ADT is one of the best home security systems that are used in many households. It has some other facilities such as motion sensors, glass break sensors, smoke detectors, and a door/window chime that sounds when any door or window to the outside world is opened on the condition that the security system is in ‘stay’ mode. This chime is useful in letting you know when a person is within your compound, but at the same time can be embarrassing. Some residents have houses that experience a lot of traffic and movement within their compounds, and the ADT chime keeps ringing. If you realize that your ADT chime has become too sensitive to open doors/windows and goes off very often then some measures can be taken to switch off your ADT chime or adjust the sensitivity of your ADT chime.
Before You Start
If you intend to make changes to your ADT alarm system then it is advisable first to consult with ADT. After that, they will explain how the right process of the system should be done and they will be able to make the required changes from their central office. However, in case you feel comfortable with making changes to your ADT settings yourself, then you have the following procedures to follow to turn off your chime or adjust its sensitivity without having to call ADT. It is however important to note that fine-tuning your system settings might interfere with other operations of the alarm or simply create a false alarm therefore should be done carefully.
Adjust Chime Sensitivity
This is particularly important if the chime is going off when it does not need to; you just need to reduce the sensitivity of the ADT chime. If the chime is still sounding due to sensitivity issues such as sensing tiny vibrations or even a small opening of the door or window, then what is required is to reduce the sensitivity of the chime not to eliminate the chime.
Go to your ADT alarm panel but instead of pressing any button, you will have to enter your master passcode.
If you can find the option that says ‘sensor settings’ you should be able to go to the option that says ‘chime’
You should see the chime sensitivity level - it should be set from the high level to a lower one, for example, to the middle or low one.
Exit the system menu
Now let us try it by opening an exterior door/window to check that the chime level is more appropriate at this lower sensitivity level. Change the settings again if necessary until you have set the chime level to what is suitable for that particular situation.
Disable Chime Completely
Alternatively, should you find that even after setting the chime’s sensitivity level high there is still too much noise for your liking you can turn the chime off. Here, when you switch off your alarm panel, it will not make any alarm notes whenever doors or windows are opened while the system is put in stay mode.
1. At your alarm panel, press # to enter the master code for the system and you are welcome to the main system menu
2. Go to the settings where you can find the “chime” feature.
3. Wait for the setting to appear and then select it to stop the chime.
4. Exit the system menu
At times you have to turn off the chime for the specific sensor; it is therefore if after removing the chime it continues to make the chime, you need to remove the chime in the individual sensor section. Please consult your specific ADT user manual to find out if you are allowed to temporarily or permanently disable chimes for specific sensors.
Remember that when you turn off the chime, later on, you will not hear alert sounds when the doors and/or windows are opened and put into stay mode. In this case, you will need to physically log into the alarm panel to see if any sensors have been activated while you are at home. Also, be very cautious not to engage your system in the away mode without the chime on since no alarm bells will ring once there is a breach in security.
Enable Chime Again
If after living without your door chime for a while you find that you want it reactivated it's a quick process: If after living without your door chime for a while you find that you want it reactivated it's a quick process:
- The first step is to press your master alarm code into the panel.
- Navigate to "chime" settings
- For this, choose the Enable Chime option
- Exit the menu
You can then tweak the sensitivity level to ensure that it is not producing too much noise which the user might not find necessary.
To that end, the following are steps that can help you turn off or adjust the sensitivity of your ADT audio door chime that rings every time the sensors are activated when the security system is set to “stay”. In case at any one time you have some doubt on how to make a change you can refer to your ADT user manual or even contact their customer service personnel for assistance or they can even help you change some settings remotely. Although the chime alerts may be very annoying at some moments, do not completely turn off the signal as this way you will have no chance to hear that the door/ window is open.
Conclusion
An ADT alarm system has several components and one of them is the chime that continuously rings if it detects any activity, though this chime can be too sensitive that it rings all the time, fortunately, there are ways to change the settings of the chime to turn it off completely. In general, it is possible to decrease the extra noise by carefully increasing or decreasing the ADT chime sensitivity. If changing the sensitivity does not help you get rid of this problem, you can disable the chime feature on your device using the correct sequence of actions listed above. Just remember though that you do not get a very important audible alert anymore. As previously stated the ADT chime can be annoying, but with a few setting adjustments, it can be made to fit the situation.
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