Belkin Switch2 KVM for PC – USB Only With Audio
Product Description
Belkin Switch2 for PC USB with AudioTwo computers. One monitor. No Problem. Business professionals who bring home their laptops spend countless evenings in front of a small display and cramped keyboard. Thanks to Switch2 for PC, you can now use your big monitor and full-sized keyboard for both your laptop and home computer. It’s simple. Just press the remote to switch your monitor from one computer to the next. Switch2 for PC is also great for connecting your old and new desktop computers, so you can access files and programs effortlessly using the same monitor, keyboard, and mouse. Two computers. One monitor. No Problem. Business professionals who bring home their laptops spend countless evenings in front of a small display and cramped keyboard. Thanks to Switch2 for PC, you can now use your big monitor and full-sized keyboard for both your laptop and home computer. It’s simple. Just press the remote to switch your monitor from one computer to the next. Switch2 for PC is also great for connecting your old and new desktop computers, so you can access files and programs effortlessly using the same monitor, keyboard, and mouse. Features:Shares one monitor, USB keyboard and USB mouse between computers Connects instantly to notebook computers Shares one set of speakers between computers Supports notebook and desktop computers Supports high video resolutions up to 2048×1536 Supports monitors with VGA connections Comes with a Belkin 3-Year Warranty
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I bought this to enable my Compaq desktop and Samsung NC10 Netbook to share a single monitor, keyboard and mouse. Out of the box it was easy to set up and it worked with no bother. It’s well made, looks nice and comes with all the cables you need to get up and running. The remote is great, just a click and you quickly swap between systems (with about 3 seconds delay) this is a great improvement over having to remember keystokes to change between source, there is even a little light on the remote that changes colour to show which source you have control over, it’s pretty obvious really but it’s a nice touch. I have no hesitation in recomeding this device.
Rating: 5 / 5
Here’s a copy of an email I sent to belkin
Hi,
I purchased a USB Switch2 KVM and would just like to say I’m happy, very happy, in fact delighted ! The flipping thing works just as it should.
Obviously I’m disappointed I didn’t have to download any drivers, or ring technical support, or print out a 400 page manual from a PDF document. I mean. What gives ? Are you trying to start a new trend with working hardware straight out the box. !! Hell even the bubble wrap packaging has an easy open thingy, whatever happened to spending 4 hours finding the super strong scissors and lacerating my hand opening it and then visiting the casualty department of the local hospital ?
One other point, I think you’ve missed a marketing trick. I use a wireless keyboard and mouse and so only used one of the two ports. So just for fun I plugged my Printer/scanner in the other, it works, perfectly, but no mention is made of this in the real paper manual.
Yours, Still in shock
Rating: 5 / 5
It works, it is well built, good looking, has a cool remote control switch and all you have to do is plug in the wires, simple.
The wires coming out of the base unit end up in a mess but as they say in the instructions leave it out of sight behind your kit.
The spec says it needs certain operating systems presumably for auto config of USB devices. It works for me switching between a Winterm (Windows CE?) and XP Professional PC system.
It seems that there is a slight delay (a couple of seconds) after switching before the keyboard and mouse are recognised and the XP system beeps a couple of times apparently indicating that a USB device has been connected/disconnected. This slight delay is not a problem for me and is more than offset by the convenience.
My first 5 star review.
Edit following operating system upgrade.
It was still great when I upgraded to Vista but after installing Windows 7 64 bit it didn’t work at all.
Apparently this may have been due to changes in the way that Windows 7 handles USB devices, however, the other computer is now running Windows 7 32 bit and did not exhibit this problem.
Anyway, following various Windows updates in early May 2010 it has now started to work as before.
Rating: 5 / 5
Simple to setup and use. With Dell desktop there are no problems, however, the laptop will not recognise my wireless M/S mouse and keyboard unless I take it out of the docking station. Belkin support told me that most KVMs have problems with docking stations.
Rating: 4 / 5
There was some confusion on which operating system it runs on.. But i can confirm it works on xp vista or windows7. Yes there is a delay after switching monitors especially a usb mouse, could be about 5 seconds. And i couldnt get it to switch with hot keys ie (scroll lock – up).
But i like it! Convenient little tool.
2 pcs one mouse keyboard monitor.
Rating: 4 / 5