# Kiosk and TV setup

> Put your live board on a TV, tablet or kiosk (Fire TV, Google TV, Chromecast, iPad, PC) with rotating views, a nightly reload and a screen that stays awake.

Canonical: https://currentview.app/resources/kiosk-and-tv

Every location has a board link: `currentview.app/d/your-name/location`. Open it on the
device's browser and make it full screen. That's the whole setup — the page keeps the
screen awake, reconnects by itself if the Wi-Fi blips, and reloads once a night to pick up
updates.

## TV layouts

In **Locations → Display board**, pick how the screen is laid out. **Classic** shows everything
on the board as one grid and rotates the views you choose below. The other layouts take
today's items one category at a time — only categories that have something on the board, and
a new item or category joins the loop by itself:

- **Chapters** — your categories with counts down the side, one category on the stage at a time.
- **Stories** — one category per screen, edge to edge, with a progress bar along the top.
- **Spotlight** — your featured item stays on the left while categories rotate as a menu list.

Each category stays up longer the more items it has, up to the seconds you set. *Preview* opens
the board with that layout before you save; `?layout=stories` on any board link does the same.

An item with a video in its gallery plays it on the TV — muted, looping, in the item's spot — on
every layout. Add `?detail=1` to a board link on a touch kiosk or tablet so tapping an item opens
its photos and videos; TVs leave that off.

## Rotating views (Classic)

In **Locations → Display board**, choose the views to cycle through (for example *Today*,
then *Featured*) and how many seconds each one stays. The TV follows the settings without
being touched. You can also force a view with `?view=featured` or a rotation with
`?rotate=today,featured&interval=15` on the link itself.

## Device notes

- **Fire TV / Fire Stick** — install the Silk browser, open the link, press the menu button and choose *Full screen*. Set it as the home page.
- **Chromecast with Google TV** — open the link in Chrome, then use the *Add to home screen* option for a one-tap launch.
- **iPad** — open in Safari, *Share → Add to Home Screen*, then launch from the icon; turn on *Guided Access* to lock it.
- **Any PC on a TV** — Chrome or Edge in kiosk mode: `chrome --kiosk https://currentview.app/d/your-name`.

Portrait screens work too — the board rearranges itself.