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
32Use Your Doorbell
Essential Video Doorbell Wired
User Manual
To change the settings for the Status LEDs:
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap the gear icon next to the wired Arlo Essential Video Doorbell.
3. Tap Doorbell LED.
4. Tap Breathe LED on Motion Detection to enable or disable this setting.
When Breathe LED is enabled, the LED lights in a slow breathing pattern when motion is
detected. When this setting is disabled, the LED remains o when motion is detected.
5. Tap LED on Call Accepted to enable or disable this setting.
When this setting is enabled, the LED lights solid white when a video call is accepted and
active. When this setting is disabled, the LED remains o when a call is accepted.
Change the call settings
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap the gear icon next to the wired Arlo Essential Video Doorbell.
3. Scroll down and tap Call Settings.
4. To turn the speaker on your mobile phone on and o, tap Speaker.
5. To mute the audio on your mobile phone, tap Mute.
6. To allow a visitor to leave a video message if you don’t accept a doorbell call aer 20
seconds, or if you decline the call, tap Leave your message.
Turn the doorbell siren on and o
Your doorbell includes a siren that you can turn on to discourage tampering by an unwanted
visitor. You can turn the siren on and o from the Arlo app.
Note: With an Arlo Smart plan, you can also activate the siren from the push notication sent
on motion detection.
To turn the doorbell siren on or o from the Arlo app:
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Siren
on the upper right.
3. Tap Activate Siren.