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Targus ExpressCard Notebook Docking Station with Digital Video and Audio
Video
Can I get a higher resolution on my monitor?
• The highest resolution is 1600 x 1200, 32-bit color.
Movie playback is not smooth when played at 1600x1200x32
bit resolution. It is worse when playing a media clip in full
screen.
The Targus ExpressCard Docking station is not primarily designed
for playing back movie content at maximum resolution and color
depth. The best mode for displaying video content is at 1280x1024
(SXGA) resolution or lower.
The reason for this is the large amount of display data being
transferred during movie playback. Standard DVD movies are
encoded at a resolution of 720x480 (NTSC), and 720x576 for PAL
discs. Higher resolution display of the video will result in upscaling
the display to the higher resolution, which does not gain any net
affect on the playback of the movie.
Ways to improve the smoothness of the movie playback are:
• Reduce the resolution of the display to 1280x1024 with lower
color depth (16 Bit Color)
• Terminate any other CPU intensive applications running on the
computer.
Why can't I play a DVD using the docking station?
DVD playback is controlled by the DVD playback software and
thehardware on your notebook. Many DVD playback software
programs are not capable of supporting DVD playback on an
external or secondary monitor. If you encounter problems playing
back videos in Extended mode, try switching the Video mode on
the docking station to Primary or Mirror mode.
Why are there unexpected crashes or power state issues?
Please make sure you have upgraded your system BIOS on your
notebook. Several popular notebook vendors, such as Lenovo and
Fujitsu, have released BIOS upgrades that resolve a number of
ExpressCard related issues.
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