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Kensington Universal Notebook Docking Station with VGA/DVI and Ethernet 4 | 
| Brand: Kensington
Category: CE
List Price: $149.99
Buy New: $123.39
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Rating:  14 reviews
Format: CD
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: N/A
Modem: None
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7 x 3 x 10
Warranty: 2 years warranty
MPN: K33926US
Model: K33926US
UPC: 085896339267
EAN: 0085896339267
ASIN: B002EREH74
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| Features:
| • | Works with widescreen and standard LCD Monitors up to 30 inches, or maximum 2048 x 1152 pixel resolution or 1080p | | • | Auto-Install design makes the initial installation a true "plug-n-play" experience. No CD software required. Perfect for office space shared with multiple users. | | • | All the port connectivity you need including 10/100 ethernet to maintain internet connection and avoid wireless hang-ups | | • | Hot pluggable, so you can connect to the dock and swap devices without shutting down | | • | Mini Tower design reduces desktop footprint, Kensington security slot allows you to secure your dock and its connected peripherals (via security cable and cablesaver) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
No need to plug multiple peripherals into your notebook every time you return to your desk. Through one simple connection, the Kensington Universal Notebook Docking Station with VGA/DVI and Ethernet connects you instantly to your external monitor, keyboard, and other peripherals. The compact size lets you place the docking station next to your notebook while taking up minimal desk space.
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Works with Windows 7 (32 / 64bit) December 3, 2009
Ashley Carvalho (Minneapolis, MN USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Just received the dock so i can share my big screen Sony KDL-52Z5100 and 24Inch monitor with the Dell Lat E6500 and HP HDX-16t. the dock works right of the bat after plugging in usb to laptop within 30 seconds it notified ithe display driver was being installed but it failed because Win 7 was not supported but and error message to visit [...] for latest driver (new driver dated Nov 25 2009) installed the driver rebooted laptop and it works. connected the dock to Tv using pc generic 15 ft cable (from [...]) and i can have extended display of any combination. to test the any lag in video display thru dock i played Two & Half men from cbs.com in HD works fine on the 52 inch tv. tho i think the color could be better may be the pc link was problem but the point is regular 24 inch monitor showed nothing different for regular office work and web surfing the color difference should not matter. overall good product and now i can dock dell latitude, HP Hdx and Dell Studio to same monitor
Excellent Choice September 10, 2009
Robert Cox
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Purchased yesterday. Arrived today. Followed the very simple instructions and loaded without problem on the new vista 64 bit system. Literally plug and play. Works very well with dual monitors. I like the monitor swith that lets me change where the desktop resides. Excellent product. Highly recommend.
A great docking station January 29, 2010
Thomas Duberville
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Does exactly what I needed it to do. All my add-ons work and makes my docked laptop work perfectly. I recommend this item.
Perfect fit November 22, 2009
D. Eucker (Burlington, WA)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Plug and play was great, works well and auto update of software is a great feature. Kensington has done a great job putting everything you need in one unit. Great choice and very happy with my purchase.
 Works as expected but has rough edges... October 17, 2009
R. Yung
28 out of 29 found this review helpful
Updated Dec 2009 (updates at the end)
I bought this to replace the similarly featured lenovo dock that wasn't DisplayLink certified. Compared to the Lenovo, a non-displaylink certified product, this product supports monitor rotation and the image quality looks very much like a direct connection to my laptop and not plagued with compression artifacts and discoloration.
Even though this is suppose to be plug-and-play, they should at least provide instructions on what to expect and what to do when things don't occur as expected. When I plugged mine in, nothing happened. I did notice a new cd-rom appear so I tried to install the drivers manually. It ran but gave no indication that it completed. Then I installed the drivers from DisplayLink and it still didn't work. I finally rebooted and it started working but stopped when I rebooted again. It may have been an incompatibility with remnants of the old Lenovo dock drivers and DisplayLink drivers so I tried to uninstall all that stuff, reboot, and start fresh. Now it seems to work better.
One rough edge is that if my laptop turns off my monitor after a period of idleness, I can't get the kensington-connected monitor to come back. Unplugging and replugging the device didn't help and the only solution was to reboot. I sometimes experienced the same issue if I bring my laptop out of hibernation, especially if I had cut power to the kensinton while my laptop was hibernating (no point in wasting power...). I installed Service Pack 3 onto my XP SP2 and hibernation seems to work more reliably, but the monitor power save feature will still cause the monitor to go blank. Very annoying. For now, my only workaround is to set my monitors to never turn off.
I contacted Kensington support regarding the issues with hibernation and power save and the response was unhelpful and not very technically relevant:
KENSINGTON: "We apologize for the inconvenience caused. We would like to inform you that when the computer goes into hibernation mode, all the active applications will be saved in the primary memory which can be restored when the computer wakes up from Hibernation mode.
In this regard, we would like to inform you that the Docking station model # 33926 does not have any internal memory to save the settings/active applications. Hence, when the computer wakes up from Hibernation mode, the external monitor screen will go blank."
I asked for clarification on the matter since DisplayLink themselves says their technology supports all power management modes:
ME: "I believe the problem is with the software/drivers rather than the hardware since unplugging and then replugging the device from usb/power does not bring the monitor back. Lets keep it simple:
Does K33926US support:
1) PC Hibernation?
2) PC Sleep/Standby?
3) Screen saver power save?"
The response was basically a copy-and-paste of the original response:
KENSINGTON: "We would like to inform you that when the computer goes into hibernation mode, all the active applications will be saved in the primary memory which can be restored when the computer wakes up from Hibernation mode.
The computer will not save any information about the external monitor. Due to this the external monitor will not work after hibernation.
We would like to inform you that the Docking station model # 33926 does not have any internal memory to save the settings/active applications."
It's like talking to a recording.
PROs:
+ DisplayLink certified and thus supports all their features
+ Great performance
+ Perfect quality
CONs:
- Installation may not be plug-n-play
- Not compatible with DisplayLink drivers
- May not work with your power management features
- Tech support is very much lacking
UPDATE Nov 2009:
I had continued to try to get Kensington support to fix the problem or look into ways to fix it, but it appears that anything out of the ordinary automatically gets classified as a limitation. I did find a way to prevent the device from not working when coming out from hibernation/sleep and it's to go to device manager and disable Network Adapters/LAN9500 USB 2.0 to Ethernet 10/100 Adapter. If you need the ethernet port, then this workaround is not for you. I told support about this workaround and how the issue may be related to the ethernet device/driver, and the response was basically thank you for trying to troubleshoot the issue but we have no interest in why it doesn't work and are happy to mark this as a limitation and close this case. I'm guessing the device and its drivers are made for Kensinton to resell and they themselves don't have enough technical control to affect development of drivers or troubleshoot the hardware.
UPDATE Dec 2009:
New drivers on the Kensington site that resolves the monitor power-save issue. WONDERFUL! (One more star added) The hibernate/sleep issue due to the ethernet port seems to work better now, but I did have it not work one time so I'm keeping that device disabled (ethernet drivers are still from Feb 2009). Interesting how the 'update notification' feature of the drivers wasn't able to tell me that new drivers were available.
When installing new drivers for this, sometimes an additional phantom display may appear in the display properties. I'm guessing this may happen if you install the drivers when the kensington is plugged in. Fix is to uninstall all kensington / displaylink devices from device manager, disconnect the kensington, uninstall all kensington / displaylink software from control panel, reboot, install the new drivers, and then plug in the kensington.
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