Nanit baby monitors provide parents with a reliable way of ensuring that their baby is safe and sound even when the parent is not in the same room as the child.
Nanit baby monitors can have problems. Sometimes problems can occur even with the best baby monitors as with many electronic appliances. Thankfully, none of these are ever really harmful and can be easily fixed. Sometimes just resetting the device can solve the issue.
In this article, you can get up to speed with the common issues that may occur with your Nanit baby monitor and, better yet, how to resolve them quickly.
The Nanit Baby Monitor Keeps Wobbling
Nanit baby monitors come with a stand that mounts the Nanit camera unit. This stand helps ensure that your camera is provided with an optimal viewing range.
However, some users have found that their stand seems to wobble. If you’ve experienced this issue you should take a look at if your stand has been correctly set up.
Nanit advises the following:
“If your Nanit stand is wobbly, make sure the bumpers of the stand are pressed firmly against the wall, and the stand is secured 32″ from the floor using the U-clip.”
However, if you still find that your stand is wobbly even after checking the bumpers of the stand and you’re using the U-clip as intended, then it’s worth re-checking your assembly method.
Assembling Your Nanit Baby Monitor’s Stand Correctly
Just follow these instructions to assemble your Nanit baby monitor’s stand so that it no longer wobbles:
- Take the four poles that make up the stand and connect them.
- Remember, you must ensure that the power cable stays within the stand.
- Always construct the stand by starting at the top and working down to the bottom.
- Join the straight and curved poles together by easing them into each other in a twisting motion.
- Attach the legs.
- Lie the stand down and screw the two legs into the base.
- With the legs now attached, you can lift the stand up and place the weight of the stand onto the legs.
- Link up the L-shaped channel with your stand.
- Find your USB cable and slowly push the cable through the L-shaped channel.
- Attach the L-shaped channel to the stand.
- Attaching the cable management channels.
- By feeding the USB cable into the cable management channel you can then attach it to the L-shaped channel.
- Continue to push the USB cable through the other cable management channel and then you must make a connection with the previous channel.
- Connecting to a power source.
- To power the unit you must connect the Nanit power cable to the USB cable and insert the plug into a power outlet.
- Connecting the camera.
- Take your Nanit camera and align the pins on the stand with the slots in your camera unit. Push them together and you will hear a click when it is securely fastened together.
- Placement of your Nanit Baby Monitor’s stand.
- Optimal viewing can be achieved by ensuring that your Nanit baby monitor is set up by a wall with the crib in the center of the camera’s sight.
- The analytics feature has been reported to function properly if the placement of your unit is correct.
- Proper use of the U-Clip.
- The U-clip provided with your Nanit baby monitor allows you to stabilize and then secure the stand to a wall.
- The U-clip must be attached to the stand and secured to the wall via the two screws.
- The height at which to attach the U-Clip to the wall should be approximately 32 inches from ground level.
- Configuring your Nanit baby monitor’s camera angles.
- Adjusting the angle of your camera is simple and an essential part of the process to ensure that your camera will keep a watchful gaze over your child.
- To make adjustments, whether that be up, down, left or right, simply untighten the knob on the camera unit and move the unit accordingly.
- Remember to retighten the knob once you’re satisfied with the adjustments.
The Nanit Baby Monitor Will Not Pair
Your Nanit baby monitor relies on a successful pairing process in order for your devices to work together and send information between them.
This means that if your devices are no longer paired you won’t receive video or audio of your baby in the other room.
Clearly, that would not be an ideal situation when you want to keep tabs on your precious newborn.
If your Nanit baby monitor no longer seems to be paired, or you are having problems pairing your devices for the first time, simply follow along with this guide and get your Nanit baby monitor working as it should.
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Pairing Your Nanit Baby Monitor
Remember, you must have installed the Nanit App for your mobile device and it should be updated to the most recent version.
Here’s how to pair the devices:
- Activate your WiFi and Bluetooth on your mobile device.
- Ensure that you are connected to a WiFi network.
- A strong connection to the network will always improve functionality between your phone and Nanit baby monitor.
- Open your Nanit app and sign in.
- If you’re yet to make an account with Nanit then you can simply hit the ‘Register‘ button within the app and begin to create one now.
- If registering for the first time, you will need to verify your account by clicking a link that will be sent to you via email. Once this is complete, you can move on to the next step.
- Get your Nanit baby monitor’s camera set up.
- If this is the first time you have paired your camera, then you need to choose ‘Set up your Nanit now‘ and then tap ‘Continue with Assembly‘.
- If you have previously completed this set up, then there is no need to go through that process again. Instead, select ‘I already assembled my Nanit‘.
- Time to Pair.
- There is a button on the back of your Nanit camera that you must press.
- Once pressed, the unit will flash.
- When you see the unit flashing, you should then select ‘Confirm night light is flashing‘ via the app.
- Your camera will now connect to your Nanit app on your mobile device.
The Nanit Baby Monitor’s Camera Is Paired To Someone Else
If you’ve tried the pairing process and have found that you are receiving a notification that reads – the camera is paired with another user – then unfortunately your options are limited to the following:
- The notification indicates that it has already registered your camera with another parent.
- It could be that you have bought the unit second-hand or possibly been gifted it by a friend.
- You will need to speak to the previous owner and request that they remove themselves as a user from your Nanit baby monitor.
- The previous owner will need to contact Nanit to do this.
The Nanit Baby Monitor Is Not Reading The Temperature
The Nanit baby monitor is equipped with sensors that track both the ambient temperature of the room your baby is in, as well as reading the humidity, too.
These sensors are located in the stand for your Nanit baby monitor’s camera.
If you’ve been receiving strange readings that do not align with the real temperature or humidity of the room, or worse, you haven’t been receiving any temperature readings at all, then it’s time to troubleshoot the issue.
- If you have no readings whatsoever on your Nanit app then it’s worth checking the assembly of the stand.
- Crucially, it is how the camera is attached to the stand that can impact whether or not you receive temperature and humidity data.
- Remove the camera from your stand and allow 5 minutes to pass, after which you can re-attach it to the stand.
- If it is correctly connected to the stand the sensors will send data to the camera and the camera, in turn, will send that data to your app.
- If you still do not receive any readings you may have to replace your Nanit stand.
If you are receiving information from the sensors that clearly defies logic then the cause is likely to be a glitch in the app.
Ensure that you update the app to avoid any glitches or malfunctions with temperature and humidity readings.
The Nanit Baby Monitor Is Not Providing Sleep Analytics
Your Nanit baby monitor can provide detailed information on your baby’s sleep cycle. However, some users have reported problems receiving this data.
- Remember, sleep analytics are only available for users who