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| ATEN MasterView CS-1762 - monitor/keyboard/mouse/audio/USB switch - 2 ports ( CS1762 ) | 
 enlarge | Brand: ATEN
Category: CE
List Price: $229.00
Buy New: $183.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 2.9 x 7.9 x 1.7
nv:Console Connections: 1
Computer Connections: 2
Keyboard Port Type: USB
Monitor Port Type: DVI
Mouse Port Type: USB
Audio Ports: Audio Out
Audio Ports: Microphone
Integrated KVM Cable: No
Power Supply Type: Draws Power from USB Port
LEDs: 2 Port LEDs
Port Selection: Push Button
Port Selection: Hot-Keys
Warranty: 3 years warranty
MPN: CS1762
Model: CS1762
UPC: 672792151255
EAN: 0672792151255
ASIN: B0007W2J32
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 It works, it's reliable, but you do need to read the instructions November 8, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been using the CS-1762 for several weeks now. It's been working flawlessly, and I switch between computers a lot. I've used KVMs for years, but this is the first DVI KVM for me.
First impressions: The unit is well built. It is solid, the buttons work, and this is the first time I've ever had all the cabling come with the unit.
Read the manual: If you just try to plug it in, and start pressing buttons, you are likely to get confused. The unit can send the keyboard to one computer while keeping the display on another computer. I'm not sure why that might be useful. I'm easily confused, so I don't do that. The bottom buttons work just like the good old-fashioned kvm switches. There is also a keyboard shortcut to switch between machines (ScrLk, ScrLk, Enter). That is what I use almost all the time.
A quick read through the user manual will tell you this and everything else you need to know to use the box.
To use this box, the keyboard and mouse must both be connected through USB. It comes with a ps-2 to USB adaptor, so you don't even have to get a new keyboard or mouse. It will also switch other USB items, but I have found that I want USB items to stay with their own computers.
What is completely different between this KVM and every other KVM I have ever used is that the sceen is big and sharp. I run my monitor at 1600x1200 DVI, and (obviously, since it is digital) there is no blurring or ghosting. That is a new experience for me.
I've also found that when booting up a machine, you need to switch the KVM to that machine so that it correctly recognizes the monitor resolution. If you forget, then you have to readjust the resolution after boot-up is complete.
I can't say much about reliability at this point. I've owned the unit for a month, and it has always worked flawlessly.
 Amazingly poor design for a modern day product August 31, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The box looks and feels reasonable well-built and it comes with two thick cables to get everything connected. Once it's all connected, the fun begins. There are two switches on the front, no make that four switches: two pairs of switches. The top switch of each pair is labeled auto-scan and it's not really clear what they're for. The bottom switch of each pair is where the lights are and where the action is. When the unit is powered up, the bottom switch of the left pair is lit up, both green and amber. Press the other bottom switch, and it now lights amber and the monitor switches to the other computer, but the keyboard and mouse are stuck on the first computer! What? Does this make any sense? Apparently, the device actually is designed by default de-associate the K and M from the V. So is it really a KVM switch or just a V switch? You can make it all sync--in sync--by pressing the switch and holding it down hard for at least three seconds. And you didn't misread "hard." You can't simply touch the switch. You need to brace the device with your hand because the switches require significantly more force to push in than the weight of the unit. Unfortunately, at present, there aren't too many DVI KVMs with USB that support the 1920 x 1200 widescreen resolution.
 Odd arangement for USB ports June 18, 2007
If it had occurred to me that Amazon carried this unit, I would not have purchased it because of the warning about it not supporting 1600x1200 on displays larger than 19 inches. I have not seen that mentioned in other reviews. I have a 20 inche Samsung 204t that displays 1600x1200 just fine so it may no longer be accurate, but I find the unit has some other issues:
When I boot a computer when it doesn't have the KVM focus it always comes up with a maximum resolution of 1024x768. Aten says this is a problem but I have not yet attempted to get it fixed.
The other problem is the odd placement of the USB ports. There are four in all, two are for the mouse and keyboard and two are for a switchable USB 1.1 compiant hub. This is a good idea as one can never have too many USB ports, but they are not USB 2.0 which would have made them more valuable. The odd thing about them is the design that placed the keyboard and mouse plugs are on the front of the unit while the USB hub ports are on the back where they are hard to access!
Other than these issues the quality of the display image at 1600x1200 is fantastic. Lower resolutions are no better than VGA but at high resolution this thing really shines. Other nice features include the ability to switch the mouse/keyboard, USB hub and audio jacks independently of one another. The doc is good and the quality of the construction is first rate. I'm hoping they can correct the difficencies I mentioned above with a firmware update.
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