The DVD menu buttons are only half highlighted to start with.
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Only the buttons on the left can be selected. The next menu
arrow on a multi-menu can not be selected at all. So, you
can not go to the second menu. My settings are:

Video Options:
Video Mode: NTSC
Nero SmartEncoding: ENABLE
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Quality Setting: SUPER LONG PLAY
Sample Format: PROGRESSIVE
Bit Rate: 1691kbit/s
Resolution: 352x480
Encoding Mode: HIGH QUALITY (2-PASS VBR)
Video Format: MPEG-2
Audio Format: DOLBY DIGITAL (AC-3) 2.0

DVD Menu Options:
Menus To Use: TITLE MENUS ONLY
Layout: LAYOUT 5
Background: 768x576x16mb BITMAP - NO AUDIO FILE
Buttons: NO ANIMATION - NO FRAME - TEXT ONLY
Font: MICROSOFT SANS SERIF - BOLD - 8.0
Header/Footer Text: BOTH HEADER AND FOOTER TEXT USED
Shadow: I USED THE DEFALT SHADOW SETTING
Automatization: AUTO PLAY: DELAY: 30 s ACTION: PLAY 1ST MOVIE
Interactive Colors: HIGHLIGHT: GREEN 50% - ACTIVATION: YELLOW 50%