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
70SmartHub SD Card Storage
Pro 4 Spotlight Camera
User Manual
2. Tap SmartHub/Base Station/Bridge
3. Select the SmartHub.
4. Tap Storage Settings > Best Local Recording.
Change the SD card overwrite setting
By default, if the SD card lls up, the oldest Arlo recording is erased to make room for new
recordings. Files on the SD card that aren’t in the Arlo folder aren’t deleted to make room
for Arlo recordings. You can change the setting so that no Arlo recordings are automatically
erased.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Base Station & Bridge > Storage Settings.
3. Tap Overwrite Automatically.
The overwrite setting toggles o and on.
Format a microSD card
Your SmartHub accepts micro SD cards, SDHC or SDXC only, le format FAT32. The Arlo app
displays a message to let you know if you need to format the SD card. The SmartHub can
format the SD card.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap SmartHub/Base Station/Bridge > Local Storage.
3. Tap the red Format SD Card button.
Safely eject an SD card
It’s important to safely remove the microSD card from your SmartHub. If you remove an
SD card while information is being recorded on it, the SD card might become permanently
unusable or the les on the card might be corrupted.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap SmartHub/Base Station/Bridge > Local Storage.
3. Tap Safely Eject SD Card.
4. Wait for the Unmounting SD Card progress message to close.