Turn off Status Light on new Indoor Cam

So I bought the “ring indoor camera” after searching on Amazon for a toddler monitior, I don’t like cheap tat, nor do I like the no-named branded ones as I don’t trust them, and I’ve had a few over the years which promise the world but perform badly and are very tricky to setup.

The number one problem is, if he moves at night, or we check on him on the live view, the blue light illuminates his room and wakes him up, or… prevents him from sleeping again.

So frustrated after paying £50+ on this and this very basic design flaw has no workaround, is it for privacy reasons perhaps for AirBnB type scenarios? I don’t know. I’m actually thinking about opening up the device and soldering the LED off.

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I bought two Ring indoor cameras to replace some crappy cameras from China, but at least they had the ability to turn off the status light. This has been an issue with Ring cameras for a lot of people for a very long time. Unbelievable.

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This blue light problem has been complained about for over a year and still no fix. Pre-Amazon Ring might have fixed this, but post-Amazon Ring doesn’t give. Amazon, Google, FaceBook, and Twitter are all too busy trying to out “woke” each other to care what their think about anything.

Blink owned by Amazon makes cameras that have a software feature to turnoff the blue light as the Blink mini or have a switch in the camera to turn it off such as the Blink XT2. So I believe the decision to not have this feature falls directly to the Ring lawyers. I highly recommend the Blink mini for indoors.

I agree with everyone here, we need to be able to turn this off!!!

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Turn this off please… its really annoying

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After buy 6 of these I find the blue led intrusive and counter-security minded. Anyone scoping the premises will certainly make note of the camera beacon “I am here” and know to avoid or disable the cameras on their return visit.

Seeing so many posts on this, it’s clear that Ring will not be accommodating. Trying to rationalize why this control is not left to the consumer leads me to only one answer - Ring is acting in their best interest, not yours. With this in mind, the real question is what other Ring interests will be pursued above and beyond the consumers?

This is the unforutnately dicotomy we face with these cloud based technologies. Ultimately, we can only push for and support open solutions which are not muddied by commercial interests which really put consumer needs last. Blue led’s have nothing to do with privacy. For now, electrical tape and support for community sourced solutions seems to be the best solution available.

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Agreed. Black tape is such a poor solution.

The option to disable the blue light is simple to provide and then upto the user to choose. Who is it for otherwise - it’s not the intruder!

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Agreed. Changed indoor systems for my nursery so it was the same as outside and the blue light shines down on baby every time they move which obviously doesn’t have a positive effect in a blacked out room!! Back to competitor until you resolve this. Very disappointing purchase.

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I agree, this light is counter productive

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You aren’t alone! Although there are several regular forum posts already (like here in the Security Cams forum) about this additional option you want, the Feature Request Board forum is where Ring Team look to see what improvements people might want. And the more “Thumbs Up” Kudo votes they see there will better get their attention, increasing the chances of them providing that request. You should click on the below links and add your Kudo vote, if you like the requesting author’s idea (add your “Thumbs Up” Kudo vote on the left side of the author’s starting post), to help get the attention of the Ring Teams on the links below (these are similar requests for a “Blue Light Option”, and I’ve probably missed a few others):

Submitted by Cinnsay

https://community.ring.com/t5/Feature-Request-Board/Option-to-disable-blue-light/idi-p/23976

Submitted by GaryC20

https://community.ring.com/t5/Feature-Request-Board/Turn-off-motion-detector-led-display/idi-p/57609

:slight_smile:

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I agree - give us the option to turn it off - put any warning you want before you let us toggle it but dont suggest you know whats best for me in my situation.

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Has this still not been fixed yet?

As the original poster, there is one fix: buy a different brand. its rediculous, really.

I just learned that my neighbor has a device that can block your ring camera from detecting motion. I reached out to ring last night and was told that they know.

Still why not give the camera owner the option to decide? Let the customer make the decision as to what trade offs they are willing to make.

I am trying to use the indoor cameras near windows to look outside. They work great in the day. I just turned off the IR, but want to reduce the glare by turning off the status light at night as well.

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@Sbgoldin wrote:
I am trying to use the indoor cameras near windows to look outside. They work great in the day. I just turned off the IR, but want to reduce the glare by turning off the status light at night as well.

Hello @Sbgoldin ,

Yes, you are not alone in wanting to be able to turn off the blue LED status light as well. But unfortunately, that blue LED is not a controllable option on the Ring cameras at this time. You should add your Kudo vote the links I provided in this thread earlier, on Nov 8, 2020, where this request about the blue LED indicator status light has already been submitted. These links are to the “Feature Request Board” where Ring Teams look to see what options or ideas “Ring Neighbors” (owners) want. The more Kudo votes an idea/request gets, the more it should get Ring’s attention.

In the meantime, I resorted to using a small piece of black electrical tape, carefully positioned utilizing tweezers only over the Blue indicator light (so that it doesn’t cover the IR light or Motion-detector sensor that are above & below the Blue light). A crude solution, but the black electrical tape blends in very well and isn’t noticeable.

:slight_smile:

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I bought one of these in the Cyber Monday sale to see how I would like it. Pretty good except for the annoying blue light. I was hoping there was a solution built in, but it looks like I’ll have to use electrical tape.

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Please add the ability to put off the blue led!