User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. Get to Know Your Arlo Pro 3 Camera
- 2. Get Started
- Connect your SmartHub to the Internet
- The SmartHub LED
- Use the Arlo app for installation and setup
- Insert the battery into your camera
- The camera battery
- The Arlo Pro 3 Camera LED
- Tips for optimal WiFi performance
- Magnetic mount
- Install the Arlo Outdoor Mount
- Connect your camera to the Arlo solar panel (sold separately)
- Your Arlo Pro 3 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 Pro 3 Basics
- 4. Image Quality Features
- 5. 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
- Manage alerts
- Schedule your camera rules
- Set up Arlo Geofencing
- Geofencing with multiple mobile devices
- Detect audio alarms with your Pro 3 Camera
- 6. Change Your Settings
- 7. USB Storage
- 8. Arlo Connect
- 9. FAQs and Troubleshooting
- 10. Rechargeable battery safety
17Get Started
Pro 3 Wire-Free Security Camera System
User Manual
To monitor motion occurring farther away,
such as children playing on a lawn, aim
the camera higher to frame the area within
the lower two-thirds of the image.
It’s best to position the camera so that
motion is moving from side-to-side across
its eld of view rather than directly toward
or away from the camera. Also, though the
camera can detect motion up to 25 feet
(7.6 meters) away, the best area for motion
detection is 5 to 20 feet (1.5 to 6 meters)
from the camera position.
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 buffering. 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 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.