Belkin FireWire 6-Port Hub (F5U526-APL)

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Belkin FireWire 6-Port Hub (F5U526-APL)

Data Transfer Rate - 100, 200, 400 Mbps
Network Ports Qty - 6 Ports
Compliant Standards - N/A
System Requirements - N/A
Connectivity Technology - N/A

List Price: $56.63
Lowest Price: $31.00

Product Description:

Adding six FireWire ports to your computer couldn't be easier. The Belkin 6-Port FireWire Hub stands vertically on your desktop, conserving precious desktop space as it saves you from reaching behind your computer for ports. Simply plug your high-speed, Zip, optical, or disk drive, scanner, printer, and other peripherals into the five rear Hub ports; a sixth port is conveniently located up front for easy access for your digital camera or other portable peripherals. The unit stands alone or docks with additional Hubs, making it easy to put all your multimedia gear on the ultrafast FireWire track. FireWire technology supports up to 63 devices on one computer with Plug-and-Play ease.The Belkin 6-Port FireWire Hub's sculpted, breakthrough design is aesthetically pleasing as it is functional. Intrinsic cable management flows your cables from the Hub in single file arc, reducing desktop clutter.

Customer Reviews:

Rating:
Date: 2008-07-06
Belkin FireWire 6-port Hub
The Belkin Hub was just what I needed. My MacBook Pro just didn't have enough fire wire ports. The Belkin was VERY easy to set up and I have had NO problems with it.

Rating:
Date: 2008-05-30
underpowered
While it basically functions as it should, the hub seems to be slightly underpowered. I have just three devices plugged into it (two self-powered hard drives, and a Digi Mbox2Pro bus-powered audio interface), and it doesn't always recognize both drives. Also, sometime when I eject & turn off one of the drives, the audio interface disappears as well. As long as I don't change anything (i.e. turn off any drives), it works well.

Rating:
Date: 2008-05-02
Best of the bunch
My iMac only had one firewire port and, since I'm running a hard drive with it, I needed another port for use importing videos and stills through my firewire card reader. This does the trick nicely.

Rating:
Date: 2008-04-03
Noisy for firewire audio interfaces
The device works as advertised but is better suited for hard drives than audio interfaces. The audio never cut out, but the noise level probably increased 300-500%. Even without playback and the volume quite low there is an obvious hissing sound. It sounds almost exactly like playing an audio tape. There were no other devices on the hub except a Presonus Firebox. I tried several ports and several cables to no avail.

I'm giving it 3/5 stars because I had intended to use it for Firewire audio + Firewire hard drive with my Mac mini. But I'm sure it's great with firewire drives.

Rating:
Date: 2008-01-11
works well
I have been using two of these hubs on Macs for several months, with a pile of Firewire hard drives. They work well; I have had no problems.

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