E-Port Plus Replicator/Docking Station with 130-Watt Power Adapter Cord for Select Dell Latitude Laptops/Precision Mobile WorkStations 430-3114 YP126

by Dell

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 12.2 x 2.8 inches ; 7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B002L9D320
• Item model number: R537F, CY640, and F310C
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #23 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Accessories > Laptop & Netbook Computer Accessories > Docking Stations
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 26, 2009

Product Description

Maximize your workspace with the Dellâ"¢ E-Port Plus Replicator. This E-Port Plus Replicator gives you a comfortable work space where you can plug a keyboard, mouse and monitor to the port replicators and use your laptop like a desktop! Simplified connectivity facilitates a single interface to connect to your printer, monitor or other peripheral devices. It also gives you ease of mobility wherein you need not unplug and re-plug multiple peripherals to access your printer or other devices. This product is tested and validated with Dell Systems. It is supported by Dell Technical Support, when used with a Dell system.. Ensures convenient cable management. Supported by Dell Technical Support when used with a Dell system Tech Specs . Device Type: Port replicator. Dimensions: 12.2 in x 7.1 in x 2.8. Dell 130 watt AC adapter included Expansion / Connectivity: . Interface: 1 x serial - RS-232 - 9 pin D-Sub (DB-9) ¦ 1 x parallel - 25 pin D-Sub (DB-25) ¦ 2 x keyboard / mouse - generic - 6 pin

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It is what it says it is., November 23, 2010

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John Goodin - See all my reviews

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I bought a refurbished (practically new) Lattitude E6410 from the Dell Outlet center for well over half of what it would have cost brand new. This is my 3rd Lattitude laptop and the quality and reliability have been fantastic in all of them. I needed a docking station and got this one because it supports two monitors. Hooked it up and it works like a charm. It is a brand new docking station that supports Dell Lattitude laptops.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works Great, February 7, 2011

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dhaue "dhaue" (USA) - See all my reviews

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Have one of these for work and home and they work great for my Latitude.

One comment is that the video output is a single vga/hd15 and dual DVI-D. If you're using dual monitors connected directly to the docking station, this is fantastic (as long as at least one of them has a digital signal input option, that is). If you're hooking this up to an analog KVM (such as the iogear dual view) it is problematic because this docking station basically has one analog and 2 digital video options and leaves you hooking up one of the monitors directly. Too bad they didn't go with DVI-I that would have given the option of an analog or digital stream via the DVI connection.

UPDATE:

Just realized that this has 2 DisplayPort connections and google'd around to discover that you can buy relatively cheap ($30) displayport-to-vga (yes, digital-to-analog) active converters. I purchased on of these and it works great with my dualview analog kvm. This gives you a total of 5 video outputs on this docking station and a bunch of digital and analog options.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I wanted, June 9, 2011

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R. G. Godbold - See all my reviews
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This review is from: E-Port Plus Replicator/Docking Station with 130-Watt Power Adapter Cord for Select Dell Latitude Laptops/Precision Mobile WorkStations 430-3114 YP126 (Electronics)

My main concern with getting a docking-station/port-replicator was that some people had mentioned problems with un-docking & re-docking on the "regular" E-Port Replicator; that was enough to make me go for the "Plus" version. I am happy to report that I am having no such problems.

This E-Port Plus replicator works perfectly with my Dell Latitude E5520. Without shutting the lid or otherwise putting the machine into standby, or hibernating, or rebooting, I can dock and un-dock repeatedly---the laptop switches gracefully between the 2 states just fine.

FYI, the laptop is running Windows 7 Pro (x64). The docking station has connected to it: power, Ethernet, a USB mouse, and an external monitor over an old VGA cable.

It's so much nicer to work with this docking station. I now disconnect/reconnect a single thing (the laptop itself) when moving to or from my desk. It is amazingly convenient; I wish I hadn't put off this purchase for so long. (Dell's price was a significant deterrent for me.)

Also, I'm finding that I like the way the laptop tilts forward slightly while docked. It sits on the shelf where the connector is, and since it's significantly smaller than the footprint of the laptop, it naturally tilts to this, more stable, position. A (nice) side-effect of this is an increase in air-flow under the laptop which helps keep it cooler, I think.

UPDATE (2011-Jun-30): Things are still working as initially: very well. And I'd like to add that the docking/un-docking has proved to be as robust as expected. I can put the laptop to sleep, un-dock (and turn off/on the wi-fi switch), and wake it up somewhere else with no problems---or do that sort of thing in reverse. In short, there are no special situations I have to worry about that can screw things up; it "just works".