Arlo Audio Doorbell User manual

December 2018
Arlo Technologies, Inc.
2200 Faraday Ave. Suite 150
Carlsbad, CA 92008 USA 202-11921-01
Arlo Audio Doorbell and Arlo Chime
User Manual

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Support
For product updates and web support, visit www.arlo.com/en-us/support.
Trademarks
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for reference purposes only.
Compliance
For regulatory compliance information including the EU Declaration of Conformity, visit www.arlo.com/about/regulatory/.
See the regulatory compliance document before connecting the power supply.

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Contents
1. Get to Know your Arlo Audio Doorbell 5
Get the Arlo app.....................................................................................................................................................................................5
Meet your Arlo Audio Doorbell.....................................................................................................................................5
Meet your Arlo Chime...................................................................................................................................................................6
Meet your base station............................................................................................................................................................6
Arlo cameras.................................................................................................................................................................................................6
2. Get started 7
View a tutorial video......................................................................................................................................................................7
Install and set up your Arlo devices in this order.....................................................................7
Insert the batteries into your doorbell.......................................................................................................7
Mount your Arlo Audio Doorbell without wiring..........................................................................8
Connect your Arlo Audio Doorbell to a traditional chime .......................................... 8
Attach the Arlo Audio Doorbell to the battery cover...................................................10
Install an Arlo Chime...................................................................................................................................................................10
Pair your doorbell to a chime.....................................................................................................................................11
3. Use your Arlo Audio Doorbell 12
Answer your doorbell from your smartphone.............................................................................12
Receive a call from your Arlo Audio Doorbell................................................................................12
Respond to a visitor with a Quick Reply.................................................................................................13
Manage your doorbell recordings.....................................................................................................................14
Set the doorbell volume......................................................................................................................................................15
Use the doorbell in silent mode.............................................................................................................................15
Turn o incoming calls from your doorbell .....................................................................................15
Control the sound of your Arlo Chime.......................................................................................................16
Pair your doorbell to a camera...............................................................................................................................17
Use your doorbell to trigger a camera to record video............................................17

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Set your chime to play a sound when a camera detects motion 18
Use the Arlo Audio Doorbell to trigger the base station siren 18
4. Manage your Arlo Devices 20
Manage your Arlo account.............................................................................................................................................20
Grant access to a friend.....................................................................................................................................................21
Update device software.....................................................................................................................................................21
Arlo Audio Doorbell LED.......................................................................................................................................................21
Reset the Arlo Audio Doorbell..................................................................................................................................22
Arlo Chime LED.....................................................................................................................................................................................22
Reset the Arlo Chime................................................................................................................................................................23
Add a device from another Arlo account.............................................................................................23
Remove a device from your Arlo account............................................................................................24
5. FAQs and Troubleshooting 25
Arlo Audio Doorbell is oine.......................................................................................................................................25
My traditional chime doesn’t ring ......................................................................................................................25
Not receiving calls.........................................................................................................................................................................25
6. Battery Safety 27

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1. Get to Know your Arlo Audio Doorbell
To use an Arlo Audio Doorbell, you need an Arlo base station. The Arlo Audio Doorbell
and Arlo Chime are compatible with Arlo Pro 2, Arlo Pro, or Arlo wire-free cameras. You
use the Arlo app to set up and manage all your Arlo devices and your Arlo account.
Get the Arlo app
Download the Arlo app. The Arlo app lets you create an Arlo account in the cloud
and set up and manage all your Arlo devices.
Note: If you already use the Arlo app, make sure that you’re using the latest version. To
find out if an update is available, go to the app store and search for Arlo.
Meet your Arlo Audio Doorbell
Answer your doorbell even when you’re not home. Combine your Arlo Audio
Doorbell and Arlo cameras to see who’s there. The Arlo Audio Doorbell calls your
smart phone or tablet to notify you when your doorbell is pressed. Your mobile
device uses an Internet connection to receive the call.

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Get to Know your Arlo Audio Doorbell
Meet your Arlo Chime
Your Arlo Chime alerts you when your Arlo Audio Doorbell is pressed. You can
customize the Arlo Chime melody and volume or turn o alerts for quiet time.
Meet your base station
Your base station connects to the Internet to access your Arlo account in the
cloud. The base station appearance varies, depending on the model.
Arlo cameras
Your Arlo Audio Doorbell works with Arlo Pro 2 cameras, Arlo Pro cameras, and Arlo
Wire-Free cameras.

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2. Get started
View a tutorial video
To view tutorial videos, find troubleshooting tips, or get support, visit
www.arlo.com/support.
Install and set up your Arlo devices in this order
The Arlo app guides you to add your devices to your Arlo account and provides
step-by-step instructions for installation and setup. Use the Arlo app to install your
Arlo devices in this order:
Your base station and cameras might look dierent from these examples.
For help with installation, see the quick start guide that came with your Arlo Audio
Doorbell and your Arlo Chime.
Insert the batteries into your doorbell
Your Arlo Audio Doorbell runs on battery power from two AA batteries. During
installation, the Arlo app guides you to insert the batteries.
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Mount your Arlo Audio Doorbell without wiring
Use this method if you’re not connecting the Arlo Audio doorbell to a traditional
chime.
1. Secure the battery cover on your wall using the screws we provide.
2. Attach the doorbell to the battery cover.
3. Secure the Arlo doorbell with the screw on the bottom of the battery cover.
Connect your Arlo Audio Doorbell to a traditional
chime
The Arlo Audio Doorbell is compatible with AC-powered mechanical and digital
chimes operating between 8-24 volts. The Arlo Audio Doorbell isn’t compatible with
wireless door chimes or any chime or intercom system using a DC transformer.
Set the chime switch
The chime switch is located inside the Arlo Audio Doorbell. This switch is only used
if you connect your Arlo Audio Doorbell to a traditional chime.

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The correct switch setting depends on whether you have a mechanical or a digital
chime.
Mechanical chimes usually make a sound like ding dong. Digital chimes can have a
variety of sounds; some can play tunes.
• If you have a mechanical chime, set the chime switch to position 2.
• If you have a digital chime, set the chime switch to position 1 or 3. During
installation, the Arlo app guides you to select the correction position.
During installation, the Arlo app guides you to set this switch. The quick start guide
that came with your doorbell also includes information about setting this switch.
Connect the doorbell battery cover to your existing chime
1. Turn o the power to your current doorbell at the breaker.
2. Remove your current doorbell.
3. Connect the wires coming out of the wall to the terminals on the back of the
Arlo doorbell battery cover with the screws we provide.
If the wires are too short, use the accessories we provide.
4. Feed the wires back into your wall.
5. Secure the Arlo battery cover to the wall using
the mounting screws.
6. Turn the power on at the breaker.
Battery cover
Wire screw
Current doorbell wires from
your wall (Either wire can
connect to either terminal.)

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Attach the Arlo Audio Doorbell to the battery cover
Follow the instructions in the Arlo app to install your doorbell (and connect a
traditional chime, if you use one) before you attach the battery cover.
1. Attach your doorbell to the battery cover.
2. Secure the Arlo doorbell with the screw on the bottom of the battery cover.
Install an Arlo Chime
You must use the app to install your Arlo Chime..
Note: You must use your chime indoors.
1. Plug your chime into a power outlet.
2. Use your app to set up your Arlo Chime and add it to your Arlo account.

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Pair your doorbell to a chime
You can pair your Arlo Audio Doorbell to an Arlo Chime. This is useful if your house is
large and you’re using more than one chime or have doorbells in the front and back
entrances. You can pair more than one doorbell to a single chime. You can also pair
more than one chime to a single doorbell.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings > My Devices.
3. Tap the doorbell.
4. Under PAIRED DEVICES, tap Add Chime.
5. Select the chime and tap Save.

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3. Use your Arlo Audio Doorbell
Your Arlo Audio Doorbell automatically detects motion.
Answer your doorbell from your smartphone
When a visitor presses your Arlo Audio Doorbell, your mobile device receives a voice
over IP (VoIP) call through an Internet connection. You must install the Arlo app on
your smartphone and you must be logged in to the Arlo app. The caller displays as
the name you gave to your Arlo Audio Doorbell. You can accept or decline the call
the same way you do for other calls that you receive on your smartphone.
When your smartphone rings, you can do the following:
• Accept the call and speak to your visitor.
• Answer the call with a quick reply. Select a recorded message for the
doorbell to play for the visitor.
• Decline the call. If a visitor presses your Arlo Audio Doorbell and you don’t
answer your smartphone after five rings, your doorbell prompts the visitor to
leave a message. If the visitor leaves a message, it is saved as a Doorbell audio
recording in your Arlo library.
If you want to receive the call on a dierent phone, you can log out of the Arlo app
on the first smartphone and log into the Arlo app on another smartphone or tablet.
To receive the call on multiple phones, you can create a grant access account (add
doorbell to the grant access account) and log in to the Arlo app using the grant
account on the other smartphone. (See Grant access to a friend on page 21.)
Receive a call from your Arlo Audio Doorbell
Note: If you don’t want to receive calls when a visitor presses the doorbell, you can select
Silent Mode for the doorbell and turn o incoming calls. (Open the Arlo app and tap the
doorbell to view or change these settings.)
¾To accept a call on your smartphone from your Arlo Audio Doorbell:
1. When you receive a call from the Arlo Audio Doorbell, tap Accept.
2. If you are prompted to allow Arlo to access the camera, tap OK.
The incoming call page displays. If you paired a camera to your doorbell, the
camera video is included.

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3. To talk to the visitor, speak into your phone as you normally do.
You can also tap a button to toggle between hands-free and earpiece mode,
play a quick reply message for the visitor, or mute your sound.
4. To toggle between hands-free and earpiece mode, tap the speaker button.
5. To play a quick reply message, tap the message icon and select a message from
the list.
6. To mute yourself so that the visitor does not hear sound, tap the microphone
button.
7. When you are finished, tap End.
Respond to a visitor with a Quick Reply
1. When you receive a call from the Arlo Audio Doorbell, tap Accept.
2. If you are prompted to allow Arlo to access the camera, tap OK.
The incoming call page displays. If you paired a camera to your doorbell, the
camera video is included.
3. To play a quick reply message, tap the message icon and select a message from
the list.
The messages are:
We will be right there.
Leave the package outside.
Sorry, I’m not interested.
Can I help you?
I’m busy right now.

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Listen to an audio message from a visitor
If a visitor leaves an audio message after pressing your doorbell, the message is
saved in your Arlo library.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Library.
3. Tap the doorbell recording.
Manage your doorbell recordings
If a visitor leaves an audio message after pressing your doorbell, the message is
saved in your Arlo library.
Download Recordings
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Library.
3. Tap the doorbell recording.
4. Tap the menu at the bottom of the page to open it.
5. Tap Download.
Make a Recording a Favorite
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Library.
3. Tap the doorbell recording.
4. Tap the menu at the bottom of the page to open it.
5. Tap Favorite.
Share Recordings
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Library.
3. Tap the doorbell recording.
4. Tap the menu at the bottom of the page to open it.
5. Tap Share.

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Donate Recordings for Research
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Library.
3. Tap the doorbell recording.
4. Tap the menu at the bottom of the page to open it.
5. Tap Donate.
Delete Recordings
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Library.
3. Tap the doorbell recording.
4. Tap the trash can icon and tap Continue to confirm.
Set the doorbell volume
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings > My Devices > Doorbell >Audio Settings.
3. Move the slider to adjust the volume.
Use the doorbell in silent mode
When your Arlo Audio Doorbell is in silent mode, calls and the chime are turned o.
You can still receive notifications when the doorbell is pressed.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap the doorbell.
3. Tap Silent Mode to toggle silent mode on and o.
Turn o incoming calls from your doorbell
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap the doorbell.
3. Tap Silent Mode to turn on Silent Mode.

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4. Tap Incoming call to toggle incoming calls on and o.
Note: You can also turn o the chime by toggling Chime on and o.
Control the sound of your Arlo Chime
Change the melody
You can listen to the available melodies and select the one that you prefer.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap or click Settings > My Devices.
3. Tap or click your Arlo Audio Doorbell.
4. Tap or click Melody > Chime Melody.
5. Tap or click a melody.
Adjust the volume
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap or click Settings > My Devices.
3. Tap or click your Arlo Audio Doorbell.
4. Tap Melody.
5. Adjust the volume using the Chime Volume slider.
Use silent mode to mute the Arlo Chime
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap or click your Arlo Audio Doorbell.
3. Move the Silent Mode slider to enable or disable silent mode.
Note: If you enable silent mode, but you still want your Arlo Chime to play a melody or
receive a phone call when someone presses your doorbell, move the individual sliders on
the Silent Mode page.

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Pair your doorbell to a camera
You can pair your doorbell with a specific Arlo camera. This is useful if you use more
than one camera and you want to trigger a certain camera when the doorbell is
pressed. Position your Arlo cameras to see who is at the door.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Settings > My Devices.
3. Tap the doorbell.
4. Under PAIRED DEVICES, tap Pair to Camera.
5. Select the camera and tap Save.
Use your doorbell to trigger a camera to record
video
When your doorbell detects motion, it automatically notifies the base station. You
can change this setting so that the doorbell triggers an Arlo camera to begin
recording.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap the Arlo Audio Doorbell.
3. Tap the menu on the upper-right corner of the page to open it.
4. Tap Motion settings.
5. To receive alerts when your doorbell detects motion, tap Motion Triggered
Alerts.
6. Tap Add Device.
By default, the Base Station is selected.
7. Tap Camera and then tap Next.
8. Tap Record video and then tap Next.
For the recording settings, you can choose one of these options:
• Record until activity stops (up to 300 sec)
• Record for a fixed length of time (then use the slider to select the
number of seconds from 10 to 120.)

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9. Tap Next
The Motion Settings page shows your settings in Then do the following.
10. Tap Done.
Set your chime to play a sound when a camera
detects motion
You can set up your chime to play a sound when your camera detects motion. The
camera must be in Armed mode or another mode in which it is active.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap Mode.
3. Tap Edit next to Armed.
4. Under Then do the following, tap Add Device.
5. Tap Chime and then tap Next.
6. Select an action for the chime to perform when the camera detects motion:
• Do nothing
• Sound the siren
• Simulate home presence
• Play a melody
7. Tap Next.
8. Use the slider to set the loudness and tap Next.
9. Tap Siren.
10. Select a Chime Melody (Siren, Home Ambience, or Dog Bark,) and tap Save.
Note: For more information about using modes, see the user manual for your camera.
Use the Arlo Audio Doorbell to trigger the base
station siren
When your Arlo Audio Doorbell detects motion, it automatically notifies the base
station. You can set up the doorbell to trigger the base station siren when the
doorbell detects motion. Because the siren is very loud, we recommend that you
use caution triggering the siren when someone might be close to the base station.

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Note: You can also use your Arlo Audio Doorbell to trigger your camera to record video
when the doorbell detects motion. For more information, visit How can I use my Arlo Audio
Doorbell to trigger my camera to record video?
¾To set up the doorbell to trigger the base station siren when it detects
motion:
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap the Arlo Audio Doorbell.
3. Tap the menu on the upper-right corner of the page to open it.
4. Tap Motion settings.
The base station is displayed in the Then do the following section.
5. Tap Turn siren ON.
6. Tap Edit .
7. Move the sliders to set the number of seconds for the siren and the volume.
8. Tap <to return to the Motion Settings page.
9. To receive alerts when your doorbell detects motion, tap Motion Triggered
Alerts.
10. Tap Done.
When your doorbell detects motion, your base station siren is triggered.

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4. Manage your Arlo Devices
Manage your Arlo account
When you use New Setup, the email address and password that you enter are saved as
your profile. You can change the password and the user name. Opening the Arlo app on
a mobile device automatically logs you in, but you can turn Auto Login o and on.
Change your password and user name
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap or click Settings.
3. Under Account, tap or click Profile.
4. If you’re using a smartphone, tap Edit at the top of the page.
5. Type the new entries in the password and name fields.
6. Tap or click Done.
Turn Auto Login on or o for a smartphone
When Auto Login is turned on, launching the Arlo app on your smartphone
automatically logs you in with the email address and password that you used the
last time you logged in.
1. Open the Arlo app.
2. Tap or click Settings.
3. Under Account, tap or click Profile.
4. Tap Auto Login.
Turn the Arlo app fingerprint ID login on and o
The Arlo app supports Touch ID®fingerprint identity sensors. If you’re using a
mobile device with this feature, you can turn the Arlo app Touch ID login on and o.
1. Open the Arlo app on your mobile device.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap Profile.
4. Tap Log in with Touch ID.