TroubleshootingUpdated 02/11/2026
Content plays at the wrong time
The video comes up an hour early or late, or outside opening hours. Check the screen timezone, broadcasting hours and the «Influence» mode.
Checked on the current dashboard version
In 30 seconds: open the screenA device running the Advision player that shows content; the cabinet calls it a media device. «Settings» tab and look at «Timezone». For Kyiv it should be Europe/Kyiv (or Europe/Kiev). All broadcasting hours are calculated in this timezone.
Cause 1. The screen timezone does not match the local one
- Check: content in all playlists of this screenA device running the Advision player that shows content; the cabinet calls it a media device. is shifted by the same number of hours. «Timezone» shows UTC or another country: this happens after copying a screenA device running the Advision player that shows content; the cabinet calls it a media device. or creating one with default values.
- Action: select the timezone of the screenA device running the Advision player that shows content; the cabinet calls it a media device. location and click «Save», see Set working hours, timezone and screen rotation.
Cause 2. The playlist has the wrong «Broadcasting Hours»
- Check: only one playlistA set of files with a playback schedule that is assigned to screens or networks. is shifted. In its settings «Broadcasting Hours» differ from what you expect, «from» and «to» are swapped, or a second period was added.
- Action: fix the hours and save, see Set up the playback schedule. Verify the result in the screenA device running the Advision player that shows content; the cabinet calls it a media device. «Schedule» tab.
Cause 3. Changes with «Influence» Passive have not taken effect yet
- Check: you changed the hours today, and the screenA device running the Advision player that shows content; the cabinet calls it a media device. still plays by the old ones. The playlistA set of files with a playback schedule that is assigned to screens or networks. «InfluencePlaylist field: Active goes on air, Passive is only stored.» is Passive: such changes go on air from the start of the next day.
- Action: wait until the next day, or switch «InfluencePlaylist field: Active goes on air, Passive is only stored.» to Active so the changes apply right away, see Playlist settings.
Cause 4. The screen working hours cut the schedule
- Check: the playlistA set of files with a playback schedule that is assigned to screens or networks. is set from 07:00, but it appears on the screenA device running the Advision player that shows content; the cabinet calls it a media device. only from 09:00. In the screenA device running the Advision player that shows content; the cabinet calls it a media device. «Settings», «Working hours from» is 09:00:00.
- Action: widen the working hours or clear both fields so the screenA device running the Advision player that shows content; the cabinet calls it a media device. runs around the clock.
Cause 5. You are checking in the first minutes after midnight
- Check: it is 00:00–00:15 and the screenA device running the Advision player that shows content; the cabinet calls it a media device. still shows yesterday’s set. The schedule for the new day is being built in these minutes.
- Action: wait until 00:15. If the shift remains, check causes 1–4.
If nothing helped
Write to the support chat with the screenA device running the Advision player that shows content; the cabinet calls it a media device. name and the time you noticed the problem.
Related articles
- How-to · 2 minSet working hours, timezone and screen rotationOn the «Settings» tab set «Working hours from» and «to», choose the «Timezone» and the rotation for a portrait display, then «Save».
- How-to · 3 minSet the playback schedule: period, days, hoursBroadcast period, open-ended playback, week days, hours and a second daily period for an existing playlist.
- How-to · 3 minRead the daily schedule and see why this video is playing nowThe «Schedule» tab shows a per-second table of the day and an hourly playback chart; it tells which playlist is on at any minute and why.
- ReferencePlaylist settings: every fieldReference for the playlist editor by section, schedule, SSP connector, more options, type parameters, content and targets.