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
47Change Your Settings
Arlo Essential Series Wire-Free Camera
User Manual
2. Tap Settings > My Devices.
3. Tap the Essential Spotlight Camera.
4. Tap Video Settings > Low Light Settings.
5. Adjust the settings to customize your spotlight:
• Spotlight. Toggle the spotlight on and o. When the Spotlight setting is set to the On
position, the spotlight automatically turns on when your Arlo camera detects motion
at night.
• Color. Toggle color video recording at night on and o.
• Behavior. Select the spotlight behavior that you prefer: Constant, Flash, or Pulsate.
• Brightness. Use the slider to adjust the brightness level
• Night Vision. Toggle Night Vision on and o.
Adjust the audio settings
You can adjust the settings to turn the microphone o and on, and adjust the speaker.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings > My Devices.
3. Tap the camera.
4. If you’re using a mobile device, tap Audio Settings.
5. Adjust the settings:
• Microphone toggle turns the microphone o and on.
• Speaker toggle and volume. To turn the speaker o and on, tap Speaker. To change
the speaker volume, move the Speaker Volume slider.
Adjust the icker setting
The combination of certain articial light sources and the camera shutter speed might cause
ickering in the recorded video. The default setting is Auto, but you can change the icker
adjustment.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings > My Devices.
3. Select your camera or your optional Arlo SmartHub or base station, if you use one.