• lettruthout@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    I‘d investigate whether the buzzer could be muzzled somehow. Sometimes a strategically placed piece of tape, or folded cloth, can do wonders.

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    16 days ago

    Rather than a resistor, if you wire in a potentiometer you should be able to control the volume at the turn of a wheel or screw.

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      16 days ago

      That sounds cool but I only have resistors ATM, and regardless to change the volume I would need to hide it under the casing since this is a “stealth” modification that my apartment doesn’t know about

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    It depends if it’s a voltage that’s triggering the speaker via a circuit on that IC, or if it ends up powering the speaker directly, and I’d bet the former. Putting a resistor in series with one of the speaker leads is more likely to achieve what you’re hoping for (without knowing more about the circuit).

    Do voices and the buzzer sound come out of the same speaker shown in the picture, or is there a separate little “buzzer” speaker in there?

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      16 days ago

      This is your answer OP. Its likely a trigger voltage vs passing the current for the buzzer. Resistor likely won’t achieve anything. But try it out.

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      16 days ago

      Oh God you know what I realized? That’s gonna require me to be downstairs to ring our bell 🥲 gonna have to wait for my fiancée to come home to help me

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        16 days ago

        You can check the cables that comes from the button and short them, it should make the bell ring.

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        16 days ago

        Cant you use a phone or something to record the bell sound? I assume thats mainly what your fiancée would help you with.