User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. Get to Know Your Pro 3 Floodlight Camera
- 2. Get Started
- Setup: Use the Arlo app
- Prep: Insert the battery
- Prep: Check the LED
- Prep: Find a good location for your floodlight
- Prep: What you need for wall mounting
- Wall-mount your floodlight
- Prep: Install the ceiling adapter (sold separately)
- Check your floodlight’s field of view
- Test motion detection
- Arm your Floodlight Camera
- Reposition your floodlight after mounting
- HEVC 2K playback-supported devices
- 3. WiFi Setup and Connections
- WiFi connection options for your floodlight
- 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 floodlight’s WiFi connection to a SmartHub or base station
- Move your floodlight’s WiFi connection to a direct router connection
- 4. Use Your Floodlight Camera
- Manually turn your floodlight on and off
- View your camera feeds
- Record clips from live video
- Take a snapshot from live video
- CVR with an optional Arlo SmartHub or base station
- Customize your camera feed image
- Motion detection activity zones
- Talk and Listen
- Turn the siren on and off manually
- View recordings and snapshots
- Download recordings
- 5. Modes, Rules, and Alerts
- Modes
- Select a mode
- Mute Notifications
- Rules for modes
- Change motion sensitivity
- Change the light duration for a rule that doesn’t record
- Automatically stop recording when motion stops
- Change audio sensitivity
- Use a rule to turn on the floodlight
- Use a rule to activate the floodlight’s siren
- Add a rule with an optional base station siren trigger
- Manage alerts
- Schedule when your floodlight is armed
- Set up Arlo Geofencing
- Geofencing with multiple mobile devices
- 6. 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
- Change the light settings
- Camera settings
- Video Settings
- Audio settings
- Adjust the flicker setting
- View device information
- Remove a device from your account
- Restart the floodlight from the Arlo app
- Optional SmartHub and Base Station settings
- 7. SmartHub SD Card Storage
- 8. SmartHub or Base Station USB Storage
- 9. Arlo Connect
- 10. Arlo XL Rechargeable Battery
- 11. Troubleshooting
45Modes, Rules, and Alerts
Pro 3 Floodlight Camera
User Manual
Add a mode
In addition to the modes that come with the Arlo app, you can add new modes with custom
names, such as Vacation. You can also use Schedule mode to activate modes automatically at
dierent times of the day or week. (See Schedule when your floodlight is armed on page 40.)
To add a mode:
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Mode.
3. Tap the oodlight or your optional Arlo SmartHub or base station, if you use one.
A list of modes displays.
4. Tap Add a Mode.
5. Enter the mode name and tap Next.
6. For the trigger device, select your oodlight and tap Next.
This is the Arlo device that detects motion and/or audio.
7. Select the triggers that you want the oodlight to use (motion and/or audio) 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 and then tap Next again to
conrm your selections.
10. Select an action and tap Next.
For a oodlight, you can select Record video,Turn oodlight ON, or Activate siren.
11. Specify the Recording Settings or the Duration Settings for the light.
Note: If you select Record video, the light stays on for the same duration as the
recording—you can’t enter a dierent duration for the light the way you can set the
manual duration in Light Settings. If you don’t record video, then you can specify the light
duration.
12. Select the notications for Arlo to send when motion or audio is detected and then tap
Next.
13. Review your settings and tap Save.