Setting up digital signage needs no installer or special hardware: three steps are enough, prepare content, open a screen, link the two with a code. Count about five minutes for your first screen. Here is each step in detail, what you can do next, and a demo to try right inside the article.
Step 1. Create the content
Content is prepared in your account, from a computer. Three ways to start: drag in your photos and videos to build a slideshow; start from a ready-made template (promo, menu, hours, welcome) you fill in by swapping text and image; or add an app (YouTube, WiFi QR, news) as content. You set how long each visual shows and the order. Nothing to install, all in the browser.
Step 2. Open the screen
On the device that will act as the screen (smart TV, Android box, tablet, PC, Raspberry Pi), open the player address in the browser. A unique code appears, e.g. K7P-42Q: it is that screen's ID. The screen can stay on around the clock; if WiFi drops, offline playback takes over with the last content received.
Step 3. Link the screen to the content
In your account, enter the code shown, name the screen (“Left window”, “Bar”, “Reception”) and assign the slideshow: playback starts in seconds. The name lets you find and control each screen separately. Try it below, type a code and watch the screen link up:
What next? Update, schedule, add screens
Once the screen is live, everything is managed remotely. Update: edit the slideshow and the screen refreshes on its own, untouched. Schedule: with scheduling (dayparting), one content shows in the morning, another in the afternoon. Several screens: create a group and play the same message everywhere in one move, or a different message per location. That is where digital signage beats a plain USB stick on a TV.
What hardware, and how long?
No special hardware: your screen plus a browser. The first screen takes five minutes, the next two. You start with 1 free screen for life. The step-by-step docs are on the Add a screen page; device choice is covered in Smart TV, Android or Raspberry Pi; and to see everything you can broadcast, browse the features.