I have 2 computers &amp; 1 set spkrs. Can I hook this up and switch from one computer to the other &amp; still us this switch to play spkrs.
969472
If you get some male/female converters, you can plug the input wire into your speakers, and plug in the inputs from the computers into the "speaker" and "headphone" outputs on the switch. Then you can toggle between the computers. It can be done, but you might have to deal with converters for the 3.5mm plugs.
1970481
There is only one USB port for the device you want to switch. If you are using a wireless mouse/keyboard combo, your computer may or may not recognize them if you switch after booting the computer. I have found that not all wireless devices respond if the sending unit was not connected during the boot process. If you have a keyboard that allows the mouse to plug into it and then plug the keyboard to the switch, it should work for you, but I have no direct experience doing that with this switch. There are pretty good USB KVM switches on the market and that may work better for you. I used one several years ago and it was pretty effective. I have no current recommendations there. There is only one USB port for the device you want to switch. If you are using a wireless mouse/keyboard combo, your computer may or may not recognize them if you switch after booting the computer. I have found that not all wireless devices respond if the sending unit was not connected during the boot process. If you have a keyboard that allows the mouse to plug into it and then plug the keyboard to the switch, it should work for you, but I have no direct experience doing that with this switch. There are pretty good USB KVM switches on the market and that may work better for you. I... » Read More There is only one USB port for the device you want to switch. If you are using a wireless mouse/keyboard combo, your computer may or may not recognize them if you switch after booting the computer. I have found that not all wireless devices respond if the sending unit was not connected during the boot process. If you have a keyboard that allows the mouse to plug into it and then plug the keyboard to the switch, it should work for you, but I have no direct experience doing that with this switch. There are pretty good USB KVM switches on the market and that may work better for you. I used one several years ago and it was pretty effective. I have no current recommendations there. « Show Less
373017
Someone else set my system up so I don't know how it was set up and don't know whether it's the same as this. Sorry! However, from the other answers, it appears it'll work..........
1536071
Yes! There's nothing really "fancy" about the connection. It just plain "hooks up" and switches between whichever computer is active.
2075347
As far as I can tel... You can't. If one control is pointer to both, both will interact. You can try to control them through the rs232 port (I dont know how to do it)
1338026
thanks Collin!let me see which cables and I'm on my way!Is there a way to do the same for the content on your PC?the computer is on one room and the speakers and a projector in another. how can I stream movies or anything from point A to point B wireless?
236721
I used it to switch between inputs. Only one input at at time sending the same output to two screens.
2029845
Yes that is true. I have a computer and dvd player connected, and I can manually switch between the two sources. And, yes it sends the one input (the one you select, input 1 or 2) or same signal to two HDMI sources.
2002686
I think so, unless you use your mouse, keyboard, and monitor to set up the old computer and leave it running, then switch the to the new one and set it up. Once you get the old computer set up everything else is done on the new one. I haven't tried this, but it should work.
1544855
No you can not. One unit has an actual player built in and then just connects to the other monitor.
1292781
I haven't exactly tried it that way but I believe it would work. The way I use it amounts to the same thing. One selection enables me to display from a computer to a monitor. This computer also inputs to a projector at the same time. The other selection is set up so with the help of another switch I can replace the monitor with a computer the other direction to the projector. I think switching between two computer inputs would be a snap.
1439726
It should work.. but you will have issues because every time you switch computers it will detect a new device. using a KVM is probably not the best solution. You should consider using on of the computers as a print server.
1970480
If your keyboard and mouse are controlled via one USB (like wireless mouse & keyboard combination), and those are the only things you need... then you will not need anything else. This has one USB female port, which can be connected to two different computers (one at a time). But if you have more peripherals, then you can buy and USB hub which expands the number of USB ports ( so you switch many things like printer, keyboard/mouse, USB speakers, etc -- watch out of power consumption though). I have returned this product, though because of some other reason... take a look at my review.
1098161
I never did use the shared audio port function of the switch, but the keyboard and mouse ports continued to work just fine after the monitor port died--so the answer is yes if you're content to do without switching of a VGA monitor. Switching between computers was always pretty quick, taking perhaps just 1-2 seconds. Good luck--hope you get better longevity out of it than I did if you decide to try it!
2126389
Please elaborate. Kvm switch gives you the ablity to connect two pc's and have them be connected to the kvm switch so you use only one monitor for two pcs. Mine is setup on my pc so my main display is hdmi and my secordary is this so i can quickly switch between pcs if im repairing one.
78381
Yes, the KVM draws power from the USB ports, so a monitor connection is not needed. Especially when you have multiple monitors for each computer, using a KVM to switch monitors is not practical. Using one set of keyboard and mouse for multiple computers is.
928953
Well you won't have any issues but you need to install the receiver on whatever computer you're working on. you can't have 2 receivers on each computer and hope the mouse will respond to each one separately, I can tell you because I have 2 receivers and I tried that. I tried using the 1 receiving on my desktop and hoping to install the 2nd receiver on my laptop, needless to say it didn't work I needed to remove the receiver from my desktop to my laptop in order to get it working without any issues.Hope that helps.