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Many of the ideas here basically advocate replacing the "ding dong" sound with something different. Well, why not make it completely customizable? The "sound box" part of the doorbell has a removable USB flash drive. Just remove the drive, upload a .wav or .mp3 file to it, replace it back in the doorbell
and voila!
(???) You mean like this?
http://www.audioxpr...om/colorschemes.htm [k_sra, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
The "Who is it, honey?" doorbell
http://www.halfbake...ey_3f_22_20doorbell For [dobtabulous]. [phoenix, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
Someone thinking along the same line
http://www.whynot.net/ideas/994 [Gromit, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
Phones and doorbells should make a ringing sound, dammit!
http://xkcd.com/479/ [hippo, Nov 09 2010]
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(Chuckles to himself as he secretly replaces [TheJeff]'s doorbell chime with a .wav of complete silence). |
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[k_sra]: I think, if you look at your link again, you'll see it's not quite the same as this idea. Your link is for a product preloaded with a sound file. This idea allows the user to change their own sound file at will. Please consider removing your [m-f-d]. |
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Touche [Tabs]. The possibilities for amusement are endless - I'm warming to this idea. I could replace my doorbell with a recording of me shouting "Madge, there's somebody at the door!" and never have to leave my seat again. |
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Of course the caller would also hear it, so I could use a recording of "Hold on I'm coming" and chuckle contendedly while I'm at work, at the queue of callers waiting in vain outside my house. |
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a "this house belongs to satan" ring could deal with unwanted mormons & jehovah witness' |
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I was just thinking about this while browsing home depot's crappy doorbell selection. Good thinking, this. |
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a recording of somebody yelling "get the gun" with some sounds of tourture in the backdrop would scare a lot of people away, so I find this to be a perfect idea |
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If you called this the iDoorbell you could link it into iTunes and charge people to change their doorbell bell tone. |
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They could be the new ringtones. |
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