User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. Get to Know Your Ultra 2 Camera
- 2. Get Started
- Use the Arlo app for installation and setup
- Connect your SmartHub to the Internet
- Connect a Base Station with Siren
- Insert the battery into your camera
- The camera battery
- The Arlo Ultra Camera LED
- Tips for optimal WiFi performance
- Magnetic mount
- Install the Arlo Outdoor Mount
- Install an Anti-Theft Mount
- Connect your camera to the Arlo solar panel (sold separately)
- Your Arlo Ultra camera’s field of view
- Position your camera to detect motion in specific areas
- Test motion detection
- Arm your camera to detect motion
- 3. Arlo Ultra Basics
- 4. Access your Arlo account
- 5. Ultra Image Quality Features
- 6. Modes, Rules, and Alerts
- Modes
- 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
- Add a rule with a base station siren trigger
- Manage alerts
- Schedule your camera rules
- Set up Arlo Geofencing
- Geofencing with multiple mobile devices
- Custom modes
- Detect audio alarms with your Ultra camera
- 7. Change Your Arlo Settings
- 8. Use SD Card Storage
- 9. USB Storage
- 10. Arlo Connect
- 11. FAQs and Troubleshooting
- FAQs
- Battery FAQs
- The Arlo app doesn’t recognize my device
- Troubleshoot two-step verification
- Activity zones and CVR aren’t working
- Troubleshoot Arlo Geofencing
- Can’t see video streams in a browser
- WiFi signal interference
- Not receiving push notification alerts
- Arlo Smart Alarm Detection isn’t working
- Verify that the SmartHub or base station is online
- The SmartHub or base station is offline
- Reset the SmartHub to factory settings
- Reset a Base Station to factory settings
- 12. Rechargeable Battery Safety
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Ultra Series 4K UHD Wire-Free Security Camera System
User Manual
Use camera positioning to aim your camera
Camera positioning is available only when the camera is not streaming, recording motion, or
using the Motion Detection test. During camera positioning, the camera streams video as fast
as possible, without buering. You can aim your camera while watching on your smartphone
and making near real-time adjustments to the camera position. This means that you might
see lower-quality video while you are positioning your camera.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings > My Devices.
3. Select the camera.
4. Tap Device Utilities > Camera Positioning.
The camera starts streaming video. The signal strength bar indicates the WiFi signal that
your Arlo Ultra camera is receiving at its current location.
Test motion detection
You can use the motion detection test to nd the right motion sensitivity setting for each
camera.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings > My Devices.
3. Select the camera.
4. Tap Device Utilities > Motion Detection Test.
5. Move in front of the camera.
During this test, the camera LED blinks amber when motion is detected.
6. Move the slider to adjust the motion sensitivity level as needed.
7. Edit the rule for your camera to enter the motion sensitivity level that you want to use. See
Change motion sensitivity on page 45.
Arm your camera to detect motion
You control when your camera detects motion and the rules it uses to record and alert you
by selecting a mode. The Arlo app comes with four modes, Armed, Disarmed, Schedule,
and Geofending. You can customize each mode and you can also create custom modes. For
information about how to do this, see 5. Modes, Rules, and Alerts on page 43.