Create Digital Menu Boards for Your Restaurant TVs

Mouth-watering visuals. Fast menu updates. Low maintenance.
Digital menu boards using one or more TVs are now commonplace at restaurants - and it’s not hard to see why! The good news is that it’s never been easier to turn your TV into a menu board or digital promotion. Here are guidelines to follow to help you get going.

How to Set Up and Manage Your Digital Menu Boards

There are several options for displaying menus on TVs, beginning with basic options like a thumb drive. However, using a player device plus digital signage software can eliminate the hassle of manual file transfer while providing a wealth of content controls across your entire business. A digital menu board solution like MustHaveMenus’ Display app can help you get the most from your screens. 

With the Display app, you can:

  • Use a player device that easily pairs with you computer
  • Create menus with a world-class design app
  • Create playlists of menus and promo content
  • Schedule your content to run automatically
  • Send POS updates to your screens automatically
  • Manage screens across locations
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Follow These Steps for Creating a Digital Menu Board Using MustHaveMenus Display

1. Plug in your player device
Connect the MustHaveMenus player to your TV (one per TV). Use the pairing code on the screen to connect to the Display app.

2. Find a template
Browse over 1,000 unique, professionally-designed digital menu board templates to find the perfect one for your brand.

3. Customize the template
Get creative and customize every element of the template, from the layout to fonts, imagery, video and more.

4. Publish to your screen
Control every aspect of the presentation: set transitions, loops, schedules and more.

5. Update at any time
Publish changes directly from the MustHaveMenus design app to your TV screen.

To optimize the customer engagement and sales from your menu boards, follow these best practices

How to connect your POS to your digital menu boards

Connecting POS menu data to your digital signs can eliminate costly errors as well as tedious manual steps. The MustHaveMenus Display app has the power to store POS data inside menus, connect to screens, and then have POS changes flow directly to the screens.

1. From MustHaveMenus, verify your POS account device
(Incl Toast and Square, more coming)

2. Select the appropriate menu groups from the POS

3. Point and click to add menu groups to your design

4. Make any layout adjustments needed

5. Publish the menu to your screen

That’s it! Now you’ll get price changes, out of stock items, and new items on your screen automatically.

Your Complete In-Store Marketing Platform

MustHaveMenus is the leading all-in-one platform for driving in-store customer engagement and sales for hospitality businesses, from mom-and-pops to multi-location enterprises. Our design-centric approach transforms menu data into branded, mouth-watering menus and eye-catching promotions. Integrations with leading POS providers keep your menus up-to-date. Our offerings include a built-in digital menu board solution, 1-click professional printing, and QR codes and web links, all backed by a world-class menu services team. See why over 10,000 restaurants trust MustHaveMenus.