Denon receiver - fully functioning universal remote control

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Hi all,
Got a new Denon instead of my old Yamaha.
After some tweaking this is my universal remote control which solves all sorts of quirks with HEOS (Airplay/internet radio). See the comments below why each special attribute was needed.

This is media_player.yaml:

- platform: universal
  name: living_room_denon
  unique_id: living_room_denon
  device_class: receiver
  children:
    - media_player.living_room_denon_avr
    - media_player.living_room_denon_heos
  browse_media_entity: media_player.living_room_denon_heos
# state_template required because otherwise when you leave it on HEOS it shows wrong status
  state_template: >
    {% if is_state_attr('media_player.living_room_denon_avr', 'source', 'HEOS Music') %}
      {{states('media_player.living_room_denon_heos')}}
    {% else %}
      {{states('media_player.living_room_denon_avr')}}
    {% endif %}  
# active_child_template required because otherwise you can't start/stop properly with HEOS
  active_child_template: > 
    {% if is_state_attr('media_player.living_room_denon_avr', 'source', 'HEOS Music') %}
        media_player.living_room_denon_heos
    {% else %}
        media_player.living_room_denon_avr
    {% endif %}
  commands:
    turn_off:
      action: media_player.turn_off
      data:
        entity_id: media_player.living_room_denon_avr
    turn_on:
      action: media_player.turn_on
      data:
        entity_id: media_player.living_room_denon_avr
    volume_up:
      action: media_player.volume_up
      data:
        entity_id: media_player.living_room_denon_avr
    volume_down:
      action: media_player.volume_down
      data:
        entity_id: media_player.living_room_denon_avr
    select_sound_mode:
      action: media_player.select_sound_mode
      target:
        entity_id: media_player.living_room_denon_avr
      data:
        sound_mode: "{{ sound_mode }}"
  attributes:
    sound_mode: media_player.living_room_denon_avr|sound_mode
    sound_mode_raw: media_player.living_room_denon_avr|sound_mode_raw
    sound_mode_list: media_player.living_room_denon_avr|sound_mode_list
# source_list required because otherwise HEOS Music source does not show up when AVR is active child
    source_list: input_select.receiver_source_list|options

It’s worth mentioning that I’ve also went in to the receiver’s setup and had hidden all other inputs and renames the ones I needed to the right names as is the receiver_source_list:

This is input_select.yaml:

receiver_source_list:
  name: receiver_source_list
  options:
    - DVD
    - KODI
    - XBOX
    - HEOS Music

Good luck.

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