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Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of Creative PC-DVD
™
Encore! This guide provides you with
information on how to install and operate the PC-DVD Encore hardware and software.
Before You Begin
The README file on the Creative PC-DVD Encore diskette contains information and changes that were
not available at the time of printing. Read the file before you continue.
You may want to make a backup copy of the diskette before you begin. In addition, read the following:
❑ System Requirements
❑ Document Conventions
System Requirements
Miniumum system requirements for PC-DVD Encore are as follows:
❑ A Pentium
®
100 MHz PC or compatible
❑ 16 MB RAM
❑ 8 MB available hard disk space
❑ SVGA graphics adapter with 2 MB RAM (minimum 800x600 at 256 colors, 16-bit color support
recommended)
❑ PCI expansion slot for the Dxr2 decoder card
❑ Enhanced IDE connector on the motherboard or PCI interface card (bus mastering with DMA
support recommended)
❑ Drive bay (half-height) for the Creative PC-DVD drive (drive rails may be required for some
systems and are not included)
❑ Sound Blaster or 100 percent compatible Sound Blaster audio card (Sound Blaster 32, AWE32,
or Sound Blaster AWE64 is highly recommended)
❑ Microsoft
®
Windows
®
95, Windows 98, or Windows NT
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