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List Price: $288.79
Our Price: $165.17
You Save: $ 123.62 (43%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Belkin Components
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Belkin
Color: WHITE
EAN: 0722868617410
Feature: Box Content - High-Speed Docking Station, ExpressCard with 27-inch cable, Quick Install CD, User Manual and AC Adapter
Floppy Disk Drive Description: None
Format: CD
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Belkin Components
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Manufacturer: Belkin Components
Model: F5U273
Modem Description: None
Number Of Items: 1
Platform: Windows
Publisher: Belkin Components
Studio: Belkin Components
Warranty: Limited lifetime warranty
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Features
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Box Content - High-Speed Docking Station, ExpressCard with 27-inch cable, Quick Install CD, User Manual and AC Adapter
Video - 1x VGA, 1x DVI, 1600x1200 output at 32-bit color and CODEC-agnostic
Primary Video Mode - use an external monitor as your primary display
Extended Video Mode - use both your notebook screen and external monitor for combined viewing
Mirror Video Mode - replicate notebook screen onto an external monitor
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Editorial Reviews:
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The High Speed Docking Station takes advantage of the ultrafast ExpressCard technology so you can get outstanding performance. You connect the unit to your laptop through its ExpressCard port, then plug in your peripherals. It easily disconnects from your laptop when it is needed elsewhere and just as easily reconnects when it returns. You get smooth, high-resolution video (1600 x 1200), flawless 5.1 Surround Sound and the sleek stable design saves room on your desk while you easily connect your monitor, keyboard, speakers, thumb drives and more to your laptop. The High Speed Docking Station connects through the ExpressCard port built in to the latest laptop computers. This advanced technology quadruples available bandwidth, critical for faster music downloads, smoother audio and video streaming, and lightning-fast access to mass-storage devices such as MP3 players and thumb drives. Peripherals and audio - 5x USB 2.0, 3x Audio Line-Out (5.1 surround sound), 1x Audio Line-In, 1x Digital Audio (S/PDIF), 1x RJ45 (10/100Mbps) and 1x ExpressCard Cable Connector
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Customer Rating:
Summary: resist the temptation
Comment: I hate this thing. It's not worth it. As much as a hassle it is to plug everything into my laptop, in the long run, it would be much faster than constantly restarting and getting the dock to play nice.
Follow the instructions carefully and some things work flawlessly like my mouse and keyboard. MY CRT monitor works but the dock's software has changed the resolution of my laptop's widescreen monitor so all my icons are stretched and I need to manually change it everytime I turn on my pc. Oh, and if you put your laptop to hibernate or standby, forget about it. You need to restart.
Other gripes:
- my dvd-rom and memory stick don't work on this dock.
- I have to plug speakers into the dock as it made the speakers on my laptop non-functional.
- My built-in webcam doesn't work either.
The only good thing is that if I don't use the dock, my laptop's sound and video cards return to original configuration. However, my display settings still don't recognize it's a widescreen.
Customer Rating:
Summary: yeah, what he / she said
Comment: Tried this with my new Asus laptop which has no dock made for it. I needed an adapter for the connection slot because the laptop only came with PCIMA slots. The dock never worked with Vista or XP, and Belkin told me that the dock station was not tested for use with PCIMA adapters, making it useless for anyone with an older laptop I'm afraid. I'm glad to see that others had problems with it too. I took a hit money-wise on this purchase, and will not buy Belkin products again.
Customer Rating:
Summary: horrible
Comment: A full day of troubleshooting and re-installing on Vista and can't get it to go. I don't understand how they can get away with selling this item..
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great concept, fails to deliver miserably!
Comment: WHY, OH WHY didn't I take the advice of the other reviewers here. I had high hopes that Belkin has smoothed out the issues with this dock, but alas, I am miserably disappointed. Hooked it up to my new Sony Vaio notebook, followed the directions to a tee and within 5 minutes of installing, this lovely thing gave me the blue screen of death. After searching the internet for a fix and 3 install/uninstalls later, the thing is back in the box on it's way back to Amazon.
If I could rate this ZERO STARS I would. I'm appalled Amazon still sells a project that flat out, doesn't work! I'm so disappointed and will search for other option. Thanks alot Belkin.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Buyer Beware!!
Comment: I have a Dell XPS-1210 laptop, and had nothing but problems with this product. At first look it seemed to be the IDEAL solution, using the PC Express, however the original drivers locked my system up TIGHT. The second set of drivers would not recognize the product. The third set of drivers (for XP) are supposed to alleviate problems with Dell systems, but wiped out my wireless NIC capabilities, and still did not allow the docking station to function. After spending hours online with Belkin they told me they would need to have an "expert" call back, but they could not fix the problem either. I fianlly had to return the product. It is a shame, ir could have been a good solution, but Belkin seems to have created a poor software solution for it, and does not understand how to repair the problems.
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