Description
- Features
- Specifications
The controller is the brain of your smart home. It manages your home automation system, allowing the electronic devices in your home to work together—from lighting and security, to music and video, and pretty much anything else in between. No matter the size of your home, whether you’re automating a single room or a sprawling mansion, Control4 controllers are capable of powering your entire home automation system.
- Certified HDMI with audio and video capability delivers reliable connectivity to today’s televisions and receivers.
- Control4 App license enables in-home control from iOS and Android mobile devices, as well as PCs. A 4Sight subscription enables remote access and control from virtually anywhere.
- Instantaneous, intuitive control from a touch screen, remote, or TV on-screen navigator.
- Next-generation core and ZigBee processors deliver a new level of speed and performance.
Model number | |
Entertainment and Automation Controller, 5 Zone | C4-EA5 |
Entertainment and Automation Controller, 5 Zone, V2 | C4-EA5-V2 |
Control4 app license | Included—Supports up to 50 devices |
Streaming services | Pandora®, Napster®, Spotify Connect, TuneIn, TIDAL, Deezer |
ShairBridge | Up to 20 instances of the driver in the project; 5 concurrent streams |
Video out | 1 video out—HDMI |
Video | HDMI 1.4 output; HD 1080p, 50-60 Hz |
Audio out | 5 audio out—1 HDMI, 2 stereo analog, 2 digital coax |
Audio in | 4 audio in—2 stereo analog, 2 digital coax |
Audio playback formats | AAC, AIFF, ALAC, FLAC, M4A, MP2, MP3, MP4/M4A, Ogg Vorbis, PCM, WAV, WMA |
High-resolution audio playback | Up to 192 kHz / 24 bit |
Advanced audio subsystem | Dual audio signal processors, multiple sample rate converters |
Audio system controls (analog or digital coax) | 10-band graphic equalizer, input gain, output gain, loudness, tone controls, balance |
Signal-to-noise ratio | <-118 dBFS |
Total harmonic distortion | 0.00023 (-110 dB) |
Network | |
Ethernet | 10/100/1000BaseT compatible (required for controller setup) |
Built-in Ethernet switch | 1 Ethernet in + 4 gigabit Ethernet switch ports |
WiFi | Internal Dual-Band Wireless-N (EA-5 V1) (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, 802.11n/g/b) Optional Dual-Band WiFi USB Adapter (EA-5 V2) (2.4 GHz, 5 Ghz, 802.11ac/b/g/n/a) |
WiFi security | WPA/WPA2 |
WiFi antenna | External reverse SMA connector (EA-5 V1 only); optional WiFi adapter on the EA-5 V2 |
Zigbee Pro | 802.15.4 |
ZigBee antenna | External reverse SMA connector |
eSATA port | 1 eSATA port |
USB port | 1 USB 2.0 port—500mA |
Control | |
IR out | 8 IR out—5V 27mA max output, 1 IR blaster—front |
IR capture | 1 IR receiver—front; 20-60 kHz |
Serial out | 4 serial out (2 DB9 ports and 2 shared with IR out 1-2) |
Contact | 4 contact sensors—2V-30VDC input, 12VDC 125mA maximum output |
Relay | 4 relays—AC: 36V, 2A maximum voltage across relay; DC: 24V, 2A maximum voltage across relay |
Power | |
Power requirements | 100-240 VAC, 60/50Hz |
Power consumption | Max: 40W, 136 BTUs/hour |
Operating temperature | 32˚ ~ 104˚ F (0˚ ~ 40˚ C) |
Storage temperature | 4˚ ~ 158˚ F (-20˚ ~ 70˚ C) |
Fan dB level | Max: 35 dB |
Dimensions (H × W × D) | 1.875″ (49 mm) w/feet × 17.5″ (444 mm) × 10.125″ (258 mm) |
Weight | 6.85 lbs (3.10 kg) |
Shipping weight | 9.30 lbs (4.20 kg) |
Accessories | |
3.5 mm to DB9 Serial Cable | C4-CBL3.5-DB9B |
SR-260 System Remote Control | C4-SR260-B |
4Sight Subscription (1 Year) | C4-4Sight-E |