Set up Quickesign as your Roku’s screensaver so it starts on its own, within a minute of the TV turning on. The screensaver version (QESIGN) shows images and text; to play videos, use the regular app instead (see Quickesign for Roku).
What you’ll need
- A Roku TV or Roku player connected to the internet, and its remote.
- A Quickesign account, and a computer or phone to link the screen.
Steps
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Change two Roku settings so the TV keeps showing your content:
- Settings → System → Power → Auto Power Saving: uncheck it.
- Settings → Network → Bandwidth saver: turn it off.
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On the Roku home screen, choose Search, type QESIGN and choose Qesign-Screensaver.
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Choose Add app, then OK. A screensaver can’t be opened like an app; it starts on its own once it is set as the screensaver.
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Press Home, then go to Settings → Theme → Screensavers.
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Choose the Quickesign screensaver.
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Choose Set as screensaver.
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Go back to Settings → Theme, choose Screensaver start time and choose 1 minute.
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Press Home and wait a minute. The first time it starts, the screensaver shows an activation code on the TV. Leave the TV on this screen.
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On your computer or phone, sign in at dashboard.quickesign.net and click Link New in the menu on the left. Enter the Activation code from the TV, a TV location and a Screen name, choose a Starting layout if you like, and click Link device. The TV starts showing your content within moments.
Another way to install: add QESIGN from your Roku account on the web, which installs it on all the Rokus in your account. Then follow steps 4 to 9.
What’s next
Adding Layouts to the Screen’s Playlist: choose what the Roku shows.