Introducing the Vivint Chime Extender

One of the best things about a smart home security system is its ability to alert you to a variety of situations or actions around the house, whether it’s an alert that a door has been opened, severe weather is on the way, or there’s someone at the door.

But these alerts are only useful if you can hear the chime.

With the Vivint Chime Extender, you can expand the reach of your video doorbell chimes throughout your home, ensuring you hear your doorbell, door, and window chimes and alerts wherever you are in your home.

How video doorbells work

In order to better understand chime extenders, it’s helpful to understand how video doorbells work. Video doorbells are a home security must-have, allowing you to answer your door via video whether you’re home or not. These security cameras and are typically hardwired or battery-powered. Both types are connected to your home’s wi-fi. When someone rings the bell or triggers the camera’s person detection, a notification is sent to your phone.

The Vivint Doorbell Camera Pro is hard wired to your home’s power source to ensure constant connectivity and porch protection. When someone rings the Doorbell Camera Pro, the chime sounds outside from the camera itself and inside from your Smart Hub. If you want to hear the doorbell in other areas of the house as well, you will need a chime extender.

Chime extenders are small, wi-fi powered devices that are plugged into the house and connect to your video doorbell. When someone rings the bell, the chime sounds an alert or tone you can hear inside your home.

What is the Doorbell Chime Extender?

With a Vivint system, your Doorbell Camera Pro is connected to your Smart Hub. When someone rings your doorbell or a person is detected, you’ll receive a notification on your phone. At home, a chime or alert will also play on your Smart Hub.

But what happens if you’re far away from your Smart Hub and can’t hear the doorbell? That’s where the Chime Extender comes in. The Vivint Chime Extender works to extend the reach of your Doorbell Camera Pro’s door chimes and other system alerts, allowing you to hear them throughout your house.

The Chime Extender also extends the range of many of your system’s other alerts, which may not be as loud as a doorbell ring.

How the Chime Extender works

The Chime Extender is a small device designed to work with Vivint Smart Home alarm systems that include the Doorbell Camera Pro.

Installation is a simple DIY—just plug it into any wall outlet, then connect via your Vivint App. You can even use multiple Chime Extenders to ensure you never miss a visitor or alert.

When you do get an alert, it will play in your home through the chime extender. This is in addition to the notification you get on your phone and the sound that comes through your Smart Hub. Some of the alerts you can get through Chime Extender include:

• Door and window
• Doorbell chimes

In addition, customers who have the Doorbell Camera Pro already have the benefit of Holiday Chimes, which allow you to welcome guests to your door with some of the most festive songs of the seasons. The Chime Extender will also play these festive tones inside the house, so you can extend the holiday cheer all through your home.

Why you need the Vivint Chime Extender

The Vivint Chime Extender is a must for anyone who doesn’t want to miss an alert. There are a number of situations that it will come in handy, including:

• You or someone in your home is hard of hearing and often misses alerts or chimes from the Smart Hub
• You spend a lot of time on other floors or areas of your home—like a basement, garage, or upstairs area—where the alerts may be more faint or a little harder to hear
• You don’t always have your phone with you, so you tend to miss notifications that pop up on your phone
• You have kids who are often coming or going and don’t want to miss chimes from opening doors

Some of the best things about having a Chime Extender (or multiple Chime Extenders) throughout your home include:

• Hear clearer doorbell chimes. Have you ever been busy at home and wondered, “Wait. Was that the doorbell I just heard?” By extending your doorbell’s reach, Chime Extenders provide clearer sounds in areas of your home the Smart Hub might not reach.
• Never miss an alert. It can be frustrating when someone comes to the door, a package is dropped off, or an important alert sounds and you weren’t able to hear it. With Chime Extenders in place, you can be sure you’ll hear everything.
• Have peace of mind. Maybe your toddler has just mastered the art of opening doors. With Chime Extenders, you won’t miss the important home security alerts that require quick action.
• Spread holiday cheer. Who doesn’t want a little extra holiday cheer during the most wonderful time of the year? With Chime Extenders, when a visitor comes to the door you’ll also be able to hear the fun Holiday Chimes throughout the house.

Hear every chime, every time, with Vivint Chime Extender

Whether you’re out in the garage, taking a quick nap upstairs, or busy in the basement, the Vivint Chime Extender ensures you’ll hear all of your important alerts and chimes no matter where you are in the house.

Ready to add a Chime Extender to your Vivint system? Getting started is easy. Visit us online or give us a call at 855.822.1220 for a free consultation today.