Monoprice 6-Zone Amplifier
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The Monoprice 6-Zone Amplifier integration allows you to control Monoprice 6-Zone Amplifier using a serial connection.
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
Monoprice 6-zone amp works locally; extra zones show up only after enabling disabled entities.
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| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monoprice 6 zone amp | Works Local | Integrates well with HA; six inputsSaved copyWired is imo the best way to go. I have a monoprice 6 zone amp that integrates well with HA. Can have 6 different inputs. I use a Chromecast typically for music, but also have my server, and some wall jacks I put in. Excerpt saved from the Arctic Shift Reddit archive on 2026-10-23. | Reddit comment · 2022-09 | |
| Monoprice 6-zone amplifier | Works Local | Integration works greatSaved copyMonoprice 6-zone amplifier. The Home Assistant integration works great. Excerpt saved from the Arctic Shift Reddit archive on 2026-10-23. | Reddit comment · 2023-03 | |
| Monoprice 6-Zone Amplifier | Works Local | Zones 21-26 and 31-36 need disabled entities enabledSaved copy… cleared the cache of my browser. I have tried a different browser to see if it is related to my browser. ## The problem I have two HA-setup’s both using the Monoprice integration. With the introduction of the set up of the integration through the Integration page (added in 0.108), only devices 11-16 show up in Lovelace. Devices 21-26 and 31-36 are shown as zones in the details page of the integration, but nowhere else. I did enable ‘show disabled entities’, although the entities should not be disabled: they are active. The integrations worked fine before 0.108. Result is that zones 21-26 and … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #34035 · 2020-04 | |
| Monoprice multizone controller | Works Local | Two chained for 10 zones; cheapest expandable optionSaved copyMonoprice Multizone Controller is the cheapest and most expandable solution that I've found. I have two of them chained together for total of 10 zones (one is the older 4x4 matrix). I have 5 Alexa Inputs plugged into it, which means I can create Alexa Audio zones that include overhead speakers as well as regular Alexa devices. And I can start music on any zone by just telling Alexa to start playing Spotify. Advantage of dedicated multi-zone amplifier over, say, something like Sonos is that it's not possible to desynchronize different speakers, since they are all hard-wired into the same … Excerpt saved from the Arctic Shift Reddit archive on 2026-10-23. | Reddit comment · 2022-10 |
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) | 159 (0.02%) |
|---|---|
| Added in | Home Assistant 0.56 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @etsinko, @OnFreund |
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.
