Camera is 40 feet away from the monitor and the picture and sounds are clear. The product was completely plug and play. Our camera is located approx. 3 feet above the crib and I can see his entire body as well as am able to listen to his breathing, although there is more background noise than my Fisher Price sound monitor.It would be nice if the picture had a little more detail, but for the cost it is hard to argue this point.It may help that my cordless phones are on 2.4ghz instead of 900mhz, this maybe one of the reasons others have had poor reception.I recommend the product as this has allowed my wife and I a greater level of comfort since we moved our baby into his room. Sound monitors alone are great, but now when my son makes an odd noise, we can just look over and see that he is fine and there is no need to go running down the hall to verify.