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
42Modes, Rules, and Alerts
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The device location displays as either In Zone, Out of Zone, or Unavailable (if
there’s an issue contacting that device).
7. To disable geofencing, tap the mobile device again.
The check mark disappears when geofencing is disabled.
For more information, see Set up geofencing on page 38.
Custom modes
You can add modes in addition to the modes that come with the Arlo app and give
the new modes custom names, such as Vacation. You can create one rule for each
mode.
You can create multiple rules within the same mode so that each camera performs
different actions and sends different alerts. You can also use Schedule mode to
activate modes automatically at different times of the day or week. (See Schedule your
camera rules on page 37.)
Add a mode
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Mode.
3. Tap the SmartHub.
4. Tap Add a Mode.
5. Enter the mode name and tap Next.
6. Select the trigger device and tap Next.
This is the camera that detects motion and/or sound.
7. Enter the trigger device settings for the When motion is detected and When
audio is detected sections and then tap Next.
8. Use the slider to set the motion sensitivity for the trigger device and tap Next.
Higher motion sensitivity settings usually trigger your camera to capture videos
more frequently.
9. Set the audio sensitivity for the trigger device and tap Next.
10. Select an action device and tap Next.