User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. Get to Know Your Camera
- 2. Get Started
- Use the Arlo app
- Insert the battery
- Check the LED
- Find a good location for your camera
- Wall-mount your camera with the magnetic mount
- Install an optional outdoor mount (sold separately)
- Install an XL rechargeable battery and housing (sold separately)
- Install a Total Security Mount (sold separately)
- Check your camera’s field of view
- Position your camera to detect motion in specific areas
- Test motion detection
- Arm your camera
- HEVC 2K playback-supported devices
- 3. WiFi Setup and Connections
- WiFi connection options for your camera
- Tips for optimal WiFi performance
- Connect your mobile device to a 2.4 GHz WiFi network during setup
- Connect an optional Arlo SmartHub
- Connect an optional Arlo Base Station with Siren
- Move your camera’s WiFi connection to a SmartHub or base station
- Move your camera’s WiFi connection to a direct router connection
- 4. Use your Pro 4 Spotlight Camera
- Turn the camera spotlight on and off manually
- Foresight
- Record clips from live video
- Take a snapshot from live video
- CVR with an optional Arlo SmartHub or base station
- Customize your camera feed image
- Motion detection activity zones
- 2-Way Audio
- Turn the camera siren on and off manually
- View recordings and snapshots
- Download recordings
- 5. Modes, Rules, and Alerts
- Arm or disarm all your Arlo devices
- Select a mode
- Mute Notifications
- Rules for modes
- Change motion sensitivity
- Automatically stop recording when motion stops
- Control whether the spotlight turns on when motion is detected at night
- Change audio sensitivity
- Use a rule to activate the 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
- Detect audio alarms with your camera
- 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
- Change the audio settings
- Adjust the flicker setting
- Restart the camera from the Arlo app
- View device information
- Remove a device from your account
- 7. SmartHub or Base Station USB Storage
- 8. SmartHub SD Card Storage
- 9. Arlo Connect
- 10. Arlo Rechargeable Battery
- 11. Troubleshooting
Pro 4 Spotlight Camera
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Change the audio settings ............................................................................................................... 61
Adjust the icker setting ................................................................................................................... 61
Restart the camera from the Arlo app ........................................................................................... 61
View device information ................................................................................................................... 62
Remove a device from your account ............................................................................................. 62
7. SmartHub or Base Station USB Storage 63
View the USB storage device status ............................................................................................... 64
View available USB device storage ................................................................................................. 64
Turn USB recording o and on ....................................................................................................... 65
Turn local 2K recording o and on ................................................................................................. 65
Change the USB device overwrite setting..................................................................................... 65
Format a USB device ......................................................................................................................... 66
Safely eject a USB storage device ................................................................................................... 66
View videos on a USB device ........................................................................................................... 66
8. SmartHub SD Card Storage 68
Insert a microSD card ....................................................................................................................... 68
View the SD card status .................................................................................................................... 69
View available SD card storage ....................................................................................................... 69
Turn SD card recording o and on ................................................................................................. 69
Turn on Best Local Recording ......................................................................................................... 69
Change the SD card overwrite setting ........................................................................................... 70
Format a microSD card ..................................................................................................................... 70
Safely eject an SD card ..................................................................................................................... 70
View videos on a microSD card ....................................................................................................... 71
9. Arlo Connect 72
Use Arlo with Amazon Alexa ............................................................................................................ 72
Add your camera to the Google Assistant app ............................................................................ 73
Use Arlo with IFTTT ........................................................................................................................... 74
10. Arlo Rechargeable Battery 75
Charge your camera battery ............................................................................................................ 75
Charge batteries in the Arlo Dual Charging Station (sold separately) ..................................... 75
Replace a Pro 4 Spotlight Camera battery .................................................................................... 76
Solar Panel charging ......................................................................................................................... 77