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
66Smar tHub or Base Station USB Storage
Pro 4 Spotlight Camera
User Manual
Format a USB device
The Arlo app displays a pop-up message to let you know if it is necessary to format the USB
storage device. The SmartHub can format the USB storage device.
Do not remove the USB storage device while it is formatting. The USB storage device might
become permanently unusable.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap SmartHub/Base Station/Bridge > Local Storage.
If you see the message Requires Formatting, the USB storage device isn’t in the correct
format and you must format it before you can use it for local storage.
3. Tap the Format USB Device button.
4. Wait for USB Device Status to change from Formatting to Ready.
Safely eject a USB storage device
If you remove a USB device while information is being recorded on it, the USB device might
become permanently unusable or the les on the USB device might be corrupted.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap SmartHub/Base Station/Bridge > Local Storage.
3. Tap Safely Eject USB Device.
4. Wait for the Unmounting USB storage device progress message to close.
5. Disconnect your USB storage device from your SmartHub.
Do not interrupt power to the SmartHub or remove the USB device while unmounting the
USB device.
6. The USB icon changes to gray
indicating that no USB device is connected.
USB recording is disabled until you connect another USB device.
View videos on a USB device
Video clips on USB storage devices don’t display in the Arlo app, but you can use a Windows-
based or Mac computer to view the clips.
1. Safely eject the USB storage device.
For more information, see Safely eject a USB storage device on page 66.