Church TV OS Help

Last updated 2026-10-21

Church TV OS runs the TVs around your church: the kids rooms, the lobby and the hallways. You set things up once in a web dashboard, and the TVs do the rest.

What it does

There are three applications, called modules:

• Kids plays your curriculum in each kids room: videos, slides, a countdown timer, song lyrics, YouTube and live streams. A leader presses Play with the remote.
• Signage loops announcements in lobbies and hallways: images, videos, simple text signs and live streams, on a weekly schedule.
• Slides shows presentations, announcements and song lyrics from decks you build, with themes and video backgrounds, stepped through with the TV remote.

One TV can even do both, for example Signage on weekdays and Kids on Sunday morning.

How it fits together

You never plug anything into the TV or copy files onto it. The TV app keeps its own copy of what is scheduled, so it keeps playing if the internet drops for a while.

10-minute quick start

1. Create your church. Sign in at app.churchtvos.com and fill in a name and your first campus.
2. Add a location. Under Sites & Locations, add a room such as "Nursery" and tag it Kids, Signage or Slides.
3. Install the app on a TV and write down the 6-character code it shows. See Install the app on a TV.
4. Pair it. Under Screens, enter the code and choose the location.
5. Add something to play. Upload a video or image under Media, then build a playlist.
6. Schedule it. Use the Calendar to say when it plays.

The full version, with tips, is the Quick start guide. Inside the dashboard, the Get started page tracks your progress on these steps.

All the guides

• Quick startFrom a new account to a working TV.
• Key ideas and glossaryWhat sites, locations, screens and modules mean.
• Install the app on a TVSupported devices and how to get the app.
• Pair a TV and manage screensCodes, orientation, groups and the Menu button.
• Media library and foldersUpload, organise and reuse files.
• SongsThe shared song library: add, import and arrange.
• Kids modulePlaylists, scheduling and weekly rotations.
• Signage moduleSigns, streams, slots and mixed TVs.
• Slides moduleDecks, themes, song slides and the remote.
• The CalendarDrag, repeat and copy your schedule.
• Control: the live remoteNext, previous, play now and messages on your TVs.
• AI assistant connectorSchedule and build content by asking Claude.
• Branding and dark modeYour logo, colours and splash screen.
• People and rolesInvite your team and choose what they can do.
• Portrait screensTVs mounted on their side.
• Troubleshooting and FAQWhen something does not look right.
• Billing and plansWhat to expect.