User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. Get to Know Your Arlo Video Doorbell
- 2. Get Started
- 3. Use Your Video Doorbell
- 4. View and Record Videos
- 5. 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
- Video Doorbell settings
- Adjust the flicker setting
- View device information
- Remove a device from your account
- Restart the Video Doorbell from the Arlo app
- 6. Modes, Rules, and Alerts
- 7. Troubleshooting
- Video Doorbell doesn’t scan the QR code in the Arlo app during setup
- The Arlo app doesn’t find the doorbell during setup
- Connect your mobile device to a 2.4 GHz WiFi network during setup
- Use Bypass mode for the Power Kit
- The chime doesn’t ring when I press the doorbell
- Video Doorbell LED doesn’t light
- Power interruption notification
- Remove the Video Doorbell from its mount
- Reset the Video Doorbell
- Can’t see video streams in a browser
- WiFi signal interference
- Not receiving push notifications
- Troubleshoot Arlo Geofencing
47Modes, Rules, and Alerts
Video Doorbell
User Manual
The device location displays as either In Zone, Out of Zone, or Unavailable (if
there’s an issue contacting that device).
7. To disable geofencing, tap the mobile device again.
The check mark disappears when geofencing is disabled.
For more information, see Set up Arlo Geofencing on page 43.
Custom modes
You can add modes in addition to the modes that come with the Arlo app and give
the new modes custom names, such as Vacation. You can create one rule for each
mode.
You can create multiple rules within the same mode so that each camera performs
different actions and sends different alerts. You can also use Schedule mode to
activate modes automatically at different times of the day or week. (See Schedule your
rules on page 42.)
Add a mode
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Mode.
3. Tap the Arlo Video Doorbell.
4. Tap Add a Mode.
5. Enter the mode name and tap Next.
6. Select the trigger device and tap Next.
This is the camera that detects motion and/or sound.
7. Enter the trigger device settings for the When motion is detected and When
audio is detected sections and then tap Next.
8. Use the slider to set the motion sensitivity for the trigger device and tap Next.
Higher motion sensitivity settings usually trigger your camera to capture videos
more frequently.
9. Set the audio sensitivity for the trigger device and tap Next.
10. Select an action device and tap Next.