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Setting up the duo dock – Apple PowerBook Duo Dock (including Duo Dock II) User Manual

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Setting up the Duo Dock

If you need to install a NuBus card inside the dock, do it before

following the steps below

. See “Installing a NuBus Card” in this

guide for instr

uctions.

1.

Place the dock on a har

d, flat sur

face.

While you set up, you’ll need access to the connectors on the

back panel.

S

Important:

Don

’t attempt to use the dock on its side, or in

any position other than those pictured. Don

’t block the

ventilation slots on the sides or bottom of the dock.

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2.

Plug one end of the dock’s power cor

d into the power

receptacle (

) on the back of the dock, and the other

end into an electrical outlet or power strip.

3.

Put your monitor on top of the dock, and connect the

monitor and power cables.

The Duo Dock can hold a monitor weighing up to 55 lb. The

Duo Dock II (or Duo Dock with the top cover upgrade) can

hold a monitor weighing up to 85 lb.

If you installed a monitor card in the dock, connect the

monitor cable to the card. Other

wise, connect the monitor

cable to the dock’s monitor port (mark

ed with the icon

).

If you are connecting a VGA monitor

, you need a 15-pin to

9-pin adapter

.

Connect the monitor

’s power cord to the power receptacle

on the back of the dock.

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