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1 EAW Loudspeaker USB Driver Installation for Windows 7 03‐31‐2011 This document describes the onetime installation in Windows 7 of the USB drivers for the following EAW loudspeakers: NTL720, NTS250, JF26NT, JF56NT, JF29NT, JF59NT, KF200NT, KF364NT, and KF394NT. The first time the EAW loudspeaker is connected to the PC via USB, Windows7 will try to install default drivers. Since it cannot find the drivers, as expected, the automatic installation will fail and report: Click the Windows Start button in the lower left corner. Select Control Panel. The following dialog appears.

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EAWLoudspeakerUSBDriverInstallationforWindows703‐31‐2011This document describes the one‐time installation in Windows 7 of the USB drivers for the following 

EAW loudspeakers: NTL720, NTS250, JF26NT, JF56NT, JF29NT, JF59NT, KF200NT, KF364NT, and 

KF394NT.  

The first time the EAW loudspeaker is connected to the PC via USB,  Windows7 will try to install default 

drivers.  

 

Since it cannot find the drivers, as expected, the automatic installation will fail and report: 

 

Click the Windows Start button in the lower left corner. 

 

Select Control Panel.  The following dialog appears. 

 

 

 

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Then select “Hardware and Sound” 

 

Next, select “Devices and Printers” 

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The EAW Speaker appears in the bottom of the Window.  Double‐click on the speaker to bring up its 

properties. 

 

Select the Hardware tab 

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Click “Properties” 

 

Then click “Change settings” 

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Click “Update Driver” 

 

Click “Browse my computer for driver software” 

Browse to the driver install directory, which is: C:\Program Files (x86)\EAW\Data\FTDI\NTL720 

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Click “Next.”  Click the Install anyway button as warning dialog appears. 

 

The install will complete, and if successful, the exclamation point should be removed from EAW Speaker. 

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Likewise, Device Manager will report the loudspeaker as an enumerated COM port. 

 

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Note: Under some conditions, it may be necessary to repeat this entire procedure twice, if the driver is 

not successfully loaded.  In this case, before repeating the procedure, unplug the USB cable from the PC, 

wait a moment, re‐plug in cable and repeat the procedure.