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
41Change Your Settings
Arlo Essential Series Wire-Free Camera
User Manual
A Face ID compatible device (iPhone X, iPad Pro 2018, or newer)
• Android devices:
Android OS version 6.0 or higher
A compatible Android device with ngerprint authentication
Turn ngerprint authentication on and o for the Arlo app
1. Enable ngerprint authentication on your iPhone or Android device.
2. Open the Arlo app.
3. Tap Settings.
4. In the ACCOUNT section, select Prole > Login Settings.
5. Slide the toggle for ngerprint or Touch ID to the right (on) or le (o).
Turn face authentication on and o for the Arlo app
1. Enable Face ID authentication on your iPhone.
2. Open the Arlo app.
3. Tap Settings.
4. In the ACCOUNT section, select Prole > Login Settings.
5. Slide the toggle Face ID to the right (on) or le (o).
Customize your prole
You can enter your name, add a prole photo and home address, and opt-in or opt-out of Arlo
news and support updates.
Add a prole picture
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings.
3. In the ACCOUNT section, select Prole > Edit Prole.
4. Tap the prole picture at the top of the page.
5. Select Take Photo or Choose from Library.
Note: If you already have a prole picture, you can also select Remove Current Photo.