GoPro CHDHX-401 User manual

USER MANUAL

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The Ba sics

Getting Started

Camera Status Screen

Camera Icons

Camera Menus

Camera Modes

Navigating Settings Menus

Video Mode

Photo Mode

Multi-Shot Mode

Playback Mode

Setup Mode

Conn ecting to the GoPro App

Transferring Files to a Computer

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Protune

Battery

Important Messages

Camera Housing

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Using the Mounts

Frequently Asked Questions

Customer Support

Trademarks

Regulatory Information

/ The Basic s

1. Camera Status Light (red)

2. Shutter/Select Button [ ]

3. Wireless Status Light (blue)

4. Camera Status Screen

5. Power/Mode But ton [ ]

6. Micro HDMI Por t (cable not included)

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7. microSD Card Slot (microSD card not included)

8. Mini-USB Port (supp orts composite A /C cable/3.5mm stereo mic adapter, not included)

9. Audio Alert

10. Microphone

11. HERO Port

12. Settings/Tag Button [ ]

13. Battery Door

Slim housing surfboard mount installation

Slim housing remove camera

Slim housing insert camera

Slim housing closed Swapping housing doors

Quick Release Buckle + Thumb Screw + Slim housing = Complete Unit

/ Getting Started/ Getting Started

CHARGING THE BATTERY

1. Remove the cam era from its housing.

4. Charge the b attery by conne cting the c amera to a com puter or other USB charging a dapter usin g the includ ed USB cable. The came ra status light tur ns on durin g charging a nd turns oﬀ when charging is complete.

NOTICE: Using a wall charger other than a GoPro Wa ll Charger c an damage the GoPro batter y. Only use charger s marked: output 5 V

2. Remove the ca mera side door and i nsert a mic roSD card (so ld separately). The card must have a C lass 10 or UHS-1 rating and a capa city up to 64 GB. Visit gopro.com/support for the li st of recommended SD cards.

1A. If you do n ot know the voltage a nd current o f your charge r, use the in cluded USB c able to charge the camer a from your com puter.

When c harging with a comp uter, be sure that t he computer i s connecte d to a power sour ce. If the camera status li ght does not turn o n, use a diﬀerent USB po rt.

The in cluded lit hium-ion batter y comes par tially charged. No damage occurs to the came ra or batter y if used pri or to a full charge.

PRO TIP: With the Dual Battery Charger, you can charge your b attery

3. Open the bottom door, insert the battery and then close the bo tto m do or.

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outside of the cam era. For details , visit gopro.com.

For more batte ry information, see Battery.

WARNING: Us e cautio n when usin g your GoPr o as part o f your active l ifest yle. Alway s be aware of yo ur surro undings t o avoid injury t o yoursel f and other s. Abid e by all loca l laws when u sing your GoPr o and relat ed mounts a nd access ories.

/ Getting Started

CAMERA SOFTWARE UPDATES

To get the latest features and be st perfor mance from your HERO4 came ra, make sure you are using th e most curre nt camera so ware. You can update your cam era soware via th e GoPro App or GoPro sow are. For more information , visit gopro.com/getstarted.

CAMER A DEFAULT SET TINGS

The HER O4 Black ca mera powers up with the fol lowing default settings:

Video 1080p30 SuperView

Photo 12MP, Wide Field of View (FOV)

Multi-Shot Burs t option (set to 3 0 photos in 1 sec ond)

QuikCapture Oﬀ

Wireless Oﬀ

PRO TIP: To open th e settings m enu for the current mode, p ress the Settings/Tag button [

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POWERING ON + OFF

To Power On:

Press the Power/Mode button [ ] once. T he camera s tatus light s (red) ﬂ ash three ti mes and the sound indic ator emits three beeps. When the ca mera statu s screen display s informati on, your cam era is on.

To Power Oﬀ:

Press and ho ld the Power/Mode button [ ] for t wo seconds. The came ra status lights (r ed) ﬂash several times a nd the sound indicator emits seven beeps.

PRO TIP: When the camer a is oﬀ and QuikC apture is en abled, you c an turn t he camera on and immediately begin captur ing video or T ime Laps e photos just by press ing the Shutter/Select but ton [ once for video, press and h old for Time Lapse photos. Press again t o stop re cording and power oﬀ the c amera. For d etails, see QuikCapture in Setup Mod e.

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/ Getting Started

/ Camera Status Screen

INSERTING + REMOVING MICROSD CARDS

The HER O4 Black ca mera is comp atible with 4 GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB capacity microSD, microSDHC and microSDXC memory card s (sold separately). You must us e a microSD ca rd with a Class 10 or a UHS-1 ratin g. (For a list of t he recomme nded SD car ds, visit gopro.com/support.) GoP ro recommends using brand na me memor y cards fo r maximum rel iability i n high-vibr ation activities.

To Insert th e microSD Card: To Remove the microSD Card:

Your HERO4 Black features a status screen that dis plays the followi ng infor mation abo ut modes and setti ngs

1. Camera Modes/FOV (ﬁeld of view)

2. Camera Settings

3. Resolution/fps (frames per s econd)

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4. Protune

5. Number of Files Captured

6. Time/Storage/Files

7. Wireless

8. Battery Life

Slide the memor y card into the card slot with the la bel facing the front of the ca mera.

When fully inserted, the card clicks into place.

Place your ﬁngernail ag ainst the ed ge of the memory card and lightly press it f urther into the camera.

The card spr ings out far enoug h

Note: The ico ns that appear o n the camera stat us screen var y by mode.

to be rem oved.

NOTICE: Use care wh en handlin g memory c ards. Avoid liquids, dus t and debris. As a precaution, power oﬀ the ca mera before inser ting or re moving the ca rd. Check manuf acturer gu idelines regard ing use in acceptable temperature ranges.

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/ Camera Icons

Auto Low L ight

Auto Oﬀ

Beeps

Burst Photos

Color

Continuous Photos

Date/Time

Default Mod e

Delete

Exposure Value Compensation

Field of View

Frame s Per Second

Interval

ISO Limit

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LEDs

Looping

Megapixels

Multi-Shot Mode

Night Lapse

Night Photo

On-Screen Display

Orientation

Photo Mode

Playback Mode

Protune

QuikCapture

Rate

Setup Mode

Sharpness

Shutter

Single Photo

Spot Meter

Time Lapse

Touch Display

Video

Vide o + Photo

Video Format

Video Mode

Video Resolution

White Balance

Wireless

/ Camera Menus/ Camera Menus

Camera

Reset

*Playba ck appears on ly if the camera is co nnected to a T V or LCD Touch BacPac (sold sep arately).

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/ Camera Modes

/ Navigating Settings Menus

The HER O4 Black fea tures sever al camera modes . To c ycle through the modes, p ress the

These modes appear:

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Power/Mode button [

Video Record video

Photo Capture a single ph oto

Multi-Shot

Playback Play b ack videos and ph otos

Setup Adjust general camera settings

Capt ure a series of p hotos (Ti me Lapse, Burst, et c.)

] repeatedly

Each camera mod e has its own settings menu.

TO NAVIGATE SETTINGS MENUS:

1. Verif y that the cam era is in the desired came ra mode. If an icon for that mo de does not appear o n the camer a status scr een, press t he Power/Mode button [ ] repea tedly until it appears.

2. Press the Settings/Tag button [ ] to open the settings menu for that mode.

3. Use the Power/Mode button [

4. Press the Shutter/Select button [ withi n a setting. To select a n option, leave the option hi ghlighted when you move to a nother screen.

5. To g o back to the pr evious screen or ex it the settings menu, pre ss the Settings/Tag button [

] to cyc le through the settings .

] to cyc le through the options

/ Video Mode / Video Mode

Video mode contains three ca pture modes: Vide o, Video + Photo and Video Looping.

Capture Mode Description

Video (default) Captures video.

Simultane ously captures both video and photos. You can set the camera to capt ure a

Vide o + Photo

photo at selec ted inter vals while you record vide o. For detail s, see Video + Photo Interva ls in this section.

Lets yo u continuou sly record and save only the be st moments , which hel ps to conser ve space on your microSD card. You must

Looping

select an in terval. Loopin g is availab le only

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if Protune

Note: Loopin g is not availab le in high-per formance vid eo modes. For detail s, see High-Per formance Vid eo Modes an d Camera Temperatures.

is turned oﬀ.

PRO TIP: Easily create epic GoP ro-style v ideos usin g free

CAPTURING VIDEO

1. Press the

Power/Mode button [ ] repea tedly until yo u get to

Video mode.

2. If necessa ry, select a diﬀer ent video ca pture mode ( Video, Video + Photo, or Video Loop ing):

a. Press the Settings/ Tag button [

] to open t he settin gs menu.

b. Press the Shutter/Select butto n [ ] repeatedly until you get

to the desired capture mod e.

c. Press the Settings/Tag button [

] to close the settings menu. The ic on for the sele cted capt ure mode app ears in the upper le on your camera st atus screen.

3. Press the Shutter/Select butto n [

]. The c amera beeps once

and th e camera st atus lights ﬂash w hile the cam era is recor ding.

4. To stop ca pturing, p ress the Shutter/Select butto n [

]. The c amera

status lights ﬂa sh three times and the cam era beeps three ti mes.

If the memor y card is ful l or the battery is out of power, your camera autom atically stops re cording. Your v ideo is save d before the camera

pow ers oﬀ. GoPro soware. Lea rn more and d ownload th is soware a t gopro.com/getstarted.

PRO TIP: When the camer a is oﬀ and QuikC apture is en abled, you

can tu rn the came ra on and immediately beg in capturi ng video jus t

by pres sing the Shutter/Select bu tton [

]. Pres s again to stop

recording a nd power oﬀ th e camera. Fo r details, see Setu p Mode.

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/ Video Mode / Video Mode

VIDEO SETTINGS

Three capture mod es are available for Video mode: Video, Video

+ Photo a nd Video Looping. The ca pture mode that you select

deter mines the Video settings that a ppear in the rest of the menu.

For instructions on how to change the following settings, se e

Navigating Settings Menus.

PRO TIP: To open th e settings m enu for the current mode, p ress the

HILIGHT TAGGING

You can mark spe ciﬁc moments in your video as th ey happen wi th HiLight Tags. HiLight Tags make it easy to ﬁnd th e best highl ights to share.

You can ad d tags with yo ur camera, the GoP ro App, or the S mart Remote (s old separa tely). Tags are visi ble during p layback i n the GoPro A pp or GoPro so ware.

PRO TIP: In the app, tap the s creen during playba ck to displa y the HiLight Tags on the p rogress bar.

To Add a HiLight Tag with Your Camera: While recording video, p ress the Settings/Tag button [

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Settings/Tag button [

INTERVAL

The Interv al setting a pplies to Video + Ph oto and Looping.

Inter val determines t he amount of ti me that pass es between

each captured frame.

Video + Photo Intervals

Availa ble intervals for Vid eo + Photo range from 5-60 se conds.

The quality of the photo depends on the selected video resolution

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/ Video Mode

Looping Intervals Availa ble intervals for Looping are 5, 20, 60 and 120 minutes. For examp le, if you sele ct a 5-minut e interval , only the pr evious 5 minu tes is save d when you sto p recordin g. If you recor d for 5 minutes and do not press the Shutter/Select butt on [ the ca mera begin s a new 5-minu te interval by recordin g over your previ ous 5 minutes of footage.

You can al so selec t max video a s the inter val. Wit h this option , the came ra records unt il the memor y card is full, then over writes th e content.

Note: To use Loopin g, be sure that you r microSD card has s uﬃcient space.

PRO TIP: Multiple chapter ﬁles are w ritten to your memory card so that small segments of content c an be overw ritten dur ing loop recording . When viewing thi s content on a compute r, y ou see separ ate ﬁles for each time seg ment. Use GoP ro soware to comb ine the ﬁles into a longer vi deo.

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] to stop recording a nd save,

RESOLUTION, F PS AND FOV

The HER O4 Black in cludes the v ideo resolution s listed below.

Video Resolution

4K SuperView 24/24 Ultra Wide 3 840 x216 0, 16:9

2.7K

2.7K SuperView 30/25 Ultra Wide 2704x1520, 16:9

2.7K 4:3 30/25 Ultra Wide 2704x2028, 4:3

144 0p

108 0p

NTSC/ PAL

30/25 24/24

48/50 30/25 24/24

80/80 60/50 48/48 30/25 24/24

120/120 90/90

FOV Screen Resolution

Ultra W ide 38 40 x2160 , 16: 9

Ultra W ide, Medium

Ultra W ide 1920x1440, 4:3

Ultra W ide, Narrow

2704x1520, 16:9

192 0x1080 , 16:9

/ Video Mode

Video Resolution

108 0p

1080p SuperView

960p

720p

720p SuperView

WVGA 240/240 Ultra Wide 848x480, 16:9

PRO TIP: To open th e settings m enu for the current mode, p ress the Settings/Tag button [

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NTSC/ PAL

60/50 48/48 30/25 24/24

80/80 60/50 48/48 30/25 24/24

120/120 60/50

120/120 60/50 30/25

120/120 60/50

FOV Screen Resolution

Ultra W ide, Medium, Narrow

Ultra W ide 192 0x1080 , 16:9

Ultra W ide 1280x960, 4:3

Ultra W ide, Medium, Narrow

Ultra W ide 1280x720, 16:9

192 0x1080 , 16:9

1280x720, 16:9

High-Performance Video Modes and Camera Temperatures

The HER O4 Black fea tures uniqu e high-per formance video modes:

4K30/24, 4K24 Su perView, 2.7K4 8/50, 2.7K30 SuperView, 2.7K 4:3,

1440p80, 1080p120/90, 960p120 and 720p120. When using these

vide o modes, it is norma l for the came ra to become w arm and use

more power.

Using these high-performance modes in higher temperatures

decr eases camera recording time. In addition, lack of air ﬂow around

the ca mera, usin g the camera with the GoPr o App, or in combination

with BacPa c accessories f urther in creases ca mera tempe rature and

power consumption, and d ecrease s camera recordi ng time.

If the camera gets too hot, a message appears on the screen

indicating that the camera is shutting down. The camera stops

recording , saves your video, disconnec ts from the GoPro App,

and powers oﬀ. If t his happen s, let your camera si t and cool befo re

attem pting to use it a gain.

For extende d recordin g time in high- performance video modes,

capture sho rter video clips w hen in stationar y use, and/or limit you r

use of feature s that increa se power con sumption, s uch as the GoP ro

App or B acPac acc essories . To control y our camera r emotely at hig her

tempe ratures, use the GoPro remote instead of the GoP ro App.

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