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List Price: $59.99
Our Price: $34.82
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Manufacturer: Belkin Components
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Belkin
EAN: 0722868588505
Feature: Shares one monitor, keyboard, and mouse between two computers
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Label: Belkin Components
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Manufacturer: Belkin Components
Model: F1DG102U
Publisher: Belkin Components
Studio: Belkin Components
Warranty: 3 years warranty
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Shares one monitor, keyboard, and mouse between two computers
Shares one set of speakers between computers
Supports PC and Mac notebook and desktop computers
Features a 2-color LED that indicates which computer Flip is accessing
Installs in three easy steps with no software required
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Editorial Reviews:
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Belkin Components is the preeminent technology leader in connectivity solutions for the computer and consumer electronics user. Always ahead of the rest, Belkin Components continues to deliver niche products that make your life easier and maximize your computer or consumer electronic investment.PRODUCT FEATURES:Shares one monitor, keyboard, and mouse between computers;Shares one set of speakers between computers;Connects instantly to notebook computers;Supports PC and Mac notebook and desktop computers;Features a 2-color LED that indicates which computer Flip is accessing;Includes 2 built-in cables to connect computers;Installs in 3 easy steps with no software required.
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Summary: Pretty snazzy
Comment: I thought my remote wasn't working, but thanks to Larry Brown's review I realised I just had to plug it in harder until the light shows. Also another tip to note is that if you download and install the software you can disable the annoying device switching sounds.
Overall a very handy product, nice design and has worked well for me so far.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Works fine!
Comment: This product works fine, it does take a few seconds to switch from one pc to another (i have two ibm thinkpads).
I have a USB HUB that i have probably 8 peripherals plugged into, and i had to plug the KVM usb cable on the pc end into my hub, since my thinkpad port replicator only has one USB port. This works perfectly. It does disconnect the usb keyboard and mouse everytime you switch over, so that is the delay, you have to wait for usb to recognize the device.
Even though I have a port replicator with a DVI-D port for my personal home laptop, I do not have a docking station for my work laptop, and it only has a VGA port, so i had to connect both of them using the vga. However if i did have DVI-D ports on both of these, i would have bought the DVI-D version of this product.
I hate widescreen LCD's and my work laptop has one, so now i can bring my work laptop to the big screen (my dell 2007fp) when i work from home.
I have not noticed any video degradation or any other such issues.
Additionally, I use a wireless logitech VX Revolution mouse, and this also works perfectly, all my custom assigned buttons work correctly with this device.
Excellent! thank you.
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Summary: No problems thus far
Comment: I wanted to get a KVM switch in order to switch back and forth between my G5 and my G4 and I found this, the Belkin F1DG102U Flip 2-Port KVM Switch with Audio Support (USB Connection). It's not near as expensive as the Avocent KVM's we use at work for our TV automation system (Windows NT), but after installing it and bringing both computers up, I have to say it works fine. I have read that people have problems with switching time, (I haven't) and I didn't connect the remote but instead use a hot key (cntrl-cntrl), and it's quick. All I had to do was just hook both computers up and boot them up and it worked. So far I am happy with it as I go between both macs a good deal of the time.
As far as it not working for others, especially Wintel PC's, I don't know if it's due to Windows buggy operating system or mixing windows versions (win 98/vista) or if it's just that my Mac's are more intuitive. I was prepared to have to find another kvm if this one didn't work, yet it's working fine. As a side note, I have always been a mac person and I do wonder if it's just that Mac OS is more intuitive than Wintel (I work cross platform, so I know both OS's) and that is the reason I haven't had any trouble. I recommend it for anyone that wants the ability to switch between 2 computers without spending a fortune for a more expensive switch
Belkin F1DF102U Flip 2-Port KVM Switch (USB Connection).
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Summary: Very Disappointed
Comment: Belkin F1DG102U Flip 2-Port KVM Switch with Audio Support (USB Connection)This switch worked the day I installed it. At boot-up the next day it did not work on either computer. After many fruitless attempts, I finally got it to go by disconnecting and reconnecting the USB cable to my computer; however, the unit failed to work again at boot-up. It appears that the only way for me to get it going is to unplug and re-plug the cable to the USB port on my computer each and every time I boot up. I tried using three different USB ports on the computer but got the same result each time.
I have the PS2 version of the same Belkin switch which works just fine all the time. I bought the USB version to use with a wireless USB keyboard/mouse. I switched back to the PS2 version and all works well now; however, I'm out 50-some dollars that I paid for the switch as well as the 120-some dollars that I paid for the USB wireless keyboard/mouse.
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Summary: 2 stars for style, but zero for function (for me) - be careful
Comment: Hard to write a review for an item that doesn't work for you. I tried to use this rather stylish KVM with a MacMini and a PC running XP-sp2. This is the USB variety, and the switch would work with the PC, but not the MacMini. I think the problem is that the Mac has a DVI output for video, but even with the DVI/VGA adapter that is supplied by Apple for use with VGA monitors, it still refuses to send a signal that my VGA monitor could understand. I've kept the KVM because you never know when a KVM will come in handy, and at the price I can't be bothered to return it.
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