How To Register Your Ring

Ring has a adjacent-gen Alarm Security Kit , so we wanted to walk you through the steps to go it upwards and running. The price of this kit varies depending on how many accessories you need for your domicile. Nosotros're testing out the $250 viii-piece arrangement; the total review is forthcoming. Let's get into the setup.

Step 1: Create a Band account

If yous don't already have a Ring account, register with your email and a password. Otherwise, log in.

Step 2: Select 'Set up a device'

In the app, click on "Gear up a device," either on the home screen or in the settings carte.

Step 3: Specify your device

Cull "Alarm" from amongst the options Ring provides to gear up.

Step four: Provide your accost

The app volition prompt you to confirm your address if you already have an account, or to provide your address if it'south a new business relationship. This information is required to actuate the Ring system, as each location can only have 1 Alert Security Kit installed.

Step 5: Pick a spot

Call back about where y'all desire to install your Warning Security Kit, from the Wi-Fi-enabled base station to the keypad and the sensor accessories. Yous'll want to put the siren-equipped base station in a place where yous'll actually hear the siren, and make certain it's within range of your Wi-Fi router.

ring-security-thumbnail-2 — The eight-piece kit comes with a base station, a keypad, a range extender, a motion sensor and iv door/window sensors.
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The keypad is one of the principal means you'll interact with your Warning Security Kit, aside from the Ring app. You'll need it for arming/disarming and other features, so brand sure to identify it somewhere near the door yous use most oftentimes when you're coming and going.

Step six: Connect the base station

Follow the steps in the app to connect your base station. Plug the included base station adapter into an outlet and then into the base station. The light in the centre will plow blue. Then, printing the pairing button on base station for it to enter pairing way.

You have the option to enter your Wi-Fi info -- or connect direct to your router via the included ethernet cable.

Step 7: Connect the rest of your devices

The rest of the devices in the kit are similarly piece of cake to install. Follow the steps in the app to connect the keypad, the range extender, the motion sensor and the door/window sensors.

The keypad comes with a power adapter, but it's supposed to be able to run on the rechargeable bombardment for months. The motion and door/window sensors are also battery-powered. The range extender plugs into a wall outlet. You'll be asked to assign each device a unique proper name so you can more than hands tell them autonomously in the app and when you receive alerts.

Step viii: Employ the system

Your Band Alarm Security Kit is now installed and ready to use. Familiarize yourself with the app and the unlike modes -- disarm, habitation and away -- that you can switch between, depending on your status. You tin also customize your settings in the Ring app, also as enable the siren built into the base station.

Ring also gives you the option to sign upwardly for its optional Ring Protect Plus professional monitoring service, starting at $10 per month (or $100 per year).

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