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
71SmartHub SD Card Storage
Pro 4 Spotlight Camera
User Manual
5. Remove the SD card from your SmartHub by pressing in on the edge of the card until it
ejects.
Do not interrupt power to the SmartHub or remove the SD card while unmounting the SD
card.
6. The SD card icon changes from amber
to gray indicating that no microSD card is in
the slot.
Arlo SD card recording is disabled until you insert another SD card.
View videos on a microSD card
To view Arlo videos saved on a microSD card, you must remove the microSD card from your
SmartHub and use a microSD card reader.
The microSD card reader can be part of your computer or a memory card reader with a USB or
micro USB connector. If you purchase an SD card reader, make sure that you choose one that
can read microSD cards.
1. Safely eject the microSD card.
For more information, see Safely eject an SD card on page 70.
2. Insert the microSD card into the slot in your card reader.
3. Wait for the microSD card to appear in the list of available drives on your computer, and
then open the drive folder to view the les on your microSD card.
4. Open the Arlo folder.
Recorded videos are saved in this folder in MP4 format. Video les are named according
to this system: camera serial number_video number_date_video clip tag. Dates are in the
format YYYYMMDD.
Note: If you’re unable to play MP4 les on your computer, update your media player soware
to the latest version and try again. You can also download a free universal multimedia player,
such as VLC.