Mini Dock for T61

Help, I have Lenovo T61 6773 and MinI Dock 2504.I can't get the USB ports on the Mini Dock to work. Trying to get the USB KeyBoard and USB Mouse to work when plugged into the Mini Dock. Also would like to get the USB Printer to work from the Mini Dock. I can't get the Ethernet plug in to work. How do you get them to work? This is the second Mini Dock I have tried.
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The power is plugged in and on. When the key is vertical, a red light (side the #1) on the Mini Dock comes on. When the key is Horizontal the red light goes out. Whick position is on and which is off? All the instructions showed was that it was locked in the Horizontal position. When I push the silver button just above it the laptop reboots. What is the silver bar button just under the #1 on the Mini Dock? I do not have a montor attached. The green light (arrow) side #2 is on. I thought that showed that the Laptop was plugged in and should charge the battery. I found out last night that the battery wont stay charged while plugged into the Mini Dock, but I might have had it turned off at the Mini Dock. Sorry I'm not up to date on fonicks and I don't understand the pictures as good as I would like to.
My Goal is to hook up the Mini Dock with a external Mouse, Key Board and Printer (all using USB ports) That will allow me and my big fat fingures to use the laptop more freely and then I could use one of the three USB ports on the laptop for a USB flash drive while docked. I reckond the first question is "Can that happen or will that work?" So far I have not been able to get it to.
Thanks for the concern and help
Wayne May

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