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
40Change Your Settings
Arlo Essential Series Wire-Free Camera
User Manual
Set up two-step verication
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings.
3. In the ACCOUNT section, select Prole > Login Settings > Two-Step Verication.
4. Tap the switch next to Enable.
5. Select your verication method.
Note: Your Arlo account email is an automatic back-up option.
6. Follow the instructions in the app to complete your two-step verication setup.
Add a phone number or device to two-step verication
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings.
3. In the ACCOUNT section, select Prole > Login Settings > Two-Step Verication.
4. To add a phone number, tap Add SMS Verication and enter the phone number.
5. To add a trusted device, tap Add Trusted Device.
Remove a phone number or device from two-step verication
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings.
3. In the ACCOUNT section, select Prole > Login Settings > Two-Step Verication.
4. Tap the trashcan icon next to a phone number or trusted device.
Use face or ngerprint authentication
You can use Touch ID® or Face ID® with a compatible Apple device. With a compatible Android
device, you can use ngerprint authentication.
Your device must meet the following minimum requirements:
• Apple devices:
iOS version 10.3 or higher
A Touch ID compatible device (iPhone 5s, iPad Air 2, or newer)