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
44Change Your Settings
Arlo Essential Series Wire-Free Camera
User Manual
2. Tap Settings > My Devices.
3. Tap the camera.
4. Tap Camera LED.
5. Tap Battery Fully Charged Indicator to turn the LED o and on.
If you’re using a mobile device, your settings are saved.
6. If you’re using a computer, click Save.
Video Settings
Change the video quality and battery usage
You can set the video resolution as Best Video, Optimized, or Best Battery Life. Using the Best
Battery Life setting reduces the WiFi bandwidth that is required.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings > My Devices.
3. Tap the camera.
4. Tap Video Settings > Power Management.
5. Tap to select Best Video, Optimized, or Best Battery Life.
Change the Low Light settings for an Essential Spotlight Camera
Your Essential Spotlight Camera’s spotlight is set to automatically turn on when your camera
detects motion at night. The spotlight improves video quality and allows your Essential
Spotlight Camera to record video in color at night rather than in traditional black and
white. You can turn the spotlight on and o and you can adjust the spotlight behavior and
brightness.
Note: You can manually turn the spotlight on and o at any time from the camera feed by
tapping Spotlight
. You can also use the Low Light settings to control whether the spotlight
comes on automatically when your camera detects motion at night.
To change the low light settings for the spotlight:
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings > My Devices.