The best cleaning and maintenance tips for your digital signage system

How you can best maintain your digital signage system, which screen cleaner you should use and what other tips & tricks there are, you can find out here.

During our on-site service visits, we repeatedly encounter a wide variety of contaminants that can sometimes cause systems to malfunction and lead to problems.

The most common soiling in everyday life are:

• Dust
• Grease or flour dust
• Dirt from insects (for outdoor displays)
• Road salt in winter or, as is currently the case more and more often, Sahara dust (for outdoor displays)
• Fingerprints
  

• Problems that can occur:
• Fans do not work properly
• Content is not well visible, 
• Disturbing fingerprints
• Just does not look nice
  

How often and especially with which cleaner should digital signage systems be cleaned?

In order to enjoy your systems for a long time, they should be cleaned regularly. We recommend here at least once a month (optimally every two weeks) the complete cleaning of the screen, screen back, housing, outdoor housing, player, cash register displays, payment terminals, etc.

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We use our Wedeko Premium Display Cleaner - a special cleaner that is suitable for display surfaces. It is imperative to pay attention to this. We also recommend using a microfiber cloth to clean all surfaces.

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Step by step guide of the cleaning steps

• Disconnect screen from power
• Apply a spray of the cleaner to a microfiber cloth
• Wipe the surface with light pressure to loosen and pick up the dirt
• Leave to act briefly
• Wipe down with a damp microfiber cloth 
• if necessary, wipe dry with a dry spot of the microfiber cloth
  

To note:

• Allow the screen surface to cool before cleaning
• Never spray directly onto the screen surface
• Do not use paper towels
  

If the technology is installed in such a way that you cannot reach it yourself

Sometimes cleaning is not even possible for you, because the installation situation does not allow it. Here there is the possibility to make an on-site service, where 

• the assembly is checked (readjustment of the bracket, wiring and settings of the hardware)
• the hardware is completely cleaned
• Checking the connections and joints
• Determination and solution of possible problems (updates, wear and tear, etc.)
• Optimization of the installation situation, if necessary

If there is any interest here, feel free to email us. 

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