Sleep and Wake Settings on Buddy

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With the Skylight Mobile App, set up your child’s Buddy to help them get to sleep on time and wake up bright and early!

With the Sleep & Wake settings, you can manage how your child’s Buddy behaves while your child is sleeping, and set an alarm with Buddy to wake your child up.

Tap the Sleep & Wake icon to see the sleep and wake options:

Select a Profile

Use the Profiles bar to select which Buddy you want to manage:

Sleep

Set up sleep mode on the Sleep panel:

Sleep settings panel, with settings for screen dim/off, sounds, and nightlight

Display

Choose the display mode:

  • Screen Off to completely darken the screen during sleep.
  • Dim Clock to dim the clock display during sleep.

Sounds

Enable Sleep Sounds to have buddy play audio during sleep.

Available sounds:

  • Brown Noise
  • Ocean Waves
  • Rain
  • Stream
  • White Noise

The selected sound will stop playing when Buddy leaves sleep mode.

Nightlight

Enable Nightlight to turn on Buddy’s nightlight during sleep.

When enabled, Buddy’s base will light up with a gentle, warm glow.

Adjust the strength of the nightlight with the Brightness slider.

The nightlight will turn off when Buddy leaves sleep mode.

Enable and Disable Sleep Mode from the Mobile App

If Buddy is not in sleep mode, tap Start Sleep on Buddy Now to immediately enable sleep mode.

If Buddy is already in sleep mode, tap Stop Sleep on Buddy Now to disable sleep mode.

Wake

Set up the start of the day on the Wake panel:

The Wake panel shows a list of alarms, and toggles to turn them on or off.

Enable and Disable an Alarm

Tap the toggle switch to enable or disable the alarm.

Add an Alarm

Add a new alarm:

  1. Tap the + Add button.
  2. Optional: tap the Label textbox to add a name for the alarm.
  3. Tap Time to set the time.
  4. Enable Repeats to set which days should start with the alarm.
    Tap one or more day buttons for the alarm.
  5. Tap an Alarm Sound to use it for the alarm.
  6. Adjust the Volume slider to set the volume of the alarm.
    The volume setting for alarms is not adjustable on the Buddy device.
  7. Enable or disable Allow Snooze.
  8. Tap Add Alarm.

Edit the Alarm

  1. Tap the time to open the Edit Alarm screen.
  2. Optional: tap the Label textbox to update the name of the alarm.
  3. Tap Time to set the time.
  4. Tap the Repeats switch to enable or disable the alarm on multiple days during the week.
    If enabled, tap one or more day buttons for the alarm.
  5. Tap an Alarm Sound to use it for the alarm.
  6. Adjust the Volume slider to set the volume of the alarm.
    The volume setting for alarms is not adjustable on the Buddy device.
  7. Enable or disable Allow Snooze.
  8. Tap Save.

Alarm Volume

Alarm volume is separate from the volume used for other Buddy sounds (chimes, sleep mode sounds, etc.). Alarm volume can only be adjusted using the Skylight Mobile App.

Alarm Sounds

Choose from these alarm sounds:

  • Chime
  • Marimba
  • Nature
  • Soothe
  • Sunny

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