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
47Change Your Settings
Essential Video Doorbell Wired
User Manual
6. Tap Yes.
Change the time zone
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings > My Devices.
3. Tap the doorbell.
4. Tap Time Zone.
5. Tap a time zone.
If you’re using a mobile device, your settings are saved.
6. If you’re using a computer, click Save.
Doorbell settings
You can view or change the settings for your doorbell using either of these methods:
• Tap Settings > My Devices and select the doorbell.
• Tap the gear icon
below the doorbell’s camera feed.
Change the doorbell name
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap the gear icon next to the doorbell.
3. Tap Edit
next to the doorbell name.
4. Enter a new name.
Names are limited to 32 characters.
5. Tap Save.
Change the type of traditional chime the doorbell triggers
You can set your wired Arlo Essential Video Doorbell to trigger a mechanical, digital, or no
chime when someone presses the doorbell button.
Before changing the chime settings in the Arlo app, you must wire your wired Arlo Essential
Video Doorbell and Power Kit to the correct chime conguration.