Quickesign Digital Signage

How to Set Up Digital Signage on Amazon Fire TV

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Turn your Amazon Fire TV into a digital sign with Quickesign. Display menus, announcements and promotions, and manage them from your computer or phone. Quickesign works on all Fire TV devices, including Fire TV Stick, Fire TV Cube, TVs with Fire TV built in, and devices running Vega OS.

What you’ll need

  • A Fire TV connected to the internet and signed in to your Amazon account. For an external Fire TV player, connect it to the TV and choose the right HDMI input.
  • A Quickesign account, and a computer or phone to link the screen.

Steps

  1. Install any system updates first. On many Fire TV devices, go to Settings > My Fire TV > About > Check for Updates (menu names differ by model). A new device may need several updates and restarts; check again after each restart until no more updates are available.

  2. Use Fire TV Search to find Quickesign, choose the app and install it, then open it. Quickesign shows an activation code on the TV.

  3. On your computer or phone, sign in at dashboard.quickesign.net and click Link New. Enter the Activation code, a TV location and a Screen name, choose a Starting layout if you have one, and click Link device.

    The Link New page with the Activation code field highlighted, and the TV location, Screen name and Starting layout fields below it

  4. Choose what the screen plays: in Screens, click Edit on the Fire TV’s row and add a layout to its playlist (see Adding Layouts to the Screen’s Playlist). A playlist with one layout repeats it continuously.

  5. While Quickesign is open, press the Menu button on the Fire TV remote to see the app’s options. Depending on your device, they include:

    • Launch on startup: open Quickesign when the device starts.
    • Keep on top: reopen Quickesign automatically if the app closes.
    • Screen orientation: for a horizontal or vertical display (see Vertical/Portrait Screens).
    • Daily restart: restart at a convenient time each day.

Troubleshooting

If your content doesn’t appear, check that Quickesign is open, the Fire TV is online, and a layout is on the right screen’s playlist. Restart the device and reopen Quickesign if needed. For help, email mike@quickesign.com with your Fire TV model and a description or photo of what you see.

Quickesign also works with the Amazon Signage Stick, a player made for digital signage that opens Quickesign automatically.

What’s next

Google TV Setup: set up Quickesign on Google TV and Android TV.