diff --git a/frontend/js/i18n/de.js b/frontend/js/i18n/de.js
index 22741ca..c10cce8 100644
--- a/frontend/js/i18n/de.js
+++ b/frontend/js/i18n/de.js
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ export default {
   'device.back': 'Zurück zu Bildschirmen',
   'device.owner_label': 'Besitzer: {owner}',
   'device.rename': 'Umbenennen',
+  'device.preview_btn': 'Vorschau',
   'device.screenshot_btn': 'Screenshot',
   'device.remove': 'Entfernen',
   'device.click_to_confirm': 'Erneut klicken zum Bestätigen',
diff --git a/frontend/js/i18n/en.js b/frontend/js/i18n/en.js
index 7b9d0ea..cade7a6 100644
--- a/frontend/js/i18n/en.js
+++ b/frontend/js/i18n/en.js
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ export default {
   'device.back': 'Back to Displays',
   'device.owner_label': 'Owner: {owner}',
   'device.rename': 'Rename',
+  'device.preview_btn': 'Preview',
   'device.screenshot_btn': 'Screenshot',
   'device.remove': 'Remove',
   'device.click_to_confirm': 'Click again to confirm',
diff --git a/frontend/js/i18n/es.js b/frontend/js/i18n/es.js
index 0b5e572..5b32161 100644
--- a/frontend/js/i18n/es.js
+++ b/frontend/js/i18n/es.js
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ export default {
   'device.back': 'Volver a Pantallas',
   'device.owner_label': 'Propietario: {owner}',
   'device.rename': 'Renombrar',
+  'device.preview_btn': 'Vista previa',
   'device.screenshot_btn': 'Captura',
   'device.remove': 'Eliminar',
   'device.click_to_confirm': 'Haz clic de nuevo para confirmar',
diff --git a/frontend/js/i18n/fr.js b/frontend/js/i18n/fr.js
index 1a79f68..9f38035 100644
--- a/frontend/js/i18n/fr.js
+++ b/frontend/js/i18n/fr.js
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ export default {
   'device.back': 'Retour aux écrans',
   'device.owner_label': 'Propriétaire : {owner}',
   'device.rename': 'Renommer',
+  'device.preview_btn': 'Aperçu',
   'device.screenshot_btn': 'Capture',
   'device.remove': 'Retirer',
   'device.click_to_confirm': 'Cliquez à nouveau pour confirmer',
diff --git a/frontend/js/i18n/it.js b/frontend/js/i18n/it.js
index dac221f..4c13ee8 100644
--- a/frontend/js/i18n/it.js
+++ b/frontend/js/i18n/it.js
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ export default {
   'device.back': 'Torna a Schermi',
   'device.owner_label': 'Proprietario: {owner}',
   'device.rename': 'Rinomina',
+  'device.preview_btn': 'Anteprima',
   'device.screenshot_btn': 'Screenshot',
   'device.remove': 'Rimuovi',
   'device.click_to_confirm': 'Clicca di nuovo per confermare',
diff --git a/frontend/js/i18n/pt.js b/frontend/js/i18n/pt.js
index 15906cc..7da984a 100644
--- a/frontend/js/i18n/pt.js
+++ b/frontend/js/i18n/pt.js
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ export default {
   'device.back': 'Voltar para Telas',
   'device.owner_label': 'Proprietário: {owner}',
   'device.rename': 'Renomear',
+  'device.preview_btn': 'Pré-visualização',
   'device.screenshot_btn': 'Captura',
   'device.remove': 'Remover',
   'device.click_to_confirm': 'Clique novamente para confirmar',
diff --git a/frontend/js/views/device-detail.js b/frontend/js/views/device-detail.js
index f57a46f..0cb65df 100644
--- a/frontend/js/views/device-detail.js
+++ b/frontend/js/views/device-detail.js
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ async function loadDevice(deviceId, activeTab = null) {
           ${device.owner_name || device.owner_email ? `<span style="font-size:12px;color:var(--text-muted)">${t('device.owner_label', { owner: device.owner_name || device.owner_email })}</span>` : ''}
         </div>
         <div style="display:flex;gap:8px">
+          <button class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" id="devicePreviewBtn">${t('device.preview_btn')}</button>
           <button class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" id="renameBtn">${t('device.rename')}</button>
           <button class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" id="screenshotBtn">
             <svg width="14" height="14" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2">
@@ -581,7 +582,37 @@ function setupTabs() {
   });
 }
 
+// #104: device preview — reuse the player in device-free preview mode, iframed
+// same-origin (dashboard CSP frame-src 'self' allows it). Shows the device's CURRENT
+// playlist in the device's OWN layout/orientation (server payload). wall members
+// preview full-frame (server forces wall_config:null in v1).
+function showDevicePreview(device) {
+  const portrait = (device.orientation || '').includes('portrait');
+  const overlay = document.createElement('div');
+  overlay.style.cssText = 'position:fixed;inset:0;background:rgba(0,0,0,0.85);display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;z-index:10000;padding:16px';
+  overlay.innerHTML = `
+    <div style="background:var(--bg-card);border-radius:8px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;overflow:hidden;border:1px solid var(--border);max-width:95vw;max-height:92vh">
+      <div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;padding:10px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid var(--border);gap:12px">
+        <strong style="color:var(--text-primary)">${t('device.preview_btn')} — ${esc(device.name)}</strong>
+        <button class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" id="dpvClose">${t('widget.close')}</button>
+      </div>
+      <div style="padding:16px;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;background:#000">
+        <iframe style="height:78vh;max-width:92vw;aspect-ratio:${portrait ? '9 / 16' : '16 / 9'};border:0;background:#000" src="/player?preview=1&device=${encodeURIComponent(device.id)}&t=${Date.now()}"></iframe>
+      </div>
+    </div>`;
+  document.body.appendChild(overlay);
+  const close = () => overlay.remove();
+  overlay.querySelector('#dpvClose').onclick = close;
+  overlay.onclick = (e) => { if (e.target === overlay) close(); };
+  document.addEventListener('keydown', function esc2(ev) {
+    if (ev.key === 'Escape') { close(); document.removeEventListener('keydown', esc2); }
+  });
+}
+
 async function setupActions(device) {
+  // #104 Preview button
+  document.getElementById('devicePreviewBtn')?.addEventListener('click', () => showDevicePreview(device));
+
   // Screenshot button
   document.getElementById('screenshotBtn')?.addEventListener('click', () => {
     requestScreenshot(device.id);
diff --git a/server/player/index.html b/server/player/index.html
index 6fa9610..d36533f 100644
--- a/server/player/index.html
+++ b/server/player/index.html
@@ -522,8 +522,8 @@
     // pairing and NO socket. Gated here, before the normal boot, so the unpaired
     // auto-connect timer below can never fire underneath a preview.
     const _previewQS = new URLSearchParams(location.search);
-    if (_previewQS.get('preview') === '1' && _previewQS.get('playlist')) {
-      bootPreview(_previewQS.get('playlist'), _previewQS.get('orientation'));
+    if (_previewQS.get('preview') === '1' && (_previewQS.get('playlist') || _previewQS.get('device'))) {
+      bootPreview(_previewQS);
     } else {
 
     // Auto-detect server URL from origin since player is served from the same server
@@ -642,22 +642,40 @@
     document.getElementById('connectBtn').onclick = connectBtnFunc;
 
     // ==================== #104 Device-free preview ====================
-    // Fetch a draft playlist's preview payload (same shape the device socket sends)
-    // and hand it straight to the UNMODIFIED renderer. No socket, no pairing.
-    async function bootPreview(playlistId, orientation) {
+    // #104: device-free dashboard preview. Renders EITHER a draft playlist
+    // (?playlist=ID — layout DERIVED from the playlist's zones, orientation togglable)
+    // OR a device exactly as it shows now (?device=ID — layout/orientation from the
+    // DEVICE row). Both produce the same payload shape and feed the UNMODIFIED renderer.
+    function bootPreview(qs) {
+      const playlistId = qs.get('playlist');
+      const deviceId = qs.get('device');
+      let url;
+      if (playlistId) {
+        const orientation = qs.get('orientation');
+        const q = orientation ? ('?orientation=' + encodeURIComponent(orientation)) : '';
+        url = '/api/playlists/' + encodeURIComponent(playlistId) + '/preview-payload' + q;
+      } else {
+        // Device preview: the device's own layout/orientation come from the server; no
+        // orientation override (we show what the device actually shows).
+        url = '/api/devices/' + encodeURIComponent(deviceId) + '/preview-payload';
+      }
+      return renderPreviewFromUrl(url);
+    }
+
+    // Shared: fetch a preview payload (same shape the device socket sends) and hand it
+    // straight to the UNMODIFIED renderer. No socket, no pairing.
+    async function renderPreviewFromUrl(url) {
       PREVIEW_MODE = true;
       config.serverUrl = window.location.origin; // same-origin -> /uploads + /api/widgets resolve
       const setup = document.getElementById('setupScreen');
       if (setup) setup.style.display = 'none';
       try {
         const token = localStorage.getItem('token'); // same-origin: shares the dashboard's Bearer token
-        const q = orientation ? ('?orientation=' + encodeURIComponent(orientation)) : '';
-        const res = await fetch('/api/playlists/' + encodeURIComponent(playlistId) + '/preview-payload' + q, {
-          headers: token ? { Authorization: 'Bearer ' + token } : {},
-        });
+        const res = await fetch(url, { headers: token ? { Authorization: 'Bearer ' + token } : {} });
         if (!res.ok) return showPreviewError(res.status);
         const payload = await res.json();
-        // #104: items span >1 layout (rare) — server picked the dominant one; say so.
+        // playlist-only: items span >1 layout (rare) — server picked the dominant one.
+        // Device payloads never carry this flag (layout is device-bound, unambiguous).
         if (payload.layout && payload.layout._preview_ambiguous) {
           const b = document.createElement('div');
           b.textContent = 'Previewing layout: ' + (payload.layout.name || '—');
diff --git a/server/routes/devices.js b/server/routes/devices.js
index 5312a47..a9acde3 100644
--- a/server/routes/devices.js
+++ b/server/routes/devices.js
@@ -141,6 +141,27 @@ function checkDeviceOwnership(req, res) {
   return device;
 }
 
+// #104: device-manager preview payload. Returns the device's CURRENT payload exactly
+// as the device renders it — its OWN layout/orientation/wall from the device row and
+// its published items — built by the same buildPlaylistPayload the device socket uses.
+// Device-bound layout (the correct side of the layout seam); derivePreviewLayout is
+// playlist-only and never touches this path. wall_config is forced null in v1: a wall
+// FOLLOWER would otherwise freeze waiting for leader wall:sync that a socket-free
+// preview can't deliver, so wall members preview full-frame. Device-READ gated
+// (mirrors GET /:id — viewers allowed); NOT requirePlaylistRead, NOT the write gate.
+router.get('/:id/preview-payload', (req, res) => {
+  const device = db.prepare('SELECT id, workspace_id FROM devices WHERE id = ?').get(req.params.id);
+  if (!device) return res.status(404).json({ error: 'Device not found' });
+  if (!device.workspace_id) return res.status(403).json({ error: 'Device not assigned to a workspace' });
+  const ws = db.prepare('SELECT * FROM workspaces WHERE id = ?').get(device.workspace_id);
+  const ctx = ws && accessContext(req.user.id, req.user.role, ws);
+  if (!ctx) return res.status(403).json({ error: 'Access denied' });
+  const { buildPlaylistPayload } = require('../ws/deviceSocket');
+  const payload = buildPlaylistPayload(req.params.id);
+  payload.wall_config = null; // v1: wall members preview full-frame (no socket-free follower freeze)
+  res.json(payload);
+});
+
 // Update device
 router.put('/:id', (req, res) => {
   const device = checkDeviceOwnership(req, res);