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title: "Vizio SmartCast TV"
description: "Instructions on how to integrate Vizio SmartCast TV into Home Assistant."
date: 2017-07-10 19:00
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ha_category: Media Player
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---

The `vizio` component will allow you to control [SmartCast](https://www.vizio.com/smartcast-app) compatible TVs (2016+ models).

## Pairing

Before adding your TV to Home Assistant you'll need to pair it manually. To do so follow these steps:

Install the command-line tool using `pip` (or you can choose to download it manually):

```bash
$ pip3 install git+https://github.com/vkorn/pyvizio.git@master
```

or

```bash
$ pip3 install -I .
```

Make sure that your TV is on before continuing.

If you don't know IP address of your TV run following command:

```bash
$ pyvizio --ip=0 --auth=0 discover
```

Enter the following command to initiate pairing:

```bash
$ pyvizio --ip={ip} pair
```

Initiation will show you two different values:

| Value           | Description          |
|:----------------|:---------------------|
| Challenge type  | Usually it should be `"1"`. If not, use the additional parameter `--ch_type=your_type` in the next step |
| Challenge token | Token required to finalize pairing in the next step |

Finally, at this point a PIN code should be displayed at the top of your TV. With all these values, you can now finish pairing:

```bash
$ pyvizio --ip={ip} pair-finish --token={challenge_token} --pin={tv_pin}
```

You will need the authentication token returned by this command to configure Home Assistant.

## Configuration

To add your Vizio TV to your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
media_player:
  - platform: vizio
    host: IP_ADDRESS
    access_token: AUTH_TOKEN
```

{% configuration %}
host:
  description: IP address of your TV.
  required: true
  type: string
access_token:
  description: Authentication token you received in the last step of the pairing process.
  required: true
  type: string
suppress_warning:
  description: Set to `true` to disable self-signed certificate warnings.
  required: false
  default: false
  type: string
{% endconfiguration %}

## Notes and limitations

### Turning TV on

If the `Power Mode` of your TV is set to `Eco Mode`, turning the device ON won't work.

### Changing tracks

Changing tracks works like channels switching. If you have source other than regular TV it might end do nothing.

### Sources

Source list shows all external devices connected to the TV through HDMI plus list of internal devices (TV mode, Chrome Cast, etc.).