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
48Change Your Settings
Essential Video Doorbell Wired
User Manual
To change the type of chime that your wired Arlo Essential Video Doorbell triggers:
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap the gear icon next to the wired doorbell.
3. Tap Traditional Chime.
4. Select Mechanical, Digital, or None.
• Mechanical. Mechanical chimes make a traditional ding-dong sound when rung.
• Digital. Digital or electronic chimes have a speaker and can play a melody or ding-dong
when rung.
• None. Use this setting if you’re bypassing the doorbell chime or are installing to a
transformer, without any chime connected. For more information, see Use Bypass
mode for the Power Kit on page 77.
Change the brightness of the video
This change takes eect on the next video stream or motion recording.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap the gear icon next to the doorbell.
3. Tap Video Settings.
4. Move the slider to increase or decrease the video brightness.
Change the video quality
This change takes eect on the next video stream or motion recording.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap the gear icon next to the doorbell.
3. Tap Video Settings > Video Quality.
4. Tap to select 1536sq, 1080sq, or 720sq.
Turn night vision on and o
When night vision is enabled, the camera automatically turns on infrared (IR) LED to record in
low-light conditions. To optimize night vision, we recommend that you position the doorbell
so that it’s not facing reective surfaces such as windows.
1. Open the Arlo app.