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Unknown to me at the time, in April 2016,
live viewing became available to wired RING doorbells and late this summer or early fall the 2nd generation doorbell will be able to activate on demand viewing on battery power. This is a big jump for doorbell devices. Now, you can place your ring doorbell in the most optimal area to view deliveries, people walking up to the door or you can check on what’s happening in the neighborhood even if it’s across the street. This beats out all of the other enhancements from other
video doorbell devices in the market. I’ve seen some bad doorbell placements and you can tell that the builders never envision that someday people would be replacing their doorbells with security video cameras. Another reason why RING is killing the competition is that their batteries last sooo long. With regular everyday use, I’ve seen units last several months before they need to recharge which is very easy to do. Some of my clients even have several RING video doorbells covering their front door, backdoor, enclosed fence and garage entrances. Screwing in the camera to the front door itself is very popular as well since you can get the perfect height and center view for your cameras. Now it is better to use your existing wiring if you can because you don’t have to worry about battery charging but if it’s only one or twice a year, I don’t think most people would mind. Also, it charges like a mobile phone.
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Alternatively, in some implementations, at least part of the method 1050 may be implemented at the bypass unit 1012. Independently of whether the
doorbell camera 106 is electrically coupled to the remote chime
1006 in place of a conventional doorbell, a supply monitoring voltage may be generated 1056 in the bypass unit 1012 based on the input AC voltage to indicate whether the input AC voltage is greater than a supply threshold. In accordance with the supply monitoring signal, a message may be presented 1058 by the bypass unit 1012 to a user of the doorbell camera 106 to indicate whether the input AC voltage is low with respect to the supply threshold. Optionally, the message may include a visual message displayed on the bypass unit 1012 by an LED indicator 1012B according to one of a set of predetermined visual patterns. In some implementations, the message presented to the user may include a ring of the remote chime 1006. By these means, voltage compatibility of the doorbell camera 106 may be determined and known to the user of the doorbell camera 106 before the doorbell camera 106 is installed, thereby avoiding installation of the doorbell camera 106 when it is not even compatible with the supply voltage provided by the transformer 1010. More details on the method 1500 implemented by the bypass unit 1012 are explained above with reference to FIG. 10D. FIGS. 11A and 11B include a top view 1100 and a cross sectional view 1140 of a doorbell camera 106 in accordance with some implementations, respectively, and FIGS. 11C 11E are three exploded views of a doorbell camera 106 in accordance with some implementations.
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