I then removed the cover plate - and marked the Ring Pro adapter plate holes on the Aluminum Adapter plate, and used a center punch to mark the hole centers for accurate drilling. I decided to create an aluminum cover plate to hide the old box, and create a flat surface for installing the Ring Pro. This caused an issue in my installation because the Nutone was installed in a custom installation box - set into my masonry. The Ring Pro is smaller and more compact than the Nutone Speaker unit. I started by making a blank cover plate to fit over the old intercom connection box, countersinking the holes for the screws for a neat installation using a metal punch. Something to note here however - the Ring Pro will not ring the door chime if you have kept your indoor intercom speaker system - you also have to retrofit a normal door chime in your house. By connecting the Ring Pro Video Doorbell to your existing doorbell switch wires powered by an internal transformer, the Ring Pro will keep itself charged, and pressing the button on the Ring Pro will sound the doorbell in your house. 2 screws, and I took note that the orange pair of wires in my installation was used for the 17VAC doorbell switch circuit. The first step was removing the old Nutone intercom speaker. Nutone Intercom Box - can be identified by the Model IR-6 label. Vintage Nutone Door Speaker and Connection Box - Don't forget to cut the power to your doorbell circuit before working with these wires.Unscrew, Remove the WiresĪ Nutone Intercom Connection Box is 4 3/8" Wide and made of SteelĪ Nutone Intercom Connection Box is 5 7/8" Tall Left to Right: Ring Pro, Ring V2, Original Ring The Ring Elite requires power over ethernet (a Cat5 or Cat6 ethernet cable at your front door) and a standard electrical box - most retrofit applications will be difficult for the Ring Elite. The are the three Ring models that are suitable for retrofit applications such as installing over an old Nutone installation. The Ring Pro is the smallest of the Ring family, the Ring V2 with the removable battery is the largest, and the original Ring is slightly smaller than the Ring V2. In addition, you can use the internal speaker and microphone to speak with the person at your door - even from a distance away from your home. We immediately pulled out the system components, drywalled over the cutouts in the interior walls, and I was left with two very ugly metal boxes in the brick at my front and back door.Ĭompleted installation - Ring Pro Video Doorbell with Aluminum Adapter Plate over vintage Nutone Intercom BoxĪ bit of research lead me to the Wifi enabled video doorbells - very simple, they connect to your Wifi router, and ring your smartphone and interior door chime whenever someone rings at the door, and provides live video of the person at the door. When I moved into my current house, it had a vintage central intercom system, with yellowed plastic intdoor speakers, yellowed plastic outdoor speakers, and an archaic esthetic.