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Heath/Zenith SL-6164-B Wireless Battery-Operated Musical Door Chime Kit with 64 Tunes, White

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This video shows the process of changing songs on the Heath Zenith musical doorbell. Songs on the doorbell are mostly children's tunes- ("Farmer in the Dell" for your chime, anyone? How about "Little brown jug"? You can be the ice cream man house) but the holiday ones are cute.

I moved into an "inlaw" apartment above the garage of a typical house and garage property. I receive many deliveries, and so I installed the doorbell by the front gate, about 40 feet away. It works like a charm, right through one wall. I can locate the receiver anywhere inside my apartment and hear it quite well. I enjoy all the tune selections. It has a nice melodic "music box" effect, and has never yet failed to go off when the button is pushed.

It worked so well that I installed a second button inside of the curbside mailbox, about 60 feet from the receiver. The mail carrier in this area drives from box to box, and he really appreciates the ability to ring the bell located inside the mail box, when he needs a signature or has a package too big for the mailbox. He never has to leave his mail truck. I hid the extra button inside the mailbox, out of the sight of the neighborhood children, as it might be tempting for them to ring it for fun if it were seen outside of the mailbox.

The second button was sold separately, and has the ability to ring a second sound to make it possible for me to tell by the tune which bell has been rung. The second tune is just "ding dong", but the first bell can ring dozens of melodies. Also, both bells can be made to ring the same tune, if you do not want a musical clue about which bell is ringing. Theoretically, one could add as many extra buttons as wanted, although only two tunes would play, at maximum. My landlady thinks I'm very "high tech" to have installed this simple, wireless doorbell system. I am very happy with it, and will take it with me when I move!

I did a price search prior to purchasing and Amazon was clearly the least expensive with the added bonus of FS. When it arrived it took minutes to set up and it worked perfectly! The color is the same as pictured, not a bright white, but not off white either. Greensleeves is one of my favorite songs so I was very pleased it was a choice. The volume is adjustable and loud is LOUD. To change a tune, you select A-D w/ a tiny push up/down switch. Each letter represents 16 songs w/ corresponding pins. I have small hands but it was still a bit tricky to pull out the "pin connector" and reinsert it on the desired pins. The next time I will either use car fuse tongs or tweezers. I wish the song section had a dot or # at every 4th song, as I had to get my reading glasses out to make certain I was selecting the desired song. As a plus they include a few extra pin connectors, I guess they anticipated it would get dropped and lost since they are small and black in color, maybe red would have been a better color choice. You can also change the chime and doorbell button codes if you have wireless interference, basically the same process as changes the song. All screws and double faced tape is included and the doorbell battery. The only thing you need to have on hand is 3 D batteries. I plan on changing the songs throughout the holiday season since at least 6-8 or more are holiday songs. I think it is a great unusual door chime that has the advantage of working during hurricane season.

I was 110% pleased with the Heath Musical Doorbell Chime. Very easy to operate and can be heard throughout my home much better than the traditionally installed chime I currently have. I also like the fact that it is mobile and I can take it with me in the event that I move. I highly recommend it. Fun to change the tunes according to holidays or your mood of the day. For ease of changing tunes often, just set it out of sight on top of something high like I did instead of actually installing it on the wall.

Dear Folks,
I too, have been victimized by wireless door chimes that claim to.... but fail.
Our previous tries included the outside door button being so flimsy that the battery would lose contact and needed to be poked to work; also dampness affected its ability to make contact.
When it did chime, my dog didn't even know it.
Finally!!! This works. Solid construction, water sealed outdoor button, loud chimes, and the dog wakes up.
It offers a large selection of tunes, but we don't use that; just wanted one that works EVERY TIME someone comes to the door; not sometimes.
Good product.
Thank you

Marilyn

Not sorry for this purchase. Works well. Enjoy all the different musical sounds that can be selected. Can be heard any place in the house.

My doorbell switch is installed about 15 feet away from the chimes. It works every time. Having the ability to change tunes is really cool. The chimes do need D batteries, though. Have some on hand if you're anxious to get it up and running upon delivery.

This is the second one of these door chimes I have purchased. They serve my purpose in every respect. I highly recommend this door bell-chime to anyone interested in various door bell themes.

I usually fix items at my aunt's home when I visit, and during the past 2 visits I noticed her side door doorbell no longer worked. I had fixed it, but they had some other electrical work done on the house which shorted out the fixed one (and the electrician had the nerve to say that it was wired wrong to begin with...funny: from what I was told, he rung that doorbell to make his presence known!). Well, since I rarely visit my aunt (and when I do, there's so many other details that require my attention where I do not have tinkering-time), I thought: "What a novel idea to get her a wireless doorbell?" Actually, I wanted this for my back door but that's my aunt so...overall, the item arrived on time, in good condition. I have to say unfortunately, but that's my aunt (she's waiting for my next visit so I can set it up with one of the fancier chimes out of the 64-tones rather than the typical "bing-bong") I cannot attest to the workmanship of the item . Still, a wonderful & appreciated Christmas present!

Excelent quality and sound, more than 20 songs to chooose. ...and easy to set up. I am very ,very happy with this purchase.I recommend it!!!