The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    I am searching for a Vaio Tz docking station used.

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by ivlgenius, May 6, 2008.

  1. ivlgenius

    ivlgenius Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    41
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    16
    Hi,

    I want to buy an used docking station for the TZ series. My budget is around 110 $.

    Does anyone has this docking station and is willing to sell it ?

    i live in Europe.

    Thanks,
     
    ivlgenius, May 6, 2008
    #1
  2. bejand

    bejand Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    25
    Messages:
    152
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    bejand, May 6, 2008
    #2
  3. epbrown

    epbrown Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    16
    Messages:
    109
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Ditto. I bought mine on eBay for $106 a month ago, the seller was shopdango. I haven't seen them cheaper anywhere else.
     
    epbrown, May 6, 2008
    #3
  4. ivlgenius

    ivlgenius Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    41
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    16
    106 $ ?! That is a bargain , i only found 1 shop that ships to europe but i didn't get 1 reply for the shipping price yet....
     
    ivlgenius, May 6, 2008
    #4
  5. jake95825

    jake95825 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    20
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I have seen it on Amazon for $98. I went to order later and it jumped back up. Check them.
     
    jake95825, May 7, 2008
    #5
  6. ivlgenius

    ivlgenius Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    41
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    16
    Reading some reviews ..i didn't get this right , maybe someone can clarify this for me :

    Does this docking station needs and power adapter ? I mean, if i have an usb mouse plugged in, isn't it possible to charge itself directly from the notebook ?

    Thanks
     
    ivlgenius, May 7, 2008
    #6
  7. epbrown

    epbrown Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    16
    Messages:
    109
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    The opposite happened to me. I was watching the shopdango auction with a BIN price of $150 and missed the deadline but no one had bought it. When I clicked the "relisted" link, it was $106, so I jumped.

    I'm unclear on the question, ivlgenius. You have to plug your power adapter into the dock, but from there it can power everything you attach - mice, keyboards, external drives, etc. The only thing plugged into my dock that has a separate power suply is the external monitor.
     
    epbrown, May 7, 2008
    #7
  8. ivlgenius

    ivlgenius Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    41
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    16
    You see i have only 1 power adapter ( at home ) , and i don't want to take that to me to the work. SO i wanted to know if the docking station is able to take energy from the battery to power the mouse ( the printers have their own power adapters ) ?

    Thanks
     
    ivlgenius, May 7, 2008
    #8
  9. scottyinco

    scottyinco Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    56
    Messages:
    311
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    the docking station is worthless without a power adapter plugged into it. it won't do ANYTHING.
     
    scottyinco, May 7, 2008
    #9
  10. ivlgenius

    ivlgenius Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    41
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    16
    A BIG Thanks for this last and vital info, you just spare me some 130 $ !

    I will just get a regular USB Hub.
     
    ivlgenius, May 8, 2008
    #10
  11. SoundsGood

    SoundsGood Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    188
    Messages:
    3,251
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    I read somewhere that some of the Sony docking stations have a problem with resolution. Something about it not automatically switching back and forth between the laptop's resolution and the external monitor's resolution.

    Is this true with the TZ's dock? It would be a pain to have to manually change the res every time the laptop is connected & disconnected from the docking station.
     
    SoundsGood, May 8, 2008
    #11
  12. BlackG35

    BlackG35 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    24
    Messages:
    132
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I finally found a resolution for this. If you change back to lcd only mode before you undock, it will remember the resolution when you re-dock and switch back external monitor mode.
     
    BlackG35, Aug 30, 2008
    #12