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
45Change Your Settings
Arlo Essential Series Wire-Free Camera
User Manual
6. Tap Yes.
Change the time zone
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings > My Devices.
3. Tap the camera.
4. Tap Time Zone.
5. Tap a time zone.
If you’re using a mobile device, your settings are saved.
6. If you’re using a computer, click Save.
Camera settings
You can view or change the settings for each camera using either of these methods:
• Tap Settings > My Devices and select the camera
• Tap the Menu icon
or the Device Settings icon below the camera feed.
Change the camera name
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings > My Devices.
3. Tap the camera.
4. Tap Edit
next to the camera name.
5. Enter a new name that reminds you of the camera’s location, such as Garage or Front
Door.
Camera names are limited to 32 characters.
6. Tap Save.
Turn o the camera LED
The LED on the camera lights in dierent colors. (See Check the LED on page 12.) You can
turn o this LED.
1. Open the Arlo app.