switch now at the time of filming this was NUMBER_TOKEN prices change but that tends to be the going rate for an hdmi NUMBER_TOKEN more on that in a minute kvm switch that controls four devices there is however a remote control which is really nice you can put this big clunky thing with tons of cables plugged into it behind your monitor behind your desk somewhere out of reach instead of having to reach up and actually hit these buttons instead you have a remote control with four buttons and it provides an included cable which is actually quite long which connects the remote control to the switch so you can just put this on your desk and put this out of the way for all of you worried that the cable is not long enough that's pretty decently long and it's a standard usb cable so if you want a longer one you can get one the hdmi cables necessary to connect the switch to the computers are included the hdmi cable to connect the switch to your monitor is not but you should already have an hdmi cable because you're using your monitor now so use that and plug it into the switch and then use these to plug into your computer note it is not displayport and while technically displayport to hdmi adapters work i don't necessarily recommend them untangles this is how long the hdmi cables included are it's not bad however if you're gonna have four computers plugged into a single keyboard mouse and monitor it's a little bit on the short side thankfully hdmi extension cables do work on one end of the hdmi cable included in the package is a standard hdmi cable and you plug it right into the switch itself there are four hdmi ports on this side of the switch and those go to the computers on this side of the switch there is one hdmi port that's what goes to your monitor and then of course it switches between them on the other end of the cable you have a standard hdmi plug and a breakout usb plug which the data is then sent along the wire this you plug into your video card like you normally would this you plug into any available usb port on the computer NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN does not matter it's it's a NUMBER_TOKEN connector it's just primarily providing low speed data and power this is how the kvm switch gets power and it's also sending the keyboard mouse and whatever you plug into the third connector along to the computer each one of the cables has these so basically the computer is always getting a keyboard and mouse signal regardless of which you're actually connected to at the time it is worth noting this becomes a cable mess once you actually have everything plugged into it and i haven't even plugged in the keyboard and mouse or the other hdmi cable now there's no extra power required this gets everything it needs to run off of the usb connectors which is nice to not have another power brick this is also why it's nice to have the remote control so that you don't have to have this sitting out on your desk i mentioned before there are three usb ports technically there are four the small micro usb port is for connecting to the remote control there is one usb type a NUMBER_TOKEN port on this side and there are two usb type a NUMBER_TOKEN ports on this side of the switch now you might be saying keyboard mouse video
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