Sliders for Display TVs

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What You'll Need

You'll need 2 separate USB drives, one for the large TV and one for the small TV

At a computer

1.) Make PowerPoint Slide Show and save it. Or simply open your desired PowerPoint.

2.) Save As a PowerPoint Picture Presentation - give a different name to differentiate

3.) Open the saved PowerPoint Picture Presentation file

4.) Depending on the year of your Microsoft Office Suite -

   2013+ => Go to Design Tab < Slide Size < Custom Slide Size
   2010 => Go to Design Tab < Page Setup

5.) Dimension Sizes for TVs-

   20 in x 11.25 for small TV

   40 in x 22.5 for large TV

6.) Save As a JPEG to your USB, choose All Slides, name file something like 'SmallTV' or "BigTV"

7.) If you care about the order of the slides, open the previously named folder. For slides Slide1 through Slide9, change the filename to "Slide01", etc. Slides ten and above don't need to be renamed.

8.) Move the previously named folder to one of your USB drives.

Repeat Steps 3 through 8 for the second TV using the second USB drive.

At the TVs

1.) At the TV, plug the USB into the USB port on the back/side of the TV

2.) Power on TV

3.) Using remote, press Source (button on top right of remote)

4.) Using arrow keys, go to Mass Storage Device and hit Enter (button in middle of arrow keys)

5.) Select folder you wish to open and hit Enter

6.) Using arrow keys, go to Options and hit Enter

7.) Hit Enter again on 'Play Selected'

8.) Using arrow keys, choose 'Photos' and hit Enter

9.) Using arrow keys, go to Select All and hit Enter

10.) Using arrow keys, go to Play and hit Enter