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
42Change Your Settings
Arlo Essential Series Wire-Free Camera
User Manual
6. Upload your preferred prole picture.
7. Tap Save at the bottom of the page.
Edit prole settings
You can enter your name, add a prole photo and home address, and opt-in or opt-out of Arlo
news and support updates.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings.
3. In the ACCOUNT section, select Prole > Edit Prole.
4. Enter your prole settings.
5. Tap Save at the bottom of the page.
Change your Arlo password
You can change your password in the Arlo app or by logging in to my.arlo.com.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings.
3. In the ACCOUNT section, select Prole > Login Settings.
4. Enter your old password.
5. Enter a new password and then conrm it.
6. Tap Change Password.
Your new password is saved.
Reset a forgotten password
If you forgot your Arlo password, you can reset it with a veried email address.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Forgot Password?.
3. Enter your email address.
4. Tap Send Email.
An email is sent from alerts@arlo.com to your veried email address.