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
63Modes, Rules, and Alerts
Essential Video Doorbell Wired
User Manual
11. Select the notications for Arlo to send when motion is detected and then tap Next.
12. Review your settings and tap Save.
Use your doorbell to trigger a camera to record
You can set up a rule so that your wired Essential Video Doorbell triggers an Arlo camera to
start recording when the doorbell detects motion. For example, you can trigger an Arlo wire-
free camera overlooking your front entry to record, even if the camera doesn’t detect motion.
You can trigger an indoor Arlo camera to record, to ensure no one enters your home.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap the doorbell.
3. Tap the menu on the upper-right corner of the page to open it.
4. Tap Motion settings.
5. To receive alerts when your doorbell detects motion, tap Motion Triggered Alerts.
6. Tap Add Device.
7. Tap Camera and then tap Next.
8. Tap Record video and then tap Next.
For the recording settings, you can choose one of these options:
• Record until activity stops (up to 300 sec)
• Record for a xed length of time (then use the slider to select the number of seconds
from 10 to 120.)
9. Tap Next
The Motion Settings page shows your settings in Then do the following.
10. Tap Done.