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
25Arlo Ultra Basics
Ultra Series 4K UHD Wire-Free Security Camera System
User Manual
Use Talk and Listen
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap the camera feed image.
3. Tap Talk and Listen
.
4. The rst time you use Talk and Listen, allow Arlo to use your phone’s microphone.
5. Tap the microphone button.
Two-way audio automatically opens, allowing you to use Talk and Listen.
Turn the camera spotlight on and o
You can use your Arlo Ultra camera spotlight at night for better video quality. When your
camera is armed and detects motion at night the spotlight turns on automatically. You can
also adjust the spotlight behavior and turn it on and o manually through the Arlo app.
Turn the spotlight on and o from the camera feed
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap the camera feed.
3. Tap Spotlight
.
4. To adjust the brightness, tap and hold the icon and adjust the slider.
5. To turn o the spotlight, tap Spotlight
.
For information about how to customize the spotlight settings, see Customize the camera
spotlight settings on page 61.
Turn the camera siren on and o
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Siren
on the upper right.
3. Tap Activate Siren.
If you have multiple Arlo Ultra cameras, you are prompted to select one.
4. Swipe the siren icon to the right.
The camera siren turns on.