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
49Change Your Settings
Arlo Essential Series Wire-Free Camera
User Manual
Change your SmartHub or base station name
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings > My Devices.
3. Tap the SmartHub or base station.
4. Tap Edit
next to the name.
5. Enter a new name.
6. Tap Save.
Restart your SmartHub or base station
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings > My Devices.
3. Tap the SmartHub or base station.
4. Scroll down and tap Restart.
Turn the base station siren on and o
By default, the base station siren is set to the loudest volume, which is over 100 decibels. You
can set up motion detection rules to trigger the base station siren and select the siren volume
level when you set up the rule. The base station siren settings are Loud, Very Loud, and
Extremely Loud. See Add a rule with an optional base station siren trigger on page 31.
WARNING: The loudest siren setting, which is the default for the siren, is more than 100
decibels. Do not test the siren while people or pets are close to the base station. Prolonged
exposure to the siren might cause hearing damage.
To turn the base station siren on and o using the Arlo app
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Turn Siren ON.
3. Tap Yes to conrm that you want to turn on the siren.