ICY BOX

Working with Android

When combining an ICY BOX DockingStation of the DK-line and the DisplayLink app with an Android smart device, a complete desktop workstation is created including monitor, mouse and keyboard. With this combination, using smartphones and tablets for work becomes an ease. While keyboard and mouse as well as monitor and speakers are already connected to the DockingStation, the smart device is just waiting to be connected to the ICY BOX and to be used as proper replacement for a PC.

Reading and writing emails, creating presentations and surfing the web - all fast and comfortably with handheld smart device, DisplayLink and ICY BOX.

Using an USB OTG cable, the Android device is connected to an ICY BOX DockingStation which in turn is connected to a monitor, mouse and keyboard. One monitor can be hooked with a maximum screen resolution of 1920x1080 pixels. The transmission of audio signals is supported as well and thus headphones or speakers can be connected to the docking station directly.

The following requirements need to be met in order to use an Android device as useful workstation:

• Smartphone or tablet with Android Lollipop (version 5.0 and above)
• USB OTG cable
• ICY BOX DockingStation (IB-DK401, IB-DK402, IB-DK2241AC, IB-DK2401AC, IB-DK2651AC)
• DisplayLink Desktop App available in the GooglePlay Store

Link to DisplayLink Desktop App fromGooglePlay Store

4K Technology: Sharper than Sharp

For quite some time now the 4K technology has been used for movies, televisions and displays and sets new standards in the matter of image sharpness. A 4K display brings out pin sharp pictures as it utilizes 4-times the Full HD resolution. The 4K standard is also known by the term of Ultra HD which is subdivided in 4K UHD (2160p) and 8K UHD (4320p). The latter again utilizes 4-times the resolution compared to 4K but is not yet applied broadly in everyday life.

Compared to a Full HD display with its resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, a 4K display provides a screen resolution of 3840x2160 and with that twice as much pixels in height and width. In order to connect 4K televisions and displays and appropriately transfer videos and movies, HDMI® or DisplayPort interfaces are used which match the visual content of 4K.

ICY BOX provides several products regarding 4K in order to keep the use of that new technology as easy as possible. There is also accessory for older devices that do not support 4K right away which enable the use of the sharp resolution. Those products include several adapters with 4K support as well as DockingStations. They expand a PC or notebook by using a USB 3.0 connector, and the expansion is not limited to 4K capable HDMI® but also comprises several USB, audio and network connections as well.


The following ICY BOX products with 4K support are available:

IB-AC506
Mini DisplayPort to HDMI® adapter

IB-AC508
DisplayPort 1.2 to HDMI® adapter

IB-AC513
USB 3.0 to DisplayPort 1.2 adapter

IB-AC514
USB 3.0 to HDMI® adapter

IB-DK2401AC
DockingStation connected via USB 3.0 expanding to HDMI® and several other interfaces