Russound MCA-C5

2x Russound mca-c5 (old and cheap), wired to 14+ audio zones and pulled into HA via Russound Rio integration. Alexa as a media player controlling echo dot as an input source, conditional yaml card to play xm/TuneIn/Spotify (might add a 2nd one, works very well) 2x Chromecast audios as input source 2x Russound BTX-1 remote Bluetooth receivers, connected to MCA unit by cat6 and deployed at strategic places in ceiling. Both Bluetooth sources have different pairing names and show as 2 different inputs Will be using existing cat5/6 to capture audio from various televisions in house and route to …

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The problem After the amp has been turned off and later turned on again, HA has to be restarted or the integration has to be reloaded to reconnect the Russound_Rio entities. ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? core-2024.8.0 ### 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 russound_rio ### Link to integration documentation on our website https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/russound_rio ### Diagnostics information home-assistant.log ### Example …

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