User manual NERO INFO TOOL

[. . . ] The transcribing, duplication, modification or publication of copyright-protected material may lead to claims for damages and the enforcement of other legal measures against you. If you are unsure of your rights, you should contact your legal advisor. Some Nero Suite applications require technologies developed by third-party manufacturers and may be included in Nero Suite as demo versions. These applications can be activated online free of charge or by sending an activation fax to have unlimited use of the version. [. . . ] Indicates keyboard shortcuts for entering commands. (see. . . ) [. . . ] 1. 2 About Nero InfoTool Nero InfoTool allows you to call up information about the most important features of installed drives, inserted discs, installed software and much more. You obtain detailed data on drive properties such as firmware, buffer size, serial number, production date and, for DVD drives, the current DVD region code. Furthermore, Nero InfoTool tells you the name and version number of the operating system, the ASPI manager, and the installed burning applications and also tells you about the hardware configuration of the computer. Nero InfoTool supports the Screenreader technology (screen reading program). This is an alternative user interface with which the written items can be output acoustically from the screen. Nero InfoTool 4 2 Starting The Program To start Nero InfoTool via Nero StartSmart, proceed as follows: 1. Click the Nero StartSmart icon. The Nero StartSmart window is opened. 2. Click the button. The list of Nero applications is displayed. Nero StartSmart window 3. Select the Toolbox > Nero InfoTool entry in this selection list. The Nero InfoTool window is opened. You have launched Nero InfoTool via Nero StartSmart. Nero InfoTool 5 3 Nero InfoTool Window The Nero InfoTool window offers comprehensive information on eight tabs. The following tabs are available: Driver Hardware System HD Readiness Drive Disc Configuration Software Nero InfoTool Window Nero InfoTool 6 The following buttons and drop-down menus are available in the Nero InfoTool window: Button Save Button Print Button Refresh Button Exit Drop-down menu Current Drive The following information is displayed on the Driver tab: Area Driver Area Video codecs Area Audio codecs The following information is displayed on the Hardware tab: Area System Area Peripherals Displays information on the peripherals of the computer such as audio output devices and sound cards. Opens the Nero InfoTool ­ Save/Print window and saves the log generated by Nero InfoTool. Opens the Nero InfoTool ­ Save/Print window and prints the log generated by Nero InfoTool. Refreshes the log generated by Nero InfoTool. The following information is displayed on the System tab: Area Displays information about the installed operating system, DirectX System information version, and Web browser. Hot fixes Area Nero InfoTool 7 The following setting options are available on the HD Readiness tab: Drop-down menu Verify the system requirements for Display area Your system Display area Link Display area Displays a table, whose columns show the tested components, information about whether an upgrade is required, and the details of the tested components. Displays whether system upgrades are required and provides a link to the system requirements list. Displays the tasks for which the system requirements are verified. Displays whether the current Nero configuration supports the task Your Nero version that you selected in the drop-down menu. The following information is displayed on the Drive tab: Area General Drop-down menu Read speed Drop-down menu Write speed Area Displays the formats that the installed recorder can read and write. In addition, general features, such as the modes of supported write Supported read/write features features, are listed. Shows the general features of the selected drive, such as buffer underrun protection. Displays general information about the installed and selected recorder. Shows all the available Reading Speeds of the selected drive. Area General features Area Write Modes Area DVD Features Displays any additional DVD burning features of the recorder. The following information is displayed on the Disc tab: Area General Area Extended Displays extended information about the inserted disc, such as the number of tracks and sessions on the CD. Shows general information on the disc in the drive. Nero InfoTool 8 Information Area Content Displays information about the contents of the inserted disc, such as the name or creation date of the disc. The following information is displayed on the Configuration tab: Folder tree Driver Area Displays information about the driver selected in the tree according Driver Information to the selection. Displays the driver(s) of the selected entry when it is expanded. The following information is displayed on the Software tab: Software list See also Saving and Printing the Log 9 Verifying System Requirements for Blu-ray 10 Displays the version numbers of the installed Nero applications. 3. 1 Saving and Printing the Log When you open Nero InfoTool a log is automatically generated. [. . . ] 8x or 16x speed. Nero InfoTool 12 6 Index Codec Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 DirectX Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Driver Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]