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oroo708

Sun Dec 09 2012, 08:49AM

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have you guys tried pressing the middle pressure button while conecting to ur pc? when i press it, the loading circle display are there. if i'm correct it should be a power switch.

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oroo708 wrote ...

have you guys tried pressing the middle pressure button while conecting to ur pc? when i press it, the loading circle display are there. if i'm correct it should be a power switch.

Thank you for your input. I tried to do what you described and I realized a small detail: if I push down the button and then connect the HDMI cable to a video output source the loading circle disappears and the screen turns black. Maybe the PadStation only has a software controlled on/off which must be sent via usb?

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Is the backlight still on when the screen goes black? maybe you should ry turning it on/off/on via the hw buttoon of the station while connected and holding the push button in the docking bay....

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SparkyRih wrote ...

Is the backlight still on when the screen goes black? maybe you should ry turning it on/off/on via the hw buttoon of the station while connected and holding the push button in the docking bay....

No, it turns off completely, no backlight. I've tried that but it won't work, the tablet stays off. I believe that perhaps the padstation has got nothing to do with the hw button than to pass it over through usb to the Padfone.

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Wed Dec 12 2012, 08:04PM

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yup,think that so.

the station need to receive data from the usb, its was build like so i think.

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But there has to be a way!

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Wed Dec 12 2012, 10:26PM

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maybe if you know how the station really work.

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I guess one way to find out is to search the PadFone soruce code...

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i feel like i need to ask the obvious...

have you changed the resolution on your PC to 1280 x 720 before trying all that?

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Kostas wrote ...

i feel like i need to ask the obvious...

have you changed the resolution on your PC to 1280 x 720 before trying all that?

1280 by 800 is the resolution of the Station... But maybe you're on th something........

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Yes 1280 x 800 is what I mean

Since the station isn't really a monitor it won't support multiple resolutions, so if the feed is not it's native one it will just go black..

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Hi everybody. I tried this last thing you guys mentioned and the PC manages to detect the PadStation, but the image shown is still the loading circle, but it lasts as long as I press down the button inside the dock.

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so when u press the button inside it still turn the screen black..??

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oroo708 wrote ...

so when u press the button inside it still turn the screen black..??

No, it's just showing the loading circle, it never turns black (or at least within the 3min i tried this)

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What about iDisplay?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idisplay.virtualscreen&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5pZGlzcGxheS52aXJ0dWFsc2NyZWVuIl0.

Seems like deal for you, use usb or WiFi

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