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Review on WAVLINK 13-in-1 USB-C Hub/Docking Station: Triple Display Adapter with HDMI, DisplayPort, Ethernet, USB 3.0 Ports, SD/TF Card Reader, Phone & DC Jack - Compatible with Mac, Windows & More by Dipp Samrock

Revainrating 2 out of 5

WL-UMD04 Stability issues when connecting to Apple M1 mini

The main reason I bought this item was a display port to connect a second monitor to my Apple M1 mini. The display port generally works, but sometimes the monitor does not receive a signal after waking up. I have to turn off the monitor, put it to sleep, wake up the computer, and turn on the monitor to get it working again. I have this kind of problem once every 5-8 instances. This seems to be a common Apple M1 issue with a second monitor and may not be a HUB issue. Problem #1 I'm having an annoying problem with the HUB and I'm trying to get help from WAVLINK, the computer isn't sleeping "hard". He wakes up 25-40 times at night. Give a 15 minute delay before bed that's 6-8 hours of sleepless time and monitors! In the morning I get a lot of notifications about disks disconnected incorrectly. Problem #2: Another problem I encountered is connecting the BD burner to USB3 on a hub. It reads BDs or DVDs. However, when I try to burn a blank BD or DVD, the operating system reports that communication with the drive has been lost. If the same BD burner and cable is connected directly to the Mac USB3, everything works fine. The support team is still replying but the reply will be next day due to the geolocation and the issue is still not resolved. I haven't tried yet to connect an Ethernet or a second monitor to the hub. When the issues are resolved I will add a top to my rating but so far it's only 2 stars. PS: If you need to update the firmware, you need a Windows 10 computer with USB C. I get a lot of notifications about the hard drives not being properly disconnected. Problem #2: Another problem I have is connecting the BD burner to a USB3 port on a hub. It reads BDs or DVDs. However, when I try to burn a blank BD or DVD, the operating system reports that communication with the drive has been lost. If the same BD burner and cable is connected directly to the Mac USB3, everything works fine. The support team is still replying, but the reply will be next day due to the geolocation, and the problem is still not solved. I haven't tried connecting an ethernet or a second monitor to the hub yet. When the issues are resolved I will add a top to my rating but so far it's only 2 stars. PS: If you need to update the firmware, you must have a Windows 10 computer with USB C. I get a lot of notifications that the drives weren't disconnected correctly. Problem #2 Another problem the one I encountered has to do with connecting the BD burner to a USB3 on a hub. It reads BDs or DVDs. However, when I try to burn a blank BD or DVD, the operating system reports that communication with the drive has been lost. If the same BD burner and cable is connected directly to the Mac USB3, everything works fine. The support team is still replying but the reply will be next day due to the geolocation and the issue is still not resolved. I haven't tried connecting an ethernet or a second monitor to the hub yet. When the issues are resolved I will add a top to my rating but so far it's only 2 stars. PS: If you need to update the firmware, you need a Windows 10 PC with USB C. Problem #2 Another problem I encountered is connecting the BD burner to the USB3 port of the hub. It reads BDs or DVDs. However, when I try to burn a blank BD or DVD, the operating system says, that communication with the drive has been lost. If the same BD burner and cable is connected directly to the Mac USB3, everything works fine. The support team is still replying but the reply will be next day due to the geolocation and the issue is still not resolved. I haven't tried connecting an ethernet or a second monitor to the hub yet. When the issues are resolved I will add a top to my rating but so far it's only 2 stars. PS: If you need to update the firmware, you need a Windows 10 PC with USB C. Problem #2 Another problem I encountered is connecting the BD burner to the USB3 port of the hub. It reads BDs or DVDs. However, when I try to burn a blank BD or DVD, the operating system reports that communication with the drive has been lost. When the same BD burner and cable is connected to Mac USB3 directly, everything works fine. The support team is still replying but the reply will be next day due to the geolocation and the issue is still not resolved. I haven't tried connecting an ethernet or a second monitor to the hub yet. When the issues are resolved I will add a top to my rating but so far it's only 2 stars. PS: If you need to update the firmware, you need a Windows 10 computer with USB C. The support team is still replying but the reply will be next day due to the geolocation and the issue is still not resolved. I haven't tried connecting an ethernet or a second monitor to the hub yet. When the issues are resolved I will add a top to my rating but so far it's only 2 stars. PS: If you need to update the firmware, you need a Windows 10 computer with USB C. The support team is still replying but the reply will be next day due to the geolocation and the issue is still not resolved. I haven't tried connecting an ethernet or a second monitor to the hub yet. When the issues are resolved I will add a top to my rating but so far it's only 2 stars. PS: If you need to update the firmware, you need a Windows 10 computer with USB C.

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