Customer Reviews

Belkin 2PORT KVM W/ CABLES & AUDIO ( F1DL102P )

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Hot key command sequence stops working. Initially this device operated ok, but after a few hours of operation (idle -- not switching between PC's) the KVM loses connectivity with the PC's. A hard reboot is necessary, making the KVM useless. There are no physical switches on the unit to overide the hot keys. I returned the unit and replaced with an Airlink AKVM-S32 which appears to be functioning well.

When I restart my computers (something I do at least once a week) this kvm switch stops working: the mouse loses its functionality and sometimes even the keyboard "disappears" so that the only way to restart the computer is through a "hard reboot".

Returned.

The cable design is actually very good. Instead of a mass of different cables you have to either cable tie yourself or fall all over, the trunks to each computer are together and they breakout at the end only to hook into the A and B computers. And the idea to skip a desktop unit wasn't bad. The problem is with the switching. There is no physical switch, only hot key through the keyboard. This wouldn't be so bad if the hotkey didn't only work occassionially. When it doesn't switch there is no recourse. At best the hot key takes about 10 tries before it will switch. Other times I've messed with it 50 or more tries before giving up for the entire night. I see this is happening to other people so I don't believe its anything wrong with my keyboard. Mind you, skipping the desktop unit that keeps getting pulled back by heavy cables was a great idea. And I wouldn't even mind bending under the desk and hitting a backup manual key. But most of the time they only way I can switch is to get on my hands and knees and manually hookup the monitor just as if I had no KVM at all. I gave it a day to see if I got the hang of the keys any better, and now I'm just waiting for a new KVM to arrive. Its hard to believe they actually did any inhouse testing with this system.

This is the best PS2 KVM I've found. The swapping via keyboard is genius. The addition of sound input and output ports is byfar the winning feature for me, here, because the last KVM I used didn't allow me to also share speakers or a microphone between my two PCs. These are getting hard to find, but I was lucky to find a couple at a nearby Radioshack. For folks who have PS2 peripherals they don't want to part with in the marketplace increasingly dominated by USB, this KVM is defnitely the way to go.