Toolbox Menu
Access the following features by long-pressing the Back button from the main watch face.
Change vibration or tone settings on your watch.
- Watch → System → More Settings → Vibrations → Key Vibrations | Alert Vibrations
- Alert Vibrations apply to Timer/Stopwatch/Alarm.
- Watch → System → More Settings → Tones → Key Tones | Message & Call Tones | Alarm Tones | Activity Alert Tones
- Alarm Tones apply to Alarm.
- Activity Alert Tones apply to Stopwatch.
- Tones for Timer cannot be disabled.
Timer
- Select to set up to 3 timers with the repeat feature available.
- Setup new times will overwrite previous ones.
- Press the CONFIRM button to start and pause the timer.
- Press the BACK/LAP button to restart the timer or return to the timer setup page.
- In order to repeat a timer, select Repeat → ON.
- Hold the BACK/LAP button to exit the page without interrupting the timer.
- Available in daily and workout modes.
Stopwatch
- Select to use the stopwatch function.
- Press the CONFIRM button to start and pause the stopwatch.
- Press the BACK/LAP button to start a new lap and reset the stopwatch.
- Hold the BACK/LAP button to exit the page without interrupting the stopwatch.
- Available in daily and workout modes.
Alarm
- Select to set up to 10 new alarms or manage existing alarms.
- Available alarm mode in Only Once | Every Day | Custom by day of week.
- Snooze time is not customizable.
- Hold the BACK/LAP button → System → Sensors → Barometer → Storm Alert → OFF | ON
- Select to switch ON/OFF Altitude Alert mode. When elevation is above 2500 meters or 8250 ft and heart rate is higher than normal, your watch will alert you.
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".
- System: Normal operating activities. Any type of regular maintenance on the watch or features that are vital to maintaining a functional watch (i.e. keeping the clock up-to-date) will fall within the "System" category
- Notifications: Any notifications which are pushed to your watch, both for workout alerts (lap alerts, etc.) and daily notifications (calls, text messages, etc). This is displayed as a number rather than being included in the overall percentage estimate.
- GPS Workouts: Any activity recorded which uses GPS signals to measure and record distance, etc.
- Backlight: Any power used to illuminate your watch screen. The more you use your backlight (Night Mode, Backlight Gesture, etc.), the higher this percentage is likely to be.
- Daily Heart Rate: Measurements taken that consume battery to provide daily heart rate data. You have the ability to specify this to "Real-Time" or "Every 10min".
To control your Insta360 from your COROS VERTIX 2S, 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 VERTIX 2S 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 VERTIX 2S 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.
To pair your COROS watch with an Insta360 GO 2 camera, follow the instructions below:
- Power up Insta GO 2
- Enter Remote Pairing mode on Insta GO 2
- Long press the Back button on VERTIX 2S, choose Camera Control
- Confirm on the watch and search for the camera
- Add the camera
- Scroll between Photo and Video mode
- 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.
Use the Map Manager tool to download and organize your map data via Wi-Fi, and store these maps on your watch directly through the COROS app.
- Open the COROS App > navigate to the Profile Page > tap on the image of your watch under "My Devices" > select "Map Manager."
- This will allow you to view the map data you already have installed, as well as download new regions for further exploration.
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
- Go to the Profile page from the bottom bar and tap on the watch icon.
- Select Find Device to trigger the alert on the watch if it is close by.
- NOTE: In order for "Find My Phone" to work, it is required that the COROS app is running in the background. Do not force close the COROS app if you wish to use this feature. Force closing apps halts all Bluetooth connectivity that is required.
- Stop the alarm once you find the watch by pressing any button.
On the watch
- Go to the Toolbox Menu.
- From the main watch face, press and hold the BACK/LAP button.
- Select Find My Phone. Once COROS app receives the request, an alarm will be triggered.
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.
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
Using your COROS charging cable, you will first want to connect your COROS VERTIX 2S to a Mac or PC. Once you have done so, wait for the VERTIX 2S 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 VERTIX 2S 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 VERTIX 2S 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 VERTIX 2S.
With the music now stored on your COROS VERTIX 2S, 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 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
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.
- Hold the BACK/LAP button → System → Sensors → Barometer → Storm Alert → OFF | ON
- Once enabled, your COROS watch will receive a Storm Alert even if you are tracking an outdoor workout or in Do Not Disturb mode.
- A drop of 4 hPa or more in 3 hours will trigger the storm alert.
From the COROS app: To change the watch faces available on your COROS watch, open the COROS App and navigate to the profile page, tap on the image of your watch under "My Devices", and tap on "Watch Faces".
- Once in the Watch Face Library, you can select any face of your choice to save to your watch. Up to five faces can be stored on the watch.
- Build your own custom watch face by selecting "Custom" while in the watch face library, and tap "Create Your Own" towards the bottom of the screen. From there, select the widget layout and background image you would like to have displayed, and then tap "Save" to add this to your watch face library.
From the watch: Hold the BACK/LAP button to open the Toolbox → System → More Settings → Watch Face
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.
Daily 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 VERTIX 2S 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 VERTIX 2S 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.
Active Calories measurement displayed on COROS watches and within the COROS app is an estimation of the calories burned during recorded workouts and times where your watch records a cadence over 130 steps/minute, most common when walking quickly.
In order to change or set your daily goals (both Calories and Exercise time), open the COROS app and navigate to your profile page. Next, scroll to the very bottom of the page to find where you can change your goals.
Exercise Time is a measurement showing the amount of time in which you have recorded exercises during the day
- Sunrise/Sunset
- Solar Noon
- Sunrise
- Sunset
- Dawn
- Dusk
- Date
- Real-time heart rate in 1-second rate.
- The HR graph on the watch and the COROS app is not affected by this setting but the accuracy will increase.
- Maximum, minimum and average heart rate in the last 6 hours.
- Heart rate graph in the last 6 hours.
- Press the digital dial and scroll to view the heart rate data in the last 24 hours.
- Heart rate is recorded every 10 minutes in daily use and every second in workouts.
- Last updated elevation in meter (metric) or foot (imperial).
- Change the unit on your COROS watch – main watch face → System → More Settings → Units → Imperial | Metric.
- Maximum, minimum and average elevation in the last 6 hours.
- Elevation graph in the last 6 hours.
- Press the CONFIRM button and scroll to view the elevation data in the last 24 hours. Swipe left and right to view.
- Elevation is recorded every 10 minutes in daily use and every 5 seconds in workouts.
- Press and hold Digital Dial to calibrate the elevation.
- Use GPS
- Enter Elevation
- Last updated barometric/atmospheric reading in hPa (Hectopascal Pressure) or mmHg.
- Maximum, minimum, and average barometric/atmospheric reading in the last 6 hours.
- Barometric/atmospheric graph in the last 6/12/18 hours.
- Press the CONFIRM button and scroll to view the barometric/atmospheric data in the last 24/48/72 hours. Swipe left and right to view.
- Change the history data display range – main watch face → System → Sensors → Barometer → Schedule → Last 6 | 12 | 18 Hours.
- Switch between Sea-level Pressure/Station Pressure.
- Main watch face → System → Sensors → Barometer → Data Source → Station Pressure | Sea-level Pressure.
- Station pressure is measured at a station without any altitude adjustment like from a house or the top of a mountain. It will change at various altitudes.
- Sea-level pressure is the station pressure adjusted to the sea level. It is often used for predicting weather changes at the current altitudes.
- Provides weather forecast using the arrow displayed on the top of the page.
- Arrow pointing downwards indicates potential stormy weather.
- Arrow pointing upwards indicates potential clear weather.
- The arrow consists of 2 parts. The left part shows the info 3-6 hours ago and the right part shows the last 3 hours.
- Barometric/atmospheric data is recorded every 10 minutes. Air conditioners and heaters can impact the accuracy of barometric readings.
- Press and hold the Digital Dial to access quick settings.
- Data Source
- Display Range
- Pressure Units
- Storm Alert
- (i) Baro. Direction
- Set up the Sleep Start Time on the COROS app as close to when you typically fall asleep as possible.
- COROS app → Profile page → Profile Setting → Sleep Tracking → Start Time.
- The watch will start checking if you are asleep two hours before the sleep start time. If you fall asleep 30 minutes prior to the sleep start time, the sleep tracking will start 30 minutes before.
- If you wake up in the middle of the night, as long as you fall back asleep within 5 hours of waking up, the watch will continue to record sleep data.
- Live data
- Weather type, temperature and temperature difference, sensory temperature, wind direction, rainfall probability, humidity, UV index, air quality
- Next 6 hours
- Weather type, average temperature, wind direction, probability of rainfall
- Next 7 days
- Weather type, temperature difference
The steps widget on your COROS watch/app uses the hardware and proprietary algorithms to count the number of steps you have taken in a day
The floors widget on your COROS watch/app uses the hardware and proprietary algorithms to count the number of floors you have climbed in a day
Easily view incoming texts, emails, messages, calendar alerts, and phone calls from your watch.
Press the CONFIRM button to view and expand the last received notification. Viewing notifications on your COROS watch will not affect the notifications received on your phone.
Scroll down to view the remaining or the next notification.
Press the CONFIRM button again to delete the current notification or all notifications stored on your COROS watch. Deleting notifications on your COROS watch will not affect the notifications received on your phone.
Assess your current stress levels, and monitor your daily and overall trends to gain a well-rounded view of your stress to help maximize training and recovery.
To toggle Daily Stress off, please follow the instructions below:
- From the main watch face, press and hold the back/lap button to access the watch's toolbox wheel > scroll the dial and select "System" > scroll and select "More Settings" > scroll and select "Stress" > select either "On" or "Off" depending on your current preferences.
Automatically measure heart rate variability (HRV) anytime you wear your watch to sleep. Assess your body's physical and mental response to both daily, and overnight factors such as life and work stress, training, and sleep quality.
To receive your Overnight HRV normal range, wear your watch to sleep for 5 nights to establish a baseline. Once you have done so, you will be able to see your assessment on your watch or in the COROS app.
Running Fitness represents your current marathon performance level.
View race time and pace estimates for 5k, 10k, half marathon, and full marathon distances based on your past 6 weeks’ training.
Training load represents the amount of exercise stress your body is subjected to, and is a function of exercise time and intensity.. Track how different workouts on different days affect the amount of impact your body is sustaining, so you can build a plan that allows your body recover from hard training, and push through plateaus once you are ready.
Understand the impact that recent training has on your body. This measurement consists of 3 different metrics:
- Base Fitness (42-day rolling average): Think of this as your long-term metric. It measures your ability to take on hard sessions from your long-term training.
- Load Impact (7-day rolling average): Think of this as your short-term metric. It measures the amount of impact brought to your body from short-term training.
- Intensity Trend (7-day rolling average): This is the relation between the past 7 days of TL (load impact) compared to your Base Fitness.
Get a quick glimpse of your readiness for training, factoring in your fatigue from recent workouts.