hey guys it's Justin here with bitey smart calm this video is a step-by-step tutorial
on how to set up tea smarts dual monitor kvms today we're going to be using an HDMI plus vga
model but this setup is also relevant for HDMI plus HDMI in HDMI plus DP as well when you're
done you'll be able to use your KVM with an extended dual monitor setup like you see here
we're gonna try to keep this video short but if you want to jump ahead here the timestamps
but once you've received your package go ahead and open it up and confirm you have the following
components one KVM switch one five volt power adapter two KVM cables which have HDMI and USB
ends two VGA cables one instruction manual and one remote control which does not have
a cr2025 battery included but you can pick one up at most retailers like Target Walmart or CVS
before we begin we like to cover the top pitfalls when installing the dual monitor
kvms by far the biggest hiccup is understanding that each PC needs to have two video connections
to the switch if it's based on HDMI technology HDMI is point-to-point it cannot be split and
extended any dual monitor KVM with HDMI is going to require multiple video connections
this isn't a limitation of the KVM but rather HDMI in general this graphic from the manual
illustrates how the connection should be made but to make it more clear you're going to need three
connections from each PC in HDMI a VGA and a USB for the keyboard and mouse if your computer does
not have both an HDMI and VGA output we have a list of a tested and approved adapters on the
website this list also includes some USB and VGA adapters which can be used as a last resort take
note that not all cables are bi-directional this means that you will need to select the
cable going from the output type to the desired input type links are in the description below
so let's begin with connecting the cables we're gonna go ahead and go from right to left first
for computer one we'll plug in the HDMI VGA and USB connectors since our pcs do not have
an HDMI out we are using a DisplayPort to HDMI adapter then for computer 2 we'll plug in the
computer's HDMI VGA and USB connectors again using a DisplayPort to HDMI adapter the USB 2.0 port can
be used for any devices such as printers webcams gaming headsets but for today we're gonna use the
jump drive the next two ports are emulated mouse and keyboard ports only mice and keyboards will
work in these so we'll go ahead and plug in our wireless Logitech dongle display to is going to
go to the left monitor and display one is gonna go to the right monitor lastly we'll give this baby
some juice with a 5 volt adapter when you're done the KVM should look something like this
now when you turn your KVM on you should be in mode one with both computers displaying
an extended desktop to confirm that you're in mode one take a look at the LEDs on the front
of the unit online LED one and two should both be activated this confirms that you're getting
a USB connection from each of the computers then the selection LEDs should either be 1 or 2 to be
activated if both are activated you are in mode 2 and you need to use the hotkey command scroll
lock scroll lock to switch to mode 1 we'll go into the details of these hotkey commands
in a later video okay so hopefully this video helped you guys out we're gonna shoot another
video on how to do troubleshooting steps and then we're also gonna shoot another on how to
actually operate the unit so if you guys are good to go obviously you don't need to watch
a troubleshooting video you can just go for the operating video thanks and have a good day bye