Pro tip: If you’ve wired everything correctly, and both chimes don’t sound when you push the doorbell, check the connections.

With the exception of the Nest video doorbell, this prevents the chime from working, so if you want a ‘ding-dong’ sound you’ll still have to buy one of the new wireless chimes mentioned earlier.

to the doorbell itself. Once set up, the chime will make a ding-dong sound (or several other ringtones are often available) when a visitor presses the button. That way, you’ll be alerted to the ...