Is it okay to have the GamePad powered on while in the dock?
1071515
My kids do sometimes, because they have some regular Wii games they play that only use the remotes, and it has been on while they are playing. It doesn't seem to affect it.
445079
Hey there... Yes, you can use it while it's connected to the power outlet. It doesn't have a dock station.-
2240045
I have one and can use a 360 controller for that same reason. But this dock is kinda glitchy and if you want the real ezperience with no lag. I woukd recomend the real samsung dock as its higher quality.
2201169
Yes. I keep my ipad on the dock and something else charging via the usb every night.
235753
The dock is always powered on. This meant that my attached drives were always spinning until I loaded their software that allowed me to tell them to power down after e.g. an hour of no data requests.
1616618
Yes, the power light is always on ... I do not believe their is any physical switch to turn the dock off.
2087818
No. It does not power the laptop or charge the battery. There are two things to plug in while it is docked, the USB cable to the dock and the power cable for the laptop. So far the device is working perfectly.
1688344
If I'm using it on a dock until I get electric to it, do I need to worry about grounding? And if so, how? ie. I'm powering my boat lift with the generator.
728619
If I understand your question, the power to my laptop is directly plugged into the wall, not the docking station.
973856
no. however if it stays plugged in, the controller should draw power from the console.
514945
it is not required for any game. however it is really comfortable, and really light. The battery also lasts about 80 hours between recharges. it really is a great controller, but i usually use the Gamepad.
251144
Yes you can. You can treat the docking station like removable media or it will function as a stand alone clone.
1923030
I really don't know, but from my experience I would think the lap dock actually acts as your screen and you can input whatever you so desire.
1738109
Yes. There is an option to disable the trackpad. You can do it on the "Device Manager" level (if you want it permanently off) or at the trackpad driver level - then it will be off only when you have an external HID (i.e. mouse) plugged in. However, after a while you get used to it, actually, and it becomes borderline workable.
572224
I have the same question. I have not been able to disable the keyboard when it is In the dock.
1314326
You must have it docked. You can't roam around with it if you are usin it's dock function.
1248500
It doses use AC current - plugs into a standard 110V outlet. I don't think you can get Pad in the 30 pin dock though. you may need an adapter cable.