The thread where bazzabear asked loads of dumb questions about his GoPro

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I've just got given a Hero3+ black edition for my birthday, which was extremely kind of my wife!

Now I just need to work out how to go about using it, hopefully with the help of you guys. :)

First stupid questions on getting it out of the box (and apologies if I'll find these answers within minutes of starting to read the manual):

Quick start has me charging it before any use. But no indication of how long for. I've attached it (and the remote) to my computer. How long about is a full charge going to take? Do they both indicate in any way when they are fully charged?

One of its first uses will be on holiday next week, so I'll be struggling to plug it into a computer to recharge. It's only supplied with a USB cable, does anyone know what amperage plug socket converter I will need? Don't want to blow the thing by plugging it into something wrongly specced.

Thanks in advance!
 
Oh, that was the other thing. There's a bewildering array of accessories in the box, and I can't find a list of what they are.

There's a spare back for the housing - but with holes in it. Obviously then this would not be waterproof! But is there any specific reason why you'd want to use one with holes instead of one without?

There's also a little white rubber widget of some kind.


(I have just answered my own question about the charge though - the OSD tells you, and there's no problem with turning it on before it's up there.)
 
tom_e said:
Don't know about knowing when it's fully charged but as it's charged by USB then use whatever USB charger you like the only issue with using a low amperage one is that it will charge slower but you won't do any damage.
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But what about using a higher amperage one? Using one of those plugs that adapts to USB, is there a risk of doing anything?

I don't have any idea what the correct spec is (although the remote is labelled as 5V 500mA, the GoPro itself has no label) so no idea whether I'd be going higher or lower!

EDIT: Just had a thought, and checked the battery. The rating is on there rather than the GoPro - it's 5V, 1A.

As I understand things, as long as I don't overdo the voltage, I'll be fine. A device will only draw the amperage it'll draw, so no worries over-doing that. Am I right?
 
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Thanks very much!

I think I know what you mean about the widget - it fits in the same place the little black throwaway bit is when it's in its original packaging?

I'll have to have another play around when I get home tonight.
 
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