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
11Get Started
Arlo Essential Series Wire-Free Camera
User Manual
2. Connect the micro USB charging cable to your camera.
3. Connect the other end of the charging cable to a USB charging source such as a USB
charging port or an AC power adapter.
The battery charges automatically. The camera LED lights solid blue when the camera is
fully charged.
Use the sync button to wake the camera
The button on the bottom of your camera is the sync button. You can use the sync button for
dierent purposes, depending on whether your camera is shut down or in normal operating
mode.
When you unbox your camera, it is shut down to reduce battery usage before installation. We
recommend that you follow the instructions in the Arlo app to wake and install the camera.
When the camera is shut down, pressing the sync button does the following:
• Press and hold the sync button for 1–2 seconds. The camera wakes and the LED ashes
blue for two minutes. Follow the instructions in the Arlo app to add your camera to your
Arlo account.
• Quick press. No change. The camera remains shut down.
If the LED doesn’t ash, no matter how long you press the sync button, the camera battery is
likely at 0% charge. Recharge your camera and try pressing the sync button again.
Sync button
Charging port
cover