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
Arlo Essential Series Wire-Free Camera
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7. SmartHub SD Card Storage 51
Insert a microSD card ....................................................................................................................... 51
View the SD card status .................................................................................................................... 52
View available SD card storage ....................................................................................................... 52
Turn SD card recording o and on ................................................................................................. 52
Change the SD card overwrite setting ........................................................................................... 52
Format a microSD card ..................................................................................................................... 53
Safely eject an SD card ..................................................................................................................... 53
View videos on a microSD card ....................................................................................................... 53
8. SmartHub or Base Station USB Storage 55
View the USB storage device status ............................................................................................... 56
View available USB device storage ................................................................................................. 56
Turn USB recording o and on ....................................................................................................... 56
Change the USB device overwrite setting..................................................................................... 57
Format a USB device ......................................................................................................................... 57
Safely eject a USB storage device ................................................................................................... 57
View videos on a USB device ........................................................................................................... 58
9. Arlo Connect 59
Use Arlo with Amazon Alexa ............................................................................................................ 59
Add your camera to the Google Assistant app ............................................................................ 60
Use Arlo with IFTTT ........................................................................................................................... 61
10. Troubleshooting 62
Scan a QR code during setup .......................................................................................................... 62
Arlo doesn’t discover your camera during setup ........................................................................ 63
Troubleshoot Arlo Geofencing ........................................................................................................ 64
Can’t see video streams in a browser ............................................................................................ 64
WiFi signal interference .................................................................................................................... 64
Use the sync button to reset the camera ...................................................................................... 67