topic Re: batteries are already down to 36% in Arlo

batteries are already down to 36%

Traveler357 — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 16:55:33 GMT

I just purchased and installed 5 cameras Wednesday evening and the batteries are already down to 36%. I was expecting far longer battery life. As I'm sitting on hold waiting for support to see if this is normal or if I have an issue I'm starting to see it's more like normal.

Re: batteries are already down to 36%

jguerdat — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 16:55:49 GMT

How many total minutes of recording and live view have each had? Also, what are the WiFi indicators showing? If all camed as a red showing this, try mocking the base in case there's 2.4GHz interference nearby.

Might be worth a system reset, too. Remove everything from Settings, My Devices and used the Add Device button to add the base and sync the cameras.

Re: batteries are already down to 36%

Traveler357 — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 16:56:06 GMT

My WiFi strength is full, I can't even change from the default 10 second recordings. I know now not to watch the cameras live.

Re: batteries are already down to 36%

manfredz — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 18:34:40 GMT

Is the reason you can't change the recording length (up to 120sec), that you don't know the steps required (they're posted regularly), or you can;t get into the appropriate screens (i'd then suggest a different browser if trying on computer, doing on computer if trying on phone, or rebooting the base station if still doesn't work.

A common mistake people make when changing length is to not save the change (its not very intuitive, save button is on previous screen at bottom)

Re: batteries are already down to 36%

Techlore — Sat, 02 Sep 2017 04:17:57 GMT

You may know this already, but there are rechargable batteries available for the Arlo, that will help so you aren't wasting batteries/money.