Android TV
If you would rather work with a ready-made media box than with an SD card, Android TV is the simplest route. You install TargaScore as a normal app, pair the scoreboard, and configure the app to open automatically after startup.
Important note about automatic startup
Settings differ per device
Compatibility still being mapped out
What you need
- Recommended device
- Formuler Z10 SEAn Android TV media box with HDMI and a network connection. Other Android TV devices may also be suitable.
- Android TV with Google Play
- The device needs access to the Google Play StoreWithout the Play Store the app cannot be installed in the usual way.
- Google account
- Required to install apps from the Play Store
- Network connection
- Network cable or Wi-FiA network cable is more stable than Wi-Fi in a busy room.
- Television or display
- A screen with an HDMI input
- Remote control
- The device's remote controlNeeded during installation and when changing settings.
- Minimum Android version
- [Minimum Android version to be added]To be supplied
- Tested devices and firmware versions
- [Overview of tested devices and firmware versions to be added]To be suppliedWhile this overview is missing, we cannot commit to the behaviour on any given device.
TargaScore in the Google Play Store
TargaScore as an app on an Android TV device, for example the Formuler Z10 SE. You install the app from the Google Play Store.
Step-by-step
Step 1: Switch the device on and connect it to the network
Connect a network cable or join a Wi-Fi network.
Step 2: Sign in with a Google account
This is required to install apps from the Google Play Store.
Step 3: Open the Google Play Store
Use the device's remote control.
Step 4: Search for the TargaScore app
Check that you are opening the right app before installing.
Step 5: Install the app
Wait for the installation to finish.
Step 6: Open TargaScore
The app asks for the pairing details of your environment.
Step 7: Enter the TargaScore pairing details
You will find these in the admin portal, after logging in.
Step 8: Set TargaScore to open automatically
Find the setting for starting an app automatically on the device.
The name and location of this setting differ per device and per Android version.
Step 9: Test the behaviour after a power cut
Pull the plug, plug it back in, and check whether TargaScore comes on screen by itself.
Step 10: Check again after a firmware update
A device update can undo settings.
About the Formuler Z10 SE
The Formuler Z10 SE is an Android TV media box: a small device you connect to the television with an HDMI cable and that can install apps from the Google Play Store. It has a network connection and is operated with a remote control.
That is enough for TargaScore: you install the app, pair the scoreboard, and set the app to open after startup. Other Android TV devices with Google Play may also be suitable; the overview of tested devices is still being built up.
Installing
Installation goes as it does for any other Android TV app: open the Play Store, find the app, install it and open it. The screens look slightly different per Android version, but the steps are the same. The full step-by-step guide is on this page.
Opening automatically after a power cut
For a busy room this is the most important point. The goal is that nobody has to reach for a remote control after a power cut:
- the device gets power again;
- the device starts up;
- TargaScore comes on screen by itself.
The device handles the first two steps itself. The third is a setting you make on the device. What that setting is called and where it lives differs per device and per Android version. If you get stuck, get in touch.
Always test the behaviour yourself before the device is placed in the room permanently. Pull the plug, plug it back in, and see what happens. Do that again after a firmware update of the device, because an update can reset settings.
Picture and power saving
Two settings are worth checking before a device goes into use:
- picture fit. If overscan or automatic zoom is on, the edge of the scoreboard can fall outside the screen.
- power saving. Televisions and media boxes sometimes switch themselves off after a while. For a scoreboard that has to stay on all evening, you will want to change that setting.
Troubleshooting
The TargaScore app is not in the Google Play Store
Check that the device has access to the Play Store and that it is signed in with a Google account. If the app is not there yet, check this page to see whether the store link has been published.
TargaScore does not open automatically after startup
Check whether the setting for automatic startup is still enabled; a firmware update may have reset it. If it will not work, get in touch and include the make and firmware version of the device.
After a power cut the device stays on the home screen
In that case opening the app automatically is not active or not supported on this device. Get in touch, mentioning the device and firmware version, and we will look into it.
The picture does not fit the screen properly
Check the picture settings on the television and on the Android TV device. Turn off overscan or automatic zoom if the screen has that setting.
The remote control does not respond
Check the batteries and whether the device is switched off. A Bluetooth remote may need to be paired again.
The device goes to sleep or switches the screen off
Look in the settings of the device and the television for power saving, screen saver or automatic switch-off, and adjust them to what you want in the room.