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
22WiFi Setup and Connections
Pro 4 Spotlight Camera
User Manual
The SmartHub LED
The SmartHub LED located on the front panel indicates the status of the SmartHub.
The LED blinks once when the SmartHub is rst powered on. Then the LED lights as follows:
• Solid blue. The SmartHub is connected to the internet.
• Slow blinking blue. The SmartHub is ready to sync and pair with a camera or is connecting
with a camera.
• Fast blinking blue. The SmartHub paired with a camera.
• Solid amber. An error occurred or something is wrong with the connection.
• Slow blinking amber. The SmartHub can’t connect to the camera. The camera can’t be
found, is out of range, or another connection error occurred.
• Alternating blue and amber. A rmware update or a reset is in progress.
Connect an optional Arlo Base Station with Siren
You can connect your camera directly to your home router’s 2.4 GHz WiFi network, or you
can connect your camera to an Arlo SmartHub or Base Station with siren. Your camera is
compatible with Base Station with Siren models VMB4500 and VMB4000. The base station
uses an Ethernet cable to connect to your router.
The Arlo app guides you through the steps to install and set up your base station.
1. Connect the base station to your router with
an Ethernet cable.
2. Connect the AC adapter to the base station
and plug it in.
The LED on the front of the base station lights.
LED
Base station with
siren VMB4500
Base station with
siren VMB4000