Targus NOTEBOOK DOCKING station with video User manual
N2953 User Guide
USB 2.0
LAPTOP DOCKING
STATION WITH VIDEO
410-1896-003C / ACP51EU
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Table of Contents
GB – English
USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station With Video .................................................4
DE – Deutsch
USB 2.0 Laptop Dockstation mit Video ............................................28
DK – Dansk
USB 2.0 Dockingstation med Video .................................................52
ES – Español
Docking Station USB 2.0 con Vídeo para portátiles .......................................76
FI – Suomi
USB 2.0 kannettavan tietokoneen telakka-asema näyttö-liitännällä ...........100
FR - Français
Station d’accueil USB 2.0 avec vidéo pour ordinateur portable .....................124
IT - Italiano
Docking Station USB 2.0 per Notebook con Video .......................................148
NL - Nederlands
USB 2.0 Koppelstation voor de Laptop met videotoepassingen .................172
NO – Norsk
USB 2.0 dokkingstasjon med video for bærbare PC-er .....................196
PT - Português
Base de Ligação USB 2.0 com Vídeo para PC Portátil .............................220
SE – Svenska
USB 2.0 laptop dockningsstation med video .......................................244
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Package Contents
In addition to this user guide, the package contains:
• Targus USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station with Video
• High-speed USB 2.0 upstream cable
• Driver software CD (mini CD)
• AC power adapter (required)
System Requirements
Hardware
• PC with an Intel® Pentium® processor or equivalent
• CD-ROM drive (support mini CD)
• USB version 2.0 port
• AC power source (AC adapter required)
Operating System
• Mircosoft Windows® XP with Service Pack 3
• Mircosoft Windows Vista® with Service Pack 1
• Mircosoft Windows® 7
NOTE: WHEN CONNECTED TO A USB VERSION 1.1 PORT ON YOUR COMPUTER, THE DOCKING STA-
TION’S PERFORMANCE LEVEL WILL BE LESS THAN OPTIMAL AND THE VIDEO PORT WILL NOT FUNC-
TION PROPERLY. FOR BEST RESULTS, CONNECT IT TO A USB VERSION 2.0 PORT.
GB - Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of the Targus USB 2.0 Laptop
Docking Station with Video. This portable expansion module allows
you to connect through a single USB connection up to 4 USB
devices, monitor, network (Ethernet/LAN) connection, speakers
and microphone.
The docking station also offers two, Targus Power Ports providing
twice the USB spec for high power devices, and USB ports that are
widely spaced for larger adapters.
The Docking Station provides the
following ports:
• DVI Single Link (supports up to 2048 x 1152 at 32 bit color)
• Two 3.5 mm Audio: (1) stereo out (1) microphone in
• RJ-45 Ethernet 10/100
• Two USB 2.0 (White)
• Two USB Power Ports (Black) - providing current up to 1 Ampere
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Installing the Device and Drivers
To use the Targus Docking Station, you must rst install the driver onto your
computer. Then, connect the docking station to your computer and Windows
plug-and-play will install the hardware drivers for each port.
WARNING: YOU MUST INSTALL THE DOCKING STATION SOFTWARE BEFORE
CONNECTING IT TO YOUR COMPUTER. OTHERWISE, THE DOCKING STATION
WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY.
Installing the Docking Station Driver
Installing the docking station driver enables your operating system to
recognize the docking station and its ports once it’s connected.
1 Turn on your computer.
2 Insert the driver software CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.
If setup does not begin automatically, click Start, Run, and enter D:\
Setup.exe (where D: is the path of your CD-ROM drive) and then click OK.
3 Follow any on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
4 Click Finish and restart your computer when prompted.
Connecting the Docking Station to
Your Computer
After installing the docking station software, you are ready to connect the
docking station to your computer. To do this:
1 Connect the supplied AC power adapter to the AC power jack on the docking
station.
2 Connect one end of the USB cable to the docking station and the other end
into an available USB 2.0 port on your computer.
WARNING: THE DOCKING STATION WILL NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY
WITHOUT THE AC ADAPTER PLUGGED INTO AN AC OUTLET.
DO NOT CONNECT ANY DEVICES TO THE DOCKING STATION UNTIL THE
INSTALLATION IS COMPLETED.
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• Green Tx light illuminates when connected to a network and the yellow Rx
light ashes when data is transmitting to or from the network.
NOTE: THE DOCKING STATION SUPPORTS HOT SWAPPING OF THE NETWORK CABLE.
Docking Station Ports
DVI Audio In (MIC) Audio Out (SPK)
Network Cable
DVI to VGA adapter
USB Ports (White)
High Power USB Ports
(BLACK)
High Power USB Ports
(BLACK) USB to PC Connection
Lock loop
AC adapter
Standard lock slot
Back View
Right side Left side
Connecting New Devices
To avoid possible damage when connecting a new device, do not force the
cable connector into the port on the docking station. If the cable connector
does not attach smoothly, turn the connector over and try attaching it again.
Connecting to a Local Area Network
To connect an ethernet cable with RJ-45 connect, attach the cable con-
nector to the ethernet/network port on the docking station. Additional pro-
cedures to connect to an actual network depend on the type of network
you are using. Contact your network administrator for detailed instructions.
Connecting a USB Device
To connect a USB device, plug it into a USB port on the docking station
and follow the additional instructions provided with the device. All four USB
ports meet USB hi-speed requirements by providing 480Mbps through-put
and 500mA of power.
The white USB ports are high-speed ports that provide standard 500mA
of power. The black USB power ports are high-speed ports that provide
up to 1Amp.
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Connecting and Configuring an Audio Device
1. Plug your headphones or speakers into the green 3.5mm Audio Out port on
the docking station.
2. To connect a microphone, plug it into the mono Audio In port.
3. The sound and mic should come out automatically when you plug the dock-
ing station. Make sure that both speaker and micphone volume is not set to
MUTE.
4. To manually enable your headphones or speakers in case automatic transfer
is not possible
Go to the Control Panel and select Sound. Under the Playback tab,
check that USB Audio Device is set as the default. If it is, click OK. If it
isn’t, select it, click Set Default, then click OK.
Go to the Control Panel and choose Sound and Audio. Select the Audio
tab. Under Sound Playback, change Preferred Device to USB Multime-
dia Audio Device from the drop down list.
• Click Apply, then click OK.
For Windows XP
For Windows Vista
Go to the Control Panel and select Hardware and Sound. and choose
Sound. Under the Playback tab, check that USB Audio Device is set
as the default. If it is, click OK. If it isn’t, select it, click Set Default, then
click OK.
For Windows 7
NOTE: AUDIO DEVICES WILL NOT WORK SIMULTANEOUSLY ON THE PORT STATION AND THE HOST
COMPUTER
CAUTION: ALL AUDIO OR MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS MUST BE TERMINATED BEFORE SWITCHING
BETWEEN THE PORT STATION AUDIO OUTPUT AND THE HOST COMPUTER AUDIO OUTPUT.
Connecting to a Monitor or LCD
Any monitor or LCD connected to the video port of the docking station will be
limited to a maximum resolution of 2048 x 1152 at 32 bit color
NOTE: THE MAXIMUM RESOLUTION OF 2048 x 1152 IS ONLY SUPPORTED IF THE MONITOR OR LCD IS
PLUGGED INTO THE DOCKING STATION BEFORE CONNECTING THE DOCKING STATION TO THE NOTE-
BOOK. IF THE MONITOR OR LCD IS PLUGGED INTO THE DOCKING STATION AFTER THE DOCKING
STATION IS CONNECTED TO THE NOTEBOOK, THE RESOLUTION IS SET TO 1024 X 768.
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Controlling the Display using Docking
Station’s Video Menu Options
Video menu options can be accessed by right-clicking on the Docking Sta-
tion icon in the system tray or through the Windows Display Properties.
Windows XP / Windows Vista
Windows 7
Extend: You are using your notebook screen as your primary display and
your monitor or LCD is a secondary screen.
To set the display into this mode, select ‘Extend’ in the Docking Station
Icon application menu. The device will now be extending in the direc-
tion it was the last time the display was in this mode. For more control,
navigating to the ‘Extend To’ submenu and selecting one of the options
will not only put the device into extend mode, but will also place it to the
Left/Right/Above/Below the main (primary) monitor.
Extend Mode
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Mirror: You are using your notebook screen as your primary display and your
monitor or LCD replicates your notebook screen.
To set the display into this mode, simply select ‘mirror’ from the docking
station icon application menu. The resolution, colour depth and refresh
rate of the primary screen are replicated on the monitor connected to
the docking station graphics adapter.
NOTE: IF THE MONITOR CONNECTED TO THE DOCKING STATION SUPPORTS A LOWER RESOLUTION
THAN THE PRIMARY PICTURE FITS ON THE EXTERNAL SCREEN. WHERE THE MONITOR CONNECTED
TO THE DOCKING STATION IS OF A LARGER SIZE THAN THE PRIMARY SCREEN THE IMAGE WILL BE
LETTER-BOXED TO KEEP THE ASPECT RATIO CORRECT.
Mirror
Primary (Notebook Monitor Off): You are using your monitor or LCD as
your primary display and your notebook screen is turned off. (only accessible
via windows display properties)
Primary
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Off: You are using your notebook screen as your primary display and your
monitor or LCD is turned off.
Off
Controlling the Display using Windows
Display Properties (for Windows XP and Vista)
Docking Station’s video setting can also be congured from the Windows
Display Properties dialog box. To do this on Windows Vista, right click on
the desktop, click on “Personalize” and then select the ‘Display Settings’ link.
The corresponding feature is available in Windows XP by right clicking on
the desktop, selecting ‘Properties’ and then navigating to the ‘Settings’ tab.
Figure 1
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Windows Vista Windows XP
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Extend Mode: To set the display into this mode, check the box marked ‘Ex-
tend my Windows desktop onto this monitor’ (1 in Figure 1). Arrange screen
resolution and colour quality using the appropriate controls (2 and 3), and ar-
range its position with respect to the other monitors on the extended desktop
in using the drag area (4).
Mirror Mode: To set the display into mirror mode, simply uncheck the box
marked ‘Extend the desktop onto this monitor’ (1 in Figure 1 on previous
page.).
Setting the Primary Display: To make the monitor attached to the Docking
Station as the primary display, follow the instructions below:
1. In Display Properties window, using the drop down list, select the monitor
that is attached to the Docking Station.
Windows Vista Windows XP
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