Re: Good news

["John McManus" <john.mcmanus@xxxxxxx>]

KAT5 sounds a good idea... you can then have Teletubbies / Thomas the Tank
Engine etc played from the DVD player / PC (more appropriate for 18
months+,
but I guess you want to cable for all eventualities).

We had a VCR in Toby's room... but many of the tapes got stretched by
constant replaying.  Baby No2 is due 20 Nov, so I am putting some
additional
cabling into the new nursery.

http://www.btinternet.com/~john.mcmanus/images/roomLOW.jpg

You might also want to think about what Mum will be doing / where she will
be doing it.  Judith wanted to feed the baby in the nursery & would
also
snooze there during the day when Toby was having a nap.  Do you need a
phone
there so Mum can answer it while feeding the baby?  Has it got hands free
so
that she can change the nappy while talking?

I moved the light switch down the wall so that it was about adult hip
height... easier to nudge with your body when carrying a toddler to bed,
and
also easier for toddler to reach when he starts moving about.

Blackout blinds, as mentioned earlier, come in for strong recommendation.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 9:53 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Good news


> > A bady monitor is a great idea and you are better off just buying
one
> off
> > the shelf as they are allow you to site the reciever in any room.
>
> NO NO NO! I'm using this as an excuse to slip the need for whole house
> audio past Mrs. Harrison ;-)
>
> > Soothing music is a good idea to settle them at night...
>
> Thanks. I believe that adds to my case ;-) I suggest a KAT5 receiver
in
> the room, with a dedicated, looping, "baby music source" in
node zero
> connected to a transmitter, or indeed, the fabled switch.
>
> Any ideas about remote (ie remote-room) controlling an amplifier. Is
it
> just best to put it on an appliance module?
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark Harrison
> Head of Systems, eKingfisher
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave McLaughlin [mailto:dave@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 1 October 2001 23:21
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Good news
>
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> Use a black and white camera and then build an infra red source from
> lots of
> infra red LED's (I used 16 in a plastic box with big power resistors
as
> the
> LED's run about about 90mA each) and the picture you get at night
looks
> almost like a dull daytime view. Confused SWMBO as she was convinced
> that
> the wee fella would see it... :o)  doh!!
>
> Remote lighting is great but we got the bairn used to blacked out room
> from
> the start so he would associate this as night time. Dimmed light is
> ideal
> though for getting up in the middle of the night to feed and change
> them.
> Thank god I am passed that now and never need to go through it
> again........... actually, it aint that bad, only lasts for about 8-12
> weeks
> :o)
>
> A bady monitor is a great idea and you are better off just buying one
> off
> the shelf as they are allow you to site the reciever in any room. Just
> remember not to slag off the mother in law when you are up in the
bairns
> room. :o)
>
> Soothing music is a good idea to settle them at night. This would be
> good to
> control from the home automation as most stuff you buy switches off
too
> early and you need to go back and start it again.
>
> Have fun
> Dave...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 01 October 2001 17:50
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Good news
>
>
> OK - back to automation.
>
> What sorts of applications would be good/cool for a baby's/toddler's
> room?
>
> I was thinking:
>
> - Audio monitoring
> - Remote camera
> - Remote control of the lighting
>
> Anything more subtle???
>
> Mark Harrison
>
>
>
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