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MooseTimm
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2 months ago

Update the Roku Doorbell to work with existing home chime.

Please update the Roku Doorbell to work with existing home chimes. 

 99% of the video doorbells can utilize existing home chimes and this is the only one where you have to pair and inaudible electronic chime to the device. 

This should be fixed, so the existing chime (which resonates through the house) can be used in conjunction with the blue tooth chime.

Most single family homes have existing home chimes that resonate through the house. The blue tooth Roku chime is barely audible and sounds horribly electronic. I cannot hear it beyond the area it is installed. The solution is barely rocket science and can easily be added with the correct programming and wiring. 

 

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  • This is very important for me. The chime is programmed to play Bells Are Ringing (Beethoven’s Ninth) throughout the house. I wouldn’t have bought the stupid piece of **bleep** camera if I knew I had to give that up for a plug-in chime I can’t hear if I’m not in the room with it. 

  • Please enable support for existing home chimes!
    Almost every video doorbell on the market lets you use your house’s existing mechanical chime—why can’t the Roku Doorbell? Instead, we’re stuck with a Bluetooth chime that’s barely audible and sounds harshly electronic.
    Most single‑family homes already have a wired chime installed. Adding support for it shouldn’t require a hardware overhaul—just updating the programming and wiring logic. Please add this feature so the doorbell can trigger both the Bluetooth device and our existing home chime.
    You can reference the ongoing thread here for context and discussion:

    Hope Roku considers this—it’s a simple yet powerful improvement that would make a big difference!

  • This doesn't seem like a good feature. Why is that 99% of the video doorbells can utilize the existing chime and this is the only one where you have to pair and inaudible electronic chime to the device. 

    This should be fixed, so the existing chime (which resonates through the house) can be used in conjunction with the blue tooth chime.