User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. Get to Know Your Doorbell
- 2. Get Started
- 3. WiFi Setup and Connections
- WiFi connection options for your doorbell
- Tips for optimal WiFi performance
- Connect your mobile device to a 2.4 GHz WiFi network during setup
- Connect an optional Arlo SmartHub
- Connect an optional Arlo Base Station with Siren
- Move your doorbell’s WiFi connection to a SmartHub or base station
- Move your doorbell’s WiFi connection to a direct router connection
- 4. Optional Arlo Chime 2
- 5. Use Your Doorbell
- 6. View and Record Videos
- 7. 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
- Doorbell settings
- Adjust the flicker setting
- Optional SmartHub and Base Station settings
- View device information
- Remove a device from your account
- Restart the doorbell from the Arlo app
- 8. Modes, Rules, and Alerts
- Arm or disarm all your Arlo devices
- Modes
- Select a mode
- Mute Notifications
- Rules for modes
- Trigger a Chime 2 when the doorbell is pressed
- Change motion sensitivity
- Automatically stop recording when motion stops
- Add a rule with a base station siren trigger
- Manage alerts
- Schedule when your doorbell camera is armed
- Set up Arlo Geofencing
- Geofencing with multiple mobile devices
- Use your doorbell to trigger a camera to record
- 9. SmartHub SD Card Local Storage
- 10. SmartHub or Base Station USB Local Storage
- 11. Arlo Connect
- 12. Troubleshooting
- The doorbell doesn’t scan the QR code in the Arlo app during setup
- Arlo doesn’t discover your doorbell during setup
- Use Bypass mode for the Power Kit
- Traditional chime doesn’t ring when I press the doorbell
- Doorbell LED doesn’t light
- Power interruption notification
- Remove the doorbell from its mount
- Reset the doorbell
- Can’t see video streams in a browser
- Not receiving push notifications
- Troubleshoot Arlo Geofencing
- Scan the QR code during Chime 2 setup
- Arlo doesn’t discover Chime 2 during setup
- Chime 2 doesn’t ring when the doorbell is pressed
- Reset your Arlo Chime 2
- Verify that an optional SmartHub or base station is online
- The SmartHub or base station is offline
- Reset a SmartHub to factory settings
- Reset a Base Station to factory settings
15Get Started
Essential Video Doorbell Wired
User Manual
2. Attach a wire extension to one of your existing doorbell wires.
To do this, connect the wire end of the wire extension (not the prong end) to your existing
doorbell wire and twist the wires together securely.
3. Attach the second wire extension to the other doorbell wire.
4. Place the fasteners on top of the connected wire ends, and twist the fasteners.
The fasteners funnel and secure the wires together.
5. Attach the extended wires to your wired Arlo Essential Video Doorbell.
6. Tuck the wire extensions and the fasteners into the wiring cavity in the wall, behind your
doorbell.
If there isn’t suicient space, you may need to use the angled mounting plate to create
additional space behind the wired Arlo Essential Video Doorbell.
7. Place your wired Arlo Essential Video Doorbell
onto the mounting plate in an up-and-in
motion.
Ensure that the mounting screws are
completely screwed in and ush with the
mounting plate so that the Video Doorbell
clips securely into the mounting plate.
You are ready to use the Arlo app to continue the
setup process for your Video Doorbell.
LED
The LED is on the outside of your wired Arlo Essential Video Doorbell and indicates how the
doorbell is operating. The following sections describe how the LED works if you didn’t change
the default LED settings.
Note: For information about changing the LED behavior, see Control the LED on page 31.
LED during setup
• O. The doorbell is not receiving power.
Check that the power at the breaker is on.
Check that the wiring to the doorbell is secured.
• Solid white. The doorbell is powered on and ready for setup.