Mini Dock 3 (2) VGA monitors

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Mini Dock 3 (2) VGA monitors

#1 Post by neutrinofdl » Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:48 pm

I want to hook up two lcd monitors that only have vga connections to the mini dock 3. There is a dvi-d, a vga, and display port out of the dock. I have read you can use any of the two in combination. Would buying a dvi-d to vga adapter allow me to hook up both my monitors to the docking station?

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Re: Mini Dock 3 (2) VGA monitors

#2 Post by dr_st » Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:10 pm

There is no such thing as a DVI-D to VGA adapter. Only DVI-A/DVI-I which carry analog signals can be adapted to VGA.

There is no way for you to hook up both these monitors without an active converter.
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Re: Mini Dock 3 (2) VGA monitors

#3 Post by neutrinofdl » Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:42 pm

What about a display port to vga converter?

http://www.amazon.com/Black-DisplayPort ... B002BL6B7C

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Re: Mini Dock 3 (2) VGA monitors

#4 Post by dr_st » Thu Aug 02, 2012 2:44 am

This may work. There is a review there by a person who did something very similar to what you are trying to achieve, successfully.
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Re: Mini Dock 3 (2) VGA monitors

#5 Post by taylorsmith146 » Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:45 am

If you are looking go from DVI to VGA you need an active digital to analog converter. You can check KVMSwitchTech's DVI-D to VGA
converter units( Part # SCA-DVI-ANA).

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