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
66SmartHub SD Card Local Storage
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2. Tap SmartHub/Base Station/Bridge
3. Select the SmartHub.
4. Tap Storage Settings > Best Local Recording.
Change the SD card overwrite setting
By default, if the SD card lls up, the oldest Arlo recording is erased to make room for new
recordings. Files on the SD card that aren’t in the Arlo folder aren’t deleted to make room
for Arlo recordings. You can change the setting so that no Arlo recordings are automatically
erased.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Base Station & Bridge > Storage Settings.
3. Tap Overwrite Automatically.
The overwrite setting toggles o and on.
Format a microSD card
Your SmartHub accepts micro SD cards, SDHC or SDXC only, le format FAT32. The Arlo app
displays a message to let you know if you need to format the SD card. The SmartHub can
format the SD card.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap SmartHub/Base Station/Bridge > Local Storage.
3. Tap the red Format SD Card button.
Safely eject an SD card
It’s important to safely remove the microSD card from your SmartHub. If you remove an
SD card while information is being recorded on it, the SD card might become permanently
unusable or the les on the card might be corrupted.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap SmartHub/Base Station/Bridge > Local Storage.
3. Tap Safely Eject SD Card.
4. Wait for the Unmounting SD Card progress message to close.