systems i have purchased, the monitor has malfunctioned each time. I have enough knowledge to open the unit and replace a blown fuse when it blows, that's not the main problem. The main problem seems to stem from the weak soldering job connecting the silver/female RCA connectors in the back to the circuit board. The first thing that happens is, the solder gets loose and it takes some wiggling to get the picture to remain. The next step is, the unit stops working altogether. My recommendation is determine a good location for the monitor and do not move it. Try not to fiddle with the power cable to much either. If you can keep that RCA/circuit board connection strong, this is a decent, affordable system.

This is a great product for viewing any activity at your front door or driveway areas. You can also set it up in a nursery or watch a pet run. Good value for the money.