Sometimes it gets irritating when somebody rings the doorbell and you have to immediately check who is at the door. In such scenarios, you just don't want to bother who is ringing the doorbell and you try to figure out ways to not get disturbed.
When you are at home, you can easily and temporarily mute your SkyBell HD doorbell. This blog guide explains how you can keep the chimes disabled so they won’t chime if someone rings your doorbell.
Imagine your baby is napping or it's just a late-night for all. You are tired and you don't want to receive pinching notifications from your doorbell. There can be any strangers out at your door, you never know. So whenever you are going to sleep, you can use the mute feature and work smartly with your doorbell.
Let us quickly begin this simple-to-understand guide for turning off chimes or notifications activated when someone is at your door and rings your doorbell constantly.
Step 1: Firstly, in order to mute your SkyBell HD doorbell, you will have to open the SkyBell app on your smartphone. If in case you don't have the app installed on your phone or smart device, you can easily download it from Playstore or App Store.
Step 2: Just on the main screen, you will see a gear icon at the top-right corner of the screen. Tap on that Settings option.
Step 3: Now, under the Skybell Configuration section, there is an Indoor Chime option. This option is enabled. Select the option.
Step 4: Next, turn off the toggle switch corresponding to the right of the “Indoor Chime” option.
Note : By default, the Indoor Chime option is set as ON, connected to your existing doorbell. Whenever a person press the doorbell, it will automatically ring or chime.
Step 5: Then hit down the “Save” button present at the top-right corner of the screen. As you will press the button, this action will immediately silent or mute your Skybell HD doorbell. However, you will still receive notifications on your phone.
Step 6: In a case, you also want to temporarily mute down notifications on top of muting the doorbell chime, you will have to step back to the main screen of the settings and then select the “Notifications” option.
Step 7: Now, under the Notifications section, switch off the toggle switches next to “Button Pressed” and “Motion Detected” to mute down all kinds of doorbell notifications. However, you can also leave one or the other enabled if you require.
So finally, once you mute your SkyBell HD doorbell, you won't get any kinda notifications or hear any doorbell chimes whenever someone rings your doorbell.
The only bad part of turning off doorbell chimes and notifications is that you can’t set a mute schedule for different time instants. So, whenever you want to mute and unmute your doorbell, you have to manually go back into the SkyBell app settings in order to modify the same settings.
Moreover, there is another way to deal with the indoor chimes and mute your SkyBell HD doorbell. You can tell or command Alexa to turn on and off the indoor chime. So, this adds a little more convenience to your work. But remember that you can’t turn on and off notifications through the Echo Alexa.
The Skybell doorbell provides a detailed view of whoever visits you out at the door whether you’re home or away. Another app called, SmartThings sends you a notification when someone rings your doorbell.
You can mute or unmute these indoor and outdoor chimes with the help of SmartThings app as per your choice. In fact, you may even set the doorbell button to trigger your lights and different effects using SmartThings. Subsequently, the SkyBell helps you with great features to improve automation, safety, and peace of mind.
Hope this blog guide to mute your Skybell HD doorbell is useful for your friends, family, or loved ones. Stay in touch for more similar updates.
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