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<author><name>Jan Drábek</name></author>
<entry><title>What causes baby monitor interference? Static, drops and slow Wi-Fi, and a 10-minute test</title><link href="https://mamoon.app/guides/baby-monitor-interference/"/><id>https://mamoon.app/guides/baby-monitor-interference/</id><published>2026-11-11T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-11-11T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Most baby monitor interference is another 2.4 GHz device or too many walls. A symptom table, a 10-minute test to find the cause, and the fix for each.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>When to stop using a baby monitor at night: the signs by age, and a one-week test</title><link href="https://mamoon.app/guides/when-to-stop-using-baby-monitor/"/><id>https://mamoon.app/guides/when-to-stop-using-baby-monitor/</id><published>2026-11-11T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-11-11T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Usually between ages 2 and 4, once your child can call out or come to you. The signs by age, what the AAP and NHS say, and a one-week test.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Car baby monitor: how do you see a rear-facing baby while you drive?</title><link href="https://mamoon.app/guides/baby-monitor-for-car/"/><id>https://mamoon.app/guides/baby-monitor-for-car/</id><published>2026-11-07T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-11-07T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>A headrest camera, a CarPlay camera, a mirror or two phones: 4 setups with the makers&#x27; own figures, which one sees at night, and the safety rules first.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Baby monitor privacy: one night&#x27;s video, followed from the crib through 13 makers&#x27; policies</title><link href="https://mamoon.app/guides/baby-monitor-privacy/"/><id>https://mamoon.app/guides/baby-monitor-privacy/</id><published>2026-11-06T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-11-06T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>5 of 13 baby monitors send the baby&#x27;s video through makers&#x27; servers, 2 may train AI on it, 4 share data for ads. One night&#x27;s video, followed from the crib.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Chinese security cameras: who owns them, where the video goes</title><link href="https://mamoon.app/guides/chinese-security-cameras/"/><id>https://mamoon.app/guides/chinese-security-cameras/</id><published>2026-10-28T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-10-28T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Mostly yes, if you control where the video goes. TP-Link, Xiaomi, eufy, Hikvision and 9 more brands: owner, servers, every dated incident, local use.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>A baby monitor for travel: hotels, rentals, camping and the grandparents</title><link href="https://mamoon.app/guides/baby-monitor-for-travel/"/><id>https://mamoon.app/guides/baby-monitor-for-travel/</id><published>2026-10-28T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-10-28T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>The best travel baby monitor is often the 2 phones you pack. Hotel Wi-Fi blocks them: the hotspot plan, a packing list, and when a radio wins.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>A baby monitor app for two phones</title><link href="https://mamoon.app/guides/baby-monitor-app-two-phones/"/><id>https://mamoon.app/guides/baby-monitor-app-two-phones/</id><published>2026-10-13T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-11-12T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Use two phones as a baby monitor: two iPhones, an iPhone and an Android, or two Androids. Pairing in a minute, more parent phones, and what&#x27;s free.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>A baby monitor that works with Apple TV: four ways, and which to pick</title><link href="https://mamoon.app/guides/baby-monitor-on-apple-tv/"/><id>https://mamoon.app/guides/baby-monitor-on-apple-tv/</id><published>2026-10-13T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-10-28T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>No big-brand baby monitor has an Apple TV app. 4 ways that work: AirPlay from any iPhone app, 3 apps with their own TV app, HomeKit cameras, MamoonTV.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Tailscale baby monitor: watch away from home with two phones or a Wi-Fi camera, step by step</title><link href="https://mamoon.app/guides/baby-monitor-remote-access-tailscale/"/><id>https://mamoon.app/guides/baby-monitor-remote-access-tailscale/</id><published>2026-09-29T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-11-11T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Yes: Tailscale on both phones lets a local baby monitor work away from home, free and with no open port. Steps for two phones or a Wi-Fi camera.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>A non-Wi-Fi baby monitor: radio unit, local camera, or two phones</title><link href="https://mamoon.app/guides/baby-monitor-without-wifi/"/><id>https://mamoon.app/guides/baby-monitor-without-wifi/</id><published>2026-09-29T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-11-02T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Nothing a stranger online can reach: that is what no Wi-Fi buys. 3 designs give it: radio, a local camera, two phones. Which fits, and 4 radio units.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>A Wi-Fi camera as a baby monitor: which brands work</title><link href="https://mamoon.app/guides/wifi-cameras-that-work-as-baby-monitor/"/><id>https://mamoon.app/guides/wifi-cameras-that-work-as-baby-monitor/</id><published>2026-09-29T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-10-29T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Yes, if it streams on your own Wi-Fi: Tapo, Hikvision, Dahua and Imou work fully, Reolink and eufy give a picture only, Nest and Ring never do.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>A baby monitor app that works when the phone is locked</title><link href="https://mamoon.app/guides/baby-monitor-alerts-locked-phone/"/><id>https://mamoon.app/guides/baby-monitor-alerts-locked-phone/</id><published>2026-09-29T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-10-28T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Most camera apps go quiet when the phone locks; Nanit and eufy Baby keep the sound with one switch. What Arlo, Wyze, Tapo, eufy do, and 7 steps to fix it.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Where to put a baby monitor camera or phone: distance, height, cords and light</title><link href="https://mamoon.app/guides/where-to-put-baby-monitor-camera/"/><id>https://mamoon.app/guides/where-to-put-baby-monitor-camera/</id><published>2026-09-29T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-10-28T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>How far a baby monitor camera or phone should be from the crib, how high, where the cord goes, night light and infrared glow, and how to aim at two cribs.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Can baby monitors be hacked? What actually happened, and a two-minute check</title><link href="https://mamoon.app/guides/is-a-baby-monitor-app-safe/"/><id>https://mamoon.app/guides/is-a-baby-monitor-app-safe/</id><published>2026-09-29T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-10-28T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Yes, but rarely like in films: 21 dated cases came through reused passwords, maker server bugs and factory logins. The signs, and a two-minute self-check.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>An old iPad or tablet as a baby monitor : the camera or the parent screen</title><link href="https://mamoon.app/guides/old-ipad-as-baby-monitor/"/><id>https://mamoon.app/guides/old-ipad-as-baby-monitor/</id><published>2026-09-29T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-10-28T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Use an old iPad or Android tablet as a baby monitor: which role suits a tablet, which iPads run iPadOS 17, stands, all-night charging and keeping a toddler out.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Tapo baby crying detection not working? Seven fixes, in order</title><link href="https://mamoon.app/guides/tapo-baby-cry-detection-not-working/"/><id>https://mamoon.app/guides/tapo-baby-cry-detection-not-working/</id><published>2026-09-29T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-10-28T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Usually the camera hears fine and the alert gets lost: sensitivity, the Tapo schedule or a battery saver. 7 checks in order, plus a symptom-by-fix table.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>How baby cry detection works (and why it isn&#x27;t just a noise alarm)</title><link href="https://mamoon.app/guides/how-baby-cry-detection-works/"/><id>https://mamoon.app/guides/how-baby-cry-detection-works/</id><published>2026-09-29T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-09-29T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>How baby cry detection works: the old sound-level (VOX) alarm, how a classifier tells a cry from a dog or the TV, where it runs, and how to cut false alarms.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>How to set up a Home Assistant baby monitor with go2rtc, step by step</title><link href="https://mamoon.app/guides/home-assistant-baby-monitor/"/><id>https://mamoon.app/guides/home-assistant-baby-monitor/</id><published>2026-09-28T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-10-30T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Yes, but not from the dashboard: run the camera through go2rtc once and point a baby monitor app at port 8554. Our 2-month setup, the steps, the traps.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>A Hikvision camera as a baby monitor</title><link href="https://mamoon.app/guides/ip-camera-as-baby-monitor/"/><id>https://mamoon.app/guides/ip-camera-as-baby-monitor/</id><published>2026-09-28T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-10-29T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Yes, if the camera has a microphone: switch its audio to G.711 and its stream to H.264. The exact Hikvision menus, the NVR case, and Dahua too.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Use an old phone as a baby monitor</title><link href="https://mamoon.app/guides/old-phone-as-baby-monitor/"/><id>https://mamoon.app/guides/old-phone-as-baby-monitor/</id><published>2026-09-28T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-10-28T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Turn an old iPhone or Android into a video baby monitor: what you need, where to put it, night light, battery and cord safety, step by step.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>A Tapo camera as a baby monitor: night vision for about $22–30</title><link href="https://mamoon.app/guides/tapo-camera-as-baby-monitor/"/><id>https://mamoon.app/guides/tapo-camera-as-baby-monitor/</id><published>2026-09-28T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-10-28T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>How to use a TP-Link Tapo C200 or C210 Wi-Fi camera as a video baby monitor: the camera account, placement, night vision and cry detection, step by step.</summary></entry>
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