Set up & run your board.
Device installs, creating boards, live data and scheduling, everything to get the most from Split-Flap TV.
Getting started with Split-Flap TV
Split-Flap TV turns a TV you already own into a vintage split-flap (Solari) board you control from your phone. Here's the whole journey, from sign-up to a board flipping on your screen in about five minutes.
Read →Creating your first board
A board is the content shown on a screen, a message, a menu, a price list, a welcome or live data. You can build as many as you like and assign them to one screen or several.
Read →Board layout, colours & the flap sound
Fine-tune how your board looks and sounds, rows and columns, portrait or landscape, text colour, and the classic click-clack flap sound.
Read →Running multiple screens & video walls
Run different boards on different TVs, all from one account. Each screen needs its own subscription.
Read →Install on Amazon Fire TV Stick
Fire TV is one of the most popular and cheapest ways to run Split-Flap TV. Fire TV uses a slightly different install because Split-Flap TV isn't in the Amazon Appstore, you side-load it with the free Downloader app. It takes a couple of minutes.
Read →Install on Apple TV, iPhone & iPad
On Apple devices, Split-Flap TV installs straight from the App Store, no side-loading needed.
Read →Install on Android TV & Chromecast
Android-based TVs and Chromecast devices are a great, low-cost way to run Split-Flap TV. How you install depends on whether your device has the Google Play Store.
Read →Keeping your screen on & live all day
A few one-time settings keep your board showing all day without going dark or dropping offline.
Read →Scheduling & dayparting
Make a screen change itself by time of day, breakfast at 7am, lunch at noon, cocktails at 6pm, with no one lifting a finger.
Read →Using variables (time, date & live data)
Variables let a board show live values, the current time, a date, a countdown, the weather, a follower count, or data from your own source, flipping and updating on their own.
Read →Add weather and news
Fill the quiet moments with useful, auto-updating information, live local weather and rolling news headlines.
Read →Adding pictures & media (Picture-Flap)
Beyond text, Split-Flap TV can flip images into place, logos, artwork or photos, with the Picture-Flap board type.
Read →Show your Instagram follower count
Turn your screen into a live social counter that flips up as your following grows, great for shops, studios and events.
Read →Show your Facebook follower count
Display a live Facebook page follower count on your board, updated automatically.
Read →Show the now-playing track
Flip the track that's currently playing onto your screen, a fun touch for cafés, bars and homes.
Read →Connect live data (JSON / XML & API)
For anything custom, bind a board to your own JSON or XML feed, or push updates via the API, and flip live values from any system you like.
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