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!
-- TheJeff, May 18 2004

(???) 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]

(Chuckles to himself as he secretly replaces [TheJeff]'s doorbell chime with a .wav of complete silence).
-- dobtabulous, May 18 2004


[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].
-- phoenix, May 18 2004


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.

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.
-- dobtabulous, May 18 2004


a "this house belongs to satan" ring could deal with unwanted mormons & jehovah witness'
-- etherman, May 18 2004


I was just thinking about this while browsing home depot's crappy doorbell selection. Good thinking, this.
-- shapu, Jun 03 2006


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
-- keithbrunkala, Nov 30 2007


If you called this the iDoorbell you could link it into iTunes and charge people to change their doorbell bell tone.

They could be the new ringtones.
-- mylodon, Dec 02 2007



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