User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. Get to Know Your Camera
- 2. Get Started
- 3. WiFi Setup and Connections
- 4. Use Your Essential Indoor Camera
- 5. Modes, Rules, and Alerts
- Modes
- Select a mode
- Arm or disarm all devices
- Rules for modes
- Change motion sensitivity
- Use a rule to activate the camera’s siren
- Add a rule with an optional base station siren trigger
- Add a custom mode
- Arm only outdoor cameras connected to an optional SmartHub or base station
- Manage alerts
- Mute Notifications
- Schedule when your camera is armed
- Set up Arlo Geofencing
- Geofencing with multiple mobile devices
- 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
- Turn the Essential Indoor Camera on and off
- Restart the camera from the Arlo app
- View device information
- Remove a device from your account
- Optional SmartHub and Base Station settings
- 7. Troubleshooting
- 8. Arlo Connect
32Modes, Rules, and Alerts
Arlo Essential Indoor Camera
User Manual
4. Tap Add a Mode.
5. Enter a new mode name such as Armed Outdoors and tap Next.
6. Select one of your outdoor cameras.
7. Follow the Arlo app instructions.
8. When you reach the Summary screen, tap Save.
Your SmartHub or base station modes appear.
9. Tap Edit
next to the mode you just created.
10. Tap Add Rule to add the rest of your outdoor cameras.
Remember to include all your outdoor cameras in the rule for this mode. Do not add any
indoor cameras.
11. When you nish adding your outdoor cameras, tap Done.
Manage alerts
Arlo can push notications to your smartphone, send you email alerts, or do both. To receive
Arlo notications on your phone, you must install the Arlo app on your phone.
Note: If you log out of the Arlo app on your smartphone or mobile device, you will stop
receiving push notications.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Mode.
3. Select your camera or your optional Arlo SmartHub or base station, if you use one.
A list of modes displays.
4. Tap Edit
next to the mode.
Note: The Disarmed mode does not send alerts.
5. Under Alert, tap Push Notication to turn alerts on and o for your mobile device.
6. Under Alert, tap Email Alerts to turn email notications on and o.
7. To specify an email address, tap Edit
next to Email Alerts and enter the email address.