Tutorials

1 · Put the board on your TV

1. Log in — the first time, the app simply asks "What would you like to do first?" Choose 📺 Put the board on a TV and it points you at the right button.
2. Plug your laptop into the TV with an HDMI cable.
3. Press the big 📺 Open the TV display button (step 1 on your control panel). A clean board window opens — no buttons on it.
4. Drag that window onto the TV and click it once — it fills the screen. Your controls (and your mouse) stay private on the laptop.
5. Only one screen? Press Win + P → Duplicate so the TV mirrors your laptop, then press F for fullscreen.
6. The board automatically fits any screen — old 720p set, 4K TV, or projector. Nothing to configure. Pick a look up top: Board Only, Split (giant last call beside the board), or Last Call.

The Split view — big last call on one side, full board on the other:

2 · Call numbers (three ways)

1. Type it: enter 52, G52, or G-52 and press Enter.
2. Click it: click any number on the board.
3. Let it draw: press 🎲 Draw ball (or the D key) — or turn on Auto-call and it draws on a timer, hands-free.

Turn on 🔊 Voice and the board announces every call out loud — pick English or Español with the 🌐 selector (independent of the app language). Made a mistake? Undo. New game? Reset. Duplicate calls warn you first, and every call is saved automatically — refreshing never loses your game.

Your screen is a control room: numbered panels on the left, a live board reference on the right, everything within reach — while the audience only ever sees the clean TV display.

3 · The virtual ball machine

1. No ball blower? In panel 4 · Camera & ball machine, press 🎱 Virtual machine.
2. The TV now shows a glass globe of tumbling, numbered balls. Every call gets pulled up the tube and drops into a tray of the last five calls — the audience gets a show, not just a grid.
3. Your control screen stays clean — the machine only plays on the audience display.
4. Have a real blower? Press 📷 Camera On/Off instead to show the actual balls on a webcam. (Turning one on switches the other off.)

4 · Print free cards (and keep the Set code)

1. Open Free cards — no signup needed, even for players.
2. Choose how many cards, cards per page, and an optional event title. Generate, then Print.
3. Every batch gets a Set code (like 8E32) printed on each card — write it down. It lets you verify winners in one tap and reprint the exact same cards later.

5 · Let players use their phones instead of paper

1. After generating cards, the cards page shows a Scan to Play QR code — players scan it, or go to bingoboardtv.com/play and enter the game code. You can also print a big "Scan to Play" sign for the room, and the QR appears on the TV during intermission.
2. Each player picks a different card number — same as grabbing a different paper card.
3. They tap each number as it's called, and their phone quietly tells them when they've hit a line or bingo — then they yell it like always, and you verify on the board.

No app, no signup, nothing to install — it's just a web page.

6 · Verify a winner in one tap

1. Someone yells BINGO! — ask for the Set code + card number printed on their card (paper or phone).
2. On the board, open ✅ Verify a winner's card, type both, and press Check card.
3. The board rebuilds their exact card, highlights what's been called, and tells you win or not yet against the current pattern. No arguments, no squinting.

7 · Make the display yours

1. Open 🎨 My layouts in the TV display panel.
2. Edit layout — drag any part of the board around, resize it, and stack parts on top of each other (▲/▼ layer order, like Photoshop).
3. Tick what to show: last-called number, last-5 ribbon, progress, camera feed.
4. Save the arrangement with a name — it remembers theme, colors, pattern and all. Hit ↺ Reset layout anytime to go back to standard.

8 · Between games: winner screen & intermission

1. 🏆 Winner screen throws a big celebration on the TV when someone wins.
2. ⏸ Intermission puts up a countdown break screen — pick the length, hit the button, go sell more cards.
3. The intermission screen also shows the scan-to-play QR, so new players can join on their phones during the break.

9 · Music bingo & word bingo

1. On Free cards, switch Bingo type to Music / word bingo.
2. Use 🎁 Quick-fill to grab a ready-made song list — ten lists, from 50s Rock 'n' Roll and Motown to Hymns & Gospel, Country and Christmas — or type your own list, one item per line. Edit it however you like.
3. Generate & print. Play the songs (or read your words), players daub what they hear, and you check a winner's card by eye — classic print-and-play.

Still stuck?

Check the Help page for quick answers, read the bingo night guides, or send us a note — a real person will reply, usually within one business day.

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