Player Pro
Two displays on one device with separate content and their own schedule, video up to 4K at 60 frames per second, either as a wall side by side or in two rooms.
5 minute readDevicesUpdated: 10/25/2026
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Before you start
- For
- anyone who operates two displays on one device or plans to
- Prerequisite
- your contract covers several displays per device, and a booked seat is free.
- Where in the portal
- Devices › device › Displays on this device
The Player Pro drives two displays on one device, with separate content, its own orientation, and its own schedule. The second display goes into operation in four steps. Its limits are video and restart.
Caution: The Player Pro is announced and cannot be ordered yet. Under Billing › Players, it appears with coming soon. With Register interest, we let you know as soon as it starts. Registering interest is not an order and costs nothing.
What you need in front of you
- The Player Pro (type
SZP-P1) with the power supply that comes with it. - Two HDMI cables: There is one in the box.
- Two TVs or monitors, each with a free HDMI input.
- A network cable or the credentials of your Wi-Fi.
What the device delivers
| Feature | Player Pro |
|---|---|
| Based on | Raspberry Pi 5 |
| Storage | 32 GB |
| Displays per device | Two, with separate content and their own schedules |
| Video | Up to 4K at 60 frames per second, in the hardware decoder |
| Orientation | Landscape or portrait, 0, 90, 180, or 270 degrees per display |
| Network | Network cable or Wi-Fi |
| Display control | On and off over the HDMI line, brightness over the data line |
| Operating system | Its own system, signed updates with a way back |
| Scope of delivery | Player, power supply, HDMI cable |
| Warranty | 12 months |
Side by side, the two displays form a wall, or they hang in two rooms. Billing is per display, not per device: The second one also takes a booked seat of its own.
Steps: put the second display into operation
- Plug the second HDMI cable into the free connector of the player and into the second TV or monitor. Select the right input there.
- Wait. Within 30 seconds, the device reports the occupied connector, and the second TV or monitor shows No display is set up for this screen yet with Number, Resolution, and Belongs to. It does not show a pairing code: The machine already belongs to your organization.
- In the portal, open Devices, choose the device, and there the Displays on this device card. Click Add display and give it a name.
- The second display switches to its content within five seconds.
Add display appears only if your contract covers several displays per device and the device is currently reporting an occupied connector without a display. The dialog tells you beforehand what it costs: This books one more display.
Which display is which
The order is decided by the name of the connector: HDMI-A-1 before HDMI-A-2. That is how the device reports it, and that is how it appears in the portal in the Connector row: There you read off which name the occupied connector carries. A free connector does not count. If at first only one cable is plugged into HDMI-A-2, that display is the first. If a cable is later plugged into HDMI-A-1, the old one moves to second place, and the content moves with it. So plug in from the start in the order of the connector names.
What belongs to each display
| Own per display | Shared for the device |
|---|---|
| Content, schedule, and off-air periods | Network, Wi-Fi, and time |
| Orientation and fit | System updates |
| Brightness | Pairing and lifecycle |
| Screenshot and Identify | Restart of the device |
| Turning the display on and off | Check-in |
Caution: If you change the orientation of one display, both go briefly black. The same applies to Reboot and to a system update: They hit the machine and with it every display on it.
Limits
- Only one display plays video in the hardware decoder. Whoever shows a video first gets it. The other keeps playing its video in the browser, with a picture but without a 4K reserve. A 4K video therefore belongs on one display.
- A restart and a system update interrupt both displays.
- If several displays should show one shared picture, that is not a question of the device but of a video wall.
If something goes wrong
| Symptom | Meaning | Solution |
|---|---|---|
| The second display shows No display is set up for this screen yet | Not an error: The cable is plugged in, and the display is missing in the portal | Add display on the Displays on this device card. |
| Add display is missing | The device reports no free connector, or the contract does not cover several displays per device | Check the cable and input selection, otherwise book additionally in billing. |
| The second display stays completely black | The device did not detect the connector as occupied | Check the cable and the TV or monitor: What the device does not see, the portal cannot offer. |
| Video runs smoothly on one display and stutters on the other | The hardware decoder is occupied | Expected behavior, not a defect. Put the large video on one display. |
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