[WriteLog] Rig interface advice

Gary Senesac AL9A al9a at mtaonline.net
Sat Dec 8 02:40:46 EST 2007


OK, back to the drawing board on the Targus ACP50US docking station!  While 
searching the web for a decent price I came upon several less than glowing 
reviews by others who have already gone that route.  The consensus was that 
this particular docking station is a POS, due primarily to the poor video 
performance.  Apparently dragging a window leaves a ghost trail as the 
refresh rate is only about 3 frames per second.  The reviewers were 
uniformly dissatisfied with this product because of the poor VGA performance 
and the lack of service support from Targus.  All were intending to return 
the product for refund and recommended against purchase!

I have yet to find another docking station with video hookup that will work 
as I want.  One lacks the ability to retain your settings and must be 
reconfigured each time you restart the computer - bummer!  What on earth are 
these manufacturers thinking of?  So, it looks like I'll have to settle for 
a station without the video hook up and use the laptop VGA output to connect 
my external monitor.  That would mean two cables to disconnect when going 
mobile, the USB to docking station cable and the VGA cable, instead of one. 
I can live with it I guess.

Gary AL9A



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