Overview
Features
Notebook Compatible
Business professionals who bring home their laptops spend countless evenings in front of a small display and cramped keyboard. Thanks to Switch2, you can now use your big DVI-D monitor and full-sized keyboard for both your laptop and home computer. It's simple. Just press the remote to switch your monitor from one computer to the next.
Something old. Something new. Half the space.
Keep your old computer for access to your financial records, games, email and more. Use your new monitor for both computers. The Switch2 eliminates the clutter of multiple computers by letting you use one monitor, keyboard and mouse and one set of speakers for both computers.
Click. Switch.
Place the remote anywhere on your desk. Press the button to switch from one computer to the next. Simple. With no commands to remember or key combinations to forget, Switch2 can be used by anyone, from web-savvy kids to bewildered adults.
Plug in. Turn on.
Switch2 installs in three easy steps, using the included cables. No software is required. The cables and base stay behind your computers, keeping your desk free of clutter.
Specifications
Compatible Operating Systems
What's in the box
Most Useful Reviews
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Belkin Switch2 DVI KVM Switch
Works perfectly with Mac mini and Windows PC
Written by SL from London
Feb 11, 2009
I purchased this product to use with my new Mac mini and my existing desktop PC running Windows, and chose this one in particular as I have a DVI monitor.
I had read the reviews of the other Belkin KVM boxes being used with the Mac mini and how they rarely work so was sceptical about this but purchased anyway and am glad I did. It worked flawlessly with both my Mac mini and my PC straight out of the box. Sturdy construction and great build quality and very easy to use with the included remote (no key combinations needed to switch).
Great product! …More5 of 6 people found this useful
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Belkin Switch2 DVI KVM Switch
Didn't work for me
Written by TW from London
Jul 27, 2009
This product seems to have problems switching between a Macbookpro 15" using a Mini display port to DVI convertor and a PC with a DVI interface. Technical support couldn't seem to help.
Recomend you check carefully before you buy. …More4 of 5 people found this useful
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Belkin Switch2 DVI KVM Switch
Great product, let down by poor manufacturing quality
Written by AG from STOWMARKET
Nov 10, 2009
This product should be great for the many people (like myself) who primarily use a laptop in conjunction with a larger screen, full-size keyboard, mouse etc but who also have a second computer (in my case a Windows PC for testing websites and playing COD).
To a certain degree the product has given me what I required and I can flip between Mac laptop and Windows desktop with relative ease. The downside is the build quality of the thing. The connectors look and feel cheap and the quality of the actual electric connections suffer as a result. Often times the connectors need a fair bit of 'wiggling' to get the connection to be made and lights to come on. This is annoying as I cabled everything away nicely when I set the KVM up and hid it all away as discretely as possible behind my desk. Now pretty much whenever I want to flip between the 2 systems I have to pull my desk out and give the cables a good old wiggle before the thing will work.
On the plus side, the included software is good allowing you to choose which of the components you wish to flip between systems. In practice this means that if you're listening to iTunes on the Mac and want to flip to the PC you can just flip the keyboard, video and mouse and not the audio thus keeping your music uninterrupted.
There isn't much competition for simple KVM solutions (especially ones with DVI) which could explain why Belkin haven't put more effort into making this product live up to its full potential. Perhaps if a few other manufacturers put some similar products out there Belkin would revisit the Switch2 and make it the cracking product that it really should be. …More1 of 1 people found this useful
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Most Recent Reviews
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Belkin Switch2 DVI KVM Switch
Great product, let down by poor manufacturing quality
Written by AG from STOWMARKET
Nov 10, 2009
This product should be great for the many people (like myself) who primarily use a laptop in conjunction with a larger screen, full-size keyboard, mouse etc but who also have a second computer (in my case a Windows PC for testing websites and playing COD).
To a certain degree the product has given me what I required and I can flip between Mac laptop and Windows desktop with relative ease. The downside is the build quality of the thing. The connectors look and feel cheap and the quality of the actual electric connections suffer as a result. Often times the connectors need a fair bit of 'wiggling' to get the connection to be made and lights to come on. This is annoying as I cabled everything away nicely when I set the KVM up and hid it all away as discretely as possible behind my desk. Now pretty much whenever I want to flip between the 2 systems I have to pull my desk out and give the cables a good old wiggle before the thing will work.
On the plus side, the included software is good allowing you to choose which of the components you wish to flip between systems. In practice this means that if you're listening to iTunes on the Mac and want to flip to the PC you can just flip the keyboard, video and mouse and not the audio thus keeping your music uninterrupted.
There isn't much competition for simple KVM solutions (especially ones with DVI) which could explain why Belkin haven't put more effort into making this product live up to its full potential. Perhaps if a few other manufacturers put some similar products out there Belkin would revisit the Switch2 and make it the cracking product that it really should be. …More1 of 1 people found this useful
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Belkin Switch2 DVI KVM Switch
Does the job but doesn't thrill
Written by CB from Cirencester
Oct 28, 2009
I'm using one of these to hook two Mac Mini's up to one Apple Cinema Display with Apple KB and Mighty Mouse, via the Mini-DVI to DVI adapters shipped with the Mac Minis. It switches everything between the two machines with no problems, but has that general air of cheapness, flimsiness and poor design I've come to associate with the Belkin brand. In particular, the switch, which is the bit you want to be heavy and stable, is very light and flimsy - you'll want to be using blu-tack or something to hold it in place or you'll be chasing it around the desk. Meanwhile, the rest of the cabling and the junction unit is awkwardly shaped, heavy and bulky, making it hard work to fit tidily on top of your desk, or around floor-standing computers. …More
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Belkin Switch2 DVI KVM Switch
Didn't work for me
Written by TW from London
Jul 27, 2009
This product seems to have problems switching between a Macbookpro 15" using a Mini display port to DVI convertor and a PC with a DVI interface. Technical support couldn't seem to help.
Recomend you check carefully before you buy. …More4 of 5 people found this useful
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