Lobby TV & displays

A waiting-room display that never goes blank

Pair a recent smart TV, a browser stick, a tablet or a spare monitor to show the live line and who is being served. Setup is a short address and a 6-character code, not a long web address typed with a TV remote.

Free for 100 visits a month · no card needed

The lobby TV for City Family Clinic: Now serving A040, and Next up A041, A042 and A044. Numbers only, no names.
What it is

Lobby TV & displays

A display shows what the room needs to know: who is being served right now and who is coming up. Open the lobby TV on a device with a recent browser, pair it once, and leave it. It is a read-only view — nothing on the TV can change your line.

How it works

Step by step

1

Open the lobby TV on the device

A recent smart TV, a browser stick, a tablet or a monitor with a full browser. Nothing to install, nothing to buy. The Help Centre’s Devices page says which devices to use, and what we have and have not tested.

2

Pair it with a code

Open the short pairing address on the device. It shows a QR code and a 6-character code: scan the QR with your phone, or enter the code on your Devices page. No long web address to type with a remote.

3

Choose what it shows

Numbers only when the room needs privacy, or names when calling out a name is friendlier.

4

Leave it running

It updates live as you serve people, and keeps showing the last known state rather than going blank if the connection drops.

The honest edge

Privacy is a setting, not an afterthought

A clinic waiting room and a barber's counter need different things on screen. Numbers-only mode is enforced where the data is read, not just hidden in the page — so a display set to numbers-only is never handed the names in the first place.

Also included

Everything else on this page

Thirteen display layouts to start from

A call-number layout, now-and-next, several counters, services side by side, a waiting list, the full picture, a number with your own notice, a QR to join, ready-for-collection, how-busy-are-we, and a journey layout.

Tall displays as well as wide

Portrait is a first-class layout, not a wide display turned on its side.

Your video next to the line — or instead of it

Put your own video or pictures beside the lobby TV, or run the display as pure signage with no line on it at all.

Several devices at once

Each on its own layout, each with its own pairing code, each showing online, offline or not yet paired.

Ready for collection

A two-column display — being prepared on one side, ready to collect on the other — for a counter where people wait for a thing rather than a person.

A letter before the number

A012 rather than 12, so two lines sharing one display never call the same number.

A chime on call, and no-show numbers shown or hidden

Small choices that decide whether a room looks after itself or needs somebody shouting.

A display can show one counter's calls, and run on a schedule

Connect a display by scanning its QR code or entering its 6-character code, then set the hours it runs, or show only one counter's calls.

Common questions

What kind of device do I need?

Most things with a recent web browser — a recent smart TV, a streaming stick that runs the full Chrome browser, a tablet, a laptop. Some very old TV browsers cannot run it, and the Help Centre’s Devices page lists what we recommend and what we do not. There is no turnda hardware to buy.

Can someone change the line from the TV?

No. The lobby TV is read-only by design.

How many devices can I pair?

Displays are not charged per unit. The Help Centre’s package limits article says how many each package allows.

Can I show a video on the same display as the line?

Yes. One layout puts your video or pictures next to the lobby TV; another runs the display as signage only, with no line on it. Both are layouts you pick, not an integration you build.

Do you support portrait displays?

Yes — a tall display is its own display shape rather than a wide one rotated, so nothing is squeezed or cropped.

Put your line on their phones.

Set up today and test it with your own phone. The Free package needs no card.

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