GoPro HERO 4 SILVER User manual

GoPro Hero 4
Action Camera guide

Contents
GoPro Setup – [Page 1 - 3]
1. Video Mode – [Page 1]
2. Photo Mode – [Page 2]
3. Burst Mode – [Page 2]
4. Setup Mode – [Page 3]
Connecting the GoPro to an external monitor – [Page 4]
Connecting to the GoPro App – [Page 4 - 6]
GoPro App features – [Page 7 - 8]
1. Settings – [Page 8]
The GoPro Remote – [Page 8]
The GoPro casing – [Page 9]
1. Replacing the back housing – [Page 9]
The GoPro Kit – [Page 10]
Shutter/ Select button
Settings button
Power/ Mode button
USB Mini charging and PC port
Micro-HDMI output
Micro-SD slot

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GoPro Setup
To turn the GoPro on and off press and hold the Power/Mode
button.
The GoPro has 4 modes available: Video mode, Photo mode,
Multi-shot mode, and Setup mode. These modes can be
accessed by pressing on the power/mode button. You can see
which mode you currently have active by looking at the front
screen on the GoPro.
Each mode has a different properties menu that can be accessed by pressing the settings button on
the side.
Each menu can be navigated through with the power/mode button which goes down the list
through the properties available. The shutter/select button is used to change the property. For
example, in video properties menu you would navigate to video quality using the power/mode
button, and then change the quality using the shutter/select button.
To go back to the main screen, press the settings button on the side, or navigate to exit and confirm.
Video Mode
There are four video options to choose from, these include Video, Time-lapse, Video and Photo, and
Looping. Each of these have different settings available. The main settings to consider are as follows:
This icon represents quality and size of the image. The minimum video quality available is
800x480 (WVGA) standard definition. The maximum video quality available is 4k Ultra HD.
Next is Frames Per Second. All normal filming should be done at 25fps. The maximum
framerate for 1080p HD is 120fps, the maximum for 4k is 25fps, and the maximum overall is
240fps in standard definition. High framerates can be used to create slow motion-effects.
FOV stands for field of view. This can be used to change the focal lens type from wide (W),
medium/profile (M), super-wide (L), or telephoto (N). 4k can only film in wide.
PT or Pro Tune allows you to set everything manually with the GoPro, including the white
balance, colour, shutter speed, ISO, sharpness, and exposure compensation. If turned off
everything will be in automatic.
Interval recording is not available in standard video option.
1. In Time-lapse it is used to change when the camera takes a still frame image. This can be
0.5 seconds, up to 60 seconds. Once the shutter/select button is pressed it will take a
photo at each of these increments and only stop until pressed again. It will then process
all of these into a video.
2. In the Video and Photo option it is used to determine when a photo will be taken.
3. The looping video option enables continuous video recording; overwriting the beginning
of your video to allow for new footage to be captured. The interval option determines
when this takes place, and has a minimum time of 5 minutes, so it rewrites your
recording every 5 minutes, and a maximum time of “MAX” meaning it waits until your
SD card is full before rewriting.

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Photo Mode
There are three photo options to choose from, these include Single, Continuous, and Night. Each of
these have different settings available. The main settings to consider are as follows:
MP stands for Megapixels and determines the quality of the photo you are taking. The
highest quality is 12MP, but this is fixed wide angle focal length, 7MP is able to have wide,
and Medium/Profile field of view.
PT or Pro Tune allows you to set everything manually with the GoPro, including the white
balance, colour, ISO Minimum, ISO Maximum, sharpness, and exposure compensation. If
turned off everything will be in automatic.
When you press the Shutter/select button in the Continuous option it keeps taking photos
for as long as you press it. The interval property limits the number of photos taken at any
given time. For example, 3fps, the lowest setting, will only take 3 photos every second you
are pressing the shutter/select button.
In the Night option there is a shutter property where you can determine the length the
shutter is open for when taking a photo. 30 seconds is the longest shutter time available.
Burst Mode
There are three burst mode options to choose from, these include Burst, Time lapse, and Night
lapse. Each of these have different settings available. The main settings to consider are as follows:
In the standard burst mode, you can choose the rate at which the GoPro takes photos, and
how many it takes during that time. For example, 30/1 second will take 30 photos a second
for 1 second, 30/6 will take 30 photos a second for 6 seconds. This does not require holding
down the shutter/select button, pressing once will activate the burst specified.
Interval recording is not available in the standard burst mode option.
1. In Time-lapse it is used to change when the camera takes a still frame image. This can be
0.5 seconds, up to 60 seconds. Once the shutter/select button is pressed it will take a
photo at each of these increments and only stop until pressed again. It will then process
all of these into a video.
2. In Night lapse it is used to determine the time the camera will keep taking a photo based
on the shutter speed.
MP stands for Megapixels and determines the quality of the photo you are taking. The
highest quality is 12MP, but this is fixed wide angle focal length, 7MP is able to have wide,
and Medium/Profile field of view.
In the Night Lapse option there is a shutter property where you can determine the length
the shutter is open for when taking a photo. 30 seconds is the longest shutter time
available.
PT or Pro Tune allows you to set everything manually with the GoPro, including the white
balance, colour, ISO Minimum, ISO Maximum, sharpness, and exposure compensation. If
turned off everything will be in automatic.

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Setup Mode
Inside the setup mode are several useful features you can use, activate, or deactivate on the GoPro.
These work separately to the other modes but also function alongside them.
Enabling the Wi-Fi option allows the GoPro to link to the GoPro app, that will be mentioned more
later in this guide, or a Wi-Fi remote control for the GoPro.
You may find due to your setup the GoPro needs to film upside down or vertically, the
orientation property can change the cameras filming orientation to up, down, or automatic.
(Sometimes seen as DFLT) Default mode will determine which mode the camera defaults to
upon turning on, this includes all the mode options too.
Quick capture enables you to record automatically by pressing the shutter/select button
when the GoPro is off. Pressing the shutter/select button will turn on the GoPro and start
recording.
Activate or deactivate the LED lights on the front and back while recording.
Change the volume of the button sound on the GoPro.
Video format options. This can be PAL or NTSC. We advise setting this to PAL which is the
European standard.
Turn on/off on-screen-display. We highly advise against this. This turns off the display on the
GoPro and requires the app to reset.
Auto Off is used as a power saving option for the GoPro. It has designated minutes,
minimum of 1 and maximum of ‘never’. If idol it will turn off after this length of time.
Calendar mode allows you to set the date and time, this will then show up in the file
organisation when connecting to the computer.
Delete is used to format the card, and delete all clips filmed, or the last shot or video filmed.
Camera Reset (sometimes seen as Reset Cam) can be used to reset the Wi-Fi preferences or
reset the camera to its default factory settings. Resetting the Wi-Fi preferences clears the
camera username and password for the GoPro App, if ever you forget these. If you do reset
the GoPro please let us know you did this upon returning.
Language can also be changed here. Please revert the GoPro back to English before returning.

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Connecting the GoPro to an external monitor
The GoPro Hero 4 is unable to show you what you are filming without connecting it to an external
monitor or linking it to the app.
The left-hand side of the GoPro has a Micro HDMI output.
Connecting the GoPro
to an external
monitor will output
the GoPro’s mini LCD
screen into a larger
scale, or work as a
viewfinder for the
camera.
This does not allow
for touch screen
menu options. To cycle through the menus, you will have to do this the normal
way.
It does however show clearer details on
the mode you are on, how much
footage you have filmed, the time left
on the GoPro, and the settings you
have active from the mode.
Its worth noting that this is not possible
if the GoPro is in its casing.
Connecting to the GoPro App
To connect to GoPro to a phone or tablet follow these steps.
1. Download the GoPro app on the Play store or App store.
On the Play store the app is called “GoPro: Quik Video + Photo Editor”
Micro-HDMI
output

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2. On the GoPro go to Setup, Wireless, Pair, GoPro app. Doing this will give you a one-time 4-
digit code. You do not need to do this if previously paired with the GoPro, simply activate
the Wi-Fi instead.
3. Back to the GoPro app, upon launching you should see this page:
4. This will open a selection screen. The app remembers previous GoPro, if the middle GoPro is
not the one you are using, or you are setting up the GoPro for the first time, click the add
GoPro icon.
This will open a list of GoPro models.
Click on GoPro Hero 4
It should start trying to connect.
Click on the small GoPro icon
on the app in the top right.

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5. Once connected it will ask for the pin from the GoPro
Once done your phone will connect to the GoPro’s Wi-Fi, it may warn
you that you have no internet, this is fine, accept any warnings on this
and allow it to connect.
Just before connecting the app may ask for a name and/or password.
The names and passwords are as follows;
•Name: TFTSGoPro1, Password: tftsgopro1
•Name: TFTSGoPro2, Password: tftsgopro2
•Name: TFTSGoPro3, Password: tftsgopro3
•Name: TFTSGoPro4, Password: tftsgopro4
If the GoPro isn’t there immediately after connecting, close the app and
reopen it. If this still isn’t working, you may have to redo steps 2-5
again, you will notice this time it should connect to the appropriate
GoPro.
Any issue please contact the technical team.
6. If you have previously paired with the GoPro, reconnecting to the app can be done in the
main selection screen by clicking on the relevant GoPro model and number.
To check which GoPro you have, there should be a number on the
back.
The GoPro should now be connected to the app

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GoPro App features
Once connected the GoPro the app will show what the GoPro is filming. This works even when the
GoPro is in its casing. The app has a range of about 10-15 meters, but this can vary if in an area
where signal interference is possible, underwater is a good example of this.
Remote Shut
down of the
GoPro.
Reconnecting to
the GoPro turns
it back on.
Indicators at the top showing what is
left on the SD card or battery and how
strong the Wi-Fi connection is.
Image from the GoPro
camera.
If the GoPro is filming in
4k the quality will
downscale to the quality
of the phone screen in
this view, not downscale
the GoPro’s quality.
Swipe left or right to
change to Time lapse,
Video, or Photo mode
View your clips
or photos.
Current settings for the mode used.
You can click here to also change the
mode options stated earlier. For
example, Video, Time Lapse Video,
or Video + Photo etc
Enter the
settings menu.

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Settings
Accessing the settings does not change the mode selected
on the GoPro. You can change the settings live.
All the settings normally available in the Video, Photo, Burst
and Setup mode are here.
The Time Lapse mode on the app and the Burst mode on
the GoPro are the same thing just under different names.
The mode option settings can also be changed here once
activated in the main screen.
Right at the bottom
of the settings is
information about
the SD card, clicking
on this brings up
some useful
information about
what is on the card.
Because settings can be changed live, the GoPro can also be
connected to a monitor at the same time and the app then
used as a remote control.
The GoPro Remote
The GoPro Wireless remote is a useful accessory allowing you to remotely control
the GoPro, or multiple GoPro’s, at once.
The remote is waterproof out to about 3m, it is not suitable for swimming but
usable in the rain. Its standard range is up to 600ft range, as long as nothing
interferes with the signal.
It can be used to turn the GoPro(s) on and set them to record. Note however, you
cannot use the app and remote at the same time.
Connecting to the GoPro Remote: On the GoPro go to the Setup menu, Wireless,
and Wi-Fi RC. The GoPro will then start searching for the remote.
With the remote off, press and hold the record button and then press the power button. Hold the
remote close to the GoPro until a tick symbol appears on the GoPro’s screen.
The remote will keep searching for more GoPros to connect to. To stop this, press the record button
once on the remote. To deactivate the remote, go to Setup menu, Wireless and then turn the
Wireless off.
SD Card Details

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The GoPro casing
To open up the casing pull the black clip on the top of the case upwards
from the lens side.
Once opened the back housing should be able to fall allowing the GoPro
to be placed inside the casing.
Make sure the GoPro is in neatly.
To relock the case, pull the black clip up and connect the clip to the lip
on the back of the housing and then push the black clip down it should
click into place.
Replacing the back housing
To replace the housing open the
casing out fully then pull the housing
off from one end.
It should cleanly come off. If it gets
stuck do not force it, instead
reattach it and start again.
To add a different housing you
reverse this process, it should clip in,
it should click in place.
GoPro Main Casing
Shockproof
housing.
This is the
standard housing;
it protects the
GoPro from falls
and allows the
mic to be used.
Waterproof
housing.
This is the safest
housing but
causes the mic to
become muffled
heavily.
Pull up here
Connect to
the lip here

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The GoPro Kit
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When placing the camera in the bag
make sure you place it in its
protective case beforehand, it does
not matter if this is the shock or
waterproof housing. The camera
should face upwards.
The GoPro can come with several
extras as part of the Deyard
Accessories kit, found on connect2,
these include head mounts, body
mounts, sticks and more. The larger
of these items will be given in a
separate bag, however the smaller
items can fit in these sections here,
including any spare arms,
connectors, or adhesive mounts.
To change the mounting the GoPro is using you can unscrew the screw handle on the side.
You can then remove the bottom stand and the
accessory used can replace it.
Screw back up with the screw handle to tighten in
place.
The camera uses a USB cable as a
charger, this will be placed in the
top pocket of the case. This cable
can be used to transfer footage
from the camera to a computer.
Make sure you backup your
footage before you return the
camera.
Also, in this section you can place
the spare back section of the
protective case.
Unscrew here