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+layout: page
+title: "Denon AVR Network Receivers"
+description: "Instructions how to integrate Denon AVR Network Receivers into Home Assistant."
+date: 2015-09-08 09:00
+sidebar: true
+comments: false
+sharing: true
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+logo: denon.png
+ha_category: Media Player
+ha_iot_class: "Local Polling"
+ha_release: 0.7.2
+---
+
+
+The `denonavr` platform allows you to control a [Denon Network Receivers](http://www.denon.co.uk/chg/product/compactsystems/networkmusicsystems/ceolpiccolo) from Home Assistant. It might be that your device is supported by the [Denon] platform.
+
+Supported devices:
+
+- Denon AVR-X2000
+- Denon AVR-X2100W
+- Denon AVR-X4100W
+- Denon AVR-1912
+- Denon AVR-2312CI
+- Denon AVR-3311CI
+- Marantz M-CR603
+- Marantz M-RC610
+- Marantz SR5008
+- Marantz NR1604
+- Other Denon AVR receivers (untested)
+- Marantz receivers (experimental)
+
+<pre class='note'>
+If you have something else using the IP controller for your Denon AVR 3808CI, such as your URC controller, it will not work! There is either a bug or security issue with some models where only one device could be controlling the IP functionality.
+</pre>
+
+To add a Denon Network Receiver to your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:
+
+```yaml
+# Example configuration.yaml entry
+media_player:
+  - platform: denonavr
+    host: IP_ADDRESS
+    name: NAME
+    show_all_sources: True / False
+    zones:
+      - zone: Zone2 / Zone3
+        name: NAME
+```
+
+Configuration variables:
+
+- **host** (*Optional*): IP address of the device. Example: 192.168.1.32. If not set, auto discovery is used.
+- **name** (*Optional*): Name of the device. If not set, friendlyName of receiver is used.
+- **show_all_sources** (*Optional*): If True all sources are displayed in sources list even if they are marked as deleted in the receiver. If False deleted sources are not displayed (default). Some receivers have a bug that marks all sources as deleted in the interface. In this case this option could help.
+- **zones** (*Optional*): List of additional zones to be activated. They are displayed as additional media players with the same functionality Main Zone of the device supports
+  - **zone**: Zone which should be activated. Valid options are Zone2 and Zone3
+  - **name** (*Optional*): Name of the zone. If not set the name of the main device + zone as suffix is taken.
+
+A few notes:
+
+- Additional option the control Denon AVR receivers with a builtin web server is using the HTTP interface with denonavr platform.
+- denonavr platform supports some additional functionalities like album covers, custom input source names and auto discovery.
+- Marantz receivers seem to a have quite simliar interface. Thus if you own one, give it a try.
+
+[Denon]: /components/media_player.denon/