Connect your AVR 1700 to your home network. For me, this meant temporarily moving my cable modem and wireless router into the living room and connecting the receiver to my router with an ethernet cable.
Using your computer, determine the IP address of the AVR 1700 on your local network. You can do this by logging into your wireless router's web interface, or by using a utility like this one: http://www.nirsoft.n...rk_watcher.html
Type the IP address of your AVR 1700 into a web browser on your computer (it should like this: 192.168.1.xxx, with the last three digits based on your individual network). If done correctly, you will be looking at the Harman Kardon web interface for the receiver.
Click the Choose File button and choose any random file on your computer. I picked a small txt file. Now click the Upload button. Dont' worry about what file you choose. The operation will fail, but you will have jolted the receiver out of update mode.
You're done. BCO Update message should disappear, and life is good again!
I hope this helps!
Apple AirPlay, Bluetooth and Spotify Connect The AVR 171S can stream audio from virtually any portable device. For Apple devices, such as computers and the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, you can stream using the receiver’s built-in AirPlay technology. The Harman Kardon® AVR 1700 has virtually everything that you want in an audio/video receiver. Do you want sheer power? The AVR 1700 has 100 watts per channel. Want a variety of entertainment sources? The receiver includes vTuner® Internet radio, DLNA® 1.5 and AirPlay for wireless reception of your music and HDMI® inputs for DVDs, HDTV, Blu-ray Disc™ media and video games. HK AVR 1700 / 170 old firmware V0200 So i was able to received an older FW from Harmon Kardon for the avr 1700/170. This was in hopes to undo the 'pwoer saving' feature that effectively turns off the unit after like 30 min thus preventing auto turn on Airplay etc. 'This Harman Kardon® software upgrade will improve the performance of your AVR 254 or AVR 354 by updating its internal operating system, DSP (digital signal processing) firmware and video-processing software.' I updated mine because I was hooking up my PC to my home theater. It DID solve some problems although for the life of me I can't.
Harman Kardon Update Firmware
Type the IP address of your AVR 1700 into a web browser on your computer (it should like this: 192.168.1.xxx, with the last three digits based on yourindividual network). If done correctly, you will be looking at the Harman Kardon web interface for the receiver. Click the Choose File button and choose any random file on your computer.