Set-Up

Setting up your new COROS watch should take only a few quick steps for you to be ready to begin recording activities. 

Auto-Lock

When you first receive your COROS watch, it will be set as default to “Scroll to Unlock” to prevent any accidental starts/cancellations of activities, etc. To unlock your watch, scroll the dial consistently in one direction until the display unlocks 

Button Layout

1 (LIGHT): 

2 (Digital Dial/CONFIRM): 

3 (BACK/LAP): 

Firmware Updates

·         To check for firmware updates, open the COROS app and navigate to the Profile Page. To view available firmware updates, tap on the watch icon and select Firmware Version.

How to Charge Your COROS Watch

* COROS watches support charging during workouts. Feel free to charge your COROS watch in the middle of the workout recording. Charging will not interfere, stop, or restart your ongoing workouts. 

Recording Your First Workout

Settings/Preferences

Wearing Your Watch

To ensure that your watch can gather the most accurate data possible, here are a few best practice tips to follow. 

3rd Party Integrations/Data Syncing

Link your COROS account with 3rd party apps to enjoy a fast and seamless data syncing experience.

Alarm, Stopwatch, Timer

Access timer, stopwatch and alarm features from the toolbox/shortcut menu. 

Change vibration or tone settings on your watch. 

Timer 

Stopwatch 

Alarm 

Altitude Alert

Battery Usage Tool

Built into every COROS watch is a "Battery Usage" tool that allows you to view on-demand usage reports on the consumption of your watch battery during the current charging cycle.  

To access the Battery Usage tool, hold the back button to access the Toolbox, then scroll until you find "Battery Usage". The Battery Usage tool will then display a graph that shows you the current battery percentage of your watch, a graph showing your historical battery drain, when your last charge was, and the estimation of how long your battery will last based on "standard use". 

Control Insta360

·         To control your Insta360 from your COROS APEX 2, the first thing that you will need to do is connect the two devices via Bluetooth. In order to do so, power on your Insta360 and then hold the back button on your APEX 2 to open up the Toolbox. From the Toolbox, select Insta360 → "Confirm” to add camera. 

·         Once you have paired the two devices, you will control your Insta360 camera through the Insta360 widget in your Toolbox. To locate this widget, hold the back button on your watch, scroll until you find "Insta360 Control" indicated with a camera icon and select this.  

·         After your APEX 2 connects to the Insta360 device, you then can scroll between using photo and video mode on the watch, using the press function on the digital dial to take photos or start/stop videos directly from your watch. 

Control Insta360 GO 2

To pair your COROS watch with an Insta360 GO 2 camera, follow the instructions below:

  1. Power up Insta GO 2
  2. Enter Remote Pairing mode on Insta GO 2
  3. Long press the Back button on APEX 2, choose Camera Control
  4. Confirm on the watch and search for the camera
  5. Add the camera
  6. Scroll between Photo and Video mode
  7. Press the digital dial to take photos or start/stop videos directly from the watch

Once connected, you will be able to control your Insta360 GO 2 using the digital dial. This includes starting/stopping photos and videos directly from the watch

For information on how to pair with other Insta 360 cameras, please view this article.

When pairing with the Insta GO 2, COROS watches will support 3 modes: Photo, Video, and Video Pro. You are able to switch modes using the digital dial.

Downloading Maps

To download maps to your COROS watch, please visit https://coros.com/maps/#/ to select any desired region and follow along with the instructions for installation.

Alternatively, you may use the Map Manager to download maps onto your COROS watch using WiFi. For detailed instructions, please visit here: Map Manager

Find My Phone & Find My Watch

Users that have their COROS watch and phone connected via Bluetooth can find their watch via the COROS app and vice versa.

On the app

On the watch

Wellness Check and HRV

·         Wellness Check is a convenient on-wrist test that provides you with a comprehensive overview of your wellness status. To access the Wellness Check test, press and hold the BACK/LAP button on your COROS watch to open the Toolbox menu, then scroll to the Wellness Check option. Follow the on-watch instructions to start the 30-60 second test.  During this time, your watch will use the optical heart rate sensor and ECG (electrocardiogram) sensor to gather data.

·         After completing the Wellness Check, you can view the results on your COROS watch right away, displaying key indicators such as Stress Level, Resting Heart Rate, HRV, Breathing Rate, and SpO2. After syncing your watch with the COROS app, you can view and track your results over time.

Light Key Shortcut

·         The Light Key shortcut creates a way to view the feature you need most, in the most efficient way possible. 

·         To create the shortcut, hold the BACK/LAP button to access your Toolbox → System → More Settings → Light/Option Key 

Music

·         Using your COROS charging cable, you will first want to connect your COROS APEX 2 to a Mac or PC. Once you have done so, wait for the APEX 2 to appear as an external hard drive on your computer. You will likely see this either on your desktop or in the "External Hard Drive" section of the disk management section of your computer. 

·         Next, after selecting the COROS APEX 2 hard drive on your computer you will see two folders, "Maps" and "Music". Open the "Music" folder on your hard drive. Using MP3 files stored locally on your computer (the APEX 2 only supports MP3 at this time), simply select the music you wish to download to your watch, then "drag and drop" the files from your computer into the "Music" folder on your COROS APEX 2. 

·         With the music now stored on your COROS APEX 2, you will want to ensure that you have either a speaker or Bluetooth headphones connected to your watch in order to play music, as the watch itself does not have speakers. To do so, hold the back button and navigate to Settings → Accessories → Add Bluetooth, and ensure your desired Bluetooth device is in Pairing Mode to make a connection.

·         Once you have headphones connected and music stored on the watch, all you will need to do is hold the BACK/LAP button, navigate to the "Music" icon and use either the touch screen or digital dial to begin playing music.

Night Mode

·         Night Mode provides low brightness level always-on backlight for training at night or darker conditions. Frequently activating the standard backlight will drain the battery life on your COROS watch. 

·         To access Night Mode, hold the BACK/LAP button to open the Toolbox → Night Mode

Storm Alert

All COROS watches are equipped with barometers to detect air pressure changes, which can be used to predict and detect weather changes. In the event of an incoming storm, the Storm Alert feature on your COROS watch can notify you in time should immediate actions be needed to keep you safe during training and daily use. 

Watch Faces

From the COROS app: To change the watch faces available on your COROS watch, open the COROS app and choose the Watch Icon/Device Page (4th tab on the bottom), then select “Watch Faces”.  

From the watch: Hold the BACK/LAP button to open the Toolbox → Watch Face 

Widgets

Widgets can easily be accessed from the main watch face by scrolling up and down. Press the CONFIRM button on certain widget pages for additional information. Use either the dial or touch screen to view the recent history of the selected widget data page.

To customize these widgets first open the COROS app. Next, select the "watch" icon in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, then "Customization" within the COROS APEX 2 Device section. Now choose "Daily Data" which will display the full list of widgets that can be displayed. 

Using the three white horizontal lines on the right-hand side of the screen, you can drag and drop the different fields into any order that you would like. The widget which is shown at the top of the screen on the COROS app will appear as the first data available when scrolling down on your COROS APEX 2 watch. 

To remove or add widgets, you can use the +/- buttons on the left-hand side of the COROS app. All of the widgets that are currently appearing on your watch will appear under the "Manage Daily Data display order" heading. Widgets that are not displayed on your watch will appear under the "Hidden Daily Data" field. 

After customizing your widgets to your preference, make sure to choose the "Save" button in the upper right-hand corner of the app to populate these changes to your watch. If you want to reset the widgets to factory settings, choose "Restore Defaults" at the bottom of the COROS app. 

Wi-Fi

From the Toolbox menu, select System → Wi-Fi → Add Network. Your watch will then search for nearby wireless networks and display the available options. Scroll to find and select the network you want to connect to which will then prompt you to enter the network password on the COROS app from a paired phone. 

Once you are successfully connecting to a Wi-Fi network you will have the ability to have your watch check for updates manually or automatically. To access these options you will follow a similar process as before System → Wi-Fi → Firmware Update. Here you will see two options "Auto" and "Check for Update". By selecting Check for Update, your watch will then have the ability to make firmware updates without ever needing to use your phone to do so. 

Users can update daily metrics and activity summary via Wi-Fi. This will be displayed as "Wi-Fi Sync" in the Toolbox menu.

Can't Connect to COROS App 

A Bluetooth disconnection icon will show up on the main watch face when the Bluetooth connection is lost. “Please connect to the COROS App” will appear on the Notifications widget. Additionally, you will not be able to manually sync the data by pulling down the Progress page in the COROS app.

Please follow the steps to fix the Bluetooth connection.

Start, Turn Off and Restart 

Start  

Turn Off  

Restart  

Reset

Resetting the watch will not affect the data stored on your COROS app. However, all data on your watch will be removed and customized settings will be cleared.