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title: "Russound RIO"
description: "Russound RIO is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 110 installs sharing analytics and works locally."
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url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/russound-rio.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
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# Russound RIO

> Russound RIO is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 110 installs sharing analytics and works locally.

Russound RIO is a built-in integration that connects Russound multi-zone audio controllers to Home Assistant locally. It provides media players along with number controls for balance, bass, treble and turn-on volume, a party mode select, and a loudness switch. The controller can be reached over the network by host and port or through a serial port with a chosen baud rate. Home Assistant can discover the controller on the network and offer to add it, and setup is done in the UI. An option lets Home Assistant hide sources that are disabled for a zone from that zone's source list.

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[Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/config_flow_start/?domain=russound_rio)

## Supports

- **Works locally**: Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
- **Set up in the UI**: Add it in Settings, Devices and services. Nothing to download.
- **Found by itself**: Home Assistant spots it on the network and offers to add it.
- **Change settings later**: Its connection settings can change without removing it.
- **Silver quality**: Home Assistant's own rating of its code and setup experience.
- **Updated with Home Assistant**: Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

## Setting it up

Home Assistant usually finds it on the network and offers to add it. It can also be added by hand under Settings, Devices and services.

### Connect

- **Connection type**: Select how your Russound controller is connected.

### Serial

- **Baud rate**: The communication speed of the serial connection.
- **Device**: Choose the serial port connected to your device.

### Tcp

- **Host**: The IP address of the Russound controller.
- **Name**
- **Port**: The port of the Russound controller.

### Change the connection

- **Host**: The IP address of the Russound controller.
- **Port**: The port of the Russound controller.

### After setup

- **Zone source exclusion**: When enabled, Home Assistant hides sources that are disabled for a zone from the source list for that zone.

Texts from Home Assistant's source code, [Apache License 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).

## Entities

- **Numbers**: Balance, Bass, Treble, Turn-on volume
- **Selects**: Party mode
- **Switches**: Loudness

## Troubleshooting

- **Diagnostics**: Downloads a diagnostics file to attach to a bug report.

## At a glance

- Kind: Built-in integration
- Category: [Media and entertainment](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/media-and-entertainment.md), Speakers and audio
- Number: 110 installs sharing analytics
- Connection: Works locally
- Upkeep: Part of Home Assistant
- Needs: Built into Home Assistant
- Quality scale: Silver quality scale
- Domain: `russound_rio`
- Source: <https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/russound_rio/>

In Vulpo: Quick Toggle card, Media Player card, Select card, Apple Watch, Control Center

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/russound-rio

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