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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Turn the camera’s siren on and o manually ............................................................................... 25
View recordings and snapshots ...................................................................................................... 25
5. Modes, Rules, and Alerts 28
Arm or disarm all your Arlo devices ............................................................................................... 28
Modes ................................................................................................................................................... 28
Select a mode ..................................................................................................................................... 29
Mute Notications ............................................................................................................................. 29
Rules for modes ................................................................................................................................. 30
Change motion sensitivity ............................................................................................................... 30
Control whether the spotlight turns on when motion is detected .......................................... 30
Use a rule to activate the camera’s siren ....................................................................................... 31
Add a rule with an optional base station siren trigger ............................................................... 31
Manage alerts ..................................................................................................................................... 32
Schedule when your camera is armed .......................................................................................... 32
Set up Arlo Geofencing ..................................................................................................................... 33
Geofencing with multiple mobile devices .................................................................................... 35
Custom modes ................................................................................................................................... 37
6. Change Your Settings 39
Two-step verication ........................................................................................................................ 39
Use face or ngerprint authentication .......................................................................................... 40
Customize your prole ..................................................................................................................... 41
Change your Arlo password ............................................................................................................. 42
Reset a forgotten password ............................................................................................................. 42
Grant access to friends ..................................................................................................................... 43
Change the time zone ....................................................................................................................... 45
Camera settings ................................................................................................................................. 45
Video Settings ..................................................................................................................................... 46
Adjust the audio settings .................................................................................................................. 47
Adjust the icker setting ................................................................................................................... 47
Restart the camera from the Arlo app ........................................................................................... 48
View device information ................................................................................................................... 48
Remove a device from your account ............................................................................................. 48
Optional SmartHub and Base Station settings ............................................................................ 48