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
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Restart the doorbell from the Arlo app ......................................................................................... 52
8. Modes, Rules, and Alerts 53
Arm or disarm all your Arlo devices ............................................................................................... 53
Modes ................................................................................................................................................... 53
Select a mode ..................................................................................................................................... 54
Mute Notications ............................................................................................................................. 54
Rules for modes ................................................................................................................................. 55
Trigger a Chime 2 when the doorbell is pressed ......................................................................... 55
Change motion sensitivity ............................................................................................................... 56
Automatically stop recording when motion stops ...................................................................... 56
Add a rule with a base station siren trigger .................................................................................. 56
Manage alerts ..................................................................................................................................... 57
Schedule when your doorbell camera is armed ......................................................................... 57
Set up Arlo Geofencing ..................................................................................................................... 58
Geofencing with multiple mobile devices .................................................................................... 60
Use your doorbell to trigger a camera to record ......................................................................... 63
9. SmartHub SD Card Local Storage 64
Insert a microSD card ....................................................................................................................... 64
View the SD card status .................................................................................................................... 65
View available SD card storage ....................................................................................................... 65
Turn SD card recording o and on ................................................................................................. 65
Turn on Best Local Recording ......................................................................................................... 65
Change the SD card overwrite setting ........................................................................................... 66
Format a microSD card ..................................................................................................................... 66
Safely eject an SD card ..................................................................................................................... 66
View videos on a microSD card ....................................................................................................... 67
10. SmartHub or Base Station USB Local Storage 68
View the USB storage device status ............................................................................................... 69
View available USB device storage ................................................................................................. 69
Turn USB recording o and on ....................................................................................................... 70
Change the USB device overwrite setting..................................................................................... 70
Format a USB device ......................................................................................................................... 70
Safely eject a USB storage device ................................................................................................... 71