Harman Kardon AVR
harman_kardon_avr
The Harman Kardon AVR integration allows you to control Harman Kardon Network Receivers from Home Assistant.
In Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge
What HomeKit Bridge makes of each kind of entity this integration creates, read from its source code. A device only gets the ones that apply to it.
| Entity | Shows up as | Note |
|---|---|---|
media_player | Receiver | Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode |
What people report
A Harman Kardon 171 receiver stopped working after a 2021 update with no fix shown.
- Not working1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harman Kardon HK 171 AVR | Not working | Stopped working after core 2021.3.2 update; no resolution shownSaved copyThe problem Hello. After latest hass update, seems Hardman Kardon integration stopped working. Is anyone else getting same problem? Until recently, everything worked fine (HK 171s). ### What is version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? core-2021.3.2 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? _No response_ ### What type of installation are you running? Home Assistant OS ### Integration causing the issue Harman Kardon AVR ### Link to integration documentation on our website https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/harman_kardon_avr/ ### Example YAML snippet [code] ### … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #47730 · 2021-03 |
Gathered from GitHub issues, pull requests, discussions and docs, and from r/homeassistant. These are individual reports, so check the linked thread and the date before you buy.
How it connects
Local polling
Talks to the device on your network, asking it for updates every so often.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 79 (0.01%) |
|---|---|
| Quality scale | Legacy |
| Added in | Home Assistant 0.85 |
| Set up in the UI | No, YAML |
In ReReHome
Whatever HomeKit Bridge shares reaches Apple Home as normal HomeKit accessories behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls them like any other.
Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.
