Mosque TV display: prayer times on any screen
A mosque TV display shows the congregation when the next prayer is, without anyone having to update a whiteboard. MyMasjidScreen turns a television into that screen: Adhan and Iqamah times, a countdown to the next prayer, the Hijri date, and the mosque's own announcements in between. 2,602 mosques in 79 countries publish their times through it.
What you need
- A television, and an internet connection for the first setup.
- Either the free app on an Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung (Tizen) or LG (webOS) set, or simply the display address opened in the TV's own browser or on a small computer.
- A free mosque account at mymasjidscreen.com.
Setting it up
- Open the app on the TV. It shows a six-digit pairing code.
- Sign in to the mosque dashboard on a phone or laptop and enter that code.
- The screen starts showing your prayer times straight away. Nothing is typed on the TV itself.
What the screen can show
- Prayer times and Iqamah, with the next prayer highlighted and counting down.
- "Salah in progress — please silence your phone" during the prayer, and an Adhan countdown before it.
- Announcements and events, Janazah notices and a news ticker.
- Fundraising: campaign progress and a donation QR code people can scan from their seat.
- Jumu'ah and Ramadan modes, including suhoor and iftar times.
- A live stream or the Friday khutbah, when the mosque broadcasts one.
- Emergency alerts across the whole screen when something needs immediate attention.
Running it day to day
- Themes. Choose how the screen looks from the dashboard; different screens in the same mosque can look different.
- Sleep hours and night dimming. The screen goes dark overnight to save power and protect the panel, and wakes by itself.
- Remote control. See which screens are online, change what they show, refresh, restart, or take a screenshot to check a screen in another room.
- From the imam's phone. Put a short message on the screens, or ask the hall to silence phones, without going to a computer.
- Offline. A screen keeps showing the right times from its saved timetable when the internet drops, and restarts itself after a power cut.
Common questions
Which televisions work?
Android TV and Amazon Fire TV run the app directly, and there are apps for Samsung (Tizen) and LG (webOS). Any other television can show the display in its web browser, or through a small computer or stick plugged into the HDMI port.
How long does setting up a screen take?
A few minutes. The TV shows a six-digit code, you enter it once in the mosque dashboard, and the prayer times appear. Nothing else is typed on the television.
Can one mosque run several screens?
Yes. Each screen is paired separately and can show something different — for example prayer times in the main hall and announcements in the entrance — and they are all controlled from one dashboard.
What happens when the internet or the power fails?
The screen keeps showing the correct times from its saved timetable, and after a power cut it starts again by itself and reconnects when the internet returns.
Does the screen stay on all night?
Only if you want it to. You can set sleep hours, and night dimming darkens the screen between Isha and Fajr to save power and protect the panel.