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
38Modes, Rules, and Alerts
Pro 4 Spotlight Camera
User Manual
6. Select Record until activity stops (up to 300 sec).
Control whether the spotlight turns on when
motion is detected at night
Unless you changed its settings, your camera automatically turns on its spotlight when it
detects motion at night. Your camera detects motion when it’s in Armed mode or another
mode that uses a rule for detecting motion. When the spotlight turns on at night, it allows
your camera to record video in color.
Note: You can also turn the spotlight on and o from the camera feed. (See Turn the camera
spotlight on and o on page 15.
To control whether the spotlight turns on when motion is detected, you can change the low-
light settings for your camera.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings > My Devices.
3. Tap the camera.
4. Tap Video Settings > Low Light Settings.
5. Tap Spotlight to toggle the setting o and on.
Change audio sensitivity
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Mode.
3. Select your camera or your optional Arlo SmartHub or base station, if you use one.
A list of modes displays.
4. Tap Edit
next to the mode.
5. Under If the following, tap Edit
next to Audio is detected.
6. Move the slider to the desired level of audio detection.
If you used a mobile device to specify the settings, your settings are saved.
7. If you used a browser to specify the settings, click Save.