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
42Change Your Settings
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User Manual
Set up two-step verication
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings.
3. In the ACCOUNT section, select Prole > Login Settings > Two-Step Verication.
4. Tap the switch next to Enable.
5. Select your verication method.
Note: Your Arlo account email is an automatic back-up option.
6. Follow the instructions in the app to complete your two-step verication setup.
Add a phone number or device to two-step verication
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings.
3. In the ACCOUNT section, select Prole > Login Settings > Two-Step Verication.
4. To add a phone number, tap Add SMS Verication and enter the phone number.
5. To add a trusted device, tap Add Trusted Device.
Remove a phone number or device from two-step verication
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings.
3. In the ACCOUNT section, select Prole > Login Settings > Two-Step Verication.
4. Tap the trashcan icon next to a phone number or trusted device.
Use face or ngerprint authentication
You can use Touch ID® or Face ID® with a compatible Apple device. With a compatible Android
device, you can use ngerprint authentication.
Your device must meet the following minimum requirements:
• Apple devices:
iOS version 10.3 or higher
A Touch ID compatible device (iPhone 5s, iPad Air 2, or newer)