Ring Intercom Kit Installation and Review - Anyone Can Install it!

[@TooBarFoo]

I added one to our 40 year old intercom system and works great. 20 minutes install and worked great on release day. Being disabled this was a no brainer that I'd been looking for a solution to for a long time. Hate the long press and then press again needed to open the door in the app though. They need to simplify this to just the long press.

[@Mooooooof]

just saw this advertised today and this covers everything perfectly

[@GadgetsBoy]

Thank you. Honestly it’s so good

[@GadgetsBoy]

This is a must have!

[@cotaholidays]

Can't wait to see it action, managing vacancy rentals like b&bs and holiday apartments make this seems like a smart and pragtical way to do distance and emergency check-ins when no one is available for welcoming customers, I only hope that the battery lasts at least a week between every full recharge

[@FansDeBones]

Can you use this and ring vídeo doorcam simultaneously? How would the notifications work?

[@GadgetsBoy]

Erm, I don't see why not but why would you?

[@FansDeBones]

@@GadgetsBoy because the ring doorbell doesn’t open the door and the ring intercom does

[@StellaDalinaVu]

Does it work with intercom that requires you to pick up the phone to press the open button usually?

[@utube0854]

I do have a ring doorbell. I do not have an intercom. If I buy a ring intercom and an electric lock to my gate, do I still need a normal intercom or with the Ring intercom I con open the gate?

[@JustIceForSake]

Hi, very informative video, thank you. Is the intercom fully integrated in Alexa's ecosistem? For example, can I make the lights (compatible with Alexa) turn on and off (and vice versa depending on the previous state) whenever someone rings the doorbell? Thank you!

[@MisterCharles]

Question, I just bought a house with a bit of a distance between the house and gate, does the ring intercom make sense?

[@GadgetsBoy]

It does but you will need to trial and error this one as I don't know your house to gate distance. Id also check their website for the max distance coverage and they do extenders that might help too

[@_pikachu_6378]

What make ur intercom in ur apartment as I need to change the intercom handset

[@redpanda84]

I just bought a 2 gen Echo Show 8 on Amazon and i'd really like to use it to watch who's on my doorbell. I read this can't be used to watch a live streaming of the people on the door but i also saw the Blink outdoor camera with the sync2 module can do the trick. I was thinking to buy both these devices to open the door and watch who's on the other side of my videophone through my Echo Show

[@blastw0rks]

Hey I Have ? Do You Have To Wire It Or Not ? Because My Double Wide Mobile Trailer Never Had An Intercom But I Have RingVidoe Door Bell It Didn't Need Any Wireing So Wood This Intercom Kit Work Then With Out Wireing ? Please Let Know Thanks

[@GadgetsBoy]

Do you mean if it needs to be plugged in? This runs on battery

[@Meglegroups]

Are you able to use your old intercom once you set up the new one?

[@GadgetsBoy]

Depends on your make and model, mine still works as a normal intercom

[@Meglegroups]

@@GadgetsBoy alright thanks

[@Swiv2020]

This looks right up my street, great review mate !

[@GadgetsBoy]

Thank you

[@youtucom]

Is there a way to connect it to aiphone gt-1d-sw?

[@RyoBLN]

Opening is not working with my mey SKS BS2012 ... Audio OK but Opening door makes only a noise on the Speaker :( Manual also says there are 2 cables for +a and -b but... my SKS has +a -b +a -b ... so twice.

[@rlucho555]

Does it have a physical button to press for opening the door in case the original intercom from house isn't working?

[@seanmc4789]

I installed mine yesterday and love it already

[@GadgetsBoy]

It’s awesome

[@petrutghita9990]

Hi! What model of intercom is this one that you used?

[@bernier2356]

Why isn't this available in the US yet?????

[@Jubz84]

Does it work with any make intercom? I searched my product on the compatibility site and says it isn’t compatible. I did a check in a few other models and says same thing? My current intercoms is GDX 1804. Anyone know if this will work?

[@JDCALDECOTT]

I have this, absolutely brilliant. Only thing I wish it did was disable the buzzer and use the ring chimes as a new speaker!

[@xXMechaStepper70sXx]

Couldn’t you just set your intercom on privacy and link up the ring chime

[@JDCALDECOTT]

@@xXMechaStepper70sXx it’s an intercom from the 80s, very old and doesn’t have such features on it.

[@gofishcrazy1642]

Well this answers my question. Looking for a new one as the dog hates the buzzer from our 80s intercom it's so loud. Wanting to change the buzz sound

[@JDCALDECOTT]

@@gofishcrazy1642 so I just removed the positive wire from the buzzer inside and taped it up. The ring doorbell thingy still works perfectly!

[@GadgetsBoy]

Nice

[@BassDre]

This video made me buy it 👍🏻 Do you know if there is a way that when my intercom is pressed It can active a live view from my ring camera on my echo show? Like it does then someone presses my ring doorbell? Thanks

[@GadgetsBoy]

Thank you. Yes you can but I'll suggest googling it as it would be hard for me to describe on here via text haha

[@johnhwilkins]

Great review , I use it on my gates but only really annoying feature is when you ask Alexa to open the gates (or door) it asks you for a 4 digit code every time .

[@GadgetsBoy]

Thank you. Oh super secure then haha

[@johnhwilkins]

@@GadgetsBoy Oh and it alerts you every time you open your own gates / door but not when amazon does ...........

[@TooBarFoo]

There is a way around this, create a routine that when you say Alexa open X it runs Alexa, open X with code 1234. Replace X and 1234 with your own details. This works great for me.

[@RexBanner_]

Off topic, but where did you get that floor lamp? It's fabulous

[@GadgetsBoy]

Haha I can’t even remember I’ve had it for a while but it might be from made.com

[@FabioGruppioni]

Thanks for the useful video! A question: but connection wires are interchangeable? It's not specified (both bus, but one wire is black and the other red)

[@xskeddy]

Do you need to keep the original intercom system? Or can you get rid of the phone and just have this? Thanks

[@valenteb3p]

I 'd like to know that too. I can't find it anywhere online

[@chaouibouchaib7905]

which is better black or gray?

[@MacMilan]

Thank you for the video! Is it possible to mute the old (normal) ring with the App? I would like to mute the normal ring and only get the notification in the app while the baby is sleeping.

[@GadgetsBoy]

Thanks for stopping by. By old you mean a ring doorbell?

[@MacMilan]

@@GadgetsBoy No, my existing intercom system has its door bell included. I could set the volume of it in the housing but I always had to open the housing. I thought maybe if I connect the Ring Intercom Kit it would be possible to edit the Settings of the existing intercom in the ring app. But the audio settings shown in the video are only for the app use, right?

[@GadgetsBoy]

Ahh gotcha yeh only for the intercom. All it does it essentially intercept your current system for the opening door and answering.

[@RexBanner_]

Nice review. Just subscribed. When the Ring is installed, does your old 'dumb' intercom still work like normal? For example does it still ring, when someone presses the buzzer outside? An you still communicate through the old intercom and can you still let people in using the old intercom?

[@GadgetsBoy]

Thank you. Yeah it still functions like normal.

[@beanbaguk]

Thanks for the nice summary, but the wonky installation of your Ring intercom box is giving me OCD shivers....

[@VP-gy7hk]

Love it! Just installed it, quite easy installation.

[@GadgetsBoy]

Nice

[@michaelglickman]

Why is it only battery powered?? :( Is there a way to modify it to have a power plugged in directly? there must be a dyi way....

[@kobirelf97]

The battery lasts for a long time trust me I have a ring doorbell and the battery has a long life

[@JustIceForSake]

Please define "long life", thank you@@kobirelf97

[@offbeatwarble]

Why can't this be hardwired to get 12v from the intercom? Battery is a pain.

[@GadgetsBoy]

The battery is so annoying. I keep having to charge

[@offbeatwarble]

@GadgetsBoy how long does it last? You can hardwire video doorbell so don't see why not this

[@GadgetsBoy]

@offbeatwarble mine lasts like up to 2 weeks depending on how often I get deliveries. It’s in my studio so more traffic. I reckon if it was at home where I hardly have visitors, it would last way longer

[@goredknight3017]

A nice walkthrough and handy tips.

[@GadgetsBoy]

Thank you

[@TyroSean]

Great review, very thorough! Do you need a subscription in order to get the notifications or unlock the door? That would be the main thing that’d put me off buying it!

[@GadgetsBoy]

Thank you. No you don’t need any subscription

[@TyroSean]

@@GadgetsBoy ah amazing! Even better that they’re £50 off at the moment so it sounds like a steal!

[@GadgetsBoy]

Haha yeh I just bought a second one

[@marleywong7709]

Why I can't get this in the us

[@TyroSean]

I believe it’s initially available in the UK and Europe as much more people live in apartment blocks with a shared entrance than in the US - it will be rolling out to the US though but I haven’t seen a time scale for it yet!

[@markpage8048]

Helpful thanks - not to much and not to little and come over great But also you are a great presenter Apply for a job in media or some such

[@GadgetsBoy]

Thank you. Glad it was helpful and you're very kind.

[@ant00nickname]

great video, thanks!

[@joerg1003]

Is there a Apple Watch app to open the door?

[@GadgetsBoy]

Not that I’m aware of

[@generalleeeleven]

Very easy to install and very functionally! But there is no way to connect it with Google Assistant? Can anybody made it?

[@GadgetsBoy]

Nice. Haha nah it will never work with Google Assistant as that’s their competitor

[@usmaanqureshi9102]

we need this in canada cant purchase this here

[@GadgetsBoy]

I’m finding out now that it’s not worldwide which is a shame. Such a great product

[@usmaanqureshi9102]

@@GadgetsBoy just ended up importing in through ebay and works great thanks for your video was great help during the installation

[@GadgetsBoy]

@usmaanqureshi9102 amazing. Glad it was helpful

[@chaouibouchaib7905]

Thank you for your advice

[@GadgetsBoy]

No problem

[@chaouibouchaib7905]

which is better black or gray?

[@RT-qz5ci]

Bruh you didn’t use a level 🤯

[@GadgetsBoy]

Lol

[@aklstreak]

LOL, the hardware looks nice and neat, but your installation looks rather shitty :) Weird cabling and the ring box slanting. Other than that, the video was very helpful, thumbs up.

[@GadgetsBoy]

Haha thank you. I’m no engineer 🤣. Glad it’s helpful

[@StanChang-cq7zk]

How much did you get paid gadgetboy? Worst install ever and crappiest Ring product I've seen. Terrible launch with convoluted compatibility.

[@GadgetsBoy]

How is it the worst install? Are you ok? … granted it’s not straight I could tidy the cable but the point of the video is to show you how easy it is to install without also giving away my location for my safety. It’s an amazing product, I have two of them at my studio and one at my apartment. It’s not compatible with video intercom systems but their website tells you what’s compatible so so your checks

[@qfina]

Great video

[@GadgetsBoy]

Thank you