Set up Masjid TV in 10 minutes

Short answer: install MasjidTV.apk on your Android TV, choose your city, set the Iqamah gaps in TV settings, and you are done. Linking a phone account is optional.

1. Install the TV app

You need: an Android TV, Google TV or Amazon Fire TV, or any Android TV box or stick plugged into a normal TV (Android 8 or newer).

1. Download the app: MasjidTV.apk (about 8 MB).
2. Get it onto the TV with one of these:
   • USB drive: copy the file to a USB stick, plug it into the TV, open the TV's File Manager and open the file.
   • Downloader app: install “Downloader” from the TV's app store, open it and type jiiimu.com/download/MasjidTV.apk.
   • Send Files to TV (free app on the phone and TV): send the APK from your phone.
3. If the TV asks, allow “Install from this source / unknown apps”, then press Install and Open.

2A. Run it on the TV alone (no internet, no account)

1. When the app opens it shows a pairing screen. Press Set up without internet.
2. Type the masjid name, search your city (any country) and pick it, then press Save & start. The screen already shows Azan and Iqamah times for your city, with your time zone and daylight saving.
3. Press OK on the remote at any time and choose TV settings. Use the arrow keys and OK:
   • Masjid & Azan times: city, calculation method (12 to choose from), Asr (Shafi'i/Hanafi), far-north rule, and for each prayer either Auto (with a small adjustment in minutes) or Fixed (one clock time every day).
   • Iqamah gaps: for example Asr 15 min after Azan, Maghrib 10 min. The gap repeats every day. Or choose Fixed time for a prayer.
   • Jumu'ah & Ramadan: Jumu'ah Azan, prayer and Khutbah time, a Friday note, Ramadan mode, Suhoor end, Taraweeh time and a Hijri date correction.
   • Display: main screen design, Iqamah countdown style, “Prayer in progress” style, how long it stays (default 2 minutes) and 12-hour or 24-hour clock.
   • Notices: messages that scroll along the bottom (Eid prayer, Janazah, classes).
4. Press Save. Everything is stored on the TV.

2B. Manage it from your phone

1. On your phone open jiiimu.com and create a free account (email, password, masjid name, city).
2. Start the TV app. It shows a 6-digit code (the TV must be online for this one moment).
3. On your phone sign in → Overview → Add a TV → type the code → Link this TV. The TV shows your masjid's name and times straight away.
4. Change things any time on your phone: Iqamah gaps, Jumu'ah, Ramadan, notices, events, the full-year timetable and the TV design.
5. To update the TV: connect it to the internet, press OK → Sync now. After it says “Synced” you can disconnect the internet again.

3. Update the app on the TV

When a new version is published, the notice bar on the TV says so. To update:

1. Connect the TV to the internet.
2. Press OK on the remote → App update.
3. Press Download & install. If Android asks, allow “Install unknown apps” for Masjid TV once, then press Install now.

Your masjid's saved times and settings are kept.

4. Official Azan times for your city

Masjid TV can publish Azan times for each city. In your phone settings choose Azan & Iqamah → Azan times → “Official Azan times” (or on the TV: TV settings → Masjid & Azan times → Azan times) and sync once. Days that are not published use the automatic time. To adjust them for your masjid, press Download official times in Yearly timetable: they are copied into your own timetable and any day can be edited. Your own edits always win.

5. Your own timetable

• Fill the year from the automatic times, then edit any day.
• Import a CSV of your printed timetable (columns: date, fajr, sunrise, dhuhr, asr, maghrib, isha, and the five Iqamah times).
• Change a date range: set Isha Iqamah for all of Ramadan, or shift Maghrib by +1 minute for a month.

6. Ramadan & Jumu'ah

• Ramadan mode is automatic (from the Hijri calendar). Use the Hijri correction (±2 days) after the moon is sighted, or force it On or Off.
• During Ramadan the screen shows the day number, Suhoor end, Iftar and Taraweeh, and says “Time to break the fast” at Maghrib.
• On Fridays Dhuhr becomes Jumu'ah. Set its Azan, the prayer time (minutes after Azan or fixed), the Khutbah time and a note.

Troubleshooting

• The times differ by 1 to 3 minutes from our timetable. Use the per-prayer adjustment, choose another calculation method, or follow the official times.
• Summer nights are very short or the sun never sets (far north or south). Choose a far-north rule in TV settings, or use fixed times.
• The TV shows “No internet” on the pairing screen. Connect the TV to Wi-Fi first, or press Set up without internet.
• The TV's clock is wrong. Turn on “Automatic date & time” in the TV's own settings. The app uses your masjid's time zone.
• I forgot my password. On the sign-in page press “Forgot password?”.

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