When you’re ready to host your game follow these step-by-step instructions to setup for your game. If you have any issues setting up your game check out the Troubleshooting articles or disconnect everything and start the process again.
Once you have have installed Crafty Quiz on your computer and have a device with the answering app installed you can try Crafty Quiz in Demo Mode by following these step-by-step instructions. To play a quiz with more than two participant devices connected you’ll need to buy and activate a Quiz Master licence.
It is important that you follow these steps in the specified order, if you fail to do this it will cause connection errors. If you your device fails to connect to your quiz check out the Troubleshooting articles or disconnect everything and start the process again.
Once you have have installed Crafty Quiz on your computer and have a device with the answering app installed you can try Crafty Quiz in Demo Mode by following these step-by-step instructions. To play a quiz with more than two participant devices connected you’ll need to buy and activate a Quiz Master licence.
It is important that you follow these steps in the specified order, if you fail to do this it will cause connection errors. If you your device fails to connect to your quiz check out the Troubleshooting articles or disconnect everything and start the process again.
Once you have have installed Crafty Quiz on your computer and have a device with the answering app installed you can try Crafty Quiz in Demo Mode by following these step-by-step instructions. To play a quiz with more than two participant devices connected you’ll need to buy and activate a Quiz Master licence.
It is important that you follow these steps in the specified order, if you fail to do this it will cause connection errors. If you your device fails to connect to your quiz check out the Troubleshooting articles or disconnect everything and start the process again.
Quiz Settings
Send Question Automatically
If this is ticked the question will automatically be displayed on players devices and the big screen when you press ‘Next Question’. If it is not ticked you can see the question and read it out and then manually send to players devices and the big screen.
Silence Applause Effects
Check this to turn off the applause sound effect that plays when you announce the question results.
Silence No Correct Answer
Check this to turn off the sad trombone sound effect that happens if no one is correct.
Silence Question Countdown
Check this to stop the countdown audio from playing.
Silence Next Question Sound Effect
Check this to stop the next question sound effect from playing.
Silence End Of Round Drum Roll
Check this to turn off the drum roll sound effect that happens at the end of the round.
Hide Scoreboard
Check this to stop the scoreboard being displayed automatically at the end of each round.
Bingo Settings
Show Prize Message to Winners
If ticked, a player who wins four corners, one line, two lines or a full house will get a message telling them to take their device to the host to collect their prize.
Mix Sound Effect
This is the sound effect that plays clips. You can choose from explosion, glass breaking, horns, record spin or up mix.
Clip Start Point (%)
You can set the start point of each clip played during your game of musical bingo. You can set it to ‘From Start’ which will play the clip from the start, ‘Random’ will start the clips at random points or ‘Specify’ which is measured as a percent of the whole song. So if you set it to 50 it will start half way through the clip.
Clip Duration (Sec)
You can set the duration of each clip (in seconds) played during your game of musical bingo. You can also set it to ‘Whole Clip’ to play the entire clip. We suggest you use clips between 15 and 30 seconds long.
Big Screen Settings
Custom Logo
You can replace the Crafty Quiz logo shown in the bottom left corner of the screen. To upload your own logo click upload and select your logo. Uploads must be image files such as JPEG or PNG.
Custom Background
You can upload an image to use as the background on the big screen. Uploads must be image files such as JPEG or PNG and we recommend using an image ratio of 16.9.
Background Colour
To change the colour of the background enter the six digit hex code in the box. If you have uploaded a background image this will override the colour.
Theme Colour
To change the theme colour enter the six digit hex code in the box.
Text Colour
To change the text colour enter the six digit hex code in the box.
You can create a slideshow to show to your to your teams during your quiz. You could show instructions and game rules or adverts and promotions. They’ll appear on your team’s devices and the big screen as shown below. You can add different images to be shown
The software has successfully connected to a Crafty Quiz Mini Router by Ethernet cable.
We advise using this method of connecting as it is the most reliable.
The software has successfully connected to a Crafty Quiz Mini Router by Wi-Fi.
You can connect your router to your computer by Wi-Fi but you should only do this if it is not possible to connect via Ethernet cable as the connection is not as reliable.
The software has successfully connected to a router by Ethernet cable but it is not a Crafty Quiz Mini Router.
If you’re hosting a quiz at home and want to use your own router it is best to connect it by Ethernet cable as this is the most reliable method of connecting.
The software has successfully connected to a router by Wi-Fi but it is not a Crafty Quiz Mini Router.
If you’re hosting a quiz at home and you’re using your own router the you can connect your router to your computer by Wi-Fi but you should only do this if it is not possible to connect via Ethernet cable as the connection is not as reliable.
There is a connection error
If the connection feedback icon is red when you are trying to host a quiz it means there is a connection error. To resolve this look at the bottom right of your computer screen on the Windows toolbar where you should see one of the three icons below. If you are using an earlier version of Windows than Windows 10 the icons may be different.
If you see something like this you are connected to more than one network or the same network by both Ethernet and Wi-Fi.
Click ‘disconnect’ to disconnect your computer from the Wi-Fi network or disconnect the Ethernet cable from your computer.
If you see something like this you are not connected to a network at all.
Either connect your computer and router with an Ethernet cable or connect your computer to the Wi-Fi network you want to use to host your quiz.
If you are hosting locally, your players must have a reliable Wi-Fi connection to your router. If this isn’t the case their device may keep disconnecting from your quiz.
We have successfully tested the Crafty Quiz Mini Router with 30 devices connected in typical pub environment. For this reason, the connection limit in the software is set to 30 by default. Once 30 teams have joined your quiz any further teams who try to join will see a message explaining that the quiz is full.
You can change the connection limit in the settings section of the software, so, if you are struggling to get devices connected due to the conditions in your venue or you just want to host a smaller more intimate quiz you can reduce the number of teams that can take part. Conversely, if you’re wanting to host a large quiz you can increase the connection limit, however we haven’t tested the Crafty Quiz Mini Router with more than 30 devices connected so this would be at your own risk.
Your router’s Wi-Fi signal may be affected by the layout of your venue and obstructions, such as walls blocking the signal. You can limit any possible issues by following these tips:
Your router’s Wi-Fi signal may be affected by the layout of your venue and obstructions, such as walls blocking the signal. You can limit any possible issues by following these tips:
- Connect your router to your computer with an Ethernet cable as this is more reliable than Wi-Fi.
- Position your router above head height, in the middle of your teams ideally with nothing blocking the signal e.g. walls.
- If possible, plug the router in to the mains using a good quality USB power adaptor to boost the signal as much as possible.
- Find the least congested Wi-Fi channel in your venue and check your router is using this channel.
- Only use Wi-Fi extenders if absolutely necessary as they can reduce the performance of your Master Router
You can change the order of the upcoming rounds in your game by dragging and dropping them into the desired order.
You can also delete a round or add a new one by clicking ‘Add New Round’. When the Quiz Library opens just select the round(s) you want to add and drag and drop them into your quiz.
If you don’t have access to the internet you won’t be able to see the online library but if you select ‘Show My Rounds’ you will be able to access the rounds stored in your computer.
