Check the signs before opening

A short daily check helps you catch a wrong programme or missing file before customers do. Check every player; one working screen does not prove that the others are working.

1. Look at the physical screen. Is it on the correct HDMI input? Is Cinema Sign showing the intended poster, trailer or board?
2. Open Status. Confirm the screen name, location and version. Check Unit Time against your own clock.
3. Check the programme. Review Sessions and, for an imported source, Import Status. Confirm today's date and the correct cinema.
4. Open Playback. Check the current title and Up Next. Look for missing-media messages or a URL page that is unavailable.
5. Check storage. Follow up a low-space warning before adding more trailers.
6. Check campaigns. Confirm that adverts are enabled, within their dates and inserted on the intended player.
7. Watch a complete change. Confirm that the next item appears, sound is suitable if trailers use audio, and a live URL advert returns to the film programme afterwards.

Read Status without needing technical knowledge

• Online means the administration service is reachable. Still look at the television to confirm the picture.
• Unit Time is the player's clock. Incorrect time affects sessions, campaigns and synchronized changes.
• Android Uptime is time since the device last booted. Application Uptime relates to the app process; an in-process nightly restart can leave it unchanged.
• Media Storage reports downloaded media and free storage. Free storage is not the complete advertised capacity of the Android box.
• Display Schedule explains whether the screen is in active hours or off hours.
• Time Sync tells you whether local clock sharing is disabled, connecting, acting as master or following a master.

Time zone mismatch: Status warns when the browser and player use different time zones, showing both zones and their current UTC offsets. Unit Time is displayed in the player's time zone. Check Android Date & Time settings on the player and select the cinema's time zone; a correct clock alone does not guarantee the correct time zone. Wrong zones can hide today's sessions or shift daily schedules. A mismatch can be expected when administering a cinema in another region. The warning clears automatically when the zones match.

Use the full playlist

1. Open Playback and select View full playlist.
2. Review its date, times, titles and durations. Scroll within the playlist window.
3. Select Go to NOW to return to the current entry.
4. Close the window when finished.

The warning compares timezone identities, even when two regions currently share an offset. Recognized aliases are treated as the same zone. A correct current time does not guarantee the correct daylight-saving rules.

In Advertise Only, replace the film/session checks with enabled campaign assets, positive weights, active dates, the selected Poster/Video type and a complete rotation.