Re: Doorbell options

["Chuck" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What's the fascination with these doorbell intercom systems. They are really
cool in theory, but the fact is that maybe one person a month knocks on my
door unexpected, and I live in an urban neighborhood right off a main
thoroughfare. Sometimes I think people get caught up in the cool gadget
syndrome without really thinking about actual benefit. (I know I do it all
the time!!)


"Mark Thomas" <mrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I'm looking into front doorbell options. My requirements are:
>
> 1. Simple analog phone integration (pick up phone to talk to front door
> station)
> 2. Chime output (I want it to sound like a normal doorbell, not a
> "motorboat")
> 3. Nice flush-mount door stations, no plastic surface mount boxes, and
> no ugly commercial-looking ones.
>
> Doesn't sound like an unreasonable set of requirements to me, but I
> haven't found anything that satifies them yet!
>
> Notes:
>
> - Doorbell Fon definitely does not satisfy #2
> - The Channel Vision TE-110 doesn't have chime outputs (though the
> discontinued TE-200 did)
> - I can't find details about the available Touch-N-Talk systems
> - The Viking C-1000b (successor to C-1000a) looks like it would work,
> but the currently available door stations are UGLY. That being said,
> their site shows nice ones "in beta"
> (http://www.vikingelectronics.com/whats_new/beta.php). Once those are
> available this may be the solution.
>
> Have I missed any?
>
> - Mark.
>