Sony Bravia TV

The problem I have a TV which I have exposed to HomeKit as a media player through the HomeKit integration. The TV is a Sony Bravia TV. I have it setup in accessory mode and it is the only entity in the HomeKit bridge. After I pair it to HomeKit everything works and I can change sources and turn it on/off. After a few hours to a day later, the HomeKit accessory no longer shows a source list and only has a power button showing. If I reload the HomeKit bridge from HA the source list shows up again, but every entry is renamed to the name of the device. The source list works, but the names are all …

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The problem I am using the Sony Bravia TV and home kit integration, to control my TV. I'm able to use all the common remote buttons through the HA UI but when in-home kit only I am missing a few buttons (volume control, mute and forwards and backward) ## Environment Raspberry pi running HA 0.115.2 ISO 14.0 ## Problem-relevant `configuration.yaml` [code] ## Traceback/Error logs None i can see [code] ## Additional information

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… known): I tried many version, none works. Operating environment (Hass.io/Docker/Windows/etc.): Docker running on Synology NAS Component/platform: Homekit & Sony Bravia TV Description of problem: Once i set my "media_player.sony_bravia_tv" device_class to tv, all my homekit accessaries were gone from Home App, but my automation in Home App still there, so it seems all my accessaries became invisible because of that. I removed the device_class, all accessaries are back with no previous room information. Problem-relevant `configuration.yaml` entries and (fill out even if it seems unimportant): …

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The problem With the recent changes to the Sony Bravia TV integration in 2023.2, I can no longer change channels in HomeKit. I used to be able to set a customize option for the entity under the customize: section where I can list out the sources or channels that I want. After the recent changes, the sources show up in the list in HomeKit, but I cannot switch to any of them except for the external sources like HDMI1, HDMI2, Video 1, etc. I believe this has to do with the channels now listed under the “Browse Media” or media sources for the TV entity as well as the change in service calls and …

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The TV model is KDL-55HX850 and is listed here, it is a 2012 model, KDL-HX85 series The SW version is: PKG2.120EUA-0002

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The problem Starting in version homeassistant=='2012.11.0' Sony Bravia TV integration can't work with Apple HomeKit ( HomeKit Integration) due some errors: 2022-12-12 16:07:46.673 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.homekit.type_remotes] media_player.sony_xbr_49x835d: Reached maximum number of sources (90) 2022-12-12 16:07:46.690 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.config_entries] Error setting up entry Sony XBR-49X835D:21066 for homekit Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/homeassistant/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/homeassistant/config_entries.py", line 372, in async_setup …

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The problem Unable to set picture mode on the Bravia TV integration. How can you set the picture mode to Vivid or Standard? It seems like the HACS Bravia TV PSK integration allowed this but the official integration does not. Any way to get this added? ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? core-2025.10.1 ### 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 Sony Bravia TV ### Link to integration documentation on our website …

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