A:AnswerYou can connect your Arlo Essential wire-free camera to a VMB5000, VMB4540, VMB4500, or VMB4000 SmartHub or base station. You can stream up to a theoretical maximum of 15 Arlo cameras at the same time, but this is dependent on your system set up and your Arlo Smart plan. Additionally, you might not be able to stream from all five cameras per SmartHub or base station if your WiFi network has limited bandwidth or if you are uploading other files while Arlo is streaming.
A:AnswerMy understanding is Arlo is going out of business...a spin-off from Netgear. Best Buy sales was not helpful in telling me whether or not this was a good system for me. I don't think the tech really knew whether or not it would work. It didn't. Apparently too many signals in this area, not a strong enough router (even though I can get on the internet in the front of the house on my cell phone and my laptop....out in the middle of the street) Arlo Spotlight Wireless was the purchase. Don't think you should rely on Best Buy to help you unless maybe you use one of their installers and they install it withing the 15 day return policy to make sure it works by then. I didn't use their installers because at the time I didn't know they did their own installers and I didn't find one that was familiar with this system soon enough to know one way or the other whether it would work. Had to take it back and only got store credit. Bummer.
A:AnswerThere are number of factors that could affect the battery cycle count. Please check this link to learn more : https://kb.arlo.com/1050860/. ^RM
A:AnswerThe battery in your Essential wire-free camera is fully integrated and cannot be removed. You can recharge the Essential wire-free camera with the indoor charging cable that came in the package with the camera.
A:AnswerYes it does! 4 swivel head mounting brackets like pictured. The batteries do not come out for charging. Seems they traded what was the essentially needed functions for not necessary nonsense. Lol. Hope this helps. Good luck. Don't give up. It is intricate when it comes to thr app.
A:AnswerThey record motion only. Since they are battery operated you have to recharge them every 7 to 10 days according to how much motion it records
I love my 3 cameras and highly recommend
A:AnswerYes. We offer 3 different mounts that are compatible with the Arlo Essential Spotlight Camera: Outdoor Security Mount (VMA1000), Adjustable Indoor/Outdoor Short Mount (VMA1001-11100S) and the Outdoor Mount (VMA4000). Check out our Arlo accessories page for additional information: https://www.arlo.com/en-us/products/accessories.aspx ^KN
A:AnswerYes, I added the Arlo Essential to already loaded app. If you are using a base station you may be limited to number of devices that can be added to station. The one I have is limited to how many cameras that can be on there (5)
A:AnswerYou may add as many cameras as you need in one Arlo account. Please make sure that the locations where you plan to mount the cameras has good connection from your router. ^RM
