Toshiba dynadock PA3541, PA3542 User Manual
dynadock™
User’s Manual
Contents
Introduction ............................................................................ 7
Features .....................................................................................7
Front panel .................................................................................8
Back panel ..................................................................................9
Package contents .....................................................................10
System Requirements ..............................................................10
Assembly.............................................................................. 11
Installation ............................................................................ 12
Installing the Drivers ................................................................. 12
Connecting the dynadock™ to the Computer ..........................20
Uninstalling ........................................................................... 22
Using the dynadock™ .......................................................... 26
USB 2.0 Ports (Front and Back Panel) .....................................26
Ethernet Port (Back Panel)....................................................... 27
Serial Port (Back Panel) ...........................................................28
Front Panel Audio Port (Microphone) ....................................... 28
Front Panel Audio Port (Headphones or Speakers) ................. 28
Video Port (VGA or DVI)........................................................... 35
How Standby/Sleep or Hibernate Mode Affects Devices Attached
to the dynadock™ ....................................................................43
Disconnecting the dynadock™ ............................................. 43
Eject Dock ................................................................................43
Eject Dock and Sleep ...............................................................44
Eject by use of command line .................................................. 45
Changing the dynadock Utility Settings ....................................46
Select Audio Device .................................................................49
Specifications ....................................................................... 50
Regulatory Compliance
FCC Information
Product Name: dynadock™
Model number: PA3541*, PA3542*
FCC notice "Declaration of Conformity Information"
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits
for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against
harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment
generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.
If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or
television reception, which can be determined by turning the
equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from
that to which the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
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WARNING: Changes or modifications made to this equipment, not expressly
approved by TOSHIBA or parties authorized by TOSHIBA could void the user’s
authority to operate the equipment.
FCC Conditions
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with Part 15 of
the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) This device may not cause harmful interference
(2) This device must accept any interference received. Including
interference that may cause undesired operation.
Contact
Address: TOSHIBA America Information Systems,
Telephone: (949) 583-3000
EU Declaration of Conformity
TOSHIBA declares, this product conforms to the following
Standards:
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Supplementary
Information:
This product is carrying the CE-Mark in accordance with the related
European Directives. The party responsible for CE-Marking is
TOSHIBA Europe GmbH, Hammfelddamm 8, 41460 Neuss,
Germany.
WEEE Information
For EU (European Union) member users: According to the WEEE
(Waste electrical and electronic equipment) Directive, do not dispose
of this product as household waste or commercial waste. Waste
electrical and electronic equipment should be appropriately collected
and recycled as required by practices established for your country.
For information on recycling of this product, please contact your
local authorities, your household waste disposal service or the shop
where you purchased the product.
“This product complies with the requirements
of the EMC Directive 89/336/EEC and/or the
Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC.”
Safety Instructions
Always read the safety instructions carefully:
❖ Keep this User’s Manual for future reference
❖ Keep this equipment away from humidity
❖ If any of the following situations arise, get the equipment
checked by a service technician:
❖ The equipment has been exposed to moisture.
❖ The equipment has been dropped and damaged.
❖ The equipment has obvious sign of breakage.
❖ The equipment has not been working well or you cannot get
it to work according to the User’s Manual.
Copyright Statement
No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form by any
means without the prior written permission. Other trademarks or
brand names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective companies.
Disclaimer
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Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
The manufacturer does not make any representations or warranties
(implied or otherwise) regarding the accuracy and completeness of
this document and shall in no event be liable for any loss of profit or
any commercial damage, including but not limited to special,
incidental, consequential, or other damage.
December 2007, Rev4.0
Trademarks
Intel, Intel Core, Pentium and Celeron are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation.
Microsoft, Microsoft Office, Windows and Windows Vista are either
registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the
United States and/or other countries.
AMD, AMD K6, Athlon and Duron are registered trademarks or
trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Incorporated.
Ethernet is a registered trademark and Fast Ethernet is a trademark of
Xerox Corporation.
Adobe and Reader are either registered trademarks or trademarks of
Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other
countries.
Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective companies.
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Precautions for Microsoft® Windows® 2000, Microsoft®
Windows
The Fn + F5 functionality detailed in the electronic User’s Guide for
your TOSHIBA computer only controls the internal video controller
of your computer.
The TOSHIBA dynadock utilizes an advanced video graphics
controller to display the video on the external monitor connected to
it. However, due to USB 2.0 transfer speed limitations, some or all
portions of DVD playback may appear slow or choppy. This is not a
malfunction of the dynadock. Move the video playback from the
external monitor to your computer display for optimal video
performance when viewing DVDs.
DVD Playback is not supported in mirror mode.
The 3D screensavers (i.e. 3D FlowerBox, 3D Pipes and 3D Text) are
not supported in either mirror or extended mode.
This product does not support 3D programs.
Unable to enter full screen DOS mode in the mirror mode.
Google Earth does not work in the mirror mode.
Internal speakers are disabled when the dynadock is connected. See
Select Audio Device section for further information.
Depending on your computer system, you may receive a warning
message if the external monitor connected to your dynadock is used
as your primary display.
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Precautions for Windows Vista® only
Software application programs that utilize OpenGL architecture,
such as 3D animation, CAD, visual simulation, will not be supported
in mirror mode. If you use these applications, we suggest you
disconnect the dynadock.
USB, CPU resources and other devices may be affected when
playing movies or transferring large amounts of data via the
dynadock
The sound may be distorted or delayed when you play MIDI/MPG
files. If it’s a MIDI file, please change your media player
visualization settings. If it’s a MPG file, we suggest you play it
without connecting the dynadock.
The Fn + F5 functionality detailed in the electronic User’s Guide for
your TOSHIBA computer may not work occasionally.
The Windows Transient Multi-Monitor Manager will be disabled
when the dynadock is connected.
Software application programs that utilize certain directdraw
commands such as some kinds of 2D-Games, the fullscreen display
on the external monitor connected to the dynadock will not be
supported. If you want to play these kinds of games in fullscreen, we
suggest you disconnect the dynadock.
DVD may not play correctly when using Media Center Edition or
TOSHIBA DVD player on the external monitor connected to the
dynadock.
Your desktop background may not be displayed when you reboot or
resume your computer from Hibernation mode.
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Introduction
NOTE
Thank you for purchasing the Toshiba dynadock, the universal docking
station that enables you to connect your deskspace peripherals through
one USB cable to just about any Windows-based notebook. The
dynadock is software upgradable to enable you to keep your dynadock in
line with technological advances. Visit dynadock.com for the latest
software driver support updates.
Features
❖ Single USB cable connection to your computer
❖ Upright slim design saves desktop space
❖ Easily accessible ports located on the front
❖ Supports VGA resolution up to 1280 x 1040 and DVI resolution
❖ Hot swappable; you can add or remove most devices without
❖ Virtual 7.1 channel surround sound
❖ Includes all video and audio drivers to get you started. Please
❖ Includes TOSHIBA dynadock Utility to customize dynadock
❖ Charge your USB peripherals with the front powered USB ports
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This user manual contains information for the two versions of
dynadock, with either a VGA video port or DVI video port. It also
contains installation instructions for both Microsoft
and Microsoft
Please pay attention to and follow the instructions for the dynadock
version you have and the operating system on your computer.
up to 1600 x 1200 (16/32-bit color) video on external monitor
rebooting the computer
visit www.dynadock.com for the latest software driver updates
settings
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Windows Vista® operating systems.
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Windows® XP
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Power LED: Glows blue when the dynadock is
powered on.
USB Hub LED: Glows green when any of the six USB
ports are connected to a USB device and the computer
is turned on.
2 USB 2.0 powered ports: For connection to USB
peripherals.
3.5 mm mono microphone input port: For connection to
an external mono microphone for recording.
3.5 mm stereo audio output port: For connection to
stereo headphones or speakers.
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(Sample Illustration) Indicators and connectors on the front of the
dynadock
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Optical S/PDIF digital out port: Use an optical S/PDIF
cable (not provided) to connect to your digital audio equipment,
Dolby® Digital Surround Sound receiver and speaker system
e.g.,
To use this connection, your receiver must have an optical
S/PDIF input.
DB9 Serial port: For connection to the serial device you
want to control.
4 USB 2.0 ports: For connection to USB peripherals.
10/100 Mbps Ethernet port: For connection to the Ethernet
network via a network cable (not provided).
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Cable holder holes:
once all of your devices are attached.
DVI video output port: For connection to a DVI monitor
(shown).
- or VGA video output port: For connection to a VGA monitor (not
shown).
USB upsteam port: For connection between the dynadock and
the host computer.
Cable Lock Slot: Allows you to connect a cable lock to
help prevent theft (not provided).
DC-IN: For connection to the provided AC power adaptor.
The dynadock always needs an external power supply
for operation, as it does not take power from the USB bus.
Allows you to manage/keep cables organized
(Sample Illustration) Connections on the back of the dynadock
Package contents
❖ dynadock™ (VGA or DVI video interface)
❖ Base plate
❖ Cable Holder
❖ USB 2.0 Cable
❖ AC Power Adaptor
❖ AC Power Cord/cable
❖ CD (User's Manual, Drivers and Utilities)
❖ Quick Installation Guide
❖ DVI to VGA video adapter (DVI version only)
System Requirements
❖ 1.2GHz or higher processor. Intel® Pentium®/Celeron® family, or
AMD K6
processor recommended (Intel
processor recommended for optimal video performance)
❖ 512 MB memory or higher (1 GB memory or higher
recommended)
❖ USB 2.0 port
❖ 30 MB of available disk space
❖ Microsoft
SP2 and Microsoft
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/AMD Athlon™/AMD Duron™ family, or compatible
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Windows® 2000, Microsoft® Windows® XP with
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Windows Vista® (32-bit edition)
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Core™ 2 Duo 2.0 GB or higher
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Assembly
Remove the base and dynadock from the packaging. You will need to
assemble the two pieces.
(Sample Illustration) The dynadock and base before assembly
Slide the dynadock onto the base as shown below.
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(Sample Illustration) Assembling the dynadock and base
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When assembled, the dynadock is a self-standing, easy to place unit.
(Sample Illustration) The assembled dynadock
Installation
Installing the Drivers
The following installation steps are for both Windows Vista® and
Windows
there are some differences between the two operating systems so
please follow the steps for your operating system where indicated.
1 Insert the provided Installation CD into your optical disc drive.
It will run automatically and the dialog box will appear.
If the auto-run function is disabled on your system, the program will
fail to load automatically. Please open the disk in Windows
Explorer, and double click “
You may need to temporarily disable spyware or anti-virus programs
while installing the drivers.
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XP operating systems. Although most steps are similar,
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AutoRun.exe
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(Sample Image) Initial Screen
2 Click on “Install dynadock Utility & Driver”, the program will
begin installing the dynadock Utility and all drivers necessary
for the dynadock device. Follow the on-screen directions to
finish the utility installation.
Step 1: When the welcome screen appears, click Next.
(Sample Image) Welcome screen
During the installation, there will be various screens opening and
closing and the display may flicker during this time. This is normal.
This process may take several minutes to complete.
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Step 2: Select “I Agree” then click Next
(Sample Image) License Agreement screen
Step 3: Choose the destination folder.
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(Sample Image) Choose Destination Location screen
Step 4: Click Next to start the installation. .
(Sample Image) Ready to Install screen
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NOTE
Step 5: Click Close when the “Installation Complete” dialog
box shown below appears.
(Sample Image) Finish screen
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There are slight differences in the installation between Windows Vista
and Windows® XP. Please follow the steps for your operating system.
Windows Vista
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Operations:
3 After the utility installation is completed, the “Video” driver will
be installed automatically.
Step 1: Select the language of End User License Agreement and
click I Accept.
During the installation, there will be various screens opening and
closing and the display may flicker during this time. This is normal.
This process may take several minutes to complete.
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Please wait until the progress bar is near the end before you connect
the dynadock.
4 Once the video drivers are installed, the “Audio” driver will be
installed automatically. If the dynadock is not detected, the
following message will appear. Please connect the dynadock to
your computer and click Retry to proceed. For detailed
information on how to connect the dynadock, please refer to
“Connecting the dynadock to the Computer” on page 21 of this
manual.
(Sample Image) Not detected the dynadock screen
If you click "Cancel", the program will exit the installation of the
driver.
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5 After finishing the installation, the program will request that you
restart the computer. Choose “Yes” and click OK to finish the
setup. All devices will take effect after restarting.
(Sample Image) Restart computer screen
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