Control4® EA-1 Controller
Product Overview
The Control4® EA-1 Controller is designed for an exceptional family room entertainment experience. It serves as an ideal smart home starter system with built-in entertainment capabilities, automating the gear around your TV.
The EA-1 offers a beautiful, intuitive, and responsive on-screen user interface, enabling users to create and enhance the entertainment experience for any TV in the house. It can manage a wide range of entertainment devices, including Blu-ray players, satellite or cable boxes, game consoles, and TVs. It supports infrared (IR) and serial (RS-232) control for virtually any product. Additionally, it provides IP control for devices like Apple TV, Roku, televisions, and AVRs, along with secure wireless ZigBee control for lights, thermostats, and smart locks.
For entertainment, the EA-1 includes an integrated music server, allowing users to play their own music library, stream from popular music services, or use AirPlay-enabled devices via Control4 ShairBridge technology.
[Image Description: A sleek, black, rectangular Control4 EA-1 Controller with ventilation grilles on top and a subtle "Control4" logo.]
Key Features
- Advanced multi-core processor for fast, interactive on-screen control and access to lighting, security, music, and video solutions.
- Elegant, low-profile design for flexible and simple installation. An optional mounting bracket allows easy attachment to the back of a TV, wall, or standard wall box.
- Intuitive control via tablet, smartphone, touch screen, remote, or TV On-Screen Navigator.
- All-new, elegant on-screen experience for easy access to entertainment and home control.
- Integrated music server supporting popular streaming services like Deezer, Pandora, Rhapsody, Tidal, and TuneIn.
- External Wireless-N and ZigBee antennas for simplified installation and high-performance network connectivity.
- USB port for connecting external hard drives for local music content access.
- Control4 App license enables in-home control from multiple iOS (including Apple Watch) and Android mobile devices. Remote home access is available with an optional 4Sight subscription.
Specifications
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Model number | C4-EA1 |
| Control4 app license | Included - Supports up to 50 devices |
| Intercom license | Included - Supports audio and video intercom on Control4 touch screens and door stations |
| Music services | Pandora®, Rhapsody® (Napster®), TuneIn, TIDAL, Deezer |
| ShairBridge | Up to 20 instances of the driver in the project, 1 concurrent stream |
| Video out | 1 video out - HDMI |
| Video | HDMI 1.4 output; HD 1080p, 50-60 Hz |
| Audio out | 1 audio out - HDMI |
| 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 |
| Ethernet | 10/100/1000BaseT compatible (required for controller setup) |
| Wireless | Wireless-N (2.4 GHz, 802.11n/g/b) |
| Wireless security | WEP, WPA, and WPA2 |
| Wireless antenna | External reverse SMA connector |
| ZigBee Pro | 802.15.4 |
| ZigBee antenna | External reverse SMA connector |
| USB port | 1 USB 2.0 port - 500mA |
| IR out | 4 IR out - 5V 27mA max output, 1 IR blaster - front |
| IR capture | 1 IR receiver - front; 20-60 kHz |
| Serial out | 2 serial out (shared with IR out 1 and 2) |
| Power requirements | 100-240VAC, 60/50 Hz |
| Power consumption | Max: 18W, 61 BTUs/hour; Idle: 12W, 41 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 x W x D) | 1.13" (29 mm) x 7.5" (191 mm) x 5.0" (127 mm) |
| Weight | 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg) |
| Shipping weight | 2.2 lbs (1.0 kg) |
| Wall-Mount Bracket | C4-WMEA1 |
| Rack-Mount Kit | C4-EA1RMK1, C4-EA1RMK2 |
| 3.5mm to DB9 Serial Cable | C4-CBL3.5-DB9B |
| SR-260 System Remote Control | C4-SR260-B |
| 4Sight Subscription (1 Year) | C4-4Sight-E |
[Image Description: Rear panel of the Control4 EA-1 Controller showing various ports including AC POWER, SERIAL, HDMI OUT, ETHERNET, ZIGBEE, and HDMI™.]
Resources
For more information on the entire EA Controller product line, visit ctrl4.co/ea.
For product photos, documentation, and installation instructions, visit ctrl4.co/controllers.
