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When the ethernet cable to connected to my thunderbolt dock, the internet is slower. When the ethernet cable is connected directly to my Thinkpad laptop, internet is faster. This is normal right?
Hi there. Yes, because the Ethernet data is sharing he USB-C connection with power, video and other USB devices, you may see some reduction in speed. I haven’t noticed much difference however my internet connection in quite slow so it trends to be the bottleneck for speed.
I know nothing about computers and my company sent a load of equipment to my home. THANK YOU for your clearly explained demonstration, I am all set up now and ready to go! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!
Without a doubt, the most helpful and informative video out here! Thank you so much!!! Had to set up for work and I couldn't figure out why when I closed the lid the monitors would sleep too
This is an excellent instructional.This is exactly what I needed to hook my T-490S to my new docking station. Thank you. Look forward to future videos.
Going to university in less than 2 months and up until now I was using a 12 year old desktop. Had a pretty tight budget, so I couldn't get the ThinkPad T480. There weren't that many reviews on the E580, which sucked, because it was a pretty good alternative & one in my price range. These videos helped a lot, so thanks! Unless I find something that has better specs, price, and durability (unlikely, right?) then I'm sticking with the E580! I hope it lasts me until the end of my program in 2023, haha.
Nice one! Yes, As you can tell from the videos I'm pretty happy with this purchase. Yes, I could get something lighter and more powerful for twice the cash, but for the specs I ended up with, I'm blown away by the value on the E580. Good luck with your study and I also hope whatever you choose will last you well! Thinkpads are pretty renowned for their reliability and longevity!
Yoga's aren't a bad piece of kit for study, if you ever need to reupgrade. Surfaces are the choice, but so expensive and litteral a pile of shit after 12 months as you cannot upgrade or even change the battery. Laptops are ALWAYS course dependant. As Medicine / Pharmacy the touch screen is a joy and cuts down on paper waste. The way most student condone paying for better kit, is by torrenting textbooks to afford the upgrade. Yoga's (most) work with USB-C docks. I scored my i7 Yoga (refurbished) from Grays Online for $600 with full warranty.
Thank you very much!! my father has a Lenovo E580, I buy the same USB-C Docking Station model, and ALL woks perfect!!! all the ports, the setup, the 3 monitors and also a cable DisplayPort-to-HDMI for the TV! thank you again!
The documentation with the docking station is seriously poor. I was not completely sure how to use the USB cable that came in as it had a USB 2 adapter attached to it and the documentation made it sound as if using that connection would give video where as using USB-C would give power. Your video hit the mark showing USB-C does everything. Typing this on my laptop using the docking station with dual monitors. Not alot of fluff in your video, straight to the point, thanks man.
Awesome! So glad I could help. Yes, you don’t always get awesome documentation with this stuff so I wanted to share my experience in the hope that hat it would help others. 👍
Great video, Devi helped infinitely more that the Lenovo instructions. One question I have though is can you change the settings to use the monitor camera instead of the laptop? I do loads of video calls and I’m always looking at the screen but my laptop camera is at an awkward angle.
Thank you - for a non Lenovo user, this helps alot since these laptops have novel connectors compared to the usual types - helps me to find one that will work with a T480 I will be inheriting
The docking station supplies the power as well as all the other connections, so you just need the docking station plugged in to power, and the single USB-C cable form the dock to your laptop. Thanks for watching and for your question.
Cheers Bill. Yes, I sure can talk! I try to keep things succinct and edit my videos down but it can be challenging to find the right balance. Glad you found it useful though!
No worries my friend, you helped me out and that's what matters. It was only a comment not a complaint. Thank you for taking the time to put this out there.
Hi Pete! Thank you for the video, it is super helpful! So my question is can I use the laptop display too so I will be able to use all 3 monitors if I leave the laptop lid open?
Great video! Thank you so much Pete! I just have 1 silly question.. can we use this docking station (connected to the laptop), WITHOUT plug it in to the charger? As sometimes, I might gonna need it only to read my USB A flashdisk (my laptop only has 2 USB C ports as external data connector).. It would be quite a longer process if I had to plug the charger first to get it done..
Hi Pete, love your videos! When connecting or disconnecting the computer to the dock, do you then have to turn off the computer before connecting/disconnecting the usb-c cable or just pull/push it out/in?
Hey there my friend. Thanks for your kind words. Yes, you can just plug straight in while the computer is running and it will adjust the settings and connect the dock and your monitors straight away. It’s very convenient because if I’m out somewhere working I can get home, plug in, and immediately continue with what I was working on. 👍
Thanks, this was helpful. You touched on this right at the end but just to be sure you can connect a speaker with USB to the docking station right? I'm about to purchase one but want to make sure I can use the docking station for that instead of having to plug it in directly to the laptop (if that makes sense).
Is the power button on this dock itself able to power on the notebook even when is completely off ? Not just when the notebook sleeps/hybernate s (as seen on your video)? The power button mirroring is a deal-breaker for me. Thanks.
Hey there Peter. Yes, the power button on the dock can power on the laptop when completely shut down and off. This was something I wanted too, as often I will have my laptop docked with an external keyboard and mouse and don't want to open the lip just to hit the power button!
Hi Pete, Came across this video of yours which is definitely helpful. Question: I got two USB-C ports on my laptop. One of them is the main charging one. Do I need to connect the charging cable at all if I have connected the dock to the laptop? Also, if I do not need to connect the charging cable, do I connect the docking cable to the main charging USB-C port?
Hi Pete! Have you tried using the docking station without the slim tip charger? For some reason i am not allowed to charge my HP laptop through the Lenovo dock.
Hey Scott. Glad to hear it! And it’s still going strong. I use this setup for my weekly live-streams and having the two monitors and all my devices connected makes things really easy to manage.
I have Gen 2 but my hp pavilion can't see my 2 hp EliteDisplay E242 24" LCD Monitor 1920 x 1200.. The light on the doc is light up white. It was light yellow before.
My laptop doesn’t have usb C port. I tried using a generic usb c to usb A cable instead but it doesnt seem to work. Is there any way i can connect the dock station to my laptop without a usb c port on the laptop?
Great video. Just one question: I noticed there is no speakers connector at the dock (other thasn the headphone jack). In case you want to connect your external speakers to the dock, how would you do that?
Hey there. You’ll just need to use the headphone output and connect this to your speakers using the relevant cable. Here’s my cable guide - studiolivetoday.com/cables
Thank you for the video! This helps so much! I currently have my thinkpad connected to two monitors through the DisplayPort connections, but i have a 3rd USB-c monitor that I’d like to add to my setup. Is that possible to add to my extended desktop?
Hello, my docking station is showing as working (white light) I get a noise from laptop to say it's all connected but for whatever reason my monitor won't pick up. please could somebody advise? my laptop doesn't have an HDMI slot but I'm using a smaller version to connect to the docking station. have I missed something here?
Nice demonstration, hey can you connect android phone to this thunderbolt hub via the extra usb-c port and control your phone from the hubs mouse , keyboard and monitor as well as charge your phone? Thx
Really good question? No idea sorry. I don’t use an Android phone. USB-C is pretty universal so you might be good?! But there are much cheaper USB-C docks.
Hello. I have the T490. Will this dock support 5 numbers of 4TB external drives? I want to be able to transfer data simultaneously from one drive to another and also to the hard drive in my T490. Cheers.
I love these videos of yours. I myself have bought a Lenovo Thinkpad E590 (i5-8265u) yesterday. Still waiting for the delivery, I moved from an Apple laptop to windows after a year. How is the screen on this device? Unfortunately, there are no reviews on E590 on youtube, just hoping that the screen would a continuation from this model.
I would assume that they have used the same or an improved screen. It is really good actually. Not harsh or super bright so easy on the eyes and gold colour reproduction. The only small issue with the E580 is that the viewing angle is not very wide. Has only been an issue once when the family were crowded around the laptop watching a video, but for a single user it is excellent. Hope you enjoy your new machine as much as I have mine.
Yes and yes! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SuT-K-zGFLU.html Logitech C920/922 is great, or the BRIO of you have a little more budget. studiolivetoday.com/gear
Good videos presentation. I could see one concern. I am working on t470 laptop Lenovo, I have only one charger. So I have connected to Lenovo dock so that extra accessories connection would not be disturbed. Like keyboard mouse internet cable. Currently after connecting the dock with laptop via USB. I am able to access all accessories but unable to charge my laptops. Could you plz guide me
Useful video for me, thanks Do you know if you're able to plug an additional screen (for a total of 3 external)? For instance use the VGA connector or HDMI/mini-dp port or the laptop, while using the 2 displayports? Also thinking if combination of 1 vga and 1 displayport on UHD (instead of 2 on FHD) is possible..
Some very good questions here which I'm not entirely sure on the answers to I'm afraid. I actually only have two monitors so can't really test a three monitor setup. I would imagine that you could use the HDMI out from the laptop as well as the two display port outputs? The documentation only really talks about single or dual monitors to it's hard to say. Sorry I can't be more help! If I get a third screen in my setup I'll be sure to test this out.
I've contacted support and they told me that it is possible to use the HDMI and mini-displayport at the same time as the dock displays, since it is running its own "gpu" (DisplayLink). They also confirmed me that the dock is limited to 2 display.
Since I have a Thunderbolt 3 connection on my laptop, I went up a notch with this model www.lenovo.com/ca/en/accessories-and-monitors/docking/universal-cable-docks-thunderbolt/Thunderbolt-Dock-US/p/40AC0135US This dock supports 3 screens FHD or 2 screens UHD ..the rest is the same (except it is thunderbolt 3 and may have faster transfer rates?).
Awesome! Well, not awesome that you can’t run three displays but thanks for going to the effort and finding out. I’m sure this will help others with the same questions.
Hi there! Great video, very helpful! I have a question - I have the same setting - the docking station, the two monitors and the Lenovo ThinkPad laptop. The only difference is the cables I use to connect the monitors to the docking station - mine are DisplayPort to HDMI. This setting doesn't work - my monitors say that they don't have HDMI signal. So my question is - do you think that the cable is the problem or maybe there is something else?
Hmmmm.... not sure sorry. I’ve only used the two display port outputs and used display port to DVI cables. HDMI should probably work the same, but if it’s not, maybe try a different connection.
@@PeteJohnsMusic Thanks for the fast reply!! I'm starting to think my cables might be malfunctioning, so maybe I'll just get new ones and see if it works out.
@@PeteJohnsMusic mine is not working that way (my laptop is P50 btw). I checked all settings and searched all over internet but couldn't find a way to make it working that way...
Hi Pete, Thanks for the great video. Question: I'm using the lenovo docking station with a lenovo laptop and two monitors. It works awesome! Now I would like to put an old pc into this setup. Unfortunately it does nog detect the lenovo docking station via usb or usbc. Any suggestions?
Thanks pall seen one of them at cex and did not know what it was and im good with pcs i build them fix them upgrade them and sell them yet dident know what the doc was lol
Hi Pete! I’ve got two Samsung monitors and the Lenovo thinkpad dock and just recently bought the Lenovo ideapad Flex 5. I tried the steps you advised in the video but for some reason the monitors just aren’t being recognised! The dock is talking to the laptop somewhat because it’s picking up the mouse and keyboard…any idea why monitors are not recognised?
Not sure sorry? Perhaps they are 4K monitors and not supported together? Have you tried one at a time? And have you confirmed the compatibility of the laptop with this dock?
@@PeteJohnsMusic the reason behind it was that my laptop didn't support alt mode or something like that, although everything else works except the video
