When shopping for mobile electronics equipment, just look for the logo to find the right equipment for your needs. When you see these logos, it means the products have been tested and have passed rigorous industry standards. Plus, since each product was tested using the same methodology, the performance reported can be compared between products.

CEA’s amplifier power for mobile electronics logo indicates that a car amplifier has been tested to CEA-2006-A, Testing & Measurement Methods for Mobile Audio Amplifiers. The standard requires that the manufacturers report at least three ratings: primary power output in watts, total harmonic distortion plus noise, and signal to noise ratio.

Look for the mobile amplifier logo on products from these manufacturers:

  • Alpine
  • Audiovox
  • Blaupunkt
  • Clarion Corp.of America
  • Directed Electronics
  • Dual Electronics Corp. (Namsung America)
  • E Audio Ltd.
  • Elipse by Fujitsu Ten
  • Electromedia s.l.r.
  • Harmon Consumer Group
  • JVC Americas
  • Kenwood
  • Lanzar Audio
  • Massive Audio
  • Mitek Corp.
  • Panasonic
  • Phoenix Gold
  • Pioneer
  • Rockford Corp.
  • Scosche Industries
  • Sony
  • Sillwater Design- Kicker

Its partner mark, the mobile loudspeaker logo, indicates that a car loudspeaker has been tested in accordance with the industry standard, CEA-2031, Testing and Measurement Methods for Mobile Loudspeaker Systems. This standard defines test procedures for rating the performance and physical size of mobile loudspeakers and requirements for reporting the performance.

Look for the mobile loudspeaker logo on products from these manufacturers:

  • Alpine Electronics
  • Clarion Corp. Ltd.
  • Rockford Corp.
  • Scosche Industries Inc.
  • Massive Audio Inc.

When you use the information each of these logos offers, you will be able to select mobile loudspeakers with power handling capabilities that are appropriate for the power output characteristics of their mobile amplifiers.

These logos make it easier for you to choose the right mobile amplifier and loudspeaker to work with your car.