User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. Get to Know Your Essential Series Camera
- 2. Get Started
- Use the Arlo app for installation and setup
- Charge your camera indoors
- Use the sync button to wake the camera
- Check the LED
- Find a good location for your camera
- Wall mount your camera
- Connect an optional Essential Solar Panel (sold separately)
- Test motion detection
- Position your camera to detect motion in specific areas
- Arm your camera to detect motion
- 3. WiFi Setup and Connections
- 4. Use Your Essential Series Camera
- 5. Modes, Rules, and Alerts
- Arm or disarm all your Arlo devices
- Modes
- Select a mode
- Mute Notifications
- Rules for modes
- Change motion sensitivity
- Control whether the spotlight turns on when motion is detected
- Use a rule to activate the camera’s siren
- Add a rule with an optional base station siren trigger
- Manage alerts
- Schedule when your camera is armed
- Set up Arlo Geofencing
- Geofencing with multiple mobile devices
- Custom modes
- 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
- Camera settings
- Video Settings
- Adjust the audio settings
- Adjust the flicker setting
- Restart the camera from the Arlo app
- View device information
- Remove a device from your account
- Optional SmartHub and Base Station settings
- 7. SmartHub SD Card Storage
- 8. SmartHub or Base Station USB Storage
- 9. Arlo Connect
- 10. Troubleshooting
30Modes, Rules, and Alerts
Arlo Essential Series Wire-Free Camera
User Manual
Rules for modes
Each mode uses one or more rules to control your Arlo system. You can set these options.
• Trigger device. The trigger device is the camera that detects motion. You can adjust the
motion sensitivity to minimize false alarms.
• Action device. The action device responds to motion detection on the trigger device. For
example, you might want your backyard camera or your driveway camera to trigger your
door camera to start recording video. You decide what action each camera takes when
motion is detected.
• Notications. When a trigger is detected, the Arlo can send you push notications, email
alerts, or both. You can also send email alerts to friends, family members, pet sitters, or
anyone who might need to respond when a camera is triggered.
Change motion sensitivity
You can edit a rule to change the motion sensitivity level for your cameras.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Mode.
3. Select your camera or your optional Arlo SmartHub or base station, if you use one.
A list of modes displays.
4. Tap Edit
next to the mode.
5. Tap Edit
next to the rule.
6. Under If the following, tap Edit
next to Motion is detected.
7. Move the slider to adjust the sensitivity level for motion detection for this camera.
If you used a mobile device to specify the settings, your settings are saved.
8. If you used a browser to specify the settings, click Save.
Control whether the spotlight turns on when
motion is detected
The Essential Spotlight Camera and Essential XL Spotlight Camera include an integrated
spotlight. This spotlight is set to automatically turn on when your camera detects motion at
night. The spotlight improves video quality and allows your camera to record video in color at