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
48Change Your Settings
Arlo Essential Indoor Camera
User Manual
Optional SmartHub and Base Station settings
You can pair your camera to an optional Arlo SmartHub model VMB5000 or VMB4540 or Base
Station with Siren model VMB4500 or VMB4000. The Arlo app lets you specify SmartHub or
base station settings.
Change your SmartHub or base station name
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings > My Devices.
3. Tap the SmartHub or base station.
4. Tap Edit
next to the name.
5. Enter a new name.
6. Tap Save.
Restart your SmartHub or base station
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings > My Devices.
3. Tap the SmartHub or base station.
4. Scroll down and tap Restart.
Turn the base station siren on and o
By default, the base station siren is set to the loudest volume, which is over 100 decibels. You
can set up motion detection rules to trigger the base station siren and select the siren volume
level when you set up the rule. The base station siren settings are Loud, Very Loud, and
Extremely Loud. See Add a rule with an optional base station siren trigger on page 30.
WARNING: The loudest siren setting, which is the default for the siren, is more than 100
decibels. Do not test the siren while people or pets are close to the base station. Prolonged
exposure to the siren might cause hearing damage.
To turn the base station siren on and o using the Arlo app
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Turn Siren ON.
3. Tap Yes to conrm that you want to turn on the siren.