User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. Get to Know Your Essential Series Camera
- 2. Get Started
- Use the Arlo app for installation and setup
- Charge your camera indoors
- Use the sync button to wake the camera
- Check the LED
- Find a good location for your camera
- Wall mount your camera
- Connect an optional Essential Solar Panel (sold separately
- Test motion detection
- Position your camera to detect motion in specific areas
- Arm your camera to detect motion
- 3. WiFi Setup and Connections
- 4. Use Your Essential Series Camera
- 5. Modes, Rules, and Alerts
- Arm or disarm all your Arlo devices
- Modes
- Select a mode
- Mute Notifications
- Rules for modes
- Change motion sensitivity
- Control whether the spotlight turns on when motion is detected
- Use a rule to activate the camera’s siren
- Add a rule with an optional base station siren trigger
- Manage alerts
- Schedule when your camera is armed
- Set up Arlo Geofencing
- Geofencing with multiple mobile devices
- Custom modes
- 6. Change Your Settings
- Two-step verification
- Use face or fingerprint authentication
- Customize your profile
- Change your Arlo password
- Reset a forgotten password
- Grant access to friends
- Change the time zone
- Camera settings
- Video Settings
- Adjust the audio settings
- Adjust the flicker setting
- Restart the camera from the Arlo app
- View device information
- Remove a device from your account
- Optional SmartHub and Base Station settings
- 7. SmartHub SD Card Storage
- 8. SmartHub or Base Station USB Storage
- 9. Arlo Connect
- 10. Troubleshooting
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5. Modes, Rules, and Alerts 26
Arm or disarm all your Arlo devices ............................................................................................... 26
Modes ................................................................................................................................................... 26
Select a mode ..................................................................................................................................... 27
Mute Notications ............................................................................................................................. 27
Rules for modes ................................................................................................................................. 28
Change motion sensitivity ............................................................................................................... 28
Control whether the spotlight turns on when motion is detected .......................................... 28
Use a rule to activate the camera’s siren ....................................................................................... 29
Add a rule with an optional base station siren trigger ............................................................... 29
Manage alerts ..................................................................................................................................... 30
Schedule when your camera is armed .......................................................................................... 30
Set up Arlo Geofencing ..................................................................................................................... 31
Geofencing with multiple mobile devices .................................................................................... 33
Custom modes ................................................................................................................................... 35
6. Change Your Settings 37
Two-step verication ........................................................................................................................ 37
Use face or ngerprint authentication .......................................................................................... 38
Customize your prole ..................................................................................................................... 39
Change your Arlo password ............................................................................................................. 40
Reset a forgotten password ............................................................................................................. 40
Grant access to friends ..................................................................................................................... 41
Change the time zone ....................................................................................................................... 43
Camera settings ................................................................................................................................. 43
Video Settings ..................................................................................................................................... 44
Adjust the audio settings .................................................................................................................. 45
Adjust the icker setting ................................................................................................................... 45
Restart the camera from the Arlo app ........................................................................................... 46
View device information ................................................................................................................... 46
Remove a device from your account ............................................................................................. 46
Optional SmartHub and Base Station settings ............................................................................ 46
7. SmartHub SD Card Storage 49
Insert a microSD card ....................................................................................................................... 49
View the SD card status .................................................................................................................... 50