Has anybody experienced this with video doorbell pro, or ideas what’s causing it? Same intermittent crackling/buzzing on power and battery

Omg! Thanks disturbingly funny :joy:

[image] dave27: just no sense in having it connected and possibly causing issues. Yeah, that’s my thinking. [image] dave27: I guess we need to know if OP is running battery only or is using the wires too I think both: [image] jay8: Same intermittent crackling/buzzing on power and battery That’s my interpretation, anyway. [image] dave27: Just for good measure This was amazing! The position with the mouth open when it finally stopped moving while making that sound is hilarious! [image] jay8: disturbingly funny That’s an apt description. :grin::+1:

[image] Crease: That’s my interpretation, anyway. Hm, missed that, though not sure if that means the wires were disconnected for testing or not - need to try disconnecting to ensure there isn’t some sort of short circuit. If it is doing that on battery with no wires, I’d say it needs to be exchanged/RMA’d. Even if the mic is turned on or something, that’s not feedback or any other sound that should be coming out of it.

[image] dave27: I’d say it needs to be exchanged/RMA’d. That’s why I’d log it and open a ticket, especially if it’s still within warranty.

The wiring is sound, and it does the same just on battery. The forum suggested another thread that sounds similar, and I just noticed something in common… [image] Loud Machine Like Noise Coming from Speaker Cameras I am experiencing a loud machine-grinding like noise coming from the speaker on a V4. This noise cycles. I does it about 5-7 seconds (no, didn’t time it.) Then a 2-3 second wait and repeats. No stopping it without removing power. This is the second camera in about 5 months to do this. I simply pulled and stopped using the V4 the first time. This is a newer one. About two months old. It’s about 9:30 pm where I am. No one is roaming the street or sidewalk. No one for it to detect. Lucky me… Crackle is intermittent, but I’ve only heard while doorbell video feed is displayed on Echo (hub). The mic feed is muted on Echo view, but if the Echo is delivering random crap back to the camera, it would probably sound like that. Maybe Wyze/Echo team has introduced a bug server-side on the echo video streaming function…?

Yeah I immediately thought of that other thread but the symptoms seemed a bit different, though @carverofchoice did say in that thread that his doorbell had done something similar. If it only happens when on the echo (I’m assuming an echo show) then yeah that points to something new, it doesn’t sound like feedback but as you say, some sort of garbage being sent back for some reason. Echo integration involves a lot more than just the video feed so hard to say where it could be coming from. Not sure if @Sam_Bam may also be using a device like that or not when he sees the issue, but it sounds like his only starts doing it after certain settings are tweaked and there was no mention of an Echo or anything like that.

[image] jay8: I’ve only heard while doorbell video feed is displayed on Echo (hub). Okay, yeah. I’ve experienced this when viewing a camera in the Alexa app, but that’s been a while, and I’m not a heavy Alexa user anyway. (I generally use the Wyze app for viewing because even the Google Home app isn’t entirely reliable for this, though I do sometimes view on a Google TV, Chromecast, or Home Hub with good results.) I don’t have any Echo Show devices to test; the two Echos I do have are sans screen. Thanks for adding that information. I don’t know what the answer is or what the specific cause might be, but I have heard this or something similar in a Wyze Cam + Alexa situation.

[image] dave27: @carverofchoice is this what yours was doing? YES!!! That is EXACTLY what my Duo Cam Doorbell Is doing to me! EXACTLY!!! [image] dave27: If it only happens when on the echo (I’m assuming an echo show) Not for me. I mean, might also do it with an echo too, but I don’t use mine too often with an echo. I do use the Wyze Web Portal and my phone though. The first couple of times I noticed it, I think it was when I tried to open my Wyze app when someone rang the doorbell so I could see who it was. But then it seemed to also happen even when I decline to answer/look when someone rings the doorbell. It’s annoying because it seems to tell someone I’m looking, and sometimes it’s a solicitor I don’t want to talk to and I want it to be silent. I am using the VoIP option for my doorbell. I wonder if it’s related to a bug with that. @jay8 I get the same thing as you, but for me it’s with a different model doorbell. I’ve been waiting for anyone else to confirm this issue.

[image] carverofchoice: I am using the VoIP option for my doorbell. I wonder if it’s related to a bug with that. I wonder if there is something common in the path between VOIP and Alexa integrations. Even if you don’t use it much, do you have it linked/skill set up with Alexa? Perhaps that is enough to cause it. There is another thread with a couple people reporting similar issues with other cams and they are all using them with Alexa in some way or form.

[image] dave27: Even if you don’t use it much, do you have it linked/skill set up with Alexa? 100% (yes)

Video doorbell pro making short circuit noise

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