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
47Modes, Rules, and Alerts
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User Manual
Add a rule with a base station siren trigger
Only cameras connected to a Base Station wtih Siren VMB4000 or VMB4500 can trigger the
siren.
Note: Arlo Ultra Cameras include a siren. For information about the camera siren, see Turn
the camera siren on and o on page 25.
To add a rule with a base station siren trigger:
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Mode.
3. Tap the base station.
4. Tap Edit
next to the mode.
5. Under Rules, select the camera.
6. Select the Turn Siren ON check box.
7. Tap Sound Alarm.
8. Move the sliders to the desired level for Siren Duration and Siren Loudness.
9. Tap Edit
next to the rule.
10. Tap Done.
Note: This rule isn’t active until you activate the mode to which you added the siren trigger.
Manage alerts
Arlo can push notications to your smartphone, send you email alerts, or do both. To receive
Arlo notications on your phone, you must install the Arlo app on your phone.
Note: If you log out of the Arlo app on your smartphone or mobile device, you will stop
receiving push notications.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Mode.
3. Tap the SmartHub.
4. Tap Edit
next to the mode.