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Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of Creative's audio revolution for notebooks, Sound Blaster
®
X-Fi
TM
Notebook! With cutting edge technology from the leaders in PC audio, Sound Blaster X-Fi Notebook will
give you years of reliable entertainment on your ExpressCard
TM
-enabled notebook.
Your Sound Blaster X-Fi Notebook is also capable of streaming music wirelessly to supported devices and
control them using the software provided. For a list of supported devices, visit www.x-fi.com.
This User's Guide contains software installation and usage information for your audio device.
What is ExpressCard?
This technology is the latest standard in expansion modules for your computer. ExpressCard modules are
lighter, thinner and faster than the older PCMCIA modules, and can be inserted or taken out without
turning off your computer.
Your Sound Blaster X-Fi Notebook is an ExpressCard module that takes advantage of your computer's
PCI Express
®
and USB 2.0 capabilities. ExpressCard modules also use less power, saving your notebook
batteries for critical tasks.
System Requirements
Minimum Requirements
 Microsoft
®
Windows Vista
®
64-bit with Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows Vista 32-bit with SP1,
Windows
®
XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) or Service Pack 3
(SP3), Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) 2004 or later
 Intel
®
Pentium
®
M, Intel Core
TM
, AMD Turion
TM
series or equivalent mobile processor 1.66 GHz, or
faster
 Intel, AMD
®
or 100% compatible motherboard chipset
 For Windows Vista: 512 MB RAM (1 GB RAM recommended)
 For Windows XP: 256 MB RAM
 600 MB of free hard disk space
 Available ExpressCard/34 or ExpressCard/54 slot
 CD-ROM/CD-RW or DVD-ROM drive required for software installation
Additional Requirements (where applicable)
DVD-Video
 6x or faster DVD-ROM drive
 DVD player software such as InterVideo
®
WinDVD
®
or CyberLink
®
PowerDVD
TM
(latest version
recommended) installed
 Headphones or amplified speakers (optional)
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