Introduction

Fastest hard disk connection ever! Simply insert a SATA hard disk into the Sandberg SATA Docking Station and it’s ready to use. You can hot swap between several disks at lightning speed. Backup software for Windows is included. Connect via USB or opt for e-SATA, which gives speeds up to 3 Gb per second!

Specifications

• Supports all SATA 2.5” & 3.5” hard disks of any capacity
• USB 2.0 + eSATA interface (Backup feature supported only by USB)
• Supports SATA I+II (1.5 Gb/s + 3.0 Gb/s)
• Supports SATA II NCQ
• External connectors: 1 USB MiniB female, 1 eSATA female, 1 Power jack female
• Internal connectors: SATA connectors for data and power connections
• Power LED indicator

What's in the Box

The box is pretty standard really with pictures on the front and back, side give technical infromation

Front of Box

Rear of Box

On opening the box you find a nice collection of cables and hardware: docking station, usb io sheild plate, esata cable, usb cable, power adapter, software disk and manual. Every connector/ cable required for this docking station to work via sub or sata.

Contents of Box

The docking station is pretty simple really, and it very lightweight. The unit has a button at the front, to start the backups and small adapter around the sata connetors. This adapter can be removed for larger 3.5" drivers, and put back in place for the smaller 2.5" laptop drivers. Behind the sata connection is a plate for your inserted card drive to rest again, so when you place a hard drive in the docking station it slides into the connectors properly.

Front of Docking Station

To the rear of the docking station are all the connetors clearly marked, sub connector, power on/off switch, power input & esata connector.

Rear of Docking Station

The drive unit does feel very light and almost too light, ie cheap, but there's not really much inside, apart from connectors for usb & easts. When you insert a hard drive this give it more weight, and sits on your desk nicely.

3.5" Hard Drive in Docking Station

2.5" Hard Drive in Docking Station

The best bit about this docking station, in my opinion, is that it's sata meaning it'll take both sized of hard drive with the need of extra adapter. Unlike ide drives that require different sizes for 3.5 & 2.5" drives. It is a matter of slipping a drive into the docking station, if using a 3.5" hard drive then you don't need the guide - if it's 2.5" drive then put the guide in first then insert the drive - simple.