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My Philips InSight HD home monitor does not connect

Published on 2017-02-28

There might be various reasons why your Philips InSight home monitor does not connect. In order to successfully setup and use your monitor, please try the following:

InSightHD application

  • Make sure you are using the correct application - InSightHD
Philips InSightHD application

Wi-Fi network

  • The Wi-Fi network is functioning well on your smartphone/tablet with an upload speed of 1Mbps or above and a download speed of 2Mbps or above (Try website such as http://www.speedtest.net on your smartphone/ tablet to test the upload and download speed of your Wi-Fi network)
  • The network to which your smartphone or tablet connected is a 2.4GHz Wi-Fi network (not a 3G, 4G nor EDGE network);
    Your monitor is placed in a location where the Wi-Fi signal is strong;
  • Your network is not Firewalled;

and

  • If your router has “MAC-address filtering” feature, make sure you enter the MAC address of the monitor in the router set-up (The MAC address of the monitor is located on the label on the back of the monitor)

If you have problem connecting the monitor; and the LED indication on the monitor keeps flashing amber or flashing green, try the following:

Reset the monitor

  1. Disconnect the monitor from power supply
  2. Reconnect the monitor to power supply. Wait until the LED is flashing amber.
  3. Use a pointed object (such a tip of a pen) to press and hold the reset button (located on the back of the monitor) for 1-2 seconds
  4. Disconnect the monitor from power supply
  5. Reconnect the power supply
  6. Follow the onscreen instructions of InSightHD App to connect the monitor
Reset button

Delete previously connected monitor

  1. Launch the InSightHD App
  2. Follow the steps below to delete monitor in the app
Delete monitor

After deleting the monitor, re-connect the monitor

  • When you scan the QR code shown in the App, place the QR code just in front of the lens of monitor and then slowly pull back to a distance up to 20cm until the LED of the monitor flashes in green

The video (with English caption) below shows the setup steps of the monitor:

In case the steps provided in the video will not solve the issue; or the LED indicator of your monitor stays solid amber, please contact our consumer support (Contact Page) for further assistance.

The information on this page applies to the following models: B120S/10 .

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