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Intellipanel- Desktop version | 
 enlarge | Brand: OneClick
Category: CE
Buy New: £21.95 (On sale from £29.00)
New (4) from £21.95
Rating:  11 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 16.9 x 7.3 x 2.1
MPN: CSIMP205
Model: CSIMP205
EAN: 5055116800056
ASIN: B000QGFTSG
Release Date: February 13, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| • | Manufactured by OneClick | | • | Tags: Eco-friendly, Energy Efficient, New |
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Product Description
The Intellipanel remembers to be eco-conscious when you don't. Specifically made for desktop computers, it automatically switches power to connected peripherals off, when the computer is on stand by or has been turned off completely. Features Include: - Safeguard against power surges
- A telephone/modem splitter
- 8 seperate sockets for plug ins
- Recognised by the Energy Savings Trust
- Mac and PC compatible
Note: Not suitable for laptop computers.
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| Customer Reviews:
 A first class piece of equipment July 10, 2007
M. Bruce (Berkshire, England)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful piece of kit that does exactly what it says on the tin. I replaced my old power strip with the IntelliPanel, plugged the PC base unit into the master socket, and my monitors, printer, speakers, etc, into the remaining peripheral sockets. Now when I switch on the PC, 5 seconds later all the peripherals switch on, too; then when I shutdown the PC, 5 seconds after shutdown all the peripherals switch off. No more Standby Mode drain! Note that if you have equipment such as external drives that must be switched on first and switched off last, you may want to consider providing it/them with a separate power source. In addition, it doesn't have to be used for computers - you can use it for your home entertainment system, or anything else that has one piece of equipment that always has to be switched on when in use.
 Does what it says BUT..... November 3, 2007
D. Robinson
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
To get an idea if this is going to save you any money first take a reading from your electric meter. I did this and found that overnight it costs me 5 units which equates to 139 a year in electricity used by standby!!!!!!
The night I plugged this gadget in my usage dropped to 2 units over the same time scale thus saving me 83!!.
Now all that is on over night is the large freezer and Fridge freezer and two digital alarm clocks and SKY+ instead of the above and these:
PC, Scanner, Printer, Wireless mouse and keyboard, PC Surround system, LCD Monitor, 2 TV's, Hifi, DVD, Scart Router, Modulator, TV sender, PS2
So YES get one or two.
There is however one problem if your appliance has a large transformer it will take up two slots on the unit. I got by this by using a small extension with two extrasockets on it and it works fine now.
Good but could be better August 30, 2007
ajw_1974 (UK)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
All seems to work ok. However if you have transformer plugs that are big and bulky, they cover the row above so you loose a socket. It either needs to be slightly wider or a single strip. Otherwise a good well built idea.
great - one flaw November 27, 2007
Mr. Peter Adamson (oxford UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Excellent product, simple to use and does what it says. Only one criticism - the sockets are too close together. This makes the unit smaller. But some plugs (esp those with adapters of any kind) overlap adjacent sockets, making them unusable. In my case I was only able to use 6 out of the 8. You can get around this easily by using an extension bar plugged into one of the sockets - but this defeats the point of making the unit more compact. Other than that - a really good product, saving time and energy.
 Ahhh but! December 2, 2007
RobAnt
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am having a little trouble connecting up my TV/HiFi. Naturally my HiFi receiver is at the heart of it all.
When connecting the Receiver OR the TV to the monitored socket they require two presses of my remote control. The first to activate the intellipanel and put the device into standby, which delivers the power to all peripheral devices, and the second to bring the device to full power.
My particular version of the oneclick (bought at Tesco) has a trailing infra-red switch that is supposed to work in conjunction with any device plugged into the sensor socket. Which you are instructed to program to read the on/off RC command of the monitored device/socket.
The problem is that when I press the RC on/off/standby for the connected unit the second time it activates the off cycle on the Intellipanel. So naturally NOTHING stays on for more than 30 seconds after I've turned on the TV or the Receiver (whichever I use in the monitored socket).
My understanding is that to work properly the RC for the Intellipanel should only work every other press - but that is not the case, it seems.
I think that programming the intellipanel's RC might work if I programmed it to use a redundant RC button, but finding one that doesn't do anything practical is proving difficult!
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