Installing AVD without hard wired doorbell button

[HaricotVert]

After purchasing the AVD and noticing how straightforward installation would be, I was surprised to discover that my doorbell button does not have a copper wire link to the chime and transformer -- it's a miniature battery-operated RF transmitter that activates the chime. Arlo support directed me to technical paper AVD 1001 which basically has you skip any modifications to the chime/transformer box and describes how to get 16-24v power to the AVD.....but it doesn't explain how energizing the AVD this way will now cause it to trigger the chimes. Does the AVD emit some RF signal that my chime will recognize? I am not going to start with installing a transformer near my front door to power the AVD until I can be 100% certain that pressing the button on the AVD will actually ring the doorbell. Any ideas?

[HaricotVert]

Arlo Tech Support directed me to Article ID: 000062414 but it doesn't provide an answer to my question above. https://kb.arlo.com/000062414/How-can-I-install-my-Arlo-Video-Doorbell-without-an-existing-doorbell-...

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[jguerdat]

I had an old Radio Shack wireless doorbell and it can't be made to work with an Arlo doorbell since there's no wires. I used a plug-in transformer (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VT6ZH5R/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1) rather than wiring in a house transformer but either way works fine for getting power to the doorbell. However, the next step is the chime which requires wires to operate and yours is wireless. In that case, the easiest thing to do, unless you're up for more wiring, is to use the Arlo chime but that requires a base station for it to connect to. Do you have any Arlo system that includes a base or hub? If not, then the wired chime is going to be needed. Alternatively, some folks don't bother with a chime at all and simply use the call on your phone as notification.