GoPro HWPP1 Users Manual

USER MANUAL

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/ Table of Contents

Optional Accessories The Basics 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 Connecting 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

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/ Optional Accessories

Battery BacPac

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Smart Remote Chesty (Chest Harness)

The Frame Jaws: Flex Clamp

Dual Battery Charger

for HERO4 Batteries

LCD Touch BacPac

3-Way

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/ Wear It. Mount It. Love It.

Suction Cup Head Strap + QuickClip

Surfboard Mounts Tripod Mounts

Roll Bar Mount Fetch (Dog Harness)

See more at gopro.com.

Floaty Backdoor

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/ The Basics

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)

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

/ The Basics

/ Getting Started

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

CHARGING THE BATTERY

1. Remove the cam era from its h ousing.

2. Remove the camera si de door and i nsert a mic roSD, microSDHC or micr oSDXC card (sold sepa rately) into the car d slot. A microSD card w ith a Class 10 or UHS-1 rating i s required.

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

/ Getting Started

4. Charge the b attery by conne cting the c amera to a com puter using the in cluded USB cable. T he chargin g icon appea rs on the cam era status screen an d shows a full b attery when chargin g is complete.

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

PRO TIP: With the Dual Battery Charger, you can charge your b attery outside of the cam era. For details , visit gopro.com.

For more batte ry information, see Battery.

WARNING: Use caution when using your GoPro as part o f your active lifestyle. Always be aware of your surroundings to avoid injury to yourself and others. Abide by all local laws when using this camera.

/ Getting Started

CAMERA SOFTWARE UPDATES

To get the lat est features and be st perfor mance from your HERO4 came ra, make sure you are using th e most curre nt camera sowa re. You can update your cam era soware via th e GoPro App, GoPro sow are or at gopro.com/getstarted.

CAMERA DEFAULT SETTINGS

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

Video 1080p30 SuperView

Photo 12MP, Wide Field o f View (FOV)

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

QuikCapture Oﬀ

Wireless Oﬀ

To change your Video or Photo settings, see Video Settings and Photo Settings.

/ Getting Started

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 dis plays informati on, your cam era is on.

To Power Oﬀ:

Press and ho ld the Power/Mode b 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 fo r video, press and hold for two se conds for Time Lapse photos. Press again to stop recording and powe r oﬀ the camera. For d etails, see QuikCapture in Setu p Mode.

utton [ ] fo r two secon ds. The

]. Press

/ Getting Started

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 cards

sold se parately). You m ust use a micr oSD card wit h a Class 10 or a UHS-1

( rating. GoPro recommends using brand name memory cards for

aximum reliability in high-vibration activities.

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

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.

NOTICE: Use care when han dling memory cards . 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 guidel ines regarding use in acceptable temperature ranges.

Place your ﬁnger nail agains t the ed ge of the memory ca rd and lightly press it further into the camera.

The card spr ings out far enough to be rem oved.

/ Camera Status Screen

Your HERO4 Black f eatures a status sc reen that displays the fo llowing infor mation abo ut modes and s ettings

1. Camera Modes/FOV (ﬁeld of view)

2. Camera Settings

3. Resolution/fps (frames per s econd)

4. Protune

5. Number of Files Captured

6. Time/Storage/Files

7. Wireless

8. Battery Life

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

/ 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

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 L apse

Touch Display

Video

Vide o + Photo

Video Format

Video Mode

Video Resolution

White Balance

Wireless

/ Camera Icons

/ Camera Menus

*Playbac k appears on ly if the camera is co nnected to a TV o r LCD Touch BacPac (sold sep arately).

/ Camera Menus

Camera

Reset

/ Camera Modes

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

These modes appear:

Power/Mode button [

Video Record video

Photo Capture a single ph oto

Multi-Shot Capt ure a series of p hotos

Playback Play b ack videos and ph otos

Setup Adjust general camera settings

] repeatedly

/ Navigating Settings Menus

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 settin gs menu for that mode.

3. Use the Power/Mode butt on [

] to cyc le through the sett ings.

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 options

/ Video Mode

CAPTURING VIDEO

To capture v ideo, verify th at the camer a is in a Video mode. If one of the Video icons does not a ppear in the u pper le on you r camera status screen, press the it appears.

To Start Recording: Press the Shutter/Select butto n [ and th e camera st atus lights (red) ﬂ ash while re cording.

To Stop Recording: Press the Shutter/Select butto n [ ﬂash t hree times a nd the camera emit s three bee ps.

If the memor y card is ful l or the battery is o ut 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 [ recording a nd power oﬀ th e camera. Fo r details, see Setu p Mode.

Power/Mode button [ ] repeatedly until

]. The c amera emit s one beep

]. The c amera status lig hts (red)

]. Pres s again to stop

/ Video Mode

HILIGHT TAGGING

You can mark spe ciﬁc moment s in your video as th ey happen with HiLight Tags. HiLight Tags make it easy to ﬁnd th e best highl ights to share. You can add tag s with your ca mera, the GoPro Ap p or the Smar t Remote (sold s eparately).

To Add a HiLight Tag: While recording video, press t he Settings/Tag butt on [

/ Video Mode

VIDEO SETTINGS

For ins tructio ns on how to cha nge the follo wing setti ngs, see Navigating Settings Menus.

Thre e capture modes are avail able for Video mod e. The capture mode that you select determine s the Video set tings that a ppear in the r est of the menu.

Capture Mode Description

Video (default) Captures video.

Simultane ously captures both video and

Vide o + Photo

photos. You can set the camera to capture a photo at selec ted inter vals while you rec ord vide o. For detail s, see Video + Photo Interva ls in this section.

/ Video Mode

Capture Mode Description

Lets yo u continuou sly record and save only

Looping

PRO TIP: Easily create epic GoP ro-style videos usin g free GoPro soware. Lea rn more and d ownload th is soware at gopro.com/getstarted.

the best moments , which helps to con serve space on your microSD card. You must select an in terval. Looping is ava ilable only

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if Protune

is turned oﬀ.

/ Video Mode

INTERVAL

The Interv al setting a pplies to Loo ping and Vid eo + Photo. Inter val deter mines the amount of time that passes between each captured frame.

Looping Intervals Availa ble intervals for Looping are 5, 20, 60 an d 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 button [ 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.

] to stop recording a nd save,

/ Video Mode

PRO TIP: Multiple chapter ﬁles are w ritten to your memory card so that small segments of content can be overwritten during loop recording . When viewing this conte nt on a compute r, y ou see separ ate ﬁles for e ach time segment . Use GoPro so ware to comb ine the ﬁles into a longer vi deo.

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 F OV.

/ Video Mode

RESOLUTION, FPS 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 Wi de 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 W ide 848x480, 16:9

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

/ Video Mode

High-Performance Video Modes and Camera Temperatures

The HER O4 Black fea tures uniqu e high-per formanc e video modes: 4K 30/24, 2.7K 50, 1440p8 0, 1080p120/90 and 960 p120. When usi ng these vide o modes, it is norma l for the came ra to become w arm and use more power.

Using t hese high- perfor mance mode s in higher te mperature s, with the GoP ro App, or in co mbination w ith BacPa c accesso ries fur ther incr eases cam era temper ature and pow er consump tion.

If the c amera get s too hot, it is de signed to shut dow n to protect agains t overh eating. Wh en this happ ens, some functiona lity might not be avail able and th e following a ctions may occur:

• The GoPro App disconn ects, bu t video capt ure continu es for as long as possi ble until the c amera is pow ered oﬀ (if used, th e GoPro remote control remains connected).

• The camer a powers oﬀ (the GoPro A pp disconnects, the cam era stops r ecording a nd saves your v ideo, and the temp erature icon appears).

To control yo ur camera re motely at high er temperatures , use the GoPro remote in stead of the GoPro App.

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