How do I Position My Arlo Wire-Free Camera?

Distance guiding principles for maximum distance: As per the guidelines, listed below is the official instruction for achieving maximum distance, Position your Arlo wire-free camera at a distance of 300 feet (90 meters) from the base station.

The largest length of the space between the Arlo camera and the base station that is allowed is 300 feet (90 meters). Every single wall, ceiling, or any other primary obstruction between the camera and base station cuts down the maximum line-of-sight range by three hundred feet.

The Materials Specified Below Drive Down the Strength of the Signal the Most:

1. Exceptionally impenetrable walls and ceilings
2. Brick slabs
3. Concrete material
4. Stone
5. Ceramic objects
6. Glass, in particular, mirrors
7. Metal
8. Enormous levels of water, like the quantity of water in a fish tank or water heater

It is crucial to examine the camera LED on the base station; if it radiates in amber colour, then the base station senses a low data rate; this action makes it clear that the Arlo camera is exceptionally far from the base station.

Distance Guiding Principles for a Minimum Distance:

As per the guidelines, listed below is the official instruction for achieving minimum distance:

1. Position your Arlo wire-free camera at a distance of ten feet from the SmartHub or base station.
2. Permit a minimum of 6.5 feet (2 meters) between Arlo wire-free cameras.

Positioning Guidelines of Arlo wire-free Camera:

Abide by the following positioning guidelines to stop meddling of Wi-fi signals of different gadgets.

1. Make sure that your Arlo camera isn’t viewing through glass or other see-through objects.
2. If you make your Arlo camera take aim at objects through a glass, plastic, or a mirror, then its motion sensor performance diminishes.
3. Retain active locations in the camera's field of view.
4. Place your Arlo camera in such a way that the zone you want to observe falls in the camera's field of view.
5. Take aim through the cloud.
6. Employ your Arlo camera’s Position mode to despatch video to the cloud as quickly as possible.
7. When you do this action, you get to aim the camera while observing the video feed on your Arlo smartphone app; when you execute this step, you can make close real-time adjustments in the camera's position.
8. Lift your Arlo camera.
9. In the beginning, set up your Arlo motion-detection camera, at least 7 feet (2.1 meters) above the floor.
10. Later, point it in the downward direction for the most exceptional sensor performance.
11. Confirm that side-to-side traffic criss-crosses Arlo's field of view.

Arlo's motion sensor is extra-sensitive to side-to-side movement from corner to corner in its field of view rather than a direct shift in the direction of the Arlo camera or away from it.
 
The most advantageous area for motion detection is five feet to twenty feet (1.5 to 6 meters) from the Arlo camera spot.

How do I Use Position Mode to Aim My Arlo Camera?

In Position mode, you can rapidly view what your Arlo camera observes. If your Arlo camera is in the Position mode, then you are confident that your Arlo wire-fre camera is set in such a spot that makes it easy to scrutinise your desired range.

However, be aware that you can access the Position mode only when your camera is not:

1. Streaming
2. Recording motion
3. In a mode that embraces motion detection

To Place Your Arlo Camera in the Position Mode:

Step 1 : First, either start the Arlo app or log in to your Arlo account at my.arlo.com.

Step 2 : Later, click Settings > My Devices.

Step 3 : Select the camera that you want to put in Position mode.

Step 4 : Next, click Device Utilities > Camera Positioning.

Step 5 : The camera begins streaming video. Know that the Position mode streams video as fast as possible, minus buffering; it does this step so that you get to aim your camera when watching a smartphone or PC and can knock together real-time adjustments to the camera position. What this step suggests is that you may get to view an inferior quality video in Position mode.

Step 6 : Fine-tune the camera till you receive a suitable view of the region that you are interested in recording.

Step 7 : In case you receive an unacceptable view of the region that you are interested in recording, either change the position of the Arlo camera or camera mount and make another attempt.