Getting started

Your first screen, step by step.

From signing up to your own content playing on a real screen — about 15 minutes. You'll need a computer or phone for the dashboard, and the screen device itself (an Android box/TV, a Smart TV with a browser, or just a PC).

1 Create your account

1. Open app.maiscreen.com/signup and fill in your name, email, password and business name.
2. You'll receive an email — click Confirm email. (Nothing there? Check spam.)
3. Sign in at app.maiscreen.com. That's your dashboard.

2 See it play — in 10 minutes, no screen needed

On the dashboard home you'll find the "Get started — three steps" card. Click "10-minute guide: ready layouts for your trade":

1. Pick your trade: café/restaurant, retail, pharmacy, gym, hotel, town hall/office.
2. Enter the store's name, city, phone, opening hours and a colour. The trade's layouts appear already filled with your details — a preview before anything is created.
3. Click Create in my account: the store with its hours, the layouts and your colour go into the account.
4. Click Open a screen in a new tab: a browser tab opens that is already one of your screens and already playing the first layout.

Just want an empty player to see the flow? On the same card, "Demo screen in a new tab". Either way, delete the browser screen afterwards from Screens.

3 Upload your first content

1. Menu Content → Upload — an image, video, PDF, even PowerPoint/Excel (they convert to pages automatically).
2. Wait for ready (a few seconds — it's also malware-scanned).

4 Set up the player on the device

Path A — Android app (recommended for permanent installs)

For Android TVs, boxes or sticks. Starts by itself with the power, updates itself, never gets "lost".

1. In the dashboard: Fleet → ⬇ Download APK. Save the file to a USB stick (or download it directly in the device's browser).
2. Plug the USB into the device and open the .apk from its file manager (e.g. "Files", "File Manager").
3. When asked about unknown sources, allow installs for this app (Settings → Security → Unknown sources, if it doesn't appear automatically).
4. Tap Install → Open. The app already knows the server — nothing to configure.

Path B — Browser (Smart TV, PC, anything with a browser)

1. Open the device's browser and type: api.maiscreen.com/player
2. Once it loads, press OK/click once on the page for fullscreen.
3. In the TV settings, turn off Screen Saver / Energy Saving / Auto Power Off.

Path C — A ready box from us

You don't want to deal with a device. In the dashboard, Settings → Screen licences → Ready box, shipped: choose how many, give an address (Greece or Cyprus) and pay box + a year's licence. The box arrives already paired to your account — step 5 is not needed. Power, HDMI, it plays. It updates itself and we support it remotely.

5 Pair the screen with your account

On both paths, the screen now shows a pairing code (e.g. KM4T-P2WX) and a QR.

• With your phone (easiest): scan the QR — the dashboard opens with the code pre-filled. Name the screen (e.g. "Window") and pick a store, then tap Pair.
• Manually: in the dashboard, Screens → Pair device and type the code.

The code lasts 15 minutes — if it expires, the screen shows a fresh one by itself. Asked for a store and don't have one? Create it under Stores.

6 Put the content on it

1. Content → open the file you uploaded.
2. Click ▶ Show on screen and pick your screen.
3. Seconds later, it plays. ✅

For more than a single file: the wizard's layouts are already under Layouts — open one, change what you like, publish. For a menu that changes with the hour (breakfast/lunch/dinner), Menu boards: categories, hours, a palette, no designer. And your prices come in by themselves from POS connections: Skroutz XML, Google Sheets, WooCommerce, Shopify or CSV.