California is neither a gym state nor a field state in our sales and shipping record. It is both, almost evenly, and it is spread thin. I wrote this guide for athletic directors, coaches and facility managers who want to know what that record holds before they plan a purchase.

The answer comes in three parts. First, the indoor and outdoor sides of the record sit close together, with basketball only narrowly ahead of baseball. Second, the record reaches across a long list of cities and towns rather than a few large ones. Third, each of the three most-shipped models, the LX2655, a pair of LX2160 shot clocks and the LX2350, is explained here from its own spec sheet, with base and -ETN figures kept apart. Where a model record names a California buyer with a verified website, I name it too, with the city and the ship dates the record gives.

What does our California sales and shipping record show?

Our California sales and shipping record holds 692 records across 289 cities and towns, places the state ninth of fifty by units shipped, and runs from 1999 to 2025.

Each record is one row per organization, model and city, the same rule our published California state page applies, so a reader can check every count against the list itself. The figures below reflect the record as of September 14, 2026. Three steps make the numbers easier to read:

1. Start with the sport totals to see where demand in the state actually sits.
2. Read the model counts next, knowing that every variant of a model is counted under one LX number.
3. Keep the scope in mind: a row is a scoreboard we sold and shipped, not one we can confirm is standing today.

Our data also counts 86 distinct models in the state. The counting rule shapes that number. A 2350, a 2350-C and an LX2350 all count as one model, because the record groups every spelling under its LX equivalent, the LX-series number for that scoreboard. A model's California total therefore includes every spelling it carries in the record.

Two points follow for a California buyer. Basketball and baseball carry the table. Football, soccer and hockey are present but far smaller, and softball and lacrosse barely register. Anyone comparing basketball scoreboards for a California gym is shopping in the part of the record with the deepest history.

The record has limits, and they matter as much as the counts. It shows what shipped and when. It does not show which building or field a scoreboard went to, why it was bought, or whether it is still in use. Where the record is silent, this article says so rather than filling the gap.

Why are the gym and field sides of the California record so close?

Basketball leads baseball only narrowly in our California record, so neither gym orders nor field orders dominate, and the indoor and outdoor sides stay close to even.

The gap between the two leading sports is small enough that I read California as two parallel records rather than one. Basketball is the indoor side of that pairing, played on a court under a roof. Baseball is the outdoor side, played on a diamond. A lead that slim gives a buyer no reason to treat the gym as the main event and the field as an afterthought.

Football follows well behind both, then soccer and hockey, so the outdoor side of the record reaches past the diamond. Schools planning for the stadium as well as the ballfield can see that line on our football scoreboards page.

The model list tells a different part of the story. Our review of the state record puts the LX1130 at 50 records and the LX1030 at 33 records, fourth and fifth behind the three models the next sections explain: the LX2655, the LX2160 shot clock pair and the LX2350. Both are outdoor baseball and softball scoreboards, according to their own spec sheets. The LX1030 spec sheet gives an 8 ft by 4 ft cabinet at 113 lb, with 18-inch digits for Runs and Inning and 4-inch Ball, Strike and Out indicators, drawing 1.1 A at 120 VAC. The LX1130 starts from that same layout and adds two feet of height: the LX1130 spec sheet gives 8 ft by 6 ft and 170 lb, and the extra space carries 11-inch Pitch Count digits for each team, drawing 1.4 A. The LX1030 comes with a simplified 15-key console, the LX1130 with the full-sized 37-key console with LCD display.

On the gym side, one rules question sits outside our record entirely. According to NFHS, the 35-second shot clock became a state-adoption option for the 2022-23 season, and each state association may adopt one under the guidelines in the NFHS Basketball Rules Book. Before the 2021 approval, 10 states allowed a shot clock on an experimental basis or outside the NFHS rules framework. In California, school sports are organized through the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), and a school should confirm the current position there before ordering a pair of LX2160 shot clocks.

What the record leaves out matters as much as what it holds. Its value to a buyer is the pairing itself: a California school planning a gym display can ask for the ballfield display on the same quote. It does not say why a school bought an indoor display before an outdoor one, or the reverse. A buyer weighing both sides can set a basketball spec sheet beside a baseball spec sheet and compare them line by line before a first call.

Where can a California buyer look over these models before calling?

Every featured model has its own model page and spec sheet on electro-mech.com, and the California record is published city by city, so a buyer can check both first.

Start with the model pages. The LX2655, the LX2160 shot clock pair and the LX2350 each sit in the basketball section of the site, and each page leads to its spec sheet. Our spec sheets for all three carry the same revision line, Rev 2.0.2017.06.08. Take every figure from the spec sheet itself, because a base model and its -ETN variant carry different numbers.

Then check the record. Our California state page lists every entry by city, and the counts it prints are the ones this article uses. Because the page is public, anyone on a district committee can check those counts without a phone call. Look up your own city to see which organizations near you appear on it.

I would do both before a first call. A buyer who arrives with a model name and a city saves everyone a round of questions.

What does the LX2655 show, and where is it meant to be used?

The LX2655 is the most-shipped model in our California record, with 79 records, and it is an indoor basketball scoreboard whose reversible captions also serve volleyball and wrestling.

The LX2655 spec sheet puts the aluminum cabinet at 9 ft by 5 ft and 133 lb. Guest Points, Home Points and the Period Clock use 12-inch digits. Every other digit on the face is 9 inches, the Bonus and Possession indicators are 3 inches, and the captions run at 5, 4 and 3 inches. The spec sheet lists the LEDs in amber, red and green.

The spec sheet labels the LX2655 Indoor, which places it on the gym side of the California record rather than the field side. Electro-Mech's model page calls it "our most popular model for Basketball," and the state count sits comfortably with that description. Removable caption plates switch the face to volleyball or wrestling, so one display can serve a gym that hosts all three sports. A center-hung four-sided configuration is also available.

The standard equipment is what an operator touches on every game night:

• a full-sized 37-key console with an LCD display and fifty programmable brightness levels
• an internal horn, a daisy-chain data port and a goal light port
• a choice of 18 paint colors for the cabinet

Options add to that base rather than change it. The spec sheet lists Electronic Team Names (ETN), Double Bonus Indicators, ID panels, video panels and a team name in place of HOME. Control runs over a data cable of up to 1,000 ft or through ScoreLink Wireless RF, which most customers choose. Owners looking for operating documents can start from our scoreboard manuals page.

The record itself is narrower than the spec sheet. It counts the LX2655 by its LX equivalent and does not say which options any California order carried. I would read that count as scoreboards shipped, not as configurations chosen.

record row     one per organization, model and city
organization   spelled exactly as the order spells it
city, state    the city the record lists
model          counted by its LX equivalent
sport          the sport on the order
ship date      YYYY-MM-DD, or blank where none is recorded

I read each row as one sentence: this organization, in this city, took this model for this sport. A blank ship date means the record carries none. It does not mean nothing shipped.

What is the LX2160, and how does it work with a main scoreboard?

The LX2160 is a pair of shot clocks mounted behind the backboards, second in our California record with 59 records, and operated through a handheld switch on the main console.

The LX2160 spec sheet puts each display at 24 in by 27 in and 20 lb, in an aluminum cabinet with a matte black face for contrast. The Shot Time digits are 12 inches tall in red LEDs. The Visual Horn indicators, 4 inches in diameter, mark the end of a period. Each display draws 0.3 A at 120 VAC.

Our model page dates the shot clock's arrival in basketball to the 1950s. The LX2160 itself is built around three connections to the rest of the gym:

• Mounting. Built-in mounting points let each cabinet attach to a wall or to the structure that supports the backboard, clamped from behind to a vertical support.
• Control. The pair is priced without a control console. A handheld three-button switch assembly attaches to the main control console, and a full-sized 37-key console with LCD display is optional.
• Signal. Junction boxes and patch cables come standard for hardwired installations, while ScoreLink Wireless RF needs two receiver units. Each cabinet carries an internal horn, a data output port for daisy chaining, and an output port on top for the backboard light bar kit, which lights when the main scoreboard horn sounds at the end of a period.

The control line matters most for a buyer. The pair works beside a main scoreboard; it does not stand alone. Because it ships without a console, I would name the main console it will run with on the order, so the Electro-Mech team can confirm the fit before anything is built.

For a California gym, the LX2160 pair is the natural next step beside a main scoreboard, and the order is easiest to finalize once the school has confirmed the CIF's current shot clock position. Our record lists the LX2160 under its own model number and does not say which main scoreboard each pair worked beside. Treat every record as a pair of displays, not as a scoreboard.

How does the LX2350 differ from the LX2655?

The LX2350 is the third most-shipped model in our California record, at 57 records, and it trades the LX2655's taller face for a shorter, lighter cabinet built around the basics.

Both are indoor basketball scoreboards, so the difference sits in what each face carries. The LX2350 spec sheet labels it Indoor, Basketball / Multi-Sport, and our model page says the built-in Bonus and Possession indicators show it is made for basketball. The table sets the two spec sheets side by side.

The LX2350 face stays sparse by design. Our model page puts the sponsor case plainly: the uncluttered layout "doesn't look jumbled when you add ID panels for advertising." The LX2350-ETN, with Electronic Team Names, runs a 4-inch caption height and draws 1.9 A. The record does not say whether any California LX2350 shipped with ID panels or without them.

Both models carry the same built-in Bonus indicator, and the rule behind it changed recently. According to NFHS, Rule 4-8-1 has awarded two free throws for every common foul since the 2023-24 season once the opponent commits five fouls in a quarter, with team fouls resetting at the end of each quarter. The change eliminated the one-and-one. The indicator shows the bonus; the rule decides when it applies. Each school should confirm how its own association applies the change.

My recommendation follows the face. For a gym that also hosts volleyball and wrestling, I would start with the LX2655 and its reversible captions. For a basketball gym that wants sponsor panels, the LX2350 is the cleaner starting point.

What should a California buyer take from our record?

Plan the gym and the field with equal care, because our California record splits close to evenly between them and spreads across 289 cities and towns.

The record tells you where Electro-Mech scoreboards went. It does not tell you which one fits your room. That answer sits in the spec sheet, line by line: digit heights, caption sizes, cabinet size and current draw. I would take three steps before asking for a quote:

1. Pull the spec sheet for each model you are weighing, base and ETN alike.
2. Confirm with your association whether a pair of shot clocks belongs in your gym.
3. Name the console the new display will run with.

Those three answers turn a long record into one sound order.