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
56Smar tHub or Base Station USB Storage
Arlo Essential Series Wire-Free Camera
User Manual
• ext3FAT
• ext4FAT
• HFS+
The minimum USB drive size is 16 GB and the maximum-size drive that those le systems
support is 2 TB. The SmartHub supports USB 2.0-compatible devices. Not all HDDs are
compatible with the SmartHub. If you’re not sure, consult the manufacturer of the HDD.
View the USB storage device status
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap SmartHub/Base Station/Bridge.
3. Check the color of the USB icon
:
• Gray. No USB device is connected.
• Black. A USB device is connected to the SmartHub.
• Amber. The SmartHub is recording onto the USB device.
4. To view more information about the USB device status, under LOCAL STORAGE, tap
Storage Settings.
The USB status displays GOOD or indicates if the USB device needs to be formatted, or is
full. The Arlo app also noties you if this occurs.
View available USB device storage
The Arlo app noties you if the USB device is getting full, but you can also view the available
storage.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap SmartHub/Base Station/Bridge > Storage Settings.
The Available Storage eld displays the amount of storage available on the USB device.
Turn USB recording o and on
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap SmartHub/Base Station/Bridge
3. Select the SmartHub.
4. Tap Storage Settings > USB Device Recording.