How to Add Custom Ringtones to a Wireless Doorbell

Most doorbells just make a simple generic tone. But I thought that it would be fun to modify a door bell so that it has a customizable ringtone. That way you can set it to play music or custom greetings. You could make it to scream on Halloween and play carols at Christmas. So in this project, I am going to share with you how to add a simple recording module to a wireless doorbell.

Step 1: Materials

Materials:
Wireless Doorbell (and required batteries)
9V recording module (RadioShack Model: 276-1323)
9 volt battery

Tools:
Wire strippers
Wire Cutters
Soldering Iron and Solder (optional)
Hot glue and hot glue gun (optional)

Comments

[Ranie-K]

Is this ripped from here? http://make.dozuki.com/Project/history/2867/now

[DIYHacksAndHowTos]

I post all of my projects to Instructables, Make Projects, and DIYHacksAndHowTos.com

[jessyratfink]

The author is just moving them over from Make and his personal website. :)

[poofrabbit]

Congratulations on being a finalist in the DIY Audio Contest!! Good luck to you!

[DIYHacksAndHowTos]

Thanks

[Maylea Rafael]

You are a thief this project site? http://makeprojects.com/

[MaskMarvl]

That was a little embarrassing... :P

[DIYHacksAndHowTos]

I see that you have come across my MakeProjects account. I am an active member of both communities and I post all of my projects to both websites. I appreciate your concern.

[agis68]

i liked th wooden box....i had the same doorbell and never thought to close it in a box....is neat.

[Frankcw]

This is a cool How to. The doorbell with the wood on the sides is a Heath Zenith 8-Note Melody Wireless Doorbell. I have one and that's why this instructable caught my eye.

Frank

[scottnath]

Hey,

Could you give more details on the original doorbell? I've had a devil of a time finding a good one...

thanks,
Scott

[DIYHacksAndHowTos]

Unfortunately, I have no idea what brands or models that I used. I moved into a new house and there were two wireless doorbells there. The circuits were really similar in terms of how they activated the buzzer. So I assume that it is a pretty common design. The setup that I used will work as long as the ringer is using a transistor to short the negative terminal of the speaker to ground.

[mathman47]

Great idea, and really so simple. Now add an amp to drive a larger speaker.

[Bosun Rick]

Can one just "jumper" the original speaker wiring to make the recorder play at a remote (additional) location (like the basement or laundry room)?

[DIYHacksAndHowTos]

I used a wireless doorbell, so you are free to put it anywhere. But it would only work for one location. If you wanted to add a second ringer, you would need to get an additional receiver and recording module and then match the encoding combination on the receiver board.

[yoyology]

Next step: RFID. Each family member gets a different ringtone, so you know who's at the door without a peephole! :-)

[craftknowitall]

Wow!

[BigBadgers2001]

This is great.