Marantz AVRs integrate cleanly with Home Assistant over the local network. There are three main integrations you’ll see in HA, and choosing the right one matters:

• Marantz integration (basic AVR control, auto-discovery)
• Denon AVR Network Receivers (“denonavr”) (often the best overall control surface for Marantz AVRs too)
• Denon HEOS (best when you care about HEOS streaming / multi-room behavior)

Marantz Cinema models (like Cinema 60) work fine with HA; one common requirement for remote power-on is enabling Auto-Standby / Network Standby depending on model/region.

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1) What you get in Home Assistant

Typically you’ll get one or more media_player entities that support:

• Power on/off (with correct standby settings)
• Volume / mute
• Source selection (HDMI, TV audio, etc.)
• Sound mode selection (varies by model/integration)
• Zone control (Main / Zone2, etc. if enabled)

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2) Setup (GUI) – the normal way

A) Try auto-discovery first

1. Home Assistant → Settings → Devices & services
2. If discovered, you’ll see Marantz/Denon AVR as “Discovered” → Add

Marantz can be auto-discovered.
Denon AVR Network Receivers can also be auto-discovered.

B) Manual add (if discovery fails)

1. Settings → Devices & services → Add integration
2. Search and add one of:
   • Denon AVR Network Receivers
   • Marantz
   • Denon HEOS
3. Enter the receiver IP (recommended: set a DHCP reservation so it never changes)

Manual steps are supported for both Marantz and denonavr.

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3) Receiver settings that make or break it

These settings names vary slightly by model, but the idea is consistent:

Must-have

• Network Control / IP Control: ON
• Network Standby / Always On / Auto-Standby: enabled (so HA can power it on remotely)
• HDMI Control / CEC: optional (sometimes causes odd on/off behavior; enable only if you want TV to drive AVR)

If power-on doesn’t work from HA, it’s almost always the standby/network control setting.

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4) Which integration should you use?

Option 1: Denon AVR Network Receivers (denonavr) — usually best

Use this if you want “AVR as a device”: sources, zones, volume, power, etc.

Option 2: Marantz integration

Use this if HA discovers it cleanly and it exposes what you need.

Option 3: Denon HEOS

Use this if your focus is HEOS streaming / multi-room grouping, or you have HEOS speakers too.

A common real-world setup is: denonavr for AVR control + HEOS for streaming/multiroom, depending on what entities you want.

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5) Example Home Assistant dashboard card

type: media-control
entity: media_player.marantz_cinema

(Use the entity HA created, e.g. media_player.cinema_60.)

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6) Example automations

“TV Time” (power on + set source + volume)

automation:
  - alias: "TV Time"
    trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: input_boolean.tv_time
        to: "on"
    action:
      - service: media_player.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: media_player.marantz_cinema
      - service: media_player.select_source
        target:
          entity_id: media_player.marantz_cinema
        data:
          source: "TV Audio"
      - service: media_player.volume_set
        target:
          entity_id: media_player.marantz_cinema
        data:
          volume_level: 0.35

Night mute (drop volume after midnight if still on)

automation:
  - alias: "Marantz Night Volume"
    trigger:
      - platform: time
        at: "00:30:00"
    condition:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: media_player.marantz_cinema
        state: "on"
    action:
      - service: media_player.volume_set
        target:
          entity_id: media_player.marantz_cinema
        data:
          volume_level: 0.20

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7) Troubleshooting checklist

• Give the AVR a static/reserved IP (DHCP reservation)
• If HA sees it but commands fail:
  • confirm Network Control/IP Control is enabled
  • confirm Network Standby/Auto-Standby allows wake-on-LAN-style behavior
• If sources are missing or weird:
  • update AVR firmware
  • reconfigure the integration (remove/add)
  • some models expose only enabled inputs (check AVR input settings)

For Cinema 60 + ND8006, the cleanest Home Assistant setup is:

• Cinema 60: use Denon AVR Network Receivers integration for power/volume/source/zones.
  (There’s also a separate Marantz integration, but most people end up happier with the Denon AVR one for AVRs.)
• ND8006: use Denon HEOS integration for streaming/playback/grouping (ND8006 has HEOS built-in).

That gives you the best of both worlds: AVR controls stay “AVR-like”, and HEOS controls stay “streamer-like”.

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8) Network prerequisites (do this first)

1. Give both units a DHCP reservation (static IP via your router).
2. On the Cinema 60, enable the equivalent of Network Control / Network Standby so it can be powered on from the network (wording varies, but this is the setting that usually breaks power-on). (This is why people think HA is broken when it’s actually standby settings.)

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9) Add the Cinema 60 to Home Assistant

Settings → Devices & services → Add integration → “Denon AVR Network Receivers”

• If discovery doesn’t find it, add by IP (same integration supports manual host entry).

You’ll get a media_player entity (often one per zone).

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10) Add the ND8006 to Home Assistant

Settings → Devices & services → Add integration → “Denon HEOS”
ND8006 supports HEOS multi-room / grouping.

This will usually also discover HEOS capability on the Cinema 60 (many Marantz AVRs expose HEOS too), so you may see multiple HEOS players.

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11) How to use both together (recommended wiring + control model)

Best practical setup

• Connect ND8006 digital out (optical/coax) → Cinema 60 input.
• In the Cinema 60 input setup, rename that input to “ND8006” (or “CD Streamer”).

Control logic in HA

• Use Cinema 60 (Denon AVR integration) for:
  • Power on/off
  • Volume/mute
  • Selecting the input “ND8006”
• Use ND8006 (HEOS integration) for:
  • Play/pause/track control
  • Selecting streaming sources supported by HEOS
  • Grouping / multi-room behavior

This avoids fighting between “AVR state” and “streamer state”.

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12) Example automations

“Music on ND8006 through Cinema 60”

automation:
  - alias: "Music - ND8006 via Cinema 60"
    trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: input_boolean.music_time
        to: "on"
    action:
      - service: media_player.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: media_player.cinema_60
      - service: media_player.select_source
        target:
          entity_id: media_player.cinema_60
        data:
          source: "ND8006"
      - service: media_player.volume_set
        target:
          entity_id: media_player.cinema_60
        data:
          volume_level: 0.30
      - service: media_player.media_play
        target:
          entity_id: media_player.nd8006

“Night mode: cap volume”

automation:
  - alias: "Cinema 60 - Night Volume Cap"
    trigger:
      - platform: time
        at: "23:30:00"
    condition:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: media_player.cinema_60
        state: "on"
    action:
      - service: media_player.volume_set
        target:
          entity_id: media_player.cinema_60
        data:
          volume_level: 0.20