I think my baby must have a wonky widget

My trouble is that the supplying company went bust early on - due to lack of sleep I think. Now have 5.8 version that has hardly stopped making noise and mess 12 hours a day for 4 years. Sometimes it doesn't even draw breath. Sleep function in comparison (or faulty memory) was faultless. Next step it starts to take over your Tv and computer too

Yes, SP, chocolate appears to be the favoured input. It does work well but only for a limited time. Its intake is tremendous and would be continuous if not watched. I missed the boat with the MMFruit! program and it will not upload this program no matter how I try to install it.

That is the v2. I have an older v1 but it tends to make shrill noises mostly when the moving picture box shows repetitions of brightly coloured (red with white pixels added, mostly) plastic artifacts. (The MMFruit! program was a success in this model)

I have two similar models and both are set to auto update. The updates are a bit of a mixed bag tbh and there's no way of installing a previous version. V17.11 is going well so far but I'm dreading v18 which is due next month.

Both mine whined in the early years and seemed to make strange jerky movements at unexpected times but this has settled into long periods of inactivity and the need for frequent charging.

I never got my user manual and I don't think the extended warranty is worth the paper its written on.

Mine did the infuriating thing that they all do - of working perfectly when the expert was available (in nursery, sleeping on cushions at the side) but still malfunctioning when in operation at home.

This now appears to be undergoing a transformation so that rather than 'shut down' we appear to have a temporary shut down followed by restart when illumination is rekindled and further input (The Beano, Tintin, The Phoenix and the Carpet etc) is partaken. This leads to adverse operational capacity the following day.

Unfortunately I have yet to find the volume control, it must have dropped off or been hidden extremely well as my 7.5 version is still very loud. And the upgrades available can't keep up and I'm now at least 2 years ahead, having to buy version 10.

Mine is using its top port hole and is watching the moving pictures box.

It doesn't seem to be reacting and its listening to owner function seems to be malfunctioning at the moment. I think the moving picture box must interfere with the hearing ports on it.

thefog have you tried putting chocolate in the top port or even sweets? I have noticed if I do this the whiney noise seems to stop for a bit.

My v1.5.10 emits a constant chattering sound while I think my v2.2.11 has the wrong sound card - meant for the Rock Star deluxe app? Anyone know anything about how to deactivate? The later version is also fairly faulty in sleep mode, but I think that's quite a common problem and nobody I know has been able to solve that. The upgrade that I got with v1 at about 9 months just didn't work with v2.

My 5.1 seems to have dislodged or broken some internal wiring - maybe someone knocked it over or spilt juice on it while at the external facility? - as the sleep function, (which was working perfectly up to now) won't shut down when it should in the evenings, and therefore is still in sleep mode in the morning when I need it to be starting the external facility program.

There is a lot of whining and sometimes it makes shrill squeals and shrieks, then crashes and I have to reboot a lot.

I seem to recall a manual, but it was for an earlier version. This one seems to have been upgrading while in sleep mode. I'm sure I pressed "install later"...

Mine did that too Widow. Also, the location detector module was wa-ay too oversensitive and could detect when the model was put into a moses basket, no matter how gently, carefully and s-l-o-w-l-y it was laid down. Then that triggered the alarm, and we had no idea how to override the alarm. It had no volume setting either.

One feature which really derailed us was the one where the unit detected that all the house lights had been turned off, and promptly filled the anti-soiling protection device from the lower external outlet. We were stunned at just how long this function went on for; it seemed like whole minutes. Then it transpired, notified via the alarm, that we had to get out of bed straight away to replace the now brimming over filled device with a clean one. (We looked like this )

You just can't negotiate with the earlier models. We tried it occasionally, when we were desperate. But we just looked like fools.

Haver you tried Ctrl+Alt+Del,followed by End Task

Mine's come with a tilt switch which can't be disabled. Sleeps fine when held upright against ones chest, as soon as laid down will open eyes and scream bloody murder

Mine seems to have battery life problems. It spends most of the time plugged into one of my two recharge outlets.
8 weeks means it is still under warranty, right? Especially as they delivered two months before the agreed delivery date? ( they were lucky to catch me - I nearly wasn't in that day.)

Mine finally went into standby at 10.40 last night. It's definitely faulty though, it kept squeaking and rolling every 2 hours and is emitting a sniveling noise today.

I don't think I'll be buying another, one is enough for me

Was I the only one who read the thread title and thought it must be about advice needed for a circumcision?

I think mine must have fallen off the back of a lorry or something and I have no warranty or guarantee for it. It's 15 months old now and will still only sleep on me, day or night. It also has a leak and continually leaves trails of snot and wee around, requires loads of maintaince as the ventilation nose gets blocked constantly and there is no volume control especially during the night. Maybe it is light sensitive and the darkness sets off an alarm. Who knows.

I will be purchasing from a well known provided next time, with customer feedback!

My v.3 5.11 model does not have an off button. The co-owner and I have looked extensively and intensively for one but it is simply missing and tbh this can cause massive malfunction within every unit in the house.
V.1 13 model however has entered the hibernation mode and her battery needs a lot more recharging at weekends. However there is a slight malfunction ATM as although the top outer 'hair' part is cleaned every morning the rest of the unit is not maintained for days unless forced into the cleaning device (shower)

Wipes? McPhee? I'm more tempted to steam clean him!

Sorry to tell you Iseethreadpeople. I have two very bright boys who both slept (apart from the odd glitch when ill) right from in hospital. The childminder who looked after No1 was basically just looking at a sleeping child half the day and he still slept through every night. No2 even as a toddler would sleep for 2-3 hours every afternoon and still go to bed at 7ish for the best part of 12 hours :) They are both very tall for their age so I think they needed the sleep to grow.

The 2.10 version I own has had multiple malfunctions. Can't wait for the co owner to come collect it tomorrow.

It's whine has turned into a full on breakdown scream. It has leaking peep holes too which I don't think is meant to happen.

Phew thisOnce I thought I was the only one who assumed this was a thread about a wonky willy

I also have a faulty 1.6 18 months of malfunctioning sleep mode!

I have the 16.00 male model. He seems to have sprouted hair all over and be cultivating a layer of mould! Is the smell normal? Is it possible that a rat may have entered the inner circuits and died?

I saw the title and assumed you had wee flying at all angles