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
49Change Your Settings
Essential Video Doorbell Wired
User Manual
2. Tap the gear icon next to the doorbell.
3. Tap Video Settings.
4. Tap Night Vision.
5. If you’re using an Android device, tap the slider.
Turn Auto HDR on and o
High dyanmic range (HDR) solves the problem with over- or under-exposed images of scenes
with both bright and dark areas in the same picture. Your wired Arlo Essential Video Doorbell
automatically determines when to use HDR. HDR is optimized for outdoor environments. Your
camera comes set to use HDR automatically, but you can turn it on and o. 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. Tap Auto HDR.
If you’re using an Android device, tap the slider.
Change the audio settings
You can adjust the settings to turn the microphone on and o and adjust the speaker. These
settings take eect whether or not the microphone and speaker are enabled for live-streaming
and motion recording.
Note: Controls for the speaker and microphone settings of your mobile phone during a
doorbell video call are set up within Call Settings. See Change the call settings on page 32.
To change the audio settings:
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap the gear icon next to the doorbell.
3. If you’re using a mobile device, tap Audio Settings.
4. Adjust the settings:
• Microphone toggle turns the microphone o and on.
• Speaker toggle and volume. To turn the speaker on and o, tap Speaker. To change
the speaker volume, move the Speaker Volume slider.