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
24WiFi Setup and Connections
Pro 4 Spotlight Camera
User Manual
Move your camera’s WiFi connection to a
SmartHub or base station
You can change your camera’s WiFi connection from your router to an Arlo SmartHub
VMB5000 or VMB4540, or an Arlo base station VMB4500 or VMB4000.
To add a SmartHub or base station and connect your camera:
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Add the SmartHub or base station to the same Arlo account that your camera was
originally connected to.
If you’re using an Arlo Smart trial associated with this account, doing this keeps the Arlo
Smart trial active so you don’t lose it.
3. Follow the Arlo app instructions to set up your SmartHub or base station and connect it to
the internet.
4. Tap Settings > My Devices.
5. Select your camera.
6. Scroll down and tap Remove Device.
Your device is reset and removed from your account.
7. From My Devices, tap Add New Device.
8. Follow the Arlo app instructions to add the camera.
9. When the Arlo app detects your SmartHub or base station, follow the instructions to
connect your camera to your SmartHub or base station.
Move your camera’s WiFi connection to a direct
router connection
You can change your camera’s WiFi connection from a VMB5000, VMB4540, VMB4500, or
VMB4000 SmartHub or base station, and connect the camera directly to your router’s 2.4 GHz
WiFi network.
When you connect your camera directly to your router, you can still cross-trigger an Arlo
Chime or other Arlo cameras that are paired with an Arlo SmartHub or base station. However,
you can’t store Arlo recordings from your camera on a local storage device in the SmartHub or
base station.