Logitech remote USB dongle: hidden or in plain view?

Summary

The Logitech PowerPoint remote only works when its receiver (also known as a dongle or fob) is seated in a correctly connected USB port.This illustrated article explains no less than seven different locations for USB ports where receivers can be placed or erroneously lodged.

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The Logitech PowerPoint remote only works when its receiver (colloquially known as a dongle or fob) is seated in a correctly connected USB port.

Receivers are most visible at the podium's "clamshell" hub, or protruding the the side-edge of an older-model Wacom monitor.

Podium "clamshell" input base

Remote receiver seated in USB port on side edge of Wacom monitor screen

Logitech remote receivers are less visible when plugged into the front of a podium-installed computer (roughly at knee-level) or into a port behind the newer model Wacom monitor screen.

Logitech remote receiver seated in podium computer's USB port

Unless a presenter using their own laptop computer connects with the system using their own remote, an LSA provided remote with a hidden receiver is often reported as "not working" - or the "dongle" reported as "missing".

Remote receiver seated in a port on the back of a Wacom monitor

Sometimes, a Logitech remote dongle is totally concealed when parked in a USB port at the back of the podium-installed computer, and therefore only accessible to technicians who raise the podium's lift mechanism, unlock and remove the hatch, and work around whatever else has been packed into the podium. 

Some podium interiors are crowded and not a good place to hide a receiver

We find Logitech dongles erroneously hidden in the most improbable places.

These include the Cynap wireless device...

Logitech remote receiver erroneously seated in wireless presentation device

...and the Blu-ray deck.

Logitech remote erroneously seated in the USB port of a Blu-ray deck

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Article ID: 13760
Created
Mon 4/21/25 5:26 PM
Modified
Tue 2/3/26 2:51 PM