# Does devices download the whole schedule

**URL:** <https://community.info-beamer.com/t/does-devices-download-the-whole-schedule/1026>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [May 26, 2021, 10:35am UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/does-devices-download-the-whole-schedule/1026 "2021-05-26T10:35:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![andrea](https://community.info-beamer.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v3/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@andrea](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/andrea)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 10:35am UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/does-devices-download-the-whole-schedule/1026/1 "2021-05-26T10:35:21Z")

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Hi, I need to place some players in a zone where there is no Internet connection.  
If I creade a schedule with playlists for about 6 months, will the players download all the contents as soon as they receive the schedule?  
Thanks,  
Andrea

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**Author:** ![infobeamer-fw](https://community.info-beamer.com/user_avatar/community.info-beamer.com/infobeamer-fw/32/3_2.png) [@infobeamer-fw](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/infobeamer-fw)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 11:03am UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/does-devices-download-the-whole-schedule/1026/2 "2021-05-26T11:03:55Z")

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The answer to your immediate question is yes: If you assign a setup to a device, all the content required to play that setup is transferred to your device. This includes both the setup’s configuration as well as all assigned images or videos.

**But** : By default a device can only be offline for so long before it shows a blank screen. If you go to the " Offline support status" section on a device’s detail page, you can see how a device will behave when offline:

 ![image](https://community.info-beamer.com/uploads/default/original/1X/fc25549bb7145aec4568a7fb0f5428093d9334f0.png)

By default they start rebooting every 6 hours after 1 day offline time. And they show a blank screen after 7 days. If you need prolonged offline support, you an need to apply an offline plan to the device that covers the expected offline time. One option would be an offline license (120€) for each device: You can then run a device offline forever. There might be other options for your case. Please write me an email and I’ll see what I can do in your case.

Additionally the Pi does not have a built-in real-time clock. This means **it must be online** to retrieve a correct time. Unless it has a correct time, no scheduling will work. Most packages specify whether or not they will work offline: See the bottom section within the above screenshot: The Scheduled Player for example requires a correct system time to work. You can work around this by [adding an RTC to your Pi](https://info-beamer.com/doc/device-configuration#pcf8523rtc). An RTC (real-time clock) will allow the Pi to keep a mostly correct time across system reboots, even if no internet connection is available.

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**Author:** ![andrea](https://community.info-beamer.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v3/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@andrea](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/andrea)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/does-devices-download-the-whole-schedule/1026/3 "2021-05-26T12:20:55Z")

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Perfetc, for now that’s enough and I can quote the job to my client.  
Once it will be confirmed I’ll contact you for more info.  
Thanks!