Set Up Your COROS PACE 4 Pro

From the main watch face, or while recording an activity, long-press the Back button to open the Toolbox menu.  Here you can access widgets for the Flashlight, Navigation, Alarm, Broadcast Heart Rate, and more.

Control Center

• Do Not Disturb: Select to toggle between Do Not Disturb, Sleep Mode, and Daily Mode. In Do Not Disturb and Sleep Modes, notifications will be silenced and only appear in the background. In Daily Mode, notifications and alerts appear normally on the watch screen. 
• Satellite Mode:
  • Max: Uses All Systems GPS. This is the recommend satellite mode for most scenarios.
  • High: Uses Dual Frequency. This mode is recommended if you are moving through areas with difficult GPS conditions, such as narrow canyons, thick forest, or steep rock faces.
  • Auto: To conserve battery life, PACE 4 Pro intelligently switches between Max and High depending on the signal strength of your location.
• Drain the Speaker: Select the water icon to drain water from the speaker. Gently shake your watch after to ensure all moisture is removed.
• Volume: Select the speaker icon, then use the dial to scroll and adjust the volume level for tones on your device.
• Touchscreen:
  • Always On setting allows you to use the touchscreen when scrolling and selecting menu items, widgets, and navigation.
  • Map & Media Only setting disables the touchscreen for menu items, but you can still use the touchscreen while following a route or controlling media playback.

Flashlight: Press the dial to select the Flashlight tool, and your PACE 4 Pro screen will illuminate with a white background to illuminate your surroundings. You can adjust the brightness level by scrolling up and down with the dial. To turn off the Flashlight, press the Back button once. The Flashlight automatically turns off after 5 minutes to save battery and protect the display health.

Alarm: Select to set up a new alarm or manage existing alarms.

Reminders: Press and hold the Action button to create a reminder with your voice. For example, say "Remind me to call mom at 2 PM." Your watch will prompt you to confirm the details and time are correct, then it will alert you at the chosen day and time of the reminder.

Compass: Select to open the 3D compass. Press the Dial button to toggle between the Compass, GPS coordinates, elevation and barometer.

Oximeter: Select to take a blood oxygen SpO2 measurement

• Press the Dial to start a new SpO2 measurement
• Data available on this page: 
  • Top section: Altitude performance index (available if elevation is over 2500m or 8250ft) 
  • Middle section: SpO2 and time since last reading 
  • Lower section: Elevation 
• Scroll down to view the SpO2 (in red, yellow and green) and elevation (in blue) graph in the last 24 hours and 3 days.

Navigation Settings: Select to choose a route that you want to follow. Routes can be synced from the Explore page in your COROS app.

After choosing a route, you can customize the following settings:

• Preview elevation details for the route
• Start Point Direction (positive or reverse)
• Map Direction (heading up or north up)
• Deviate Course Alert
• Turn by Turn
• Back to Start (retraces your steps via your GPS track)

Stopwatch: Select to use the stopwatch function, available both during and outside of activity tracking.

• Press the Dial 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 

Timer: Select to set up to 3 timers with the repeat feature. The Timer is available both during and outside of activity tracking.

• Setup new times will overwrite previous ones
• Press the Dial to start and pause the timer
• Press the Back button to restart the timer or return to the timer setup page
• In order to repeat a timer, select Repeat → ON
• Hold the Back button to exit the page without interrupting the timer

Watch Faces: Select to choose among 5 watch faces stored on the watch. You can download new watch faces from the COROS app by going to the Profile page (fourth tab), then selecting PACE 4 Pro.

Heart Rate Broadcast: Select to pair with a Bluetooth-enabled device, and broadcast heart rate data from your watch to that device.

Battery Usage: View your current usage and estimated battery life remaining for GPS hours, and for standby mode. For more detailed battery statistics, open your COROS app to the Profile page > select your PACE 4 Pro > Battery Health.

Media Control: When music or a podcast is playing on your connected smartphone, you can control the playback on your PACE 4 Pro. This includes pausing, playing, skipping tracks, and more.

Music: PACE 4 Pro supports playing local MP3 files stored on the device. To download MP3 files to your watch, read our guide here.

What sensors are in the watch? PPG (Optical Heart Rate), Barometric Altimeter, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Electronic Compass, Thermometer, Multi-thermal temperature sensor, Pulse oximetry sensor (new SpO2 sensor), Speaker, Microphone with noise reduction

From the main watch menu, scroll to System to customize the following settings:

• Activity Interface
  • Auto Scroll: Choose whether or not your data pages scroll automatically while recording an activity.
  • Message & Call Alerts: Choose whether or not your watch receives notifications while recording an activity.  Even if this setting is OFF, your watch can still receive notifications in standby mode.
  • Data Labels: Select Text for your data fields to be labeled with text only, or Icons for your data fields to be labeled with icons. (Note: If Icons are selected, your watch will use text until there is 5 seconds of inactivity, and then revert to icons.)
  • Dial Press: Customize the pause settings by choosing between Instant Pause or Pause Options.
    • Instant Pause: While tracking an activity, if the dial is pressed, the watch will immediately pause/resume the activity.
    • Pause Options: While tracking an activity, if the dial is pressed, the watch will not immediately pause. Instead, it will enter a menu where you can then choose to pause/resume, finish, or view data pages.
• Sensors: Use this menu to customize settings for the optical heart rate and barometer, and calibrate other sensors (elevation, compass, temperature). 
• Accessories: Pair with external sensors via Bluetooth.
• WiFi: Connect your watch to WiFi to upload activities and download new firmware.
• Airplane Mode: When enabled, Bluetooth and WiFi functions are disabled on your device. This includes syncing activities, syncing routes, pairing with accessories, and more.

In the System > More Settings menu, you have even more options for customization:

• Language: Choose a new language for your watch.
• Watch Face: Select a new watch face and theme color. Download more watch face designs to be stored locally on your PACE 4 Pro from the Profile page in the COROS app.
• Display: Customize the display settings for PACE 4 Pro.
  • Brightness: This setting adjusts the brightness level on the watch screen.  Standard brightness is recommended, but High and Max levels are also available. Selecting High or Max will increase battery consumption.
  • Always On: When this setting is toggled ON, PACE 4 Pro's screen will remain illuminated. During activities, the screen will become dimmed when your wrist is lowered, and in standby mode, the watch face will dim and become less busy so you can still view the time of day (but not daily data).
  • Gesture Backlight: When this setting is toggled ON, the backlight is activated whenever the watch detects a wrist raise. When your wrist is turned down, the backlight will turn off. 
• Wrist Hand and Digital Dial: Choose which hand you are wearing PACE 4 Pro, and customize the dial location and orientation of the dial.
  • For example, users who wear the watch on their right wrist may wish to also have the dial located on the left side of the watch. PACE 4 Pro's screen can be rotated to match the new orientation.
• Passcode: To keep your information safe, you can set up a Passcode that locks your watch. If the watch is off your arm for more than a minute without any interaction, it will require entering a code to view any data.
• Sounds: Customize when your watch emits vibrations and tones depending on your activity alerts, notifications, alarms, and more.
  • Volume: Customize the volume of tones and alerts that play through PACE 4 Pro's speaker.
  • Tones: Toggle any of the below on or off: Key & Dial (for scrolling and selecting menu items), Message & Call, Alarms, Reminders, Activity Alerts, and Other.
• Vibrations: Toggle vibrations on or off for keys and alerts. You can also customize the strength of vibrations with the Vibration Intensity option.
• Touchscreen:
  • Always On setting allows you to use the touchscreen when scrolling and selecting menu items, widgets, and navigation.
  • Map & Media Only setting disables the touchscreen for menu items, but you can still use the touchscreen while following a route or controlling media playback.
• Auto Lock: Choose to Hold to Unlock or Scroll to Unlock in standby mode or activity mode.  These settings can prevent your watch from accidentally scrolling and starting/stopping an activity if the dial is accidentally pressed.
  • Hold to Unlock: Manually press and hold the dial.
  • Scroll to Unlock: Manually scroll the dial continuously.
• Units: Switch between Metric or Imperial units, and customize your Temperature units separately.
• Map: Global maps can be downloaded from the COROS app, by going to the Profile page > select APEX 4 > Map Manager.
  • Map Direction: Choose to keep the map oriented North Up (regardless of your actual heading), or Heading Up (the direction you are actually facing).
  • Map Style: Toggle landscape and/or topographic maps.
• Satellite Systems:
  • High: Uses All Systems GPS. This is the recommend satellite mode for most scenarios.
  • Max: Uses Dual Frequency. This mode is recommended if you are moving through areas with difficult GPS conditions, such as narrow canyons, thick forest, or steep rock faces.
  • Auto: Identifies the strongest satellite signals and intelligently chooses when to utilize a specific signal, and when to turn one off to save battery.
• Altitude Alert: When this setting is enabled, your watch will take a periodic automatic SpO2 (blood oxygen) reading if you are above 2500 meters.
• Move Alert: The Move Alert reminder helps you break up long periods of inactivity with a vibration and message on the watch screen. When enabled, if your watch detects that it's been a while since you last moved, you will receive a gentle alert on your wrist reminding you to take a little break to walk around.
• Daily Stress: When this is toggled on, your watch will use heart rate and HRV data to calculate your stress throughout the day and night. Note: Enabling Daily Stress will increase battery consumption.