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
21WiFi Setup and Connections
Essential Video Doorbell Wired
User Manual
The SmartHub LED
The SmartHub LED located on the front panel indicates the status of the SmartHub.
The LED blinks once when the SmartHub is rst powered on. Then the LED lights as follows:
• Solid blue. The SmartHub is connected to the Internet.
• Slow blinking blue. The SmartHub is ready to sync and pair with a camera or is connecting
with a camera.
• Fast blinking blue. The SmartHub paired with a camera.
• Solid amber. An error occurred or something is wrong with the connection.
• Slow blinking amber. The SmartHub can’t connect to the camera. The camera can’t be
found, is out of range, or another connection error occurred.
• Alternating blue and amber. A rmware update or a reset is in progress.
Connect an optional Arlo Base Station with Siren
You can connect your Arlo Video Doorbell directly to your home router’s 2.4 GHz WiFi network,
or you can connect your doorbell to an Arlo SmartHub or Base Station with siren. Your
doorbell is compatible Base Station with Siren model VMB4500 and VMB4000. The base
station uses an Ethernet cable to connect to your router.
The Arlo app guides you through the steps to install and set up your base station.
1. Connect the base station to your router with
an Ethernet cable.
2. Connect the AC adapter to the base station
and plug it in.
The LED on the front of the base station lights.
LED
SmartHub VMB5000
SmartHub VMB4540
Base station with
siren VMB4500
Base station with
siren VMB4000