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layout: page
title: "Sony SongPal compatible devices"
description: "Instructions on how to integrate Sony Songpal devices into Home Assistant."
date: 2018-02-03 09:00
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logo: sony.png
ha_category: Media Player
ha_iot_class: "Local Polling"
ha_release: 0.65
---

The `songpal` platform allows you to control Sony's Songpal ("[Audio Control API](https://developer.sony.com/develop/audio-control-api/)") compatible devices such as soundbars, AV receivers and wireless speakers from Home Assistant.

Even when the API officially supports only a few devices (HT-ST5000, HT-MT500, HT-CT800, SRS-ZR5 and STR-DN1080), it has also been confirmed to work on others. [The list of supported devices](http://vssupport.sony.net/en_ww/device.html) from Sony's Songpal website lists devices which are likely to be compatible with this platform.

If the platform works with your non-listed device, or you encounter bugs, please feel free to [report them upstream](https://github.com/rytilahti/python-songpal).

A few notes:

- The quick start-up mode has to be enabled in order to turn the device on.
- Supports currently only one output terminal, i.e. the volume control works only on the first volume controller as reported by the backend library.
- Some devices, e.g., HT-XT3, do not support decreasing the volume step-by-step correctly.
- Feel free to improve the available services!

## {% linkable_title Configuration %}

The platform will be loaded automatically by discovery component. If you want to manually configure it, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:

```yaml
media_player:
  - platform: songpal
    name: my soundbar
    endpoint: http://IP_ADDRESS:10000/sony
```

{% configuration %}
name:
  description: The name to display for this device.
  required: false
  type: string
endpoint:
  description: API endpoint of the device.
  required: true
  type: string
{% endconfiguration %}

See [python-songpal's documentation](https://github.com/rytilahti/python-songpal#locating-the-endpoint) how to get your API endpoint.

## {% linkable_title Services %}

In addition to the general [media player services](https://home-assistant.io/components/media_player/#services), the following services are provided:

### {% linkable_title Service `media_player/songpal_set_sound_setting` %}

For a list of available settings and their values use [`songpal sound`](https://github.com/rytilahti/python-songpal#sound-settings) command.

| Service data attribute | Optional | Description                                      |
|------------------------|----------|--------------------------------------------------|
| `entity_id`            |      yes | Target entity, leave unset for all devices       |
| `name`                 |       no | Configuration variable, e.g., `nightmode`         |
| `value`                |       no | New configuration value, e.g., `on`               |