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
46Change Your Settings
Arlo Essential Indoor Camera
User Manual
Adjust the audio settings
You can adjust the settings to turn the microphone o and on, and adjust the speaker.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings > My Devices.
3. Tap the camera.
4. If you’re using a mobile device, tap Audio Settings.
5. Adjust the settings:
• Microphone toggle turns the microphone o and on.
• Speaker. To turn the speaker o and on, tap Speaker.
• Speaker Volume. Move the slider to increase or decrease the volume on the camera’s
integrated speaker..
Adjust the icker setting
The combination of certain articial light sources and the camera shutter speed might cause
ickering in the recorded video. The default setting is Auto, but you can change the icker
adjustment.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings > My Devices.
3. Select your camera or your optional Arlo SmartHub or base station, if you use one.
4. Tap Flicker Adjustment.
5. Tap a setting.
Turn the Essential Indoor Camera on and o
Once you power on your Essential Indoor Camera and set it up, you can leave it on for normal
use. The Arlo app includes modes such as Armed and Disarmed that let you control when
your camera is armed and recording video, or is disarmed with its Privacy Shield closed. The
Essential Indoor Camera doesn’t have an on/o switch, but you can use the Arlo app to turn it
on and o from the Device Settings page.
To turn the camera on and o:
1. Open the Arlo app.