Basics of Using your Camera STATUS LCD ICONS SETTINGS MENU
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1. If you see the HOt message on your LCD screen that means that your camera has become too hot and it needs to cool down Don t worry no damage has occurred to your camera Simply let it sit and cool before attempting to use it again Your camera will not allow itself to overheat so do not worry as no damage has occurred FCC Statement Modifications not approved by the party responsible for compliance could void user s authority to operate the equipment This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment on and off The user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help2. 2 Turn on the camera by pressing POWER MODE button LCD screen will display USB 3 Double click on MY COMPUTER and you will see a Removable Disk icon If you do not see this close the MY COMPUTER folder and then reopen it and the Removable Disk icon should appear 4 Double click the Removable Disk icon 5 Then double click the DCIM folder icon 6 Then double click the 100MEDIA icon 7 The photo and video files will be in the 1OOMEDIA folder 8 Drag your photo and video files to your hard drive or double click a file to view it Ona MAC Simply plug the camera into your MAC with the included USB cable turn your camera on and the MAC OS will recognize the camera as an external hard drive IMPORTANT TIP FOR MAC USERS When deleting files from your SD card you must empty the trash before removing the SD card or unplugging the camera If you do not empty your trash the photo and video files will not be completely erased from your SD card CHARGING BATTERY The LCD will blink a bAt message when the battery is low and the camera will save the file if recording and turn off You must now charge your battery 1 Connect the camera to a computer with the included USB cable 2 Red LED on front of camera will turn on indicating the battery is charging 3 Red LED will turn off once battery is charged 4 Battery will charge 80 in 2 hours when plugged into computer USB port 100
3. PAL TV setting for most regions outside of North America Camera will PAL record in 50 or 25 frames per second depending on which resolution is selected Press the SHUTTER button to toggle between choices If a change has been made the camera will automatically power off and on again to reset itself into the correct setting DELETE LAST FILE SAVED When LSt is on the LCD screen you can delete the last file saved to the SD card To delete last file saved to camera press SHUTTER button when LSt is on LSt a screen LSt will start blinking as a warning LSt blinking LSt will blink for 5 seconds If you do nothing LSt will stop blinking and he file will NOT be deleted You can press the POWER MODE button to TO CHOOSE NO DELETE aqvance to the next option in the SET menu If you press the shutter button while LSt is blinking you will delete the last ile saved to the SD card Red LED on front of camera will blink while the ile is being deleted LSt blinking TO CHOOSE YES DELETE DELETE ALL FILES AND FORMAT SD CARD When ALL is on the LCD screen you can delete all files and format the SD card o delete all files and FORMAT SD card press SHUTTER button when ALL is on screen ALL will start blinking as a warning ALL will blink for 5 seconds If you do nothing ALL will stop blinking and he SD card will NOT be formatted You can press the POWER MODE TO CHOOSE NO FORMAT Jbutton to advance to the n
4. card the live video feed will be reduced to standard definition as the camera cannot record and transmit HD video at the same time If you wish to have an HD live video feed from the camera you cannot begin recording HD video to the SD card If the composite cable is used to send standard definition video out from the camera then the camera can simultaneously record HD video to the SD card LFF default setting Video Live Feed OFF Press the SHUTTER button to toggle between the LFF LFO choices Press the POWER MODE button to save whichever setting is showing on the screen and continue to the next feature option CHOOSING ON SCREEN DISPLAY ON OFF When the camera sends a live feed video signal out to a wireless transmitter or TV it will send a battery meter icon and a recording on off icon via an On Screen Display that will appear in the video feed If you prefer to turn these status icons off you can do so by toggling the On Screen Display setting off oSO default setting On Screen Display ON oSF On Screen Display OFF Press the SHUTTER button to toggle between the oSO oSF choices Press the POWER MODE button to save whichever setting is showing on the screen and continue to the next feature option CHOOSING PHOTO EVERY 2 5 10 30 60 SECONDS TIMING You can shoot a photo every 2 5 10 30 or 60 seconds ongoing with the Photo every X seconds mode When you see P2 photo every 2 seconds is the defa
5. charge after 4 hours total charging time 5 Battery will charge 80 in one hour when using a 1000mAh USB compatible wall or car charger 100 charge after 2 hours total charging time To charge battery and record video photos simultaneously You can charge the camera s battery while simultaneously recording video or photos Simply plug the camera into any 500mAh or 1000mAh USB based wall car or phone charger to charge the HD HERO camera while recording video or photos It is best to use a 1 amp 1000mAh charger for maximum charging performance when also recording video or photos with the camera while charging Spare batteries are available at gopro com and authorized GoPro resellers REMOVING BATTERY FROM THE CAMERA The battery is designed to have a very tight fit to maximize reliability in high vibration activities To remove the battery squeeze the sides of the battery and pull it out of the camera It is intentionally not easy to do but the battery will come out In most cases it is not necessary to remove the battery Please note if you do remove the battery you will lose your time and date settings on the camera Additional batteries and charging accessories are available at gopro com CONNECTING CAMERA TO TV OR HDTV Make sure your camera is set to the correct NTSC or PAL video setting or your camera will not work properly with your TV This is explained in the SETTINGS MENU section of these instructions STEPS TO REVIE
6. 09 2009 to Y30 2030 Press SHUTTER to advance to next date setting Press POWER MODE button to toggle from 01 January to 12 December 01 12 Press SHUTTER to advance to next date setting d01 d31 Press POWER MODE button to toggle from d01 1st day of month to d31 31st day of month Press SHUTTER to advance to next date setting Press POWER MODE button to toggle from HOO 12 a m military time to H00 H23 H23 11 p m military time Press SHUTTER to advance to next date setting 00 59 Press POWER MODE button to toggle from 00 zero minutes to 59 59 minutes Press SHUTTER to advance to next date setting Once you select the minutes setting and press the SHUTTER button you will return to the SEt entrance for the settings menu EXITING THE SETTINGS MENU When you see ESC on the screen press the SHUTTER button to exit the SETTINGS MENU CONNECTIVITY BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS The HD HERO camera is compatible with Microsoft Me 2000 XP VISTA or later or Mac OS X 10 2 or later The HD HERO camera can also be plugged into any standard definition or HDTV that has RCA or component RGB ports allowing for high quality playback Windows System Requirements for Full HD 1080p and 720p 60 fps Playback Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later Vista and Windows 7 3 2 GHz Pentium 4 or faster Direct X 9 0c or later At least 1 GB of system RAM Video card with at least 256MB of RAM Macinto
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8. W PHOTOS AND VIDEO ON A TV OR HDTV 1 Make sure your camera is set to LIVE FEED OFF LFF in the SET menu LIVE FEED OFF will allow your camera to playback saved video and photos files on a TV via TV playback 2 Plug your camera into the RCA or COMPONENT RGB ports on your TV or HDTV with the included cables Icons on the side of the camera indicate which cables to use in which ports 3 If plugging into an HDTV use the RCA cables for sound while the COMPONENT RGB cables are for the HD video signal 4 Once plugged in turn on your camera 5 The most recent video saved to the SD card will begin playing on the screen 6 Press POWER MODE button to advance to the next video Press the SHUTTER button to return to the previous video 7 To view photos press and hold POWER MODE button for 2 seconds to switch to photo playback mode 8 Press POWER MODE button to advance to the next photo 9 Press the SHUTTER button to return to the previous photo 10 Press and hold POWER MODE button for 2 seconds to return to video playback mode if desired 11 Unplug camera from the TV and turn camera off when finished reviewing TROUBLESHOOTING SoS MESSAGE ON LCD SCREEN If you see the SoS message on your LCD screen that means your video file was corrupted during recording for some reason While SoS is showing on the screen press ANY BUTTON on the camera and the camera will attempt to repair the file HOt MESSAGE ON LCD SCREEN
9. ext option in the SET menu ALL blinking If you press the shutter button while ALL is blinking you will format the SD ALL blinking card losing all files and data Red LED on front of camera will blink while TO CHOOSE YES FORMAT card is being formatted IMPORTANT this will format your card and all data on the card will be deleted AUTO POWER OFF SETTING You can program the camera to automatically turn off at 60 120 300 seconds or you can set the camera to OFF to keep the camera on until you manually turn it off OFF default setting camera will only turn off if manually turned off camera will turn off 60 seconds after last button press unless recording ideo or shooting automatic photos Lo a will turn off 120 seconds 2 minutes after last button press unless recording video or shooting automatic photos camera will turn off 300 seconds 5 minutes after last button press unless recording video or shooting automatic photos Press the SHUTTER button to toggle between choices Press the POWER MODE button to save whichever setting is showing on the screen and continue to the next feature option SETTING THE TIME AND DATE You can set the time and date on the camera as long as the battery stays in the camera Once the battery is removed the time and date settings will be lost hen you see dAt on the screen press SHUTTER button to set the time and date Yo09 Y30 Press POWER MODE button to toggle from Y
10. ing is to shoot a PHOTO EVERY 2 SECONDS automatically Press the shutter button to start taking photos Press the shutter again to stop To change the timing to shoot a photo every 2 5 10 30 or 60 seconds see the SETTINGS MENU section of these instructions TO SHOOT SINGLE SHOT PHOTOS Press the POWER MODE button repeatedly until you see the solid non blinking camera icon Press SHUTTER button to take a photo A beep will sound and red LED will flash to indicate a photo has been taken TO SHOOT TRIPLE SHOT SEQUENCE PHOTOS Press POWER MODE button until you see the triple shot icon on the front LCD status screen Press the shutter button to shoot 3x photo sequence in 2 seconds SETTINGS MENU ADVANCED FEATURES CCL JLL ENTERING THE SETTINGS MENU Press the POWER MODE button repeatedly until you see the SEt icon above Press the SHUTTER button to enter settings menu Press the POWER MODE button to cycle through options once in settings menu CHOOSING ONE BUTTON MODE ON OFF One Button Mode On forces the camera to automatically begin recording video or photos once the camera is turned on depending on which default power up mode the camera is set to see next instructions In One Button Mode On the camera is either on and recording or powered off This simplifies camera operation when loaning the camera to friends or when you know you only want to sh
11. oot in one mode The shutter button is disabled in One Button Mode and will not start or stop the recording while the camera is on onF default setting One Button Mode Off To turn One Button Mode ON 1 Enter the SET MENU and notice that One Button Mode OFF onF option is the first setting available Press the shutter button to toggle the screen to say onO One Button Mode On 2 With onO One Button Mode On showing on the screen press the POWER MODE button to save whichever setting is showing on the screen and continue to the next feature option 3 Turn your camera off and then on again and the camera will begin recording in whatever the default power on setting and resolution is set to 4 Press and hold the power button for 3 seconds to stop recording and turn the camera off To turn One Button Mode OFF 1 Turn the camera on 2 While the camera is on and recording press and hold the shutter button for 3 seconds Let go 3 The camera s SET menu will appear 4 Press the shutter button to enter the SET menu 5 When onO One Button Mode On appears press the shutter button to toggle the setting to onF One Button Mode Off 6 Turn the camera off 7 When you turn the camera on again the One Button Mode feature will be turned off CHOOSING DEFAULT MODE AT POWER UP You can program your camera to turn on in either Video mode Photo mode Triple Shot Sequence mode or Photo Every X Second
12. prior to Turn Camera Off fully charging See charging section for more information STATUS LCD ICONS APO I annu i g O mmi Photo Mode Triple Shot Photo Mode Video Mode 10 Second Timer Mode L SENE CJ Spot Meter Exposure ON l Resolution Indicator Delete Last All Format SD Card Battery Meter 000 me SD Card Not Inserted Number of Files on SD Card i TO SHOOT VIDEO Turn on camera by pressing POWER MODE button The camera will power on in VIDEO mode as the default mode Default resolution is 960p 1280x960 See Settings Menu section to learn about resolutions Press shutter button to begin recording video Camera will beep once Red LED light on front of the camera will blink while video is recording Press shutter button to stop recording or camera will automatically stop recording when your SD card is full or your battery dies approx 2 25 hours of battery life on a full charge Camera will beep 3 times when recording stops and file is saved O USING 10 SECOND TIMER Press the POWER MODE button until you see the 10 SECOND TIMER icon Press the SHUTTER button and the camera will automatically shoot a photo in 10 seconds A series of beeps and flashing red LED light will indicate when the photo has been taken Ne CJ blinking icon TO SHOOT PHOTOS EVERY X SECONDS TIME LAPSE MODE Press POWER MODE button until you see the blinking camera icon The default tim
13. s mode F default setting Video Mode F means Filming Press the SHUTTER button to toggle between choices Press the POWER MODE button to save whichever setting is showing on the screen and continue to the next feature option CHOOSING VIDEO RESOLUTION Your HD HERO camera shoots the following video resolutions Symbol on LCD Fer Frames per r4 Tallest HD Video default Max Overall View resolution 4 3 Wide Angle Standard Definition 16 9 60 NTSC 50 PAL when mounting on vehicles or 30 NTSC gear when a very wide angle 25 PAL is desired but vertical viewing area is not as important 60 NTSC same as r2 but with ultra slow 50 PAL motion playback when mounting on your body helmet surfboard or chest Si A harness this mode offers the most vertical viewing area of all resolutions when vehicle or gear mounted Full HD best choice for highest quality Hiohest Resolution 1080p 30 NTSC in car filming 25 narrower 9 1920x1080 25 PAL field of view 127 compared 16 9 to 170 view of other resolutions NOTE Above r1 r2 r3 r4 and r5 settings in the SET menu appear as 1 2 3 4 and 5 no r on the bottom left corner of LCD screen when not in the SET menu See previous STATUS LCD ICONS drawing for an example of this WVGA 848x480 when smaller file size is desired Widest HD Video 16 9 30 fps 720p 1280 x 720 Widest HD Video 16 9 60 fps 720p 1280 x 720 960p 1280
14. sh System Requirements for Full HD 1080p and 720p 60 fps Playback Mac OS X v10 4 11 or later 2 0 GHz Intel Core Duo or faster At least 1 GB of system RAM Video card with at least 128MB of RAM If you are having problems achieving smooth playback on your computer the HD HERO camera can also plug directly into any standard definition or HDTV that has RCA or component RGB ports The HD HERO camera itself provides very smooth playback directly on a TV and when using component RGB cables for HD playback the quality matches that of playing back on a computer USING SD CARDS The HD HERO camera is compatible with 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB and 32GB capacity SD and SDHC cards While all speed cards work in the camera GoPro recommends minimum Class 4 speed cards for reliability when shooting HD video GoPro s own testing has shown improved reliability in high vibration activities with name brand SD and SDHC cards To insert the SD card slide the SD card into the SD card slot on the side of the camera with the SD card label facing the front of the camera The SD card will click into place once it is inserted past flush with the camera Use your fingernail to do this To remove the SD card push it further into the camera and it will spring out from the camera far enough so that you can pull it out TRANSFERRING VIDEO AND PHOTOS TO COMPUTER On a PC with WINDOWS operating system 1 Connect the camera to a computer with the included USB cable
15. ult setting you can press the SHUTTER button to toggle the following options P2 P5 P10 P30 P60_ shoots photos in 2 5 10 30 or 60 second intervals Press the SHUTTER button to toggle between choices Press the POWER MODE button to save whichever setting is showing on the screen and continue to the next feature option CHOOSING LED BLINKING ON OFF You can set the red LED light to blink while filming or to be off at all times for stealth bLO default setting LED blinking ON Press the SHUTTER button to toggle between choices Press the POWER MODE button to save whichever setting is showing on the screen and continue to the next feature option CHOOSING BEEPING SOUND ON OFF You can set the beeping sound to beep or be silent at all times for stealth bPO default setting beeping sound ON Press the SHUTTER button to toggle between choices Press the POWER MODE button to save whichever setting is showing on the screen and continue to the next feature option CHOOSING NTSC PAL SETTING This controls both the video recording frame rate and playback of video from the camera when viewing on a TV Select nSC NTSC if viewing on a TV in North America Choose PAL if viewing on a PAL TV most televisions outside of North America or if viewing on a PAL TV in any region nSC default setting NTSC TV setting for North America Camera will record in 60 or 30 frames g per second depending on which resolution is selected
16. ur computer UP default setting saves photos and videos in a normal right side up orientation saves photos and videos upside down so that they appear right side up UPd hen you review on your computer or TV The video camera and photo icons will blink quickly on the LCD screen to reminding you that you are saving photos and videos in upside down mode Press the SHUTTER button to toggle between the UP UPd choices Press the POWER MODE button to save whichever setting is showing on the screen and continue to the next feature option SETTING VIDEO LIVE FEED ON OFF You can set your camera to send a live video signal out the side TV or HDTV ports by toggling the VIDEO LIVE FEED setting on and off Video Live Feed ON LFO allows for plugging the camera into wireless transmitters and TVs for live viewing from the camera Video Live Feed OFF LFF allows for playback of photo and video files from the camera onto a TV Video Live Feed via the USB port is not supported If Video Live Feed is turned on LFO the camera will stay in normal camera mode when plugged into a TV and will send a live video signal to the TV Plugging in the component cable will send an HD video signal out from the camera and plugging in the composite cable will send a standard definition signal out from the camera NOTE If the component cable is used to send live HD video out from the camera and you begin simultaneously recording HD video to the SD
17. x 960 Press the SHUTTER button to toggle between choices Press the POWER MODE button to save whichever setting is showing on the screen and continue to the next feature option CHOOSING EXPOSURE SETTING Choose between Spot Meter and Center Weighted Average Meter exposure settings depending on the lighting of your environment Symbol on LCD Screen Cnt Center weighted average meter is best for normal outdoor and indoor default setting lighting conditions Spot meter is primarily for shooting from inside of a car or other dark space looking out into a brighter outside setting Spot meter adjusts the exposure or the absolute center of the scene for example the road ahead instead of he interior of the car C This icon t If you are wanting optimum exposure of the inside of the car filming mainly he driver for example choose Cnt center weighted average to expose for he inside of the car appears on LCD when spo meter is active Press the SHUTTER button to toggle between choices Press the POWER MODE button to save whichever setting is showing on the screen and continue to the next feature option UPSIDE DOWN IMAGE CAPTURE If you need to mount your camera upside down to get the perfect photo or video angle you can program the camera to save the photo or video upside down so that it appears right side up when you review it on your computer or TV This eliminates the need to flip the photo or video later on yo
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