GoPro HERO4 Black 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

Troubleshooting

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 /V 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.

2. Remove the ca mera side door and i nsert a mic roSD card (so ld separately). The card must have a minimu m rating of Class 10 or UHS-I, and a ca pacity up t o 64GB. Visit gopro.com/support for the list of G oPro-teste d microSD ca rds.

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.

WARNING: Us ing a wall ch arger oth er than a GoP ro Wall Charger can dama ge the GoP ro batter y and could result in ﬁ re or leaka ge. Only use c hargers ma rked: output 5V 1A. I f you do not know the voltage a nd current o f your charger, use the in cluded USB c able to charge t he camer a from your c omputer.

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 tu rn on, us e a diﬀerent USB p ort.

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.

For more batte ry information, see Battery.

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

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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.

Abide by a ll local l aws when us ing your Go Pro and rel ated mount s and accessories, including all privacy laws, which may restrict recordi ng in certa in areas.

/ 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 camer a powers up wit h the follow ing defaul t settings:

Video 108 0p60

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 [ ] on ce. The came ra status lights (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 two secon ds. 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.

/ Getting Started

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/ Getting Started

/ Camera Status Screen

INSERTING + REMOVING MICROSD CARDS

The HERO4 Black camera is compatible with microSD, microSDHC, and mi croSDXC memor y cards with a capacity up to 6 4GB (sold separately). You must use a micr oSD card wit h a minimum rat ing of Clas s 10 or UHS-I. (For a list of the GoPro -tested microSD ca rds, visit gopro.com/support.) GoPro re commends using b rand name 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 agains t the ed ge of the memory card and lightly press it further 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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Language

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 set tings menu f or 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 fou r capture modes: Video, T ime Lapse Video, Vide o + Photo and Video Looping .

Capture Mode Description

Video (default) Captures video.

Creates video from frames captured at speciﬁc intervals. Time Lapse Video is

Time Lapse V ideo

available o nly in 4K and 2.7K 4:3 resolutions. Time Lapse Video is captured without audio.

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, Auto Low L ight, and Spot Meter a re

Protune not availab le in this capture mode.

Simultane ously captures both video and photos. You can set the camera to capture 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

Looping

space on your microSD card. You must select an in terval. P rotune i s not available in this capture mode.

Note: Loopin g is not availab le in high-per formance vid eo modes.

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, Ti me Laps e Video, Vid eo + Photo, or Vi deo Looping):

a. Press the Settings/ Tag button [

] to open t he settin gs menu.

b. Press the Shutter/Select butto n [ ] repea tedly until yo u get

to the desired capture mod e.

c. Press the Settings/Tag butto n [

] 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 scree n.

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 camera 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.

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

Four ca pture modes are ava ilable for Video mode: Video, Time Laps e Video, Vid eo + Photo and V ideo Looping. Th e capture mode that you select determines the Video settings that appear in t he rest of t he menu.

For instructions on how to change the following settings, see Navigating Settings Menus.

HILIGHT TAGGING

You can mark spe ciﬁc moments in your video dur ing recording with HiLight Tags. HiLight Tags make it easy to ﬁnd th e best highl ights to share. You can al so add HiLight Tags whe n playing ba ck content using an LCD Touch BacP ac.

You can ad d tags with yo ur camera, the GoP ro App, or the S mart Remote (s old separa tely).

To Add a HiLight Tag with Your Camera: While recording or playing ba ck video, press th e Settings/Tag button [

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

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

/ Video Mode

INTERVAL

The Interv al setting a pplies to Time Lapse Vid eo, Video + Ph oto and Loopi ng. Interv al determines the amount of time t hat passes between each captured frame.

Time Lapse Video Intervals Availa ble intervals for Time Laps e Video range from 0.5 seconds (default) to 60 s econds.

Interval Examples

0.5-2 seconds Surﬁng, biking o r other spor t

2 seconds Busy s treet corner

5-10 seconds Sunset

10-60 seconds

Video + Photo Intervals Availa ble intervals for Vid eo + Photo range from 5-60 se conds. Th e quality of the photo depe nds on the selected vid eo resolution and FOV.

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Lengthy activities, such as construction projects

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 segment . Use GoPro so ware to comb ine the ﬁles into a longer vi deo.

] to stop recording a nd save,

/ Video Mode / Video Mode

RESOLUTION, FPS AND FOV

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

Video Resolution

4K SuperView

NTSC/ PAL

30/25 24/24

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

FOV Screen Resolution

Ultra W ide 38 40 x2160 , 16: 9

60/50

2.7K

48/48 30/25

Ultra W ide, Medium

2704x1520, 16:9

24/24

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

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

80/80 60/50

144 0p

48/48

Ultra W ide 1920x1440, 4:3 30/25 24/24

108 0p

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120/120 90/90

Ultra W ide,

Narrow

192 0x1080 , 16:9

Video Resolution

108 0p

NTSC/ PAL

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

FOV Screen Resolution

Ultra W ide, Medium,

192 0x1080 , 16:9

Narrow

80/80 60/50

1080p SuperView

48/48

Ultra W ide 192 0x1080 , 16:9 30/25 24/24

960p

120/120 60/50

Ultra W ide 1280x960, 4:3

720p 240/240 Narrow 1280x720, 16:9

720p

720p SuperView

120/120 60/50 30/25

120/120 60/50

Ultra W ide,

Medium,

1280x720, 16:9

Narrow

Ultra W ide 1280x720, 16:9

WVGA 240/240 Ultra Wid e 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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