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
49Modes, Rules, and Alerts
Pro 4 Spotlight Camera
User Manual
5. Close the Arlo app, but don’t log out.
6. Use the test button on your smoke or carbon monoxide detector to activate the alarm for
30 seconds.
7. Aer a successful test, aim the camera toward the area of highest interest so that you can
view the relevant videos when you get a notication.
Turn o audio detection
Audio detection must be turned on if you’re using audio alerts so that your camera wakes up
when there is a sound. To turn o audio detection, you must rst turn o Audio Alerts.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings > Smart Notications.
3. Select a camera.
4. In the Audio Alerts section, deselect the slider next to Smoke/CO Alarm and All Other
Audio settings.
5. Return to Settings.
6. Tap Smart Notications, and deselect the slider next to Detects Audio.
Turn o push notications aer using audio detection
Push notications must be turned on when you’re using Arlo Smart audio detection. Aer you
turn o audio detection and audio alerts, you can edit rules to turn o push notications. (See
Turn o audio detection on page 49.)
To turn o push notications:
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. Tap Edit
next to the rule.
6. Tap Push Notications to turn it o and on.