TV displays

A screen in the staff area that shows the schedule and rotates through what matters today — with no login on the TV, no sleeping, and QR codes your staff scan to act from their phones.

What it shows

Each display rotates through the panels you choose, each staying on screen for as long as you set:

This week — the seven-day grid: every shift, who's on it grouped by job, open slots called out, a 📋 on shifts that have tasks.
Today, up close — big cards for today's shifts with each shift's task checklist right there, plus who's clocked in right now if you use the time clock.
Open shifts — scan to claim — every open shift with a large QR code. A staff member points their phone camera at it and the shift opens on their phone, ready to claim.
Announcements & reminders — current everyone-announcements, today's day notes, and any reminders that are due (overdue ones in red).

Only things meant for everyone appear on the TV — announcements aimed at one job type or one person never show on a shared screen.

Setting up a TV

There are two ways to run a display. Both pair the same way; the difference is what keeps the screen alive.

Best: the Selfie Shifts Display app (Fire TV / Android TV)

On the Fire TV, install the free Downloader app from its app store, and allow "apps from unknown sources" when it asks (Settings → My Fire TV → Developer Options).
In Downloader, type selfieshifts.com/display.apk, then Install and Open.
The app shows a four-character pairing code. On your phone or computer, go to Settings → Displays, type the code, and name the TV ("Kitchen TV"). Within seconds the TV switches to your schedule — and stays there.

The app keeps the screen awake, comes back on its own after a power cut, and hides everything but the display. Full step-by-step, including the remote buttons: the TV display app page.

Also works: any TV browser

Open selfieshifts.com/tv in the TV's browser (a Fire TV's Silk browser, a Chromebox, a laptop behind the TV) and pair the same way. The one thing a browser can't do is stop the TV from sleeping — check the TV's own sleep settings if you go this route.

The remote

If the TV has a remote with arrow keys, it works on the display: ← / → go to the previous / next panel, the numbers 1–4 jump straight to a panel, and Select pauses on the current panel (press again to resume). Any button press resets the timer, so a screen someone just changed doesn't flip away a second later. In the app, Back also goes to the previous panel, and holding Back for two seconds unpairs the TV.

Under Settings → Displays you can also set a TV to Manual only — it stays on a panel until someone presses a key. Handy for an owner who wants "This week" up all night and flips to Open Shifts only when the crew asks.

Managing your displays

Settings → Displays lists every paired TV, whether it's online, which panels it rotates through, and how many seconds each stays. Different TVs can show different things — the kitchen might want Today up close; the bar might want Open Shifts.
Unpair sends a TV straight back to the pairing screen. Use it if a TV is moved, replaced, or you just want it off the schedule. Nothing on the TV can act as an employee, so there's no account to worry about.
Codes expire after 15 minutes. If a TV sat too long on the pairing screen, it fetches a fresh code by itself.

The classic wall calendar

The original wall calendar (the TV button on the Schedule page) still exists exactly as before — a signed-in, single-screen view of the week. It's a fine choice for a laptop you're already logged into. For a dedicated TV, the display above is the hands-off way.

What staff actually do with it: glance at the week, see whose night it is, and — when they spot an open shift they want — scan the QR with their phone. That's the whole idea: the TV informs; the phone acts.