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Arlo pro 2 screw outside?

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Whiskey02
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This is ridiculous I'm about to return it.
The magnetic attachment makes it too easy to be stolen.
And the sensors don't work through glass which I was not told before buying this! What a waste of money.
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dcfox1
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You could use the adjustable mount that screws in to the cam instead of magnetic mount. 

Who did not tell you t will not work through glass?

Whiskey02
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That’s good to know that I can purchase an adjustable mount to screw into.

i just noticed the notification never goes off when people walk past the camera from the outside through the window the camera cannot sensor it to me to notify me. 
so I googled it and it appears the motion sensor doesn’t work through windows. Not many cameras do at all which I never knew about. 

TomMac
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Most of the Arlo cameras use PIR devices to detect motion...they use IR which most glass blocks. Therefore the cameras don’t detect.

 

The Q cameras ( and baby ) use pixel change to detect, so work thru glass.

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dcfox1
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I was just typing that tom you beat me to it heh. 

Whiskey02
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I have the Arlo pro 2. Can I change its settings to make it pixel? Or what is (baby). 
should I just get a new camera that has pixel?

Whiskey02
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And thank you for your help here. 
I didn’t know people would see my post. I’ve never been in a forum like this before!

dcfox1
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He was talking about the Arlo Q cam and Arlo baby cam both on Arlo's product page under indoor cams. 

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