User manual NERO INFO TOOL

[. . . ] Manual Nero InfoTool Copyright and Trademark Information This document, like the software described therein, is provided as a license and may only be used or reproduced in accordance with the licensing agreement. The contents of this document, as well as the associated software, is subject to change without prior notice. Nero AG rejects any responsibility for the correctness of the contents of this document and rejects any claims that transcend the clauses of the guarantee agreement. This document and all of its contents are protected by copyright and are the property of Nero AG. [. . . ] OK Indicates text passages or buttons that appear in the program interface. They are executed as links and are shown in red and underlined. 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. Displays information about the computer hardware. Shows all of the audio codecs installed on the computer. Shows all of the video codecs installed on the computer. Shows all of the software drivers installed on the computer. Displays all connected recorders for selection. 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. Shows hot fixes and updates of the system. 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. [. . . ] The burn process is interrupted briefly after each track, i. e. With this burn method, it is only possible to continue writing to a DVD sometimes and at a later stage. There is a pause of at least 27 ms between tracks, which can be disruptive for Audio CDs. Write Speed The write speed indicates the speed at which a drive can write data to the optical storage medium, e. g. 8x or 16x speed. Nero InfoTool 12 6 Index Codec Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]