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Ring Video Doorbell Wired shows the wrong time, state or sensor reading

Ring Video Doorbell Wired shows the wrong time, state or sensor reading: time zone, placement, calibration, stale cloud state and sensor hardware should be separated. Scoped to 5AT3T5.

The Ring Video Doorbell Wired has an unusual role for a camera, because it is often fitted in a house that is not the owner's own: a rental, a holiday cottage, a parent's home or a second property. That is the case where wrong clip times show up most, and the cause is nearly always that the saved address belongs to a different place from the doorbell. Ring takes the time zone for every event from the address of the location in the app, so a doorbell hanging in one city under an address from another shows clip times several hours out.

The checks in more detail

Fix it at the source: open Settings and Address in the app, correct the address to the place where the doorbell hangs and save it. If you really do manage two properties, give each its own location in the app so that each has its own zone, and share the right location with the right person. Ring support cannot set clock times by hand, so the address is the lever you have.\n\nThe second cause lives in the phone of whoever is looking at the clips.

The app also shows times in the phone's zone, so a person in another city sees different times from a person at the door, and a phone set by hand rather than automatic misleads further. Ask each viewer to set date and time to automatic and to turn off any VPN. Compare one fresh event with a watch in the notification and the timeline to see which differs. Because the doorbell is hardwired and always powered, it has no battery to cause drift, and cycling the breaker will not alter the zone; use it only to clear odd behavior.

After the fix, the chime schedule and any motion schedules switch at the right hours. Old clips keep the times they were recorded with, so label them if you need to use them. If you share clips with a landlord, a police officer or an insurer, state the real zone and the date you corrected the setting, which avoids confusion. If the time remains wrong when the address and phones are right, remove and re-add the doorbell and contact Ring support with screenshots. Switch off the breaker before touching wiring.

Differential

Likely causes of “Ring Video Doorbell Wired shows the wrong time, state or sensor reading”, and how to tell them apart

  1. 1

    The address belongs to another place

    What separates it Clips are hours out

    How to confirm Correct the address to where the doorbell hangs

  2. 2

    Two properties under one location

    What separates it Each has the wrong zone

    How to confirm Give each property its own location

  3. 3

    A viewer's phone in another city

    What separates it Times look shifted for them

    How to confirm They set automatic time and check their zone

  4. 4

    A VPN on a viewing phone

    What separates it The app sees another country

    How to confirm Turn the VPN off

  5. 5

    An old app

    What separates it Odd times

    How to confirm Update the app

Before you touch a setting

Record this first — changing settings destroys the evidence

  • Where the doorbell actually hangs
  • The saved address
  • Where each viewer is
  • Whether a VPN is on

Try in this order

0 of 6 completed
  1. Correct the address

    Reversible

    To where the doorbell hangs.

  2. Use one location per property

    Reversible

    If you manage two.

  3. Ask viewers to set automatic time

    Reversible

    And turn off VPNs.

  4. Compare a fresh event

    Reversible

    With a watch.

  5. Label old clips

    Reversible

    With the real zone.

  6. Cycle the breaker only for odd behavior

    Reversible

    Not for the time.

Model-specific

What is true of this model and not of its siblings

Rentals and second homes
The address often belongs to the owner's own home.
Viewer's phone
It changes how times are displayed.

Stop boundary

When this stops being a self-service repair

  • !If the time stays wrong after the address and phones are right, remove and re-add the doorbell and contact Ring support
  • !Label old clips with the real zone
  • !Keep screenshots

Evidence ledger

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Exact questions

Common questions

Why are my rental doorbell's clip times wrong?+

The saved address is for another place.

Can I keep two properties in one location?+

Better to use one location each.

Does cycling the breaker fix the time?+

No.

Do old clips change?+

No.

Wrong device or version?

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