Nero Blu-ray Player User Manual

Manual

Nero Blu-ra y Playe r

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Table of Contents

1

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4

1.1

About the Manual

4

1.2

About Nero Blu-ray Player

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1.3

Versions of Nero Blu-ray P layer

5

1.4

System Requirements

5

1.5

Starting Nero Blu-ray Player

5

2

Program Interface

7

2.1

Context and More menu

9

3

Playing Blu-r ay Dis c

11

4

Control During Playback

12

5

Options Window

13

5.1

Player Options

13

5.2

Language Options

14

5.3

Video Options

14

5.4

Audio Options

15

5.5

3D Options

15

5.6

Language Options

15

5.7

Internet Options

16

6

Keyboard Shortcuts

17

7

Index

20

8

Contact

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1.1 About the Manual

This manual is intended for all users who want to learn how to use Nero Blu-r ay Player. It is
process-based and explains how to achieve a specific objective on a step-by-step basis.

To make best use of this documentation, please note the following conventions:

Indicates warnings, preconditions or instructions that have to be pre­cisely followed.

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1. Start …

OK

(see…)

[…]

Indicates additional information or advice.

The number at the beginning of a line indicates a prompt for action.
Carry out these actions in the order specified.

Indicates an intermediate result.

Indicates a result.

Indicates text passages or buttons that appear in the program inter­face. They are shown in boldface.

Indicates references to other chapters. They are executed as links and
are shown in red and underlined.

Indicates keyboard shortcuts for entering commands.

1.2 About Nero Blu-r a y Pl aye r

Nero Blu-ray Player is a powerful application for playing back all high definition videos with
excellent picture and sound quality. The playback window can be scaled down or the play­back can be viewed in full-screen mode.

In general you can play back the following formats:

 AVCHD
 BD-MV
 BD-ROM
 Blu-ray 3D
 BD-AV

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Nero Blu-ray Player is easy to use and provides best performance. Simply enjoy your Blu-ray
experience.

1.3 Versions of Nero Blu-ray Player

Nero Blu-ray Player is included in Nero 12 and Nero 12 Platinum. If you use Nero Kwik Me­dia as (free) standalone application, you can purchase Nero Blu-ray P layer via Market. For
information how to purchase and access applications in Nero Kwik Media Market please
refer to the manual of Nero Kwik Media which can be downloaded for free from

www.nero.com

Nero Blu-ray Player is also available in Essentials or OEM versions. Essentials or OEM
software may differ from the full version in a more or less broad functional range. Thereby,
the feature limitations of your single Essentials version compared to the full range depends
on the co-contractor's choice. That means, depending on the Nero product you purchased,
your version of Nero Blu-ra y Player may be limited and may not include the full feature
range.

Only Nero Blu-ra y Pla ye r in Nero 12 Platinum or purchased from Market in Nero Kwik Media
provides the full feature range as described in this manual. The following features are only
available with this full version:

 3D Blu-ray Play back

 Blu-Ray discs (BD BD-J, BD-AV, BD-MV) Play back
 DTS 2Ch and 5.1Ch Decoding (Activation is still necessary because of legal issues)
 AACS Read (Activation is still necessary because of legal issues)

You can always upgrade from your Essentials version to the full featured version at

www.nero.com
www.nero.com.

.

or in Market of Nero Kwik Media, and from Nero 12 to Nero 12 Platinum at

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1.4 System Requirements

Nero Blu-ray Player is part of the Nero product you have installed. Its system requirements
are the same. Detailed system requirements of this and all other Nero products can be found
in the Support section on our Web site www.nero.com

1.5 Starting Nero Blu-ray Player

On Windows 7 and earlier version of Windows, you can start Nero Blu-ray Player via:

 Start (the start icon) > (All) Programs > Nero > Nero Blu-ray Pla yer
 the Nero 12 Welcome Application if you use Nero 12

The Welcome Application offers information about the main use cases and links
to tutorials and other interesting Internet sites by Nero.

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To start the Welcom e Application , click the Nero 12 icon on your desktop
(Windows 7 and earlier) or select the Nero 12 tile on the application selection

screen (Windows 8).

On Windows 8, you can start Nero Blu-r ay Player via:

 the Nero 12 tile (Windows 8 style user interface) or the Nero 12 desktop icon (desktop

user interface) if you use Nero 12

When you have inserted an appropriate disc, you can also start Nero Blu-ray Player by
choosing the disc drive in the sidebar of Nero Kwik Media or in Windows Explorer.

Auto-Play of a newly inserted Blu-ray disc is also possible. In these cases, the play back
starts when Nero Blu-ray P layer is launched.

If you have purchased the full, 3D capable, version of Nero Blu-ray P layer (in Market or with
Nero 12 Platinum), Nero Blu-ray Pla yer checks during the first-start up for any 3D capable
hardware or device. If such is found, N ero Bl u-ray Player prompts you to set up the 3D set­tings. After the setup, a success message is displayed and Ner o Blu-ray P layer describes
the way you can enable 3D (including what needs to be done in the graphics card settings).

See also

 Playing Blu-ray Disc →11

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2 Program Interface

The Nero Blu-ray Player program interface is the starting point from which you can play back
Blu-ray material.

The program interface consists of a playback window for videos and a control bar. You can
use the control bar to select a Blu-ray or AVCHD disc for playback, to control playback and
to adjust the volume and activate 3D mode.

Program Interface

Program interface

The following setting options are available in the player control bar:

Navigates steplessly (no chapter boundaries).

Information display

Displays the activated feature, title, current chapter, running time and
more; depending on the selected playback.

Ends playback and shows the start screen.

Jumps to the previous chapter or title.

Selects a rewind speed or rewinds.

Starts playback.

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Program Interface

3D

Open

More

Pauses playback.

Selects a fast-forward speed or fast forwards.

Jumps to the next chapter or title.

Switches to mute/loud.

Adjusts the volume.

Activates and deactivates the 3D mode.
Only accessible during play-back of 3D Blu-ray material and when

the full version of N ero Blu-ray P l ayer is used.
Selects media content to be played. Select the folder that contains

the BDMV folder (and not the BDMV folder itself)!

Opens several options regarding playback.

Opens the remote control in order to gain advanced play back or disc
control.

Activates the Pop-up Menu feature for the Blu-ray Disc. This is often
used to display a menu on the screen during playback.

This option is only active, if the Blu-ray Disc supports and offers the
Pop-up Menu feature.

Displays the disc menu.

Switches between full-screen and window view.

See also

 Context and More menu →9
 Options Window →13
 Playing Blu-ray Disc →11

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2.1 Context and More menu

Nero Blu-ray Player offers a context and More menu to control playback. The menus provide
advanced as well as standard control options. You can open the context menu via right-click

and the More menu via the
playback, such as Go to Chapter. The context menu offers only control options, which can

be used in specific contexts.
The following entries are available in the More menu:

Program Interface

button. Some of these control options are only active during

Play

Pause

Still Off

Resume

Eject

Pop-up Menu

Top Menu

Go to Title

Starts playback.
Pauses playback.
Resumes playback, if the playback is on hold. In such a case, the

Blu-ray Disc requires you to click on the Still Off entry to resume
playback.

This option is only active, if the Blu-ray Disc supports and offers the
Still Off feature.

Resumes playback in case playback is stopped.
Ejects the disc.
Activates the Pop-up Menu feature for the Blu-ray Disc. This is often

used to display a menu on the screen during playback.
This option is only active, if the Blu-ray Disc supports and offers the

Pop-up Menu feature.
Displays the disc menu.
Starts playback of a selected title. Select a respective title from the

displayed list.

Go to Chapter

Starts playback of a selected chapter. Select a respective chapter
from the displayed list.

Go to Time Opens the Go to Time window. Here you can select a running time.

Audio

Displays all languages available for audio playback.
Switches subtitles on or off. You can choose from all available subti-

Subtitles

tle languages.
This option is only active, if the Blu-ray Disc supports and offers sub-

titles.

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Angles

Secondary Video

Secondary Audio

Program Interface

Changes the camera perspective if different camera perspectives are
available on the respective BD-Video.

This option is onl y active, if the Blu-ray Disc supports and offers dif­ferent angles.

Enables/disables video commentaries which are played back (picture
in picture) while a certain scene plays.

This option is only active, if the Blu-ray Disc supports and offers sec­ondary video information.

Enables/disables audio commentaries which are played back while a
certain scene plays.

This option is only active, if the Blu-ray Disc supports and offers sec­ondary audio information.

On-Screen-Display

On

Tracks video and audio data such as the output frame rate and de­coding speed in a display on the playback screen in fullscreen mode.

Changes the keyboard input mode so that you can type text. It is
required to change the input mode when the Blu-ray Disc asks you to
enter a value (like your name, for example). In this mode you may
also use disc-specific keyboard shortcuts (which must be provided

Use Keyboard for

Text Input

and supported by the inserted Blu-ray Disc). Note that when you use
the keyboard for typing text, Nero Blu-r ay Player is not able to rec­ognize its own, application-specific keyboard shortcuts like Play and
Pause. If you want to use application-specific keyboard shortcuts
again, change the keyboard input mode again in the More menu.

If you select this entry, the entry Use Keyboard for Keyboard
Shortcuts is displayed instead.

Changes the keyboard input mode so that you can use application-

Use Keyboard for

Keyboard
Shortcuts

specific keyboard shortcuts to control Nero Blu-ray Player (see

board Shortcuts→ 17).

If you select this entry, the entry Use Keyboard for Text Input is
displayed instead.

Options Opens the Options window.

Help

Shows the online help.

Key-

About

Opens the about box.

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3 Playing Blu-ray Disc

3D Blu-ray



With Nero Blu-ray Player you can play back ripped or self authored high definition media.
You can start from different sources. To select the source in Nero Blu-ray Player, click the

button. Make sure to select the folder that contains the BDMV folder (and not the BDMV
folder itself)!
Drag & drop is also supported as well as starting from Nero Kwik Media device tree.

You can generally select the following media to play:
▲ Blu-ray Disc
▲ AVCHD Disc
▲ Blu-ray or AVCHD movie that is available in a BDMV video folder structure on your hard

drive

Playing 3D Blu-ray material is only possible with Nero Blu-r ay Pl ayer purchased in
Market or as part of Nero 12 Platinum.

Proceed as follows:

Playing Blu-ray Disc

1. To play a Blu-ray or AVCHD disc, proceed as follows:

1. Insert the disc into the drive.

 Playback starts automatically. If playback does not start automatically, use the

button to select the drive where the disc is located.

2. To play the content of a Blu-ray or AVCHD folder structure:

1. Click the

 The selection list of the playback source opens.

2. Select the Folder entry.

 The Select Folder window opens.

3. Select the folder that contains the BDMV folder and click the OK button.

The content is played back.

3. If you want to change the language of the playback or display subtitles, select the

button > Audio / Subtitles entry.

4. If you want to play back a specific title or chapter, select the button > Go to Title / Go

to Chapter > [Desired title] / [Desired chapter] entry.

5. If the disc is a 3D Blu-ray and you want to enable 3D, click the 3D button.

 You have successfully played back Blu-ray media.

See also

 Program Interface →7
 Context and More menu →9
 3D Options →15

button.

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4 Control During Playback

You have different options to control Nero Blu-ray Player during the playback.

Player Control Bar and Mouse
You can use the standard player control bar, which is always visible in window mode. During

playback in full-screen mode, the player control bar times out after a few seconds. You can
display it again by moving the mouse pointer to the bottom of the screen. If you move the
mouse pointer outside the player control bar in full-screen mode, the interactive applications
on the Blu-ray disc gain control (if there are such interactive applications).

Screen Remote Control
A screen remote allows Nero Blu-ray Pl ayer to be fully usable with only a mouse as user

input method. The screen remote allows you to navigate through the menus on the disc and
to select an item. Furthermore it provides access to the number and color keys. This is es­pecially relevant when playing interactive applications such as games. You can open the

screen remote with the

More Menu and Context Menu
You can use both the More menu and the context menu to control Nero Blu-r ay Player dur-

ing playback. They provide advanced and standard control options. You can open the con­text menu via right-click and the More menu via the
offers only control options, which can be used in specific contexts.

Keyboard
You can also control most of the control options just with your keyboard and keyboard

shortcuts. Note that there are two keyboard input modes available. Per default you control
Nero Blu-ray Player with your keyboard and use the application-specific keyboard shortcuts
as described in this manual.

However, there is another keyboard input mode available. In the other mode, you can use
the keyboard to type text when the Blu-ray Disc asks you to enter a value (like your name,
for example). In this mode you may also use disc-specific keyboard shortcuts (which must be
provided and supported by the inserted Blu-ray Disc). Note that when you use the keyboard
for typing text, Nero Blu-ray Play er is not able to recognize its own, applicaion-specific key­board shortcuts like Play and Pause.

You can switch between the two input modes with the entries Use Keyboard for Text Input
/ Use Keyboard for Keyboard Shortcuts in the More menu.

button.

Control During Playback

More button. The context menu

See also

 Program Interface →7
 Context and More menu →9
 Keyboard Shortcuts →17

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5 Options Window

The Options window provides various options for customizing the appearance of Nero Blu­ray Pl ayer interface and for configuring settings according to your requirements. The wind o w
can be opened using the Options button.

Options Window

5.1 Player Options

The Player entry provides c onf igurat ion opt ions for pl a ying from a drive.
The following setting options are available:

Drop-down menu

Default disc drive

Check box

Play automatically

upon inserting disc

Check box

Warn if content

does not support

mouse actions

Options window

Defines the drive from which discs are played by default.

Starts playback as soon as the appropriate disc has been inserted.

Displays a warning message if the Blu-ray Video does not support
controlling the video with the mouse. In most cases it is required to
control the video with the keyboard.

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Options Window

Check box

Show tooltips

Check box

Always on top

Button

Erase Temporary

BD Folders

5.2 Language Options

The Language entry provides the possibility to choose the default languages for the menu,
the audio and the subtitles on the Video disc. You can also choose the default country code.

5.3 Video Options

The Video entry provides configuration options for playback of videos.
The following options are available:

Drop-down menu

Primary video de-

coding method

Enables tooltips.

Keeps Nero Blu-ray Player in the foreground even if other programs
are started.

Deletes the temporarily stored data of the interactive applications
from the hard drive.

Selects the decoding method for the main video. If you select the
recommended method Full Hardware, Blu-r a y decodi ng is per­formed by the graphics card as long as the card supports it. This
decoding method reduces the load on the main processor.

If you select the method Partial Hardware, an alternative hardware
decoding method is applied, which is also supported by older
graphics cards.

If the graphic card does not support any hardware decoding method
or you select the method Software, then Nero Blu-ray P l ayer per­forms decoding on the main processor. This will increase the load on
the main processor.

In case your graphic card does not support the selected method,
Nero Blu-ray Player automatically chooses the next best decoding
method.

Drop-down menu

Secondary video

decoding method

Selects the decoding method for the secondary video. The same
options are available as for the main video.

You can set different decoding methods for the main and the sec­ondary video. If you encounter problems such as decoding interrup­tions, try to set different decoding methods, this may solve the prob­lem.

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Check box

3D Blu-ray

Autostart playback

in full-screen mode

5.4 Audio Options

The Audio entry provides configuration options for the audio output.
The following setting options are available:

Options Window

Starts autostart playback automatically on the full screen.

Drop-down menu

Output method

5.5 3D Options

The 3D entry enables stereoscopic playback if a 3D Blu-ray Disc is played back.

The following setting options are available:

Check box

Enable 3D support

Option buttons

Detect hardware

automatically / Se-

lect hardware

manually

Defines the audio output mode.

Playing 3D Blu-ray material is only possible with Nero Blu-r ay Pl ayer purchased in
Market or as part of Nero 12 Platinum.

Activates the button to switch between 3D and 2D playback, as long
as 3D Blu-ray material is played back.

Selects a hardware detection method. In most cases, the method
Detect hardware automatically provides the best fitting method.

If you choose to select the hardware manually, you can also choose
the output method. Choosing the output method depends on the
capabilities of the target device you have choosen for playback.

5.6 Language Options

The BD region setting entry defines the region for the player. You can select and change
the region code up to 5 times. The currently selected region is displayed.

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5.7 Internet Options

The Internet entry provides configuration options for network access and access to the In­ternet. You can enable and configure the proxy server. With Network access enabled, you
can play back BD material from a network drive and your Blu-ray Disc is allowed to access
the Internet. (For example the BD-Live feature on some Blu-ra y Discs downl oads the lates t
movie trailers or posts status messages in Internet communities.)

The following setting options are available:

Check box

Enable network

access

Options Window

Enables the option to configure your network, so that a network drive
can be used as playback source and that Blu-ray Disc are allowed to
access the Internet.

If you do not want your Blu-ray Disc to access the Internet, disable
the check box.

Check box

Use proxy settings

Option button

Use Windows

proxy settings

Option button

Use custom proxy

settings

The correct settings for the proxy connection need to be provided by your system
administrator or internet pr ovider .

Uses the proxy settings.
This is only possible if you have configured and stored proxy settings

on your system.

Uses Windows proxy settings.

Uses the local proxy settings and allows you to enter them in the
input fields below.

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6 Keyboard Shortcuts

With Nero Blu-ray Player you can control most of the playback options with the help of your
keyboard. Not every option available can be controled.

The following shortcuts and key combinations are available in Nero Blu-ray Player:
Regarding the player

Keyboard Shortcuts

[F11]
[Esc]

[Ctrl+ ]

Changes between full-screen and normal view.
Exits the full-screen mode.

Shows/Hides Nero Blu-ray Pl ayer.

[Windows logo key

+ Down Arrow] /

[Windows logo key

Restores/minimizes and maximizes Nero Bl u-ray Player.

+ Up Arrow]

[Alt+F4]

[F1]

Closes Nero Blu-ray Player.
Opens the help file.

Basic playback

[Ctrl+Home] Top Menu: Displays the disc menu.

[Ctrl+O]

[Space]

Opens the playback source selection.
Starts and pauses playback.

[Ctrl+F4]

[Page Down]

[Page Up]

[Ctrl+F12]

[+] / [-]

[Ctrl+M]

[Ctrl+J]

[F12]

Stops playback.
Jumps to the next chapter or title.
Jumps to the previous chapter or title.
Selects a fast-forward speed or fast forwards.
Selects a rewind speed or rewinds.
Adjusts the volume.
Switches to mute/loud.
Ejects the disc.

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Advanced playback options

Keyboard Shortcuts

[F9]

[Ctrl+Page Up] /

[Ctrl+Page Down]

[Ctrl+G]

[Alt+ ]

[F7]

[Ctrl+F7]

3D

Activates/Deactivates the 3D mode.
Angles

Changes the camera perspective if different camera perspectives are
available on the respective BD-Video.

Go to Time
Opens the Go to Time window.

Use Keyboard for Text Input
Changes the keyboard input behaviour in order to type in text. It is

required to change the input behaviour when the Blu-ray disc ask
you to insert something (like your name, for example). If you want to
use keyboard shortcuts again, change the keyboard input behaviour
back. This can be done via the More menu.

Secondary Video
Enables/disables video commentaries which are played back (picture

in picture) while a certain scene plays.
Switches between the video commentaries if available.

[Ctrl+R]

[Ctrl+F8]

[Home]

[Ctrl+1] Executes the First Play Title feature.

[Ctrl+Space]

[F8]

Resume

Resumes playback in case playback is stopped.
Secondary Audio

Enables/disables audio commentaries which are played back while a
certain scene plays.

Switches between audio commentaries if available.
Pop-up Menu

Activates the Pop-up Menu feature for the Blu-ray Disc. This is often
used to display a menu on the screen during playback.

This option is only active, if the Blu-ray Disc supports and offers the

Popup Menu feature.

Still Off
Enables the Still Off feature if available.

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Remote control

Keyboard Shortcuts

[0-9]

[Alt+F5] / [Alt+F6] /

[Alt+F7] / [Alt+F8]

[Arrow keys]

Refers to the number keys on the screen remote control.

Refers to the color keys on the screen remote control.

Refers to the directions keys on the screen remote control.

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Index

3D Blu-ray

Button to activate 3D mode ............................. 8

Enable 3D during playback ........................... 11

Limitation ........................................................ 5

Set-up during first start .................................... 6

Stereoscopic Playback Options ..................... 15

AVCHD Disc

Playback ....................................................... 11

BDMV ................................................... 11

Blu-ray Disc

Playback ....................................................... 11

Cinavia notice ......................................... 2

Context menu ....................................... 12

Essentials ............................................... 5

Fullscreen

Button to switch between full-screen and

window view .................................................. 8

Display the control bar in full-screen mode .... 12

Option to start playback in full-screen mode .. 15

Interactive Applications ........................ 12

Keyboard Shortcuts ....................... 12, 17

Change the keyboard input mode to use

keyboard shortcuts ...................................... 10

Use Keyboard for Keyboard Shortcuts .......... 10

Use Keyboard for Text Input ......................... 10

Manual, conventions .............................. 4

Nero 12 .................................................. 5

Nero Kwik Media .................................... 5

Options

3D Blu-ray Options ........................................ 15

Change region .............................................. 15

Internet Options............................................. 16

Open the Options .......................................... 13

Set decoding method .................................... 14

Set default language for playback ................. 14

Playback ............................................... 11

Angle ............................................................ 10

BDMV ........................................................... 11

Button to select media content ........................ 8

Go to Chapter ................................................. 9

Go to Title ....................................................... 9

Language ........................................................ 9

On-Screen-Display ........................................ 10

Options ......................................................... 13

Play a Blu-ray Disc ........................................ 11

Play AVCHD Disc .......................................... 11

Play BD folder structure ................................ 11

Secondary Audio ........................................... 10

Secondary Video ........................................... 10

Set default language for playback ................. 14

Shortcut to fast forward ................................. 17

Shortcut to select chapters ............................ 17

Subtitle ............................................................ 9

Pop-up Menu .......................................... 8

Program

About the Program .......................................... 4

Different Versions ............................................ 5

Limitations ....................................................... 5

Program Interface ........................................... 7

Starting the Program ....................................... 5

Upgrade .......................................................... 5

Screen Remote Control ........................ 12

Button to open the remote control ................... 8

Shortcuts ....................................................... 19

Start

Auto-Play ........................................................ 6

Via Nero Kwik Media ....................................... 6

Via Welcome Application ................................. 5

Windows 7 and earlier ..................................... 5

Windows 8 ...................................................... 6

Still Off .................................................... 9

System requirements ............................. 5

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8 Contact

Nero Blu-ray Player is a Nero AG product.

Nero AG

Contact

Im Stoeckmaedle 18

76307 Karlsbad

Germany

Internet:

Help:

Fax:

www.nero.com

http://support.nero.com

[phone]

Nero Inc.

330 N Brand Blvd Suite 800

Glendale, CA 91203-2335

USA

Internet:

Help:

Fax:

E-mail:

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[phone]

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Yokohama, Kanagawa

Japan 224-0003

Internet:

Help:

www.nero.com

http://support.nero.com

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