- Adjust your notebook to a viewing height that is just right for you.
- Maximize your mobile convenience: Expand your world with one easy connection to your notebook
- Experience room-filling sound with the powerful integrated Altec Lansing 2.1 speaker system.
- Integrated HP Media Drive storage bay provides a clutter-free backup option.
- Wide variety of ports (6 USB 2.0 Ports, RJ-45 (network) jack, Microphone (audio-in) Jack, Headphone and connectors provide maximum versatility.
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Product Description
HP Notebook Media Docking Station elevates your notebook beyond the desktop experience. Use your notebook's display as your monitor and save deskspace while neatly staying connected to your peripherals, power and the Internet with a single connection to your notebook. Use the included full-sized wireless keyboard and wireless optical mouse to conveniently and comfortably control your notebook with cable-free operation. Compatible with the following notebook Series: Pavilion: dv4, dv5, dv7, dv2000, dv6000, dv9000, tx1000, tx2000 Presario: CQ45, V3000 and V6000
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
32 of 35 people found the following review helpful
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Being deployed to Iraq, you have very little space to yourself. You need to confind everything you brought with you to take up as little space as possible. I bought the XB4 docking station just for this reason. The 2.1 surround sound speakers are best when you are living in a CHU (cilivan housing unit) for a year. Also having a wireless keyboard and mouse lets me be at one place and still point and click. The six 2.0 USB ports can handle everything I got, from my thumb drives to my 1TB external. I highly recommend this product to anyone who is short on space...
SGT James Mosley
Iraq
SGT James Mosley
Iraq
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this item as the recommended docking station from HP for my dv7t quad edition notebook. It did not work and put my computer in a rebooting infinite loop. Dealing with various departments in HP was the worst (no issues with Amazon). First they claimed that it was not happening...I took a video to prove it. They replaced the model to no avail and claimed that I was still imagining things until I got a couple of people from their own technical support to confer what I, a Computer Engineer for over 25 years, already knew - it was incompatible. I have been complaining about this since the product was 2 weeks old. The replaced it and then strung me along for months to push me past the 90 day refund policy. I have been on the phone with them for over 12 hours on numerous phone calls and they will not refund my money. They only wanted to give me a portion of what a paid for my next purchase with HP. Is that unreal???
This experience has been unbelievable. HP WILL NOT REFUND YOUR MONEY regardless of what their policy says. I am planning to take legal action. This is fraud....beware!!!!
I attached the video of the "non exsisting problem"....same problem with the replacement docking station.
This experience has been unbelievable. HP WILL NOT REFUND YOUR MONEY regardless of what their policy says. I am planning to take legal action. This is fraud....beware!!!!
I attached the video of the "non exsisting problem"....same problem with the replacement docking station.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
Easy to use, good speakers, decent keyboard and mouse, saves space, and particularly convenient for tablet notebooks.
Main points:
* simple setup and easy to connect/disconnect (though I'm not sure if non-HP laptops have the Quickconnect port)
* allows you to adjust and lock the height and angle of the laptop platform
* clear and powerful speakers, though somewhat lacking in bass range
* the keyboard and mouse are okay, conveniently wireless but otherwise nothing special; they are quite acceptable if you buy this docking station on sale (I got mine under $100)
* 6 built-in USB ports, but the wireless keyboard-and-mouse transmitter take up one port, so you're left with 5 extra ports
* the dock's power button puts your laptop into and out of hibernation
* if you buy a power supply (not included) for the docking station, then you can keep your laptop's power supply ready for travel
* a hidden bay for a HP Personal Media Drive (not included), which let me reclaim deskspace from my previous external drive
* when everything is set up, it looks impressive sitting on your desk
Other notes:
* The drive cover for the hidden bay was difficult for me to take off. I was afraid I was going to break the plastic, but once I finally got it off, the drive in, and the cover back on, I haven't had anything to worry about.
* The touch volume controls on the front of the dock are a little irksome. The mute button is convenient, but the volume up and down controls sometimes lag. I would have loved if HP used a volume knob instead.
* My favorite thing about this dock is how it allows me to use my laptop (HP tx2) to do word processing in portrait orientation. (Previously, portrait orientation was only convenient in tablet mode, which made the laptop's keyboard inaccessible.) Unfortunately, when I'm using my tablet in portrait orientation on this dock, the placement of the Quickconnect port makes it so that the fingerprint reader and orientation button are covered by the dock piece that holds the laptop in place. However I'm still glad for the added versatility this docking station allows me.
* I stuck on felt circles on my dock's rubber feet so that I can slide it around easily across my glass desk. The heaviness of the dock, in my case partially due to the external drive, makes the overall setup feel solid and secure.
Conclusion:
I'm very pleased with this purchase. I highly recommend this docking station, an extra power supply, and a HP Personal Media Drive, especially for other tablet users.
Main points:
* simple setup and easy to connect/disconnect (though I'm not sure if non-HP laptops have the Quickconnect port)
* allows you to adjust and lock the height and angle of the laptop platform
* clear and powerful speakers, though somewhat lacking in bass range
* the keyboard and mouse are okay, conveniently wireless but otherwise nothing special; they are quite acceptable if you buy this docking station on sale (I got mine under $100)
* 6 built-in USB ports, but the wireless keyboard-and-mouse transmitter take up one port, so you're left with 5 extra ports
* the dock's power button puts your laptop into and out of hibernation
* if you buy a power supply (not included) for the docking station, then you can keep your laptop's power supply ready for travel
* a hidden bay for a HP Personal Media Drive (not included), which let me reclaim deskspace from my previous external drive
* when everything is set up, it looks impressive sitting on your desk
Other notes:
* The drive cover for the hidden bay was difficult for me to take off. I was afraid I was going to break the plastic, but once I finally got it off, the drive in, and the cover back on, I haven't had anything to worry about.
* The touch volume controls on the front of the dock are a little irksome. The mute button is convenient, but the volume up and down controls sometimes lag. I would have loved if HP used a volume knob instead.
* My favorite thing about this dock is how it allows me to use my laptop (HP tx2) to do word processing in portrait orientation. (Previously, portrait orientation was only convenient in tablet mode, which made the laptop's keyboard inaccessible.) Unfortunately, when I'm using my tablet in portrait orientation on this dock, the placement of the Quickconnect port makes it so that the fingerprint reader and orientation button are covered by the dock piece that holds the laptop in place. However I'm still glad for the added versatility this docking station allows me.
* I stuck on felt circles on my dock's rubber feet so that I can slide it around easily across my glass desk. The heaviness of the dock, in my case partially due to the external drive, makes the overall setup feel solid and secure.
Conclusion:
I'm very pleased with this purchase. I highly recommend this docking station, an extra power supply, and a HP Personal Media Drive, especially for other tablet users.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great dock extends the capabilities of your laptop while holding the...
I like to keep my notebook computer elevated off the desk. This makes more room on the desk and also helps keep the computer a bit cooler, extending the life of the device. Read more
Published 17 days ago by Jennifer Ray
Works great.
This is a great docking station at a great price. I've avoided docking stations mostly because of cost, but now that I use my laptop as my main computer, I don't know how I avoided... Read more
Published 5 months ago by John C. Fish
A great docking station
This units has almost everything would need from a docking station. I am impressed with the built in sound quality and the fact that it can hold up a 17 inch laptop securely. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Rich
good docking station
good docking station. A nice feature in the future would be to come with a power adapter. much better docking station than what HP currently offers.
Published 15 months ago by KJ
Don't believe the box
Just bought the xb4 docking station (2 hrs ago) and it's already boxed up to be returned. I own a HP Pavilion dv7-4061nr. Read more
Published 15 months ago by L. Lee
Beware HP Pavilion DV7 owners
Although this unit, the HP XB4 docking station, is advertised as compatible with DV7 model laptops, it is not for those without HP Expansion Slot #3. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Yellow Jacket '84
Does the trick...
The product does what I expected and is easy to setup... it's really nice just making one connection to my laptop and having a full office setup like a desktop. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Daniel A Lorek
Terrible quality
I have had 3 units in 1 year and now the warranty period is over. All 3 units eventually had the sound quit working. Read more
Published 20 months ago by G. Zuk
Great Product
This is a real docking station, unlike the HP USB versions. It charges the battery as well as links.
Why HP has gone away from this is beyond me. Read more
Why HP has gone away from this is beyond me. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Gneiss Guy
nice for a while
The dock worked fine for a while, but unfortunately after 3 months of ownership the expansion port stopped powering my laptop. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Ivan
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