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Installing your Spotlight Cam Plus Solar

Safety and compliance information for Spotlight Cam Plus

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Install your Ring Spotlight Cam Plus Solar with this step-by-step process.

Install your Spotlight Cam Plus

Quick Start

1. Download and open the Ring app.

2. Select Set Up a Device.

3. Scan QR code with the Ring app.

Hardware included

  • Security screw for metal collar
  • Mounting screws
  • Wall anchors
Illustration of included installation hardware.

Tools needed

  • Phillips-head screwdriver
  • Drill (optional)

Remove protective film from device. This ensures your device works properly.

Remove the battery.

Twist the battery compartment counterclockwise to unlock and remove the cover.

Illustration of a Spotlight Cam with an arrow turning counter-clockwise around the battery cover and the cover away from the camera,  showing how to remove it.

Then, remove the battery and discard the orange battery insulator.

Charge the battery.

Plug it into a power source using the provided USB cable. While charging, your battery displays two coloured lights, a solid green and an amber light. Charge the battery until only the green light remains lit.

Illustration of a Quick Release Battery with an arrow pointing to the port and a USB cable behind the arrow showing where to plug it in to charge it.

Re-insert the battery.

Slide the battery back into the camera until it clicks into place.

Illustration showing how to insert the battery into the Spotlight Cam Pro or Plus.

Twist the battery compartment cover clockwise to lock it and tighten the security screw.

Image of Spotlight Cam with battery cover removed and blue arrow circling clockwise showing direction to twist cover to replace.

Choose a location with the view you want.

Your camera can be mounted on an outdoor wall, eave, or overhang.

Optimise motion detection.

Mount the camera about 1 metre from the middle of the entry point, and about 3 meters above the ground.

Illustration of a camera mounted 10 feet from the ground and 3 feet from the center of the doorway for proper distance. A blue arrow points up the sidewalk to a door and a blue area shows the zone.

If installing on a wall:

Your camera comes ready to mount, with the ball joint pointing down. No adjustments are needed before installation.

Illustration of a Spotlight Cam installed on a wall.

If installing on an eave or overhang:

Remove the battery compartment cover by twisting it counterclockwise and insert the ball joint plate with the ball joint pointing up.

Illustration of a Spotlight Cam mounted on an eave or overhang to show ball joint pointing up.

Remove the mounting plate.

Slide it down to remove it from the camera mount.

Illustration showing Stickup Cam mounting plate with blue arrow pointing down and away from the camera base to show removal.

Install the mounting plate.

For wall installation, the UP arrow should point up. For an eave or overhang, the arrow should point toward the area you want to monitor for motion.

If installing on a wood surface, screw the plate directly into the wall.

If installing on a masonry surface, mark four screw holes using the plate as a guide.

Drill pilot holes using a 6mm drill bit. Insert the included wall anchors, then drive the four mounting screws through the mounting plate into the wall anchors.

WARNING! Only use the included mounting screws when securing the mounting plate.

CAUTION! DO NOT drill into your home’s electrical wiring.

Illustration of a Spotlight Cam mounting bracket with an arrow on it pointing up.

Attach the camera mount.

Slide it onto the mounting plate.

Illustration of a Spotlight Cam mount on the wall and the base of the camera with an arrow pointing to the wall and down, showing how to slide the camera base onto the mount.

Then, tighten the security screw.

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Attach your camera to the camera mount.

Loosen the metal collar on the bracket using a Phillips-head screwdriver (not included).

Push the ball joint into the socket until it snaps into place.

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Adjust the camera angle.

Rotate the camera to focus on the area of your choice. Look at Live View in the Ring app to make sure it’s positioned at your desired angle.

Tighten the security screw.

Then, tighten the screw on the metal collar to secure the camera position.

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Install your Solar Panel

Choose an install location with the most direct sunlight.

If you are in the Northern Hemisphere, direct your Solar Panel toward the south. If you are in the Southern Hemisphere, direct your Solar Panel toward the north.

Make sure there is nothing blocking sunlight from your Solar Panel.

Hardware included

An illustration of a screw, a screw head with a plus, and an anchor labeled with an "A"; and a clip, a smaller screw, and an anchor labeled with "B" representing hardware included.
  • Mounting screws
  • Mounting anchors
  • Cable clips

Tools needed

  • Phillips-head screwdriver
  • Drill (optional)

Screw the bracket to the wall.

If mounting to brick, concrete or stucco, use wall anchors and 6mm drill.

A solar panel mounting bracket on a wall with a screwdriver and a dotted line showing how to secure it with the included mounting screws.

Slide the Solar Panel onto the bracket until it clicks into place.

The back of a solar panel with a USB-C cable extended and an arrow pointing to the mount showing how to slide it onto the bracket until it clicks into place.

Loosen the adjustment nut and adjust the positioning as required.

Illustration of a solar panel with an arrow circline up showing how to loosen the adjustment nut and adjust the positioning as needed for most direct sunlight.

Tighten the adjustment nut when positioned.

We recommend that the Solar Panel is at a 45 degree angle facing the sun.

Illustration of a solar panel mounted at a 45-degree angle and an arrow circling downward showing tightening the nut once positioned.

Wrap any spare cable round the cable holder, and clip the cable into one of the cable stops.

Illustration of the back of a solar panel showing the excess cable wrapped around the cable holder and clipped, with the USB-C adapter pointing up.

Connect your Solar Panel to your Spotlight Cam Plus, using the USB-C cable.

Illustration of a Spotlight Cam with a USB-C cable coming out of the solar panel and a blue arrow pointing toward the port on the camera, showing how to connect it.

Use the cable clips to secure the cable in place.

Illustration of a cable on a wall with a clip around it and a screw holding it in place, showing use of the cable clips to secure the cable in place.

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