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
48Change Your Settings
Arlo Essential Series Wire-Free Camera
User Manual
4. Tap Flicker Adjustment.
5. Tap a setting.
Restart the camera from the Arlo app
Note: If you paired your camera to an optional SmartHub or base station, you can use the
Arlo app to restart the SmartHub or base station, but not the camera.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings > My Devices.
3. Select the camera.
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and tap Restart.
View device information
You can view the rmware version, hardware version, and the serial number.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings > My Devices.
3. Tap the device.
4. Tap Device Info.
Remove a device from your account
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings > My Devices.
3. Tap the camera.
4. Scroll down and tap Remove Device.
Optional SmartHub and Base Station settings
You can pair your camera to an optional Arlo SmartHub model VMB5000 or VMB4540 or Base
Station with Siren model VMB4500 or VMB4000. The Arlo app lets you specify SmartHub or
base station settings.