Belkin OmniView F1DM102U manual

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    Be lk in Cor po ra tio n 501 Wes t Wa lnu t Str ee t Co mpto n, CA , 90220 , USA 3 1 0 - 89 8 - 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 - 89 8 - 1 1 1 1 f a x Be lk in Ltd . E xp res s B usin ess Par k , S hip ton Way Ru shd en , N N 10 6 GL , U nite d K in gd om + 4 4 ( 0 ) 1 933 3 5 20 00 + 4 4 ( 0 ) 1 933 3 1 200 0 fa x Be lk in B.V . Bo ei ng Avenu e 333 1 1 1 9 PH S ch[...]

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    User Manual Flip f or Mac ® mini[...]

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    T ab le of C onte nts I ntr od uc t ion . . . . . . . . . . . 0 1 Pac ka ge Co nten ts . . . . . 0 1 Flip Feat ures . . . . . . . . . . 02 Di spl ay D iagr ams . . . . . 0 4 Sp eci f ic atio ns . . . . . . . . . 05 Wh at you Ne ed to Ge t S ta rt ed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    Int rodu ct ion Int ro duc ti on | 0 1 Congratula tions and thank you for purchasing Flip fo r Mac mini from Belk in. Flip lets you share one monitor , keyboard, and mouse bet ween your Mac mini and another PC or Mac c omputer . Designed to organize and save your desk space, F lip stack s neatly unde r your Mac mini and features built-in cables to [...]

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    Int rodu ct ion Int ro duc ti on | 0 2 Flip Features St ac ka ble D esi gn Flip is des ign ed to s ta ck d ire c tly be low or on top of you r M ac m ini , to hel p yo u s ave v alu ab le de sk top sp ace. Au dio Su pp or t Flip al lows you to shar e o ne set of sp eake rs be t wee n yo ur tw o co mpu ters so yo u wo n’t ne ed to unp lug an d re [...]

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    Int rodu ct ion Int ro duc ti on | 03 Hi gh Vi de o R es ol ut io n Flip is abl e t o su pp or t vid eo res olu tio ns o f u p to 204 8 x 1 536 @ 65Hz so you ca n us e t he lates t i n vi de o d ispl ay te chn olo gy fo r b oth you r co mpu ter s. LE D I nd ic ato rs Flip fe ature s t wo wh ite L EDs on the fro nt p an el to l et you kn ow w hich c[...]

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    Int rodu ct ion Int ro duc ti on | 0 4 Display Diagrams Fro nt Ba ck Di sk Ej ec t V o lum e Up Switc h Co mpu ter s V o lum e D own V o lum e Mu te VGA Mo nito r Por t Sp eake r J ack USB Mou se / De vice Por t Powe r Ja ck Bu ilt- In Cab le s USB Keyb oa rd Po r t[...]

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    Int rodu ct ion Int ro duc ti on | 0 5 Specifications Fli p f or Ma c m ini Par t No . : F 1 D M 1 02U Com pu te rs Su pp or te d : 2 Mo ni to rs Sup po r te d : CR T an d LCD (w ith VGA conn ec tor or ad apte r) M ax . R es ol ut ion Su pp or t : Up to 20 4 8x1 5 36 @ 65Hz Mo ni to r Co nne c ti on : VGA ( HD DB 1 5 ) Key boa rd In pu t : USB T yp[...]

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    What you Nee d to G et Star te d Wh at y ou Ne ed to G et Sta r ted | 0 6 Equipment Requirements Flip com es with al l th e to ols yo u ne ed to sha re o ne mon itor, key bo ard , a nd mous e b et we en you r M ac mini an d a noth er comp uter. N o a ddi tio nal cab le s o r so f t war e ar e re qu ire d. Mo ni to r Flip su ppo r t s any LCD o r CR[...]

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    How to Inst all your F li p Ho w to Ins ta ll y our Fli p | 07 N ote : Be for e in st alli ng your Flip , ve rif y tha t yo ur USB key bo ard an d m ous e wo rk pro pe rly wi th y our Ma c mi ni a nd the oth er co mp uter you wi ll b e conn ec tin g. 1. Connecting your Console to Flip 1 . 1 Con nec t t he vi de o cab le at t ach ed to yo ur mo nito[...]

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    How to Inst all your F li p Ho w to Ins ta ll y our Fli p | 08 1 . 3 Con nec t yo ur sp ea ker ca bl e to the sp ea ker ja ck on th e bac k of you r Flip ( op tio nal ) . 1 . 4 Con nec t t he po wer a dapte r ca ble t o the b ack of yo ur Fli p and p lug i n the a dap ter . 2. Connecting your Computers 2 . 1 Ma ke sure y our M ac min i and s eco nd[...]

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    How to Inst all your F li p Ho w to Ins ta ll y our Fli p | 09 2 . 3 Sta ck you r Flip b el ow or o n top of yo ur Ma c min i. 2 . 4 Usin g you r Flip’s bui lt-i n t wo -f oot ( 0 .6 m) c ab le, con ne ct t he VGA co nne c tor to th e VGA ad apte r on you r Ma c mini . Conn ec t th e USB conn ec tor to a n ava ila ble USB p or t an d the sp ea ke[...]

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    How to Inst all your F li p Ho w to Ins ta ll y our Fli p | 0 10 2 . 5 Usin g you r Flip’s bui lt-i n six- fo ot ( 1 . 8m ) c abl e, con ne ct t he VGA co nne c tor to th e VGA po r t on yo ur s econ d com pute r . Co nne c t the USB con ne cto r to an av aila bl e USB po r t and t he sp eake r conn ec to r to the sp ea ker ja ck . Y o u ar e n o[...]

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    How to Inst all your F li p Ho w to Ins ta ll y our Fli p | 0 1 1 T o ins ta ll th e Flip so f t war e on com put ers u sing W in dows 20 0 0 or XP : 1 . Ins er t th e Flip CD in to your C D - ROM d rive. 2 . Wait f or th e CD to auto - l oad . If i t doe s not a uto - lo ad, a ccess yo ur CD - RO M dri ve and lo ca te the “ Set up.e xe ” fi l[...]

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    Usin g your Flip Usi ng your Fli p | 0 1 2 Switching Between Computers Af te r yo u i nst all you r Fli p a nd p owe r - o n yo ur co mp uter s, the f ir st com pute r d esk to p to ap pe ar o n yo ur mo nito r wi ll be your Ma c m ini. T he n umb er “1 ” on the fr ont of Fl ip will b e li t. Y o u c an n ow u se your Ma c mi ni as i f i t we r[...]

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    Usin g your Flip Usi ng your Fli p | 0 1 3 T o sw itch comp uter s, cli ck once on the ico n ( fo r M ac OS co mpu ter s) or ri ght- cli ck o n th e ico n ( fo r W in dows -b ase d co mpu ter s) . Y ou wi ll h ave t hre e s witch ing op tio ns to cho ose fr om. T o swi tch all your con nec te d p er iph er als to th e n ex t comp ute r , se le ct ?[...]

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    Usin g your Flip Usi ng your Fli p | 0 1 4 Ke yboard Hot Ke ys: Y o u c an a lso sw itch be t wee n co mpu ter s by pre ssin g t he “ C tr l” bu t ton on y our key bo ard t wice in ra pid succe ssio n. T his is cal led a “hot- key se que nce.” T o enab le hot- key sw itchi ng, cli ck o r ri ght- cli ck o n t he ico n, sel ec t “O ptio ns?[...]

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    Usin g your Flip Usi ng your Fli p | 0 1 5 Changing V olume T o chan ge the vol ume on the com pute r yo u a re c urr entl y a ccessi ng, pus h t he o r bu t ton on the fro nt o f Fl ip. T o mu te t he volu me, push th e bu t ton on the fro nt o f Fl ip. On ce yo u s uccess fu lly ins ta ll the swi tchi ng s of t wa re, a re d LED w ill li ght up o[...]

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    F re que ntly As ked Que stio ns Freq ue ntl y A ske d Q ues ti ons | 0 1 6 Q : Wha t o per ati ng s ys tems do es Flip sup po r t? A : Flip su pp or t s W ind ows 200 0 and XP , a nd M ac OS X v1 0. 3 or hig her. Q : Wha t t y pe of mice do es Fl ip s upp or t ? A : Flip wi ll s upp or t USB mice fro m m any m anu fac t urer s incl udi ng Bel ki n[...]

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    F re que ntly As ked Que stio ns Freq ue ntl y A ske d Q ues ti ons | 01 7 Q : Do I h ave to use a M ac mini wi th Fl ip ? A : N o, Fli p m ay b e us ed wit h a ny USB - ca pab le com pute r . How ever , on e of th e co mpu ters yo u con ne ct mus t b e pla ced wit hin t wo f ee t of Fli p ( the le ng th o f th e s hor te r c ab le ) . Q : Do es Fl[...]

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    T r oubl esho otin g T ro ub le sho oti ng | 0 1 8 My co mpu te r d oe s n ot bo ot up whe n c on ne ct ed to Fli p, b ut wor k s f i ne w he n I co nne c t t he keyb oa rd , v ide o, and mo us e d ir ec t ly to it . • Ma ke sur e that th e keyb oa rd an d mous e ca bl es are co nne c ted ti ghtl y be t wee n Flip a nd th e comp uter. • Ch eck [...]

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    T r oubl esho otin g T ro ub le sho oti ng | 01 9 Keyboard My co mpu te r d oe s n ot de te ct my ke yb oar d a nd I g et a key bo ar d e rr or re po rt ed at bo ot up . • Ch eck th at you r keyb oa rd ca bl e is conn ec te d pro pe rly to Fl ip. T ight en any lo os e conne c tio ns. • Ena bl e USB sup po r t on you r BI OS. • Con ne ct t he [...]

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    T r oubl esho otin g T ro ub le sho oti ng | 020 My co mpu te r b oo ts up f ine , b ut t he mou se do es no t wo rk . • Ma ke sur e that th e dri ver s for yo ur m ouse a re ins ta lle d on yo ur com pute rs . • Ma ke sur e the mo use w ork s w hen d ire c tly p lug ge d into th e comp ute r . ( R eb oot ing may b e ne cess ar y w hen t r yin [...]

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    In format ion In for mat ion | 02 1 FC C Stat ement DECLARA TION OF CONFORMIT Y WITH FC C RULES FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC COMP A TIBILIT Y W e, Belkin Corpora tion, of 501 W est W alnut Str eet, Compton, CA 90220, declare under our sole responsibilit y that the product: F1DM102U to which this declaration relates: Complies with P ar t 15 of the FC C Rules[...]