Nero Home Manual Nero AG
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Contents Contents 1 General information 6 1.1 About the manual 6 1.2 About Nero Home 6 1.3 Versions of Nero Home 7 2 Technical information 8 2.1 System requirements 8 2.2 Formats supported 9 3 Program start 10 3.1 Starting Nero Home via Nero StartSmart 10 3.2 Starting Nero Home directly 11 4 Nero Home start screen 12 4.1 Direct links to the start screen 12 5 Buttons in the main screens 14 6 Settings in Nero Home 15 6.1 6.1.1 6.1.
Contents 7 Music & Radio main screen 42 7.1 Playing music 42 7.2 Displaying playback buttons 43 7.3 7.3.1 7.3.2 7.3.3 Setting up radio channels Renaming radio channels Adding radio channels to radio favorites Removing radio channels from radio favorites 44 45 46 46 7.4 Burning a music collection 46 8 Photos main screen 48 8.1 Displaying photos 48 8.2 Creating a slide show with background music 49 8.3 Playing a slide show 50 8.4 Finding from region 51 8.
Contents 12 Search main screen 74 13 Photo, audio, and video discs 75 14 Key combinations 76 15 Index 77 16 Contact 80 5 Page
General information 1 General information 1.1 About the manual This manual is intended for all users who wish to learn how to use Nero Home. It takes a practical approach and explains how to reach a particular objective on a step-by-step basis. In order to make best use of this manual, please note the following conventions: Symbol Meaning Indicates warnings or instructions that have to be followed strictly. Indicates additional information or advice. 1. Start… Æ Î 1.
General information 1.3 Versions of Nero Home Nero Home is available in 3 different versions: Nero Home, Nero Home Essentials, and Nero Home Essentials SE.
Technical information 2 Technical information 2.1 System requirements In addition to the general system requirements for the Nero program package, the following individual system requirements apply for Nero Home: Microsoft® DirectX® 9.
Technical information 2.2 Formats supported Nero Home supports the most popular formats for both audio, video, and photo files as well as meta data. Meta data contains details about the artist, album, title, running time, bit rate, resolution, etc. This makes it possible to categorize recordings by type (audio, video or photos) and users can find files sorted according to performer, album and genre. Audio formats MP3 MP4 (audio) WAV AAC OGG Vorbis* WMA* WMA (DRMsupported)* AC3 2.0, 5.
Program start 3 Program start 3.1 Starting Nero Home via Nero StartSmart To start Nero Home via Nero StartSmart, proceed as follows: 1. Click on the Nero StartSmart icon. Æ The Nero StartSmart window is opened. 2. Click on the arrow button on the left side of the screen. Æ The extended dialog box is opened. Fig. 1: Nero StartSmart 3. Select Nero Home in the Applications drop-down menu. Æ The Nero Home window is opened. Î You have started Nero Home via Nero StartSmart.
Program start 3.2 Starting Nero Home directly To start Nero Home directly, proceed as follows: 1. Click on the Nero Home icon on your desktop. Æ The Nero Home window is opened. Î You have started Nero Home. The first time you launch Nero Home, the start screen of the Easy Setup wizard will automatically appear to guide you through the basic installation of Nero Home on a step-bystep basis (see Easy Setup Wizard). Fig.
Nero Home start screen 4 Nero Home start screen You access the seven main screens within Nero Home by double-clicking on the menu icons in the start screen. The following menu icons are available: Menu icons Opens the main Settings screen. The options available here include changing the appearance of Nero Home, enabling timeshifting, configuring the TV card on your PC, slide show, video and audio functions and burning discs.
Nero Home start screen Music & Radio Last Added Opens the Last Added screen. By Album Opens the By Album screen. Favorites Opens the Favorites screen in the Radio folder. Collections View Collected Items Opens the Collected Items screen. Slide Shows Opens the Slide Shows screen. Music Opens the Music Collections screen. Video & TV Live TV Opens the All Channels screen. Video Opens the Videos screen. TV Opens the All Channels screen. Devices My Computer Opens the My Computer screen.
Buttons in the main screens 5 Buttons in the main screens The following buttons are available in the Nero Home Music & Radio, Collections, Photos, Video & TV and Devices main screens: Back Returns to the previous screen. Play Plays all the highlighted files or all files stored in the highlighted folders. Collect Selects individual files for storage in a collection. View Collected Items Lists all the files currently selected for storage in a collection.
Settings in Nero Home 6 Settings in Nero Home 6.1 Easy Setup Wizard The first time you launch Nero Home, the start screen of the Easy Setup wizard will automatically appear. This wizard will guide you through the basic installation of Nero Home on a step-by-step basis and cannot be canceled. Once you have made all the basic setting entries you can start Nero Home immediately or use the wizard to make settings.
Settings in Nero Home 2. Make the required settings and click on the Continue button. You can use the screens of the wizard. and Continue buttons to navigate between the various The progress bar in the top right hand corner shows how many steps have been completed and how many are still pending. Æ The second screen of the TV Format wizard appears. The two buttons are used to set the screen configuration to 4:3 or 16:9. 3.
Settings in Nero Home The following information areas are available: Scanning Progress Indicates the progress of the scan for each card on the basis of a progress bar. Signal Quality Indicates the signal quality of the antenna. Signal Strength Indicates the signal strength of the antenna. TV channels found Indicates the number of TV channels found. Radio stations found Indicates the number of radio channels found. 10. To restart scanning, click on the Scan again button. 11.
Settings in Nero Home 6.1.2 Advanced features The following requirement has to be fulfilled: The basic settings for the Easy Setup wizard are complete (see Basic settings). Fig. 4: Easy-Setup wizard To use the Easy-Setup wizard to perform advanced settings for Nero Home, proceed as follows: 1. Click on the Continue button. Æ The Media Folders in Nero Home screen appears. This lists the folders that Nero Home uses to obtain information about Photos, Music and Videos. 2. To add a folder: 1.
Settings in Nero Home Æ A dialog window is opened. 2. Click on the Yes button. Æ The folder is removed from the list of folders that check photos, music and videos for Nero Home. 4. Click on the Continue button. Æ The Saving Recorded TV screen appears. Here you can select the folder in which the TV programs you record are to be saved. 5. Click on the Change Folder button. 6. To save recordings in an existing folder, mark the required folder in the navigation tree.
Settings in Nero Home The Standard item automatically selects the ideal setting for the audio equipment and Mixing-Option. Depending on the answer you choose to the first question, the Nero Surround Technology output modes are available. Nero Headphone filters the audio input, so that a virtual surround sound is created for headset playback - in stereo. This can be used for any number of input channels.
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Settings in Nero Home In the Burning screen (see Setting burning options for music collections) you can make or change the following settings: Burning Music Burning Slide Shows Burning Videos Burning Mixed Media 6.2.1 General settings You can made a number of general settings to adjust Nero Home to your needs. Proceed as follows: 1. In the Settings main screen, click on the General button. Æ The General screen appears.
Settings in Nero Home Fig. 6: Settings screen – Scan options If the scanner is not enabled for media files or is not configured in line with your wishes, proceed as follows: 1. In the Settings main menu click on the General button. Æ The General screen appears. 2. Click on the Media Scanning Options button. Æ The Media Scanning Options screen appears. 3. Check the media type boxes that you want to scan, i.e. catalog - Music, Video and or Images 4. Click on the Select Media Folders button.
Settings in Nero Home Æ A dialog window appears. 2. Click on the Yes button. Æ The folder is removed from the list of folders that scan photos, music and videos for Nero Home. 7. Click on the Back button. Æ The Scanning Options for Media screen appears.. 8. To start the scanning process, click on the Start Scan button. Æ Scanning is started. Indexing stops automatically as soon as you start working on your computer. This is so as to offer you the best computing performance when using other applications.
Settings in Nero Home Fig. 7: Settings screen – Changing the appearance You can scroll through the various entries in a selection list using the and buttons. 2. Select the skin you want in the Skin selection list. 3. Select the background you want in the Background selection list. 4. Select the font size you want in the Font size selection list. 5. If you want to use a PC remote control for entering text, check the Use on-screen keyboard box (see Search main screen). 6.
Settings in Nero Home Please note that timeshifting is only possible under Windows XP and is not available in Nero Home Essentials SE. To enable timeshifting, proceed as follows: 1. Click on the TV und Radio button in the Settings main screen. Æ The TV and Radio screen appears. Fig. 8: Settings main screen – TV 2. Check the Timeshifting enabled box. 3. Enter the length of the recordings for timeshifted viewing in the Timeshift limit input field.
Settings in Nero Home 6.2.5 Configuring a TV or recording card Nero Home provides simultaneous support for a number of TV cards, TV cards with dual tuner, and/or hybrid tuner cards. You will find a list of supported TV cards on our Internet page under: http://www.nero.com/nero7/eng/capture_devices_nh.php. You will find a list of compatible devices on our Internet page under: http://www.nero.com/nero7/eng/capture_devices_nh.php.
Settings in Nero Home 2. To restart the scan click on the Scan again button. 3. To interrupt the scan, click on the Stop Scanning button. 12. If you have installed a recording card: 1. Click on the Capture Test button. Æ The relevant screen is displayed. 2. Check the Show video content from attached device box. Æ The video content of the connected device is displayed in the preview area. Î You have configured the TV or recording card. 6.2.
Settings in Nero Home 8. To delete a folder: 1. Mark the required folder in the navigation tree. 2. Click on the Delete button. Æ The folder and all subfolders are deleted. 9. Click on the Back button. Æ The Options for TV recording screen appears. Î You have now defined the basic settings for recording. 6.2.7 Video Settings The basic video settings defined here are first assigned to all videos, but can be modified at any time. To define these settings proceed as follows: 1.
Settings in Nero Home 5. Select the playback mode in the Video Mode selection list. 6. If you want to use deinterlacing, check the Use deinterlacing if possible box. 7. If you do not want to use video padding for videos im Nero Digital™ format, uncheck the Use Video Padding for Nero Digital box. The check box is enabled by default. 8. Click on the Back button. Æ The Photos, Music and Videos screen appears. Î You have now defined the basic video settings. 6.2.
Settings in Nero Home Æ The Configure Parental Control screen appears. 2. First check the Enable Parental Control box. Æ The configuration is activated. 3. Enter a password in the Define unlock password input field. 4. Select the required restrictive option in the Restriction level selection list. 5. Click on the Back button. Æ The DVD Settings screen appears. If a DVD for which the parental control criteria are relevant is inserted, then a login window appears.
Settings in Nero Home Fig. 11: Settings main screen – Audio Settings 3. If you do not require automatic playback for your audio CDs, uncheck the Autom. Audio CD Playback box. The box is checked by default. 4. Select the number of available speakers in the Audio Equipment selection list. The Standard entry in the Audio Equipment selection list automatically selects the ideal setting for the audio equipment and playback mode.
Settings in Nero Home 6.2.10 Setting playback defaults for slide shows The basic settings defined here are initially assigned to all slide shows, but can be modified later for each individual slide show. To define these settings, proceed as follows: 1. In the Settings main screen click on the Photos, Music and Video button. Æ The Photos, Music and Video screen appears. 2. Click on the Slide Shows button. Æ The Slide Shows screen is displayed. Fig.
Settings in Nero Home 9. Click on the Back button. Æ The Photos, Music and Video screen appears. Î You have assigned the basic settings for playing slide shows. 6.2.11 Defining effects for slide shows The effects defined here initially apply to all slide shows, but can be modified later for individual slide shows. To configure the effects, proceed as follows: 1. In the Settings main screen click on the Photos, Music and Video button. Æ The Photos, Music and Video screen appears. 2.
Settings in Nero Home 6. In the Background Music selection list please choose whether the background music continuously repeats, i.e. is to be played in a loop, or whether the duration of a slide show is to be adapted to the length of the background music (Adapt side show duration). Æ If you choose Adapt slide show duration, the input in the Slide duration text field is void and is shown grayed out. 7. Choose the effect to be used when changing from one image to another in the Transitions selection list.
Settings in Nero Home Fig. 14: Slide Shows screen – Effects You can scroll through the various entries in a selection list using the and buttons. 4. Check the boxes for the transitions that should preferably be used between two slide show images. 5. Click on the Back button. Æ The Slide Shows screen is displayed. Î You have defined the basic transitions for slide shows. 6.2.
Settings in Nero Home 4. Choose between DVD, SVCD or VCD in the Profile selection list. 5. Choose between High, Medium or Low in the Quality selection list. 6. In the TV Format list choose between PAL and NTSC. 7. In the Audio Format drop-down list choose between Dolby® Digital Stereo, MPEG-Audio or LPCM. 8. Enter the required file name in the Export File Name input field. 9. Click on the Back button. Æ The Slide Shows screen is displayed. Î You have defined the basic settings for exporting slide shows.
Settings in Nero Home You can scroll through the various entries in a selection list using the and buttons. 3. Choose between CD, DVD, HD-DVD, and Blu-ray Disc in the When the disc is of type selection list. 4. In the Then burn collection as selection list, choose whether your disc is to be burned as a Data Disc or Audio CD. 5. If you select Audio CD in the Then burn collection as selection list, you will skip the next five steps and then continue directly.
Settings in Nero Home Fig. 16: Burning screen – Burning Photos You can scroll through the various entries in a selection list using the and buttons. 3. Choose between CD, DVD, HD-DVD, and Blu-ray Disc in the When the disc is of type selection list. 4. In the Burn Collection As drop-down list choose whether your disc is to be burned as a Super Video CD, Video CD, Data Disc or DVD Video. 5.
Settings in Nero Home Æ The Burning screen is displayed. Î You have defined the burn settings for slide shows. 6.2.16 Setting burn options for videos The basic settings set here are assigned to all burn procedures but can be modified later for individual burn procedures. To define these settings for videos, proceed as follows: 1. Click on the Burn button in the Settings main screen. Æ The Burn screen is displayed. 2. Click on the Burning Videos button. Æ The Burning Videos screen appears. Fig.
Settings in Nero Home To define these settings for mixed collections, proceed as follows: 1. Click on the Burn button in the Settings main screen. Æ The Burn screen is displayed. 2. Click on the Burn Mixed Media button. Æ The Burn Mixed Media screen appears. Fig. 18: Burn screen– burn mixed media You can scroll through the various entries in a selection list using the and buttons. 3. Repeat steps 3 to 11 under Setting burn options for slide shows. Æ The Burn screen is displayed.
Music & Radio main screen 7 Music & Radio main screen In the Music & Radio main screen you can manage and play your music tracks and radio channels and compile and burn new music collections. 7.1 Playing music To listen to music, proceed as follows: 1. Double-click on the Music & Radio menu icon in the start screen. Æ The Music & Radio main screen is displayed and the audio files cataloged by Nero Scout are displayed sorted by artist, by album or by genre.
Music & Radio main screen The following buttons are available in the Play Music screen: Back Returns to the previous screen. Visualization Displays an animated graphic as a visual accompaniment to the music. This is only available when playing music files. Edit List Opens the Edit List window in which the order of the entries in the list can be changed or entries can be removed. This is only available when playing music files.
Music & Radio main screen The playback control offers the following buttons: Pauses playback. The label on this button changes to Play once playback has been paused. Resumes playback. The label on this button changes to Pause once playback has been resumed. Ends playback. Skips to the previous file and resumes playback from there. Skips to the next file and resumes playback from there. Increases the rewinding speed each time the button is clicked.
Music & Radio main screen Fig. 22: Radio screen 7.3.1 Renaming radio channels To rename radio channels as required, proceed as follows: 1. Double-click on the Music & Radio menu icon in the start screen Æ The Music main screen is displayed. 2. Double-click on the Radio button. Æ The Radio screen appears and all available channels are displayed sorted according to radio Favorites and in the Radio Channels and Webradio folders. 3. Double-click on the required folder.
Music & Radio main screen 7.3.2 Adding radio channels to radio favorites To add radio channel to your radio favorites, proceed as follows: 1. Double-click on the Music & Radio menu icon in the start screen. Æ The Music main screen is displayed. 2. Double-click on the Radio folder. Æ The Radio screen appears and all available channels are sorted according to radio Favorites and are displayed in the Radio Channels and Webradio folders. 3.
Music & Radio main screen 3. Double-click on the folder containing the music tracks you want. Æ The relevant folder is displayed. 4. Mark the required music tracks and click on the Collect button. Æ The selected music tracks are saved to the Nero Home clipboard. 5. To add more tracks to your music collection, repeat the last two steps. 6. Click on the View Collected Items button. Æ The Collected Items screen is displayed. Fig. 23: Music screen – Collected Items 7. Click on the Burn button.
Photos main screen 8 Photos main screen In the Photos main screen you can manage your photos and display them as slide shows as well as compile and burn new photo collections and slide shows. 8.1 Displaying photos To display photos for viewing, proceed as follows: 1. Double-click on the Photos menu icon in the start screen. Æ The Photos main screen is displayed and shows the photo files cataloged by Nero Scout sorted entirely by album and by date.
Photos main screen The following buttons are available in the View Photo screen: Back Returns to the previous screen. Play Slide Show Plays the photos in the selected folder as a slide show. Find from Region Opens a screen in which a detail of the photo on display can be used as a search criterion for finding similar photos (see Finding from region). Find Photos Like This Performs a search for similar photos in all cataloged folders on your computer and provides them in the Search Results screen.
Photos main screen 10. Click on the Save as Collection button. Æ A dialog window is opened. 11. Enter a name for your slide show in the text field. If you checked the Use on-screen keyboard box in the Settings – Appearance main screen (see General settings), clicking in the input field will additionally display a keyboard via which you can enter the name using the PC remote control. 12. Click on the OK button.
Photos main screen You can display control bars during playback by moving the mouse pointer to the upper or lower margin of the playback area (see Displaying playback buttons). 8.4 Finding from region The Find from Region button lets you use a detail from a photo as a search criterion for finding similar images. To do so, proceed as follows: 1. Click on the Find from Region button in the View Photo screen (see Displaying photos ).
Photos main screen 4. Mark the required photos and click on the Collect button. Æ The selected photos are saved to the Nero Home clipboard. 5. To add more photos to your collection, repeat the previous three steps. 6. Click on the View Collected Items button. Æ The Collected Items screen is displayed. Fig. 26: Photos screen – Collected Items 7. Click on the Burn button. Æ If you checked the Always ask for disc label box in the settings, the corresponding dialog window will open before burning starts.
Video & TV main screen 9 Video & TV main screen In the Video & TV main screen you can set TV channels, select the TV program, directly trigger the recording of TV programs or program recording at a future date. You can make a compilation of your favorite TV channels in the TV favorites folder and name them as required. You can also manage and view your videos. If you have more than one tuner card, you can choose interlaced playback or recording on two channels. 9.1 Setting up TV channels 9.1.
Video & TV main screen Æ The Watch TV screen is displayed. Î You have started a television program on the basis of the list of TV channels. The following buttons are available in the Watch TV screen: Back Returns to the previous screen. Change Channel Displays a full listing of available programs. You can switch over to another channel by double-clicking on an entry in this list.
Video & TV main screen 9.1.3 Adding TV channels to TV favorites To add TV channels to the TV favorites, proceed as follows: 1. Double-click on the Video & TV menu icon in the start screen. Æ The Video & TV main screen will appear. 2. Double-click on the TV Channels folder. Æ The TV Channels screen will appear. All channels found during the broadcaster search are displayed in the respective groups.
Video & TV main screen Æ The TV Programs screen is displayed and shows all the available TV programs sorted entirely (All Programs), by category, by channel, and by day or date. Fig. 28: TV Programs screen 3. Double-click on one of the folders. Æ A list of TV programs is displayed. 4. Double-click on the entry for the TV program you want. 5. Click on the Playback button. Æ The selected TV program is shown in full-screen mode. 6. Doppelklicken Sie in den Bildschirm. Æ The Watch TV screen is displayed.
Video & TV main screen The following buttons are available in the Watch TV screen: Back Returns to the previous screen. Change Channel Displays a full listing of available programs. You can switch over to another channel by double-clicking on an entry in this list. Minimize Minimizes the playback area and overlays it as a separate window in the bottom left-hand corner of the previous screen. This allows you to control playback whenever you want while working in other Nero Home screens.
Video & TV main screen Changes the channel. Cursor keys up/down The program information and a preview, if available, will be displayed in the minimized window. 9.4 Changes the program. The program information, if available, will be displayed. Cursor keys right/left Starts recording. If the program has a later start time, the recording will be listed under the Scheduled Recordings. Red button [F5] Closes the information panel. Displays the channel last selected in the information panel in full.
Video & TV main screen 9.5 Changes the program. The channel playing in full-screen mode changes to minimized picture-in-picture and vice versa. Red button [F5] Highlights the picture-in-picture. All further control commands will be applied to the minimized picture. Green button [F6] Watching TV recordings To watch one of your recordings, proceed as follows: 1. Double-click on the Video & TV menu icon in the start screen. Æ The Video & TV main screen appears. 2.
Video & TV main screen 9.6 Recording programs in progress You can record a program in progress at any time (see Rename TV channels). To do so, proceed as follows: 1. Move the mouse pointer to the lower margin of the playback area. Æ The button bar for controlling playback is displayed (see Displaying playback buttons). Fig. 32: Button bar for controlling playback 2. Click on the button . Æ The program shown in the playback area is recorded. 3. Click on the button once more.
Video & TV main screen Æ The Scheduled Recordings screen is displayed and lists all recordings already scheduled. The following buttons are available in the Scheduled Recordings screen: Back Returns to the previous screen. New Displays a screen in which you can schedule new recordings. Edit Displays a separate screen in which you can change the settings for a scheduled recording. Delete Deletes the highlighted scheduled recording. Display As Toggles the display between icon and medium size. 4.
Video & TV main screen Æ The Videos screen is displayed and shows the video files cataloged by Nero Scout sorted entirely (All Videos), by album, and by date. The last files added and last files watched are available in separate folders. Fig. 34: Videos screen 3. Double-click on the folder containing the video file you want. Æ The relevant folder is displayed. 4. Mark the file you want and click on Play. Æ The video file is played in full-screen mode. 5. Double-click in the screen.
Video & TV main screen 9.9 Configuring the electronic program guide (EPG) Nero Home supports the EPG electronic program guide, which can be used to access TV guide data electronically on the TV screen, enabling you to program recordings with ease.. Nero Home and various TV tuners provide analog, digital and online EPG programs. To configure the EPG, proceed as follows: 1. Double-click on the Video & TV menu icon in the start screen. Æ The Video & TV main screen will appear. 2.
Video & TV main screen The following buttons are available: Back Returns to the TV Programs screen. Enable/Disable Enables/disables the chosen EPG source. Enabled sources are updated every time the EPG is updated. Set Up Now Opens the Settings screen for installing the chosen service. Update Now Updates an EPG source already installed. Abort Update Aborts an update in progress. 9.10 Mapping the electronic program guide (EPG) To map a non-specific channel to the EPG, proceed as follows: 1.
Video & TV main screen Fig. 36: Using the EPG You can use the list. and buttons to browse through the various entries in a drop-down 4. Check or change the relevant settings for channel, date, start time, and end time. 5. If you want, you can enter a new name for your recording in the Title text field. 6. Click on the OK button. Æ The chosen recording is programmed and shown in the Scheduled Recordings screen (see Scheduling new recordings). Î You have used the EPG to program a recording.
Devices main screen 10 Devices main screen As well as allowing you to access the files found via the automatic search function (see Setting scan options for media), Nero Home also allows you to access all media files on the computer in the Devices main screen. To do so, proceed as follows: 1. Double-click on the Devices menu icon in the start screen. Æ The Devices main screen is displayed.
Devices main screen If there is a disc inserted in the drive, a direct link to the corresponding drive will be provided under Devices. The MediaHome Network link will be hidden. Æ The MediaHome Network screen is displayed and shows all the computers available in the network. Fig. 38: Nero MediaHome Network screen 2. Double-click on the computer you want. Æ The relevant screen is displayed. 3. Double-click on the TV Channels item.
Collections main screen 11 Collections main screen In the Collections main screen you can manage and play your media data as well as edit and delete compilations or exclude them from automatic cataloging. You can also burn collections for playing outside of Nero Home here. 11.1 Playing a collection To play a media file collection, proceed as follows: 1. Double-click on the Collections menu icon in the start screen. Æ The main My Collections screen appears.
Collections main screen Fig. 40: Play Slide Show screen The following buttons are available in the playback screen: Back Returns to the previous screen. Settings Available when playing slide shows. Opens the Slide Shows screen in which you can set the playback quality as well as define whether the pictures are to be played in random order and whether the slide show is to be continuously repeated. Visualization Available when playing music.
Collections main screen 4. To add more photos to your collection, repeat the last two steps 5. Double-click on the Nero Home button. Æ The start screen is displayed. 6. Double -click on the Music & Radio menu icon. Æ The Music main screen appears. 7. Double-click on the folder containing the music tracks you want. Æ The relevant folder is displayed. 8. Mark the music tracks you want and click on the Collect button.
Collections main screen 11.3 Editing a collection To edit a media file collection, proceed as follows: 1. Double-click on the Collections menu icon in the start screen. Æ The main My Collections screen appears and the collections displayed in Nero Home are displayed both complete (All Collections) and sorted by Slide Shows, Music Collections, Video Collections and Mixed Media Collections. 2. Double-click on the folder containing the collection you want. Æ The relevant folder is displayed. 3.
Collections main screen Æ The relevant folder is displayed. 4. Mark the required collection and click on the Burn button. Æ If you checked the Always ask for disc label box in the settings, the corresponding dialog window will open before burning starts. 5. Enter a name for your disc in the text field.
Collections main screen 2. Double-click on the Slide Shows area. Æ The Slide Shows screen is displayed and shows the individual slide shows. 3. Mark the required slide show and click on the Export Slide Show screen. Æ The Settings screen is displayed. Fig. 42: Slide Shows screen – Settings Use the and buttons to browse through the different entries of a drop-down list. 4. In the Profile drop-down menu choose between DVD, SVCD or VCD. 5.
Collections main screen 12 Search main screen Nero Home automatically finds the files archived and cataloged by the Nero Scout database. You will find further information on Nero Scout under Setting scan options for media as well as in the Nero Scout manual. To find one of these cataloged media files, proceed as follows: 1. Double-click on the Search menu icon in the start screen. Æ The text field for search terms is displayed. Fig.
Photo, audio, and video discs 13 Photo, audio, and video discs When Nero Home is started, various playback screens appropriate to the media type are automatically displayed when a disc is inserted in a drive on your PC: Play Slide Show for a photo disc, Play Music for an audio disc, and Play Video Disc for a video disc. Fig. 45: Play Video Disc screen The following buttons are available in the Play Video Disc screen: Back Returns to the previous screen.
Key combinations 14 Key combinations The following key combinations are available in Nero Home for entering commands: Ctrl + p Pauses and resumes playback. Ctrl + s Ends playback. Pauses playback. Ctrl + i Enables/disables the information panel. Ctrl + f Switches from normal view to full-screen mode. Esc Switches from full-screen mode to normal view. Back Returns to the previous screen.
Index 15 Index A D About Nero Home 6 About the Manual 6 Overview DirectX Appearance Changing Devices 22, 24 Discs 66 12 8 75 Changing the Font Size 21 Playing Slide Shows 75 Changing the Skin 21 Playing Videos 75 B E Burn Options Electronic Program Guide 63 EPG 63 Setting 22, 38, 40 Burning Options Presetting 37 Buttons EPG Update 63 InfoPanel 57 Mapping EPG channels 64 XML TV 63 Collections 14 Devices 14 Music & Radio 14 F Photos 14 File Formats Support
Playing Defining Favorite Transitions 46, 55 Defining Settings for Slide Shows 35, 36 29, 30, 31, 33 N Enabling Nero Scout 22 Nero Home Main Screens Enabling Timeshifting 25 Overview 12 Selecting a Skin 25 Selecting Skins 22 Using the On-Screen Keyboard 21 Favorites Nero Scout 12 12, 14, 20, 42, 48, 62, 74 Configuring 22 Slide Shows O On-screen Keyboard Using 74 Using Adding Background 21 Animating 21 Assigning Effects On-Screen Keyboard Assigning Transitions 25 Audio For
TV Cards 21, 27, 28 Configuring 27 Selecting Audio Output 27 Selecting Quality 27 TV Channel Search 16 TV Programs Burning a Collection 71 Creating 60 Video and TV Recording Programs in Progress 60 Video & TV Overview 12 InfoPanel 57 Recording 60 Displaying TV Channels Watching 55 Playing Videos 61 Scheduling New Recordings 60 Viewing TV Programs 55 TV Recordings Planning 7 Viewing 59 TV Viewing Timeshift 21 V Video and TV 53 53, 55, 59, 61 Videos Creating Collection
Contact 16 Contact Nero Home is a Nero AG product. Nero AG Im Stoeckmaedle 18 76307 Karlsbad Germany Web: www.nero.com Help: http://support.nero.com E-mail: techsupport@nero.com Fax: +49 7248 928 499 Copyright © 2006 Nero AG. All rights reserved.
