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CEA 2030

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ5010192 ↗
Source-derived summary

CEA 2030 Multi-Room Audio Cabling Standard defines cabling and connectors for use in distributing analog and digital audio signals throughout a home. It is developed by the R3 Audio Systems Committee of the Consumer Electronics Association or CEA.

Scope of the standard

The Electronic Industries Alliance or EIA now known as the Consumer Electronics Association or CEA standard ANSI/CEA-2030 as of the 3/30/2005 Publication date defines wire topologies, wire gauge in American Wire Gauge or AWG, twisted pair designation, wire routing and control locations.

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2030, 2005—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Open-knowledge and entry providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “CEA 2030” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.