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    USER MANUAL[...]

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    2 3 twit ter .com/Go P ro youtube.com/GoPro faceb ook.com/GoPro insta gram.com/GoPro / Joi n th e Go Pr o Mov em e nt T o d ow n lo ad t hi s us er m a nu al i n a di ffe re nt l an gu ag e, v is it gopro.com/ suppor t . Po ur té lé c ha rg er c e ma nu el d e l ’ut il is ate ur d a ns u n e au tr e la n gu e, re nd ez -vo us s ur gopro.com/su[...]

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    4 5 / T a bl e of C on te nt s Using the Mounts 83 T roubleshooting 86 Customer Suppor t 88 T ra demarks 88 Regulator y Information 88 T he B a sic s 6 Gett ing Star ted 8 Camera Status Screen 13 C am er a Ic on s 14 Camera Menus 16 Camer a Modes 18 Naviga ting Settings Menus 19 Video Mode 20 Ph ot o Mo de 34 Multi-Shot Mod e 41 Playback Mode 50 Se[...]

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    6 7 10 . Microphone 11 . HERO Port 12 . Se ttings /T ag Bu tton [ ] 13 . Battery Door / T he B a si c s 1. Cam era Status Light (red) 2. Shutt er / Select Button [ ] 3. Wireless Status Light (blue ) 4. Camera Status Screen 5. Po wer/Mo de B ut t on [ ] 6. Mi cr o HDMI P or t (cab le no t incl uded) 7. microSD Card Slot (microS D card not included) [...]

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    8 9 / Gett ing Started / Gett ing 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 4. C ha rg e t he b at te r y b y co nn e c ti ng t he c a me ra t o a co mp ut er o r ot he r USB c h [...]

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    10 11 POWE RING ON + OFF T o Po we r On : Pr es s t he Power/Mode but t on [ ] on ce . Th e c am er a s ta tu s li gh t s (re d ) fla s h th re e ti me s a nd t he s ou n d in di c ato r em it s t hr ee b e ep s. W h en th e c am er a s ta tu s sc re e n di sp la ys i nf or ma ti on , yo ur c a me ra i s o n. T o Po we r Off : Pr es s a nd h ol d[...]

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    12 13 Y o ur HE RO 4 Bl a ck f ea tu re s a st at us s c re en t ha t di sp la y s th e fo llo w in g in for m at io n ab o ut mo d es a n d se tt in gs : 1. C amera Modes/FOV (field o f view) 2. Camera Settings 3. R e solution/fps (f ra me s p er s ec on d ) 4. Protu ne ™ 5. Nu mber of Files Ca ptu red 6. Time/Stor age/F iles 7. Wireless 8. Bat[...]

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    14 15 / C a me r a Ic on s Au to Lo w Li ght Au to O ff Beeps Bu rs t P hot os Color Cont inuou s Photos Date/Time De fa ul t Mo de Delete Exp osure V alue Compensation Field of View Fr am es P er S e co nd Interval ISO Limit LEDs Looping Megapixels Multi-Shot Mod e Nig ht L a ps e Night Photo On-Screen Display Orientation Ph ot o Mo de Playback M[...]

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    16 17 / C a me r a Me nu s / C a m er a Me n us *Play ba ck a ppe ars o nly i f the ca mera i s con nec ted t o a TV or LCD Touch B acPac (s old se par atel y) . Camera Reset[...]

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    18 19 / C a me r a Mo de s T he HE RO 4 Bl a ck f ea tu re s se ver a l ca m er a mo d es . T o c y cl e th ro ug h th e mo d es , pr es s t he Power / Mode but to n [ ] repeatedly . These modes appear : Video Record video Ph oto C ap tu re a si ng le p ho to Multi-Shot C ap tu re a s er ie s of p hot os ( T im e La p se, B ur s t, et c. ) Playba c[...]

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    20 21 / Vi d eo M od e / Vi d eo M od e Video mo d e co nt ai ns f ou r ca pt ur e mo d es: V i de o, T im e L ap se V id e o, Vi d eo + P ho to a nd V id e o Lo op in g. Capture Mode Description Video (de fault) Captures video. Ti me L a ps e Vi d eo Cr ea tes v i de o fr om f r am es c a pt ur ed a t sp e cifi c i nte r va l s . Ti me L a ps e V[...]

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    22 23 / Vi d eo M od e / Vi d eo M od e HILIGHT TAGGING Y o u c an m ar k s pe c ifi c mo me nt s i n you r vi d eo d ur i ng r ec or di n g wi th HiL ig ht Tags . HiL ig ht Tags m ake i t ea s y to fi nd t he b e st h ig hl ig ht s to sh ar e. You ca n a l so a d d HiL ig ht Tags w h en p la yi n g ba c k co nte nt u si ng an L CD Touc h B ac Pa[...]

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    24 25 / Vi d eo M od e Looping Int er val s Ava il ab le i nte r v al s f or L oo pi ng a re 5, 2 0, 6 0 an d 120 min ut es . Fo r exa m ple , if yo u s ele c t a 5 -m in ute i nt er v al , o nl y th e pr ev io us 5 m in ut es is s av ed w h en y ou s to p re co rd in g . If yo u re co rd f or 5 m in ut es a nd d o no t pre s s th e Shutter/Selec t[...]

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    26 27 RE SO LU TIO N, F PS A ND F OV T he HE RO 4 Bl a ck i n cl ud es t h e vi de o re so lu ti on s li st ed b e low. Video Resolution NTSC/ PA L FOV Screen Resolution 4K 30 /25 24/24 Ult r a Wi de 3 8 4 0 x 216 0 , 16 : 9 4K SuperView 24/24 Ultr a W id e 3 8 4 0 x 2 16 0, 16 : 9 2.7 K 60/5 0 48/ 48 30 /25 24/24 Ult r a Wi de, Medium 2704x 1 520,[...]

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    28 29 / Vi d eo M od e High-Performance Video Modes and Camer a T emperatures T he HE RO 4 Bl a ck f ea tu re s un iq ue h ig h- pe r fo r ma n ce v id eo m o de s: 4K3 0/24 , 4K 24 S up er V ie w, 2.7K60/ 4 8, 2 .7K30 S up er V ie w, 2.7K 4: 3, 1 4 4 0 p8 0, 1080 p 120/90, 960 p 120, 72 0p2 40 a n d 720 p 120 Su p er Vi ew. W he n us i n g t h es [...]

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    30 31 / Vi d eo M od e Video Resolution Be st U se 2.7 K 4 : 3 Recommended f or body-mounted, ski-mounted or sur fboard -mounted sh ot s . Pr ov id es l a rg e vi ew in g ar ea . 14 4 0 p Re co mm en d ed f or b od y -m ou nte d s hot s . Larger viewing area and high frame rate yield th e sm oo th es t , mos t i mm er si ve re su lt s f or high-ac [...]

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    32 33 FOV Be st U se Ult r a Wi de Largest field of view , increa sed image st a bi li t y. Goo d fo r ac t io n sh ot s w he re yo u wa nt t o ca pt ur e as m u ch a s po s sib le within the frame. Medium Mi d- ra n ge fi el d of v iew, m od e ra te image sta bilit y. Nar row Smallest field of vie w, red uced image st a bi li t y. Red uc ed d i[...]

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    34 35 / P hot o Mod e Photo mo d e co nt ai ns t h re e ca pt ur e mo d es: S in gl e, C on ti nu ou s an d Ni gh t. Capture Mode Description Single ( d efault) C ap tu re s a sin gl e ph oto . Continuous C ap tu re s a se ri es o f ph oto s co nt in uo us ly wh il e ho ld in g do w n th e Shutter/Selec t bu t to n [ ]. Night C ap tu re s a sin gl [...]

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    36 37 CAP TURING CONTINUOUS PHOTOS 1. Select Continuous mode: a. P r es s th e Power/Mode b ut to n [ ] re pe ate d ly u nt il yo u ge t to Photo mo de. b. Pre s s th e Settings/ T a g but to n [ ] to o pe n th e s et ti ng s me nu . c. Pre ss t h e Shutter/Select b ut to n [ ] r ep ea te dl y un ti l you g et to Contin uous . d. P re s s th e Sett[...]

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    38 39 SHUTTER Sh ut te r a pp li es o nl y to Ni gh t Ph ot o an d Ni ght L a ps e a nd d et er mi ne s th e a mo un t of ti me t ha t th e sh u tt er i s op en . T he o pt io ns f or t hi s se tt in g a re a uto (u p to 2 s e co nd s), 2, 5, 10, 1 5, 2 0 or 3 0 se c on d s. T h e de fa u lt se tt in g is a u to. Settings Examples Au to (up t o 2 s[...]

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    40 41 / P hot o Mod e SPOT METER Sp ot M ete r let s y ou c a ptu re p ho tos f ro m a d ar k s pa ce w hi le p oi nti ng th e c am er a in to a b ri gh te r set t in g, s uc h a s w he n re co rd i ng t he ou td oo rs f ro m w it hi n a ca r . W h en S po t Met er i s tu r ne d on , [ ] ap p ea rs o n th e c am e ra s ta tu s s cr ee n. T h e op t[...]

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    42 43 / Mu lti -Sh ot M od e CA P TU RING B URS T P HOT OS 1. Se le c t Bu rs t m od e: a. P r es s th e Power/Mode b ut to n [ ] re pe ate d ly u nt il yo u ge t to Mult i-Sh ot mod e. b. P r es s th e Settings/ T ag bu tt on [ ] to o pe n th e s et ti ng s me nu . c. Pre ss t h e Shutter/Select b ut to n [ ] r ep ea te dl y un ti l you ge t to Bu[...]

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    44 45 MUL TI-SHOT SET TINGS T hr ee c a ptu re m od e s ar e av ai la b le fo r Mult i-Sh ot mo de : Bu r st , Ti me La p se a nd N ig ht L ap se . Th e c a ptu re m od e t hat y ou s el ec t d et er m in es the M ulti-S hot s et ti ng s t hat a p pe ar i n th e re s t of t he m en u. Fo r in st r uc t io n on h ow t o ch an g e th e fo llo w in g [...]

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    46 47 SHUTTER Sh ut te r a pp li es o nl y to Ni gh t Ph ot o an d Ni ght L a ps e a nd d et er mi ne s th e a mo un t of ti me t ha t th e sh u tt er i s op en . T he o pt io ns f or t hi s se tt in g a re a uto (u p to 2 s e co nd s), 2, 5, 10, 1 5, 2 0 or 3 0 se c on d s. T h e de fa u lt se tt in g is a u to. Settings Examples Au to (up t o 2 s[...]

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    48 49 MEGAPIXELS T he HE RO 4 Bl a ck c a pt ur es p hot os a t 1 2M P , 7M P or 5M P . S ma ll er me ga pi xel v a lue s t ake u p le s s sp ac e on t h e mi cr oS D ca rd . Not e: Cha nge s tha t you ma ke to the M ega pix els s et ting i n Multi-Shot mo de a ppl y only t o multi-s hot cap ture. To adj ust t his se tti ng for p hot o capt ure, a [...]

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    50 51 / Pl a y b ac k M od e Y o u c an p l ay b ac k yo ur c on te nt o n a co mp ute r, TV, sma r t ph on e/ ta b let (u si ng t he G oP ro A p p) or on y ou r c am er a us in g a n LCD Touc h Ba c Pa c (s ol d se p ar at ely) . Playb ack mod e a p pe ar s on ly i f th e c am er a is c on ne c t ed t o a T V or LC D Touc h Ba c Pa c . Y o u c an [...]

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    52 53 PL A Y IN G BA CK V I DE OS A N D PH O TO S ON Y OU R T V Pl a yi ng b a ck v id e os a nd p h oto s on y ou r T V /HD T V re qu ir es a m ic ro HDMI , co mp os ite o r co mb o c ab le (a ll s ol d s ep ar at ely ). T o P l ay B ac k Co nt ent o n a T V: 1. Pl ug t he c a me ra i nt o a T V /HD T V w it h a mi cr o HDMI c a bl e, co mp os ite[...]

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    54 55 / S etu p Mo d e In Setup mo d e, yo u c an c ha n ge s et ti ng s t hat a p pl y to a ll c a me ra mo d es . For i n st r uc t io ns o n ho w to c ha n ge t he f ol low i ng s et ti ng s , se e Navigating Set tings Menus . WIRELESS Wh e n Wi rel es s i s on , a Wi re les s s ta tu s ic on a p pe ar s o n th e c am er a st at us s c re en a n[...]

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    56 57 Sett ing Description Brightnes s De ter m in es t he l ev el of l ig ht o n th e to uc h di sp la y. T he o pti on s f or t hi s set t in g ar e hi gh (de fa ul t), m ed iu m a nd l ow. T ouch Display O n /O ff T u r ns t he t ou c h di sp la y o n or off w h en t h e ca m er a is p ow er ed o n. T h e op ti on s fo r th is se tt in g a re [...]

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    58 59 / S etu p Mo d e QUIKCAPTURE Wi th Q ui kC a ptu re , you c a n q ui ckl y tu r n yo ur c am er a o n an d b eg in ca pt ur i ng v id e o or T im e La p se p ho tos . T he o pt io ns f or t hi s se tt in g a re on a n d off (d ef au lt ). Note: Q uikC aptu re is d isa ble d whe n the ca mera i s con nec ted t o the re mote o r the G oPro Ap [...]

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    60 61 / S etu p Mo d e ON-SCREEN DISPLA Y The OSD (on-screen display) setting det ermines whether the re co rd in g i co ns a n d file i nf or ma ti on o n vi d eo a n d on t he v ie w in g sc re e n ap p ea r du r in g pl ay b a ck . T he o pt io ns f or t hi s se tt in g ar e on (d ef a ult ) a nd o ff. Note: Wh en th is set tin g is on a nd yo[...]

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    62 63 / C on ne c t in g to t he G oPr o A pp T he G oP ro A pp l et s yo u co nt ro l you r c am er a re mo tel y us in g a sm ar t p ho ne o r ta b let . F eat ur es i nc lu d e fu ll c a me r a co ntr ol , li ve p re vi ew, pl ay b a ck a n d sh ar in g of c on te nt, a n d c am er a so  w ar e up da te s. TO C ONN EC T YOUR H ER O4 BL ACK TO[...]

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    64 65 T o p la y ba c k yo ur v id e o an d p hot os o n a co mp ut er, you mu s t fir st tr a ns fe r th e se fil es t o a co mp ut er. TO T R AN SF ER F ILE S T O A COM PU TE R: 1. Do wn lo a d an d in s ta ll t h e la te st G oP ro so  w ar e fr om gopro.com/ getstar ted . 2. Co n ne c t t he c a me ra t o yo ur co m pu ter u si ng t h e in[...]

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    66 67 / Pr otu n e WHITE BALANCE Wh it e ba la n ce a d jus t s t he o ver a ll c olo r to n e of vi d eo s an d p hot os . Sett ing Description Auto (default) Au tom at ic a ll y ad ju st s t he c ol or t on e ba s ed on the environmental conditions 3000K War m l ig ht ( in c an d es ce nt o r su nr is e/ sunset lighting) 5500K Slightly cool light[...]

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    68 69 / Pr otu n e ISO LIMIT IS O Li mi t ad ju st s t h e ca m er a’s se ns iti v it y i n low -l ig ht e nv iro n me nt s , an d c re ate s a ba l an c e bet w e en b ri gh tn e ss a n d re su lti ng i ma ge n oi se . Ima g e no is e ref er s to t he d e gr ee o f gr ai ni ne s s in t he i ma ge . Pr otu ne f or V id e o IS O Li mit Sett ing Re[...]

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    70 71 / Pr otu n e EXPOSURE V ALUE COMPENSATION (EV COMP) E xp os ur e Valu e C om pe n sa ti on a ffe c t s t he b ri gh tn e ss o f you r v id eo o r ph oto . Ad ju st in g th is s et ti ng c a n im pr ov e ima g e qu al it y w he n s ho oti ng in en vironments with contrasting li ghting condi tions. Settings -2. 0 -1. 5 -1. 0 -0.5 0 (d ef au lt[...]

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    72 73 / Ba tt er y T he b at te r y c ha rg es t o 80 % in a pp rox im ate ly o n e ho ur a nd 100 % in approximately two hours when using GoPro ’s USB-compatible Wall or Auto Cha rger . Y o u c an a l s o ch ar ge t he b a tt er y o ut s id e t he c a me ra u si ng t he D ua l Batter y Charger (sold separately). No d am ag e o cc ur s to t he c [...]

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    74 75 / Ba tt er y BAT T ER Y S TO R AG E AN D H A ND LI NG The camera contains sensit ive components, including the batter y. Avoi d ex po sin g yo ur c a me ra a n d ba t ter y to ve r y c old o r ve r y h ot te mp er at ur es . Lo w or h ig h tem p er at ure c on d it io ns m ay te m po ra r ily sh or t en t he b a tt er y l if e or c a us e th [...]

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    76 77 / Im po r t an t Me s s ag e s MICROSD CARD MESSAGE S NO SD No c ar d pr es e nt . Th e c am er a re q uir es a microSD , microSD HC or microSDX C card (s ol d se pa r ate ly) t o ca pt ur e vi d eo s an d p hot os . FULL C ar d is f u ll . De let e file s o r sw a p ca rd . SD E RR C am er a is u na b le t o rea d c ar d fo r mat t in g. Re[...]

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    78 79 / C a me r a Hou si n g AS SEMBLING THE CAMERA HOUSING T o Re mo ve th e C am er a Fro m th e Ho us ing : 1. Li  th e f ron t of t he l at ch u p to d is e ng ag e it f ro m th e c am er a h ou sin g . 2. P iv ot t he l at ch b a ck w ar d a nd p ul l it u p to re le as e t he b a ckd o or. 3. P ul l o pe n th e ho us in g ba c kd oo r an [...]

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    80 81 / C a me r a Hou si n g Y o ur H ER O4 B la c k ca m er a co me s wi th t w o t y pe s of b ac kd oo r s : St an d ar d Ba c kd oo r an d Sk ele to n Ba c kd oo r . T he St a nd a rd B ac kd o or ma ke s th e ho u sin g wa ter p ro of to 131 ’ (4 0 m). Us e th is d oo r w he n yo u ne e d to pr ote c t t he c a me ra f ro m wa te r , d ir t[...]

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    82 83 / C a me r a Hou si n g PRE V E NTI NG WA T ER DA M AGE TO YO UR CA ME R A T h e ru b be r s ea l th at l in es t he c a me ra h ou si ng f or m s a wa ter p ro of b ar r ie r th at p rot ec t s y ou r HER O4 B l ac k in w et a n d un de r w at er c on di ti on s. Kee p t he c a me ra h ou si ng’s r u bb er s ea l c lea n . A si ng le ha ir[...]

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    84 85 / Usi n g th e Mo un t s MOUNT ING GUIDELINE S Follo w these gu idelines when a t taching adhesiv e mounts: • At ta c h th e a dh e siv e mo un t s at l ea st 2 4 ho ur s pr io r to u se . Al low 7 2 ho ur s fo r co mp let e ad h es io n. • Ad h esi ve m ou nt s m us t b e mo un ted o n ly o n sm oot h su r f ac es . Po ro us o r tex tu r[...]

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    86 87 MY G OP RO WO N’ T PO WE R ON Ma ke su re y ou r GoP ro i s c ha rg ed . T o c h ar ge yo ur c a me r a, u se t h e in cl ud e d US B ca b le a nd a c om p ute r . You c an a l s o us e th e Go Pr o Wal l or A uto C ha r ge r . MY G OP RO WO N’ T RE SP OND W HE N I PRE S S A BU T T ON Pr es s a nd h ol d th e Power / Mode but to n [ ] fo [...]

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    88 / R eg ulator y Information T o s ee t h e co mp let e li st o f co unt r y c er t ifi c ati on s , re fer t o th e Im po r t an t Pr od u c t + Sa fe t y Inf or m ati on G ui d e in cl ud e d wi th y ou r ca m er a. / C us to me r Su p po r t / T rademarks GoP r o, HER O, t he G oP ro l og o, th e Go Pr o Be a H er o lo go, B a cP a c, Pr otu [...]